Alfred State College Director of Athletics Jason Doviak has announced the hiring of Daniel Roberts as the Coordinator of Event Management and Equipment Services. Roberts was hired as part of the Division III Ethnic Minorities and Women's Internship Grant that Alfred State was awarded earlier this summer.
Roberts comes to Alfred State after serving as a graduate assistant within the University of Buffalo's facilities and event management department. In that position he helped manage the staffing, crowd management, and operations of athletic events. Previously at the University of Buffalo, Roberts was a recreation and operation assistant (2012-2014) and was a ticket service representative (2008-20012). Other related jobs include working at the University of Pennsylvania as a recreation operation supervisor, working in the championship village at the World Junior Championship in Buffalo, and working as an assistant program director at YMCA Summer Camps.
He has a bachelor's degree in media studies from the University at Buffalo, a master's degree in sports administration from Canisius, and is currently pursuing a doctorate degreee in sport administration and management from Concordia University - Chicago.
The Division III Ethnic Minorities and Women's Internship Grant is designed to provide financial assistance to the division's member schools and conferences that are committed to enhancing ethnic minority and gender representation in entry-level, intercollegiate athletics administrative positions