College Sports Information Directors of America

St. Francis College (N.Y.) has announced the hiring of David Gansell as Director of Sports Information & Marketing. It was announced today by Director of Athletics Irma Garcia. Most recently, Gansell served as the Assistant Director/Director of Media Relations at the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC).

“I’m extremely excited to be joining the St. Francis College family,” Gansell said. “I’m honored that Irma and the rest of the administration at the college believe that I can help enhance the athletic program. I look forward to working with and promoting a tremendous group of coaches, administrators, staff and student-athletes at St. Francis.”

Gansell, a New City, New York native, has held his position with CUNYAC for the past four years. In addition to his role of assisting with the conference’s daily operations, he was responsible for overseeing the entire media relations efforts of the league. He managed the conference’s website, www.cunyathletics.com, issued weekly press releases, produced publications, handled championship administration, publicized student-athletes and teams, and assisted with sponsorship, advertising, and promotions. Gansell also played a key role in the conference’s television and internet radio efforts, and was instrumental in securing a partnership with Time Warner Cable (TWC). The past two years, the CUNYAC men’s and women’s basketball championship games were televised live in all five New York City boroughs by TWC.

Previous to his appointment at CUNYAC, Gansell spent seven years at former Northeast Conference rival University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he worked in the Sports Information Department. He served as Assistant Director and later was promoted to Associate Director. Gansell acted as the primary contact for numerous Retrievers’ teams, handling game operations and publicity.

A 1995 graduate of UMBC, Gansell earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Management and received a minor in writing. As a student, he interned in the UMBC Sports Information Office and performed an additional internship with the Baltimore Orioles Class A affiliate Frederick Keys. After graduating, he was hired as a Sports Information Intern at the University of Delaware, and six months later returned to his alma mater to accept a full-time role.

Gansell also has served in various part-time capacities with the Baltimore Stallions (Canadian Football League), Baltimore Ravens (National Football League), and the Baltimore Orioles Class AA affiliate Bowie Baysox (AA).