RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Marianne Reilly has announced the hiring of
Matt Raidbard as the Associate Athletic Director for NCAA Compliance and Student-Athlete Development and
Cooper Hayes to the role of Assistant Director of Sports Communications, Digital, and New Media.
Raidbard comes to Riverdale from the University of Hartford, where he was the Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director-Administration, Compliance & Student-Athlete Success. While at Hartford, he helped manage the department's day-to-day operations in addition to overseeing the restructuring of the facilities, events, and operations offices and hiring several full-time staff members.
Before his time at Hartford, he served in a similar role at the University of Northern Colorado and Chicago State University.
"I am so thrilled to join the Jaspers Family in the role of Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Student-Athlete Development," said Raidbard, "I would like to sincerely thank Director of Intercollegiate Athletics,
Marianne Reilly, for entrusting me with this important role during such an exciting and transformative time for Manhattan College Athletics. I look forward to helping our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and administrators accomplish great things both on and off the field."
Hayes, who began in July, arrived in Riverdale following one year at Division II Flagler College (Fla.), where he served as the first athletic communications intern that the department hired. He was the primary contact for men's and women's cross country and track. He spearheaded the communications effort for the first year of competition for men's and women's lacrosse. In addition to his sport responsibilities, he oversaw the department's streaming efforts of all home competitions, implemented official video replays for men's and women's basketball, and increased play-by-play presence for all teams.
Before he arrived in St. Augustine, Hayes served as a Sports Information Graduate Assistant at McKendree University (Ill.), where he oversaw communication efforts for baseball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's rugby, women's bowling, and women's lacrosse. He also served as the head SID at the 2021 inaugural Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship, hosted by McKendree. He graduated from Ithaca College in 2020 with a degree in Sports Media.
