Jeff Michaels
Associate Director of Athletics

Alma Mater: Lycoming '92
Office Phone: 717-477-1541
E-mail: jamich@ship.edu

Jeff Michaels, associate director of athletics since July 2005, is responsible for organizing and implementing all aspects of NCAA rules compliance and education for the Shippensburg University Athletics Department.

Michaels is the chair of the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Committee and is also a member of the Division II women’s lacrosse regional advisory committee. In addition, he has served as a facilitator for the NCAA Division II Leadership Academy for the past two years.

Prior to coming to Shippensburg, Michaels served five years as an assistant to the athletics director at Slippery Rock University where he worked with rules compliance and facilities.

Previous to his position Slippery Rock, Michaels spent five years as the sports information director at Lycoming College, a Division III school in Williamsport, Pa. Prior to Lycoming, Michaels served six months as Slippery Rock’s interim sports promotion and information director and one year as a graduate assistant in the same capacity.

Michaels earned his bachelor of arts in mass communication and political science from Lycoming in 1992 and his master’s degree in athletics administration from Slippery Rock in 1993.

In addition to his almost 15-year involvement in college athletics, Michaels spent the fall semester of 1998 as an adjunct faculty member at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport teaching an introductory course in broadcast communication.

Michaels resides in Shippensburg with his wife Carrie and is the father of two sons, Douglas and Drew.