Marist University Athletics

Mike Ferraro is in his 21st year in the Marist Athletics Department in the 2026-27 school year.

Ferraro was promoted to Assistant AD/Sports Information in September 2016. He currently serves as the primary contact for the Red Foxes' football, men's basketball, and softball teams.

In his time at Marist, Ferraro has served as the sports information contact for 12 conference championship teams and has overseen the nominating process for 17 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans. He currently serves as secretary for both the nominating and selection committees for the Marist Athletics Hall of Fame. He previously served on the inaugural Marist Athletics Strategic Planning Committee as well as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tiebreaker Committee.

Additionally, Ferraro has broadcast 17 Marist Athletics' NCAA Tournament games and 112 Metro Conference (formerly Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) championship contests. He provided play-by-play for the entirety of the conference's softball championships that Marist hosted from 2024-26, and has broadcast the conference's baseball championship from 2022-26. He was the play-by-play voice of the Marist women's basketball team from 2000-07, and provided color analysis on Marist football broadcasts from 2003-13.

Ferraro served as the primary official scorer for the Hudson Valley Renegades from 2009-21. The Renegades became a Class High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees in 2021 after previously being a short-season Class A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Ferraro served as Marist's Interim Sports Information Director for the 2007-08 season. In the 2006-07 year, Ferraro was Assistant Sports Information Director at Marist. He was the primary contact for the women's basketball team, which was the first basketball team in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference history to advance to the Sweet 16. Additionally, he was the contact for the men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's rowing teams.

Prior to his arrival at Marist, Ferraro worked for the Poughkeepsie Journal Sports Department from 2001-06, and included stints as an intern, free-lance writer and copy editor, part-time sports reporter, and full-time sports reporter and copy editor.  

Ferraro received his Bachelor's in Communications with a concentration in Radio/TV/Film from Marist in 2001. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Core/Liberal Studies. He served as Sports Editor of The Circle, Marist's student newspaper, and was also Assistant Sports Director of campus radio station WMCR. 

Ferraro resides in Hartsdale with his wife, Meghan, and sons, Jackson and Lucas.