University at Albany Great Danes

The Athletic Communications Department is responsible for coordinating the publicity and promotion of the 19 intercollegiate teams and over 500 student-athletes, coaches, and staff members in the University at Albany Department of Athletics.

Mailing address: 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, N.Y. 12222

Interview Requests
All non-gameday interviews with any UAlbany student-athletes, coaches, or administrators must be requested a minimum of two business days prior to the proposed interview time through the Athletic Communications Office. (In the case of breaking news when a lead-time is not feasible, requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.) Please contact the SID assigned to the sport you wish to cover for all interview requests; assignments are at the top of the page.

Please note, while all efforts will be made to accommodate requests, we reserve the right for individuals to refuse per their own discretion.

When making a request to interview a student-athlete, please be aware that previously scheduled events (classes, exams, practices, etc.) are given priority when scheduling a date and time for the interview.

All gameday requests will be considered on a game-by-game basis.

Gameday Media Requests
Working media members wishing to cover any athletic event at UAlbany must contact the Athletic Communications Office at least one business day before a competition. Requests to video or photograph any of the athletic events must also be submitted prior to the day of competition for approval. Please contact the SID assigned to the sport you wish to cover; assignments are at the bottom of the page.

Social Media Accounts
For a full list of UAlbany's official social media accounts, click here. 

Logo Downloads
Head to our Identity Standards page for all logo needs. 

Media & Broadcast Name Usage
When posting on behalf of the University, please use only official names: "University at Albany" or "UAlbany". When referring to our mascot, please use: "Great Dane", "Great Danes", or "Damien the Great Dane".

"UAlbany" is the preferred reference followed by "Great Danes" for use by announcers, on scoreboard displays, statistic abbreviations, etc. If "UAlbany" doesn't fit, "UALB" will be allowed as an abbreviation. "Albany", "UA" and other references are not acceptable.

For television in-game and studio graphics, the primary Damien Head + UAlbany mark is preferred followed by the Primary Damien Head mark and the UAlbany word mark. "Albany", "UA" and other abbreviations are not acceptable. For newscast (television) and newspaper graphic displays the primary Damien Head + UAlbany mark is preferred followed by the Primary Damien Head mark and the UAlbany word mark. All teams (men and women) should be referred to as Great Danes. Women's teams should not be referred to as "Lady Danes."

Gameday Media Requests
Working media members wishing to cover any athletic event at UAlbany must contact the Athletic Communications Office at least one business day before a competition. Requests to video or photograph any of the athletic events must also be submitted prior to the day of competition for approval. Please contact the SID assigned to the sport you wish to cover; assignments are at the top of the page.

Release Distribution
Releases, game notes, etc. are emailed to media that cover UAlbany on a regular basis. Media members wishing to be added to the distribution list for a particular sport should contact the proper SID with an email address.

If there are media personnel who are currently on the distribution list but no longer wish to receive this information, please contact the proper SID to be removed.

Requests for Historical Information
Any reasonable requests for historical/archival information that is not readily available on the department website (www.ualbanysports.com) will be accommodated on a case-by-case basis according to priority. Please note that specific athletic department records/statistics/information may not be available from past seasons due to limited archival information.

Staff

Taylor O'Connor - Director of Digital Content and Communications
Email: toconnor3@albany.edu
Phone: (518) 928-6422
Sports Information Director (SID) for football, men's lacrosse, and women's golf. Secondary contact for baseball.
Also contact for needs relating to the athletics department's (@UAlbanySports) social media accounts.

Casey Mae Filiaci - Associate Director of Communications, Internship Coordinator
Email: cfiliaci@albany.edu
Phone: (518) 424-3847
Sports Information Director (SID) for field hockey, women's basketball, softball and men's and women's cross country and track and field. Secondary contact for volleyball.
Also contact for student internship and volunteer information.

Alex Henderson - Assistant Director of Communications
Email: adhenderson@albany.edu
Sports Information Director (SID) for men's and women's soccer, men's basketball, and women's lacrosse.

Madison Roman - Communications Assistant
Email: mrroman@albany.edu
Phone: (631) 626-4384
Sports Information Director (SID) for volleyball.

Jason Goldblum - Communications Assistant
Email: jgoldblum@albany.edu
Phone: (347) 622-3249
Sports Information Director (SID) for baseball.

Interested in an internship? Click here to fill out an interest form.