Michael Spinner was named Director of Athletics at Albertus Magnus College on September 1, 2010.  Spinner joins Albertus after spending a year and a half as the Director of Athletics at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.  While at Notre Dame, Spinner served as the catalyst for tremendous change within the department, leading an effort to develop a new athletics brand identity and logo, a new athletics website, and a recruiting plan that led to one of the largest and most competitive athletics recruiting classes in several years. Spinner also instituted the department's first-ever intramural sports program, and helped established the college's first athletics homecoming weekend and Midnight Madness event for basketball.
 
Spinner served previously as associate director of athletics at Yeshiva University in New York City, where he was involved in all facets of the administration of the athletic department, served as the Sports Information Director, and oversaw the marketing of athletic programs and public and media relations for the athletic department. At Yeshiva, Spinner also oversaw a complete overhaul of the athletic department operations, helped begin the school's varsity women's cross country, soccer, and volleyball programs, and assisted with the implementation of the program's first-ever pre-season camp for fall sports.
 
Prior to Yeshiva, Spinner served as the assistant director of athletics and head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York. While at Mount Saint Vincent, Spinner worked as the Sports Information Director and led a process to develop a new athletics brand identity and logo, and also developed a new website for the athletics program. He also was involved in all areas of administration of the athletics department. Spinner also founded the Mount Saint Vincent women's lacrosse program in 2004, starting as a club team, and guiding the team to incredible success. During three varsity seasons (2005-2007), the Dolphins compiled a 31-19 record, and advanced to both the Skyline Conference and ECAC semifinals during both the 2006 and 2007 campaigns. During that stretch, Mount Saint Vincent produced 10 All-Conference selections.
 
In addition to his college-related experiences in New York, Spinner also has been sports information director for the Hudson Valley Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conferences.
 
Spinner's work in college athletics began in 2000 when he accepted a position as assistant men's and women's lacrosse coach at Manhattanville College. In 2000, the Valiants earned Knickerbocker Lacrosse Conference Coaching Staff of the Year honors. From there, he moved to Salisbury State University where he served as an assistant coach for the powerhouse Sea Gull programs, and helped lead Salisbury to the NCAA Sem. Spinner also coached at the High School level, leading Greenwich High School to the 2002 Connecticut State Championship Game after a 17-4 season as head girl's varsity lacrosse coach. In 2003, while recruiting for Mount Saint Vincent, Spinner served as the assistant girl's varsity lacrosse coach and defensive coordinator at Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, and helped lead the Gators to their first-ever Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) Championship. Spinner also spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as assistant girl's varsity lacrosse coach and defensive coordinator at Rye High School, helping the Garnets to the 2009 Section 1, Class C Championship Game.

Spinner has also coached lacrosse on the international level, guiding Team USA as Head Coach during the 2006 Down Under Cup in Melbourne, Australia, and the 2007 Aussie Titles in Sydney, Australia. He is currently a coach with the Connecticut Dodgers Girls' Lacrosse Club.
 
An accomplished journalist, Spinner served as editor-in-chief of the Pace University student newspaper, and then moved on to a professional journalism career that included stints as the assistant editor of Inside Lacrosse, managing editor of the now defunct 360Lacrosse.com, and a senior columnist for e-lacrosse.com. He also has numerous free-lance articles to his credit, including a recent column published by the New York Rangers Tribune. He also spent nearly three years as Website Editor at World Wrestling Entertainment in Stamford, Connecticut.
 
Spinner is a 1999 graduate of Pace University in Pleasantville, New York, where he earned the bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in political science and was a four-year member of the lacrosse team. He holds a master’s degree in sports management from the State University of New York at Cortland.