Aug. 25, 2008

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's Director of Athletics, Jim Fiore, has announced that Matt Larsen has been promoted to Senior Associate Director of Athletics. "I'm thrilled to recognize Matt with this promotion as he has contributed to our department in ways that have allowed it to grow, prosper and excel so quickly these past five years," Fiore said. "He is a passionate and determined leader; someone I and our entire University community holds in very high regard. Matt embodies all the core values we believe in as a member of the Department of Athletics at Stony Brook and is a role model for all Stony Brook student-athletes and staff."

As a member of the senior management team, Larsen will actively participate in the development and implementation of department philosophy, policies and procedures and will have daily oversight of the baseball, women's soccer and men's and women's cross country/track and field programs. Additionally, with this promotion, Larsen will serve as the primary financial officer for Stony Brook University Athletics and will have direct oversight of the Equipment Room, Business Operations, Summer Camps and Athletic Human Resources. He will also engage in various strategic planning initiatives for all aspects of the department including management of the department's operating budget.

A long-time member of the department, Larsen has been the Associate Director of Athletics for Business Operations and Administration since January 2007. Previous to that, he served as the department's Assistant Business Manager beginning in 1998. In December of 1999, Larsen helped create the Summer Camp at Stony Brook, a day camp that has seen its enrollment grow to nearly 2,500 since it's inception in 2000. Larsen also spent five years as the Athletic Ticket Manager, where he was responsible for creating the ticketing program, while overseeing the day-to-day running of the ticket program for football, men's and women's basketball and men's lacrosse.

Larsen is a 1996 graduate of Stony Brook, earning a B.S. in biology. After graduation, he continued his education at Stony Brook, earning his master's in liberal studies in 1998 while serving as a graduate assistant for both football and athletic facilities.

As an undergraduate at Stony Brook, Larsen was a stand out student-athlete as a three-year starter at wide receiver for the football team, earning GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District honors as a senior in 1995.