TOWSON, Md. – Former Towson University wide receiver Casey Cegles has been hired as Deputy Athletics Director. In the role, he will oversee members of the external team - corporate sponsorships, ticket sales and athletics marketing. He will also serve as sport administrator for the football team.
 
Cegles, who was the Deputy AD at Kent State University from July 2015-October 2021, is currently the Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director for Development and Revenue Generation at Old Dominion University. He will begin his new position on March 8.
 
"I could not be more excited about bringing Casey to our leadership team," Towson Director of Athletics Steve Eigenbrot said. "Casey was one of the first people to call me after I was hired and in his words of congratulations, it was obvious how much he cares about Towson and the potential that he sees in our department. To land him now as our Deputy AD is really special. Not only is he a Towson Tiger, but he is also someone I have known and respected for over a decade that brings a variety of meaningful D1 experience to the role – it is truly a perfect fit."
 
Cegles brings 13 years of athletic administration experience to his alma mater. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Towson in 2009 and was a four-year member of the football team. He arrived as a walk-on in the summer of 2005 and left as a captain.
 
"To go back to my alma mater as Deputy Athletics Director is amazing," Cegles said. "To have the opportunity to not only see the external side but to work with football, work with student-athletes at a special place I like call home is exciting."
 
After suffering a torn ACL injury during his true freshman season, Cegles became a regular his final three seasons as a possession receiver, ending his career with 85 catches for 1,040 yards and six touchdowns. As a redshirt sophomore in 2007, he finished 21 catches for 317 yards and two scores. The following season, he had 36 catches for 450 yards and four touchdowns in eight games before a season ending injury. He caught six passes for career high 98 yards, including a 22-yard TD, in season opener at Navy and had a career-best nine receptions for 95 yards against Villanova. As a redshirt senior in 2009, he tied for the team lead with 28 receptions.
 
"Casey is very determined and I am excited for him," said former Towson head football coach Gordy Combs, who coached Cegles for four seasons. "He came in as a preferred walk-on and earned a scholarship through hard work. As a former Towson student-athlete, he understands the place and adds a dimension that we need to help take the athletics department to another level." 

A 3.5 student, he was named to the Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic team three times and was a member of Towson University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

"If I had to do it all over again, I would so the exact same thing," added Cegles. "I loved every bit of my time there and still have great relationships with people I met back in 2005. Towson really is a special place. I walked on the campus as a freshman having no idea what was going on. Now I get to go back and work there to try and elevate the athletics department."

Cegles had two stints in the Old Dominion athletics department, including the last year-and-a-half in a senior leadership role. He returned in October 2021 where he oversaw both annual and major gift fundraising operations for the athletics foundation. Last July, he was promoted to manage revenue-generating area, which included fundraising, ticket sales and corporate sponsorships.

"This is a great hire by Steve Eigenbrot," Old Dominion Director of Athletics Wood Selig said. "Towson athletics got considerably stronger today. What a great opportunity for Casey Cegles to return to his alma mater in such an influential position supporting their student-athletes, coaches, administrators and so many other Tiger constituents. Towson is fortunate to get someone with the expertise and experience that Casey possesses and in a role that Casey will thrive."

Earlier in his career (August 2012-July 2015), he spent three years fundraising for the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation. He began as the assistant director and was quickly promoted to director of the athletic foundation a year later. After assisting the foundation in setting all-time highs in dollars raised and total memberships, he was promoted again to the director of major gifts.

"Wood Selig is a mentor of mine and someone who I respect," Cegles said. "He was so supportive during this process and made it easy. I have only been back for a year-and-a-half and, from a loyalty standpoint, I did not want to leave him that quickly. But he insisted. He knows Steve well and thought this was a great opportunity for me."

At Kent State, he assisted the Director of Athletics with the day-to-day operations of the department and helped lead the administrative team. He also provided oversight of external operations, fundraising initiatives and provided sport supervision for the football, men's and women's basketball programs.

"I learned a lot at Kent State," Cegles stated. "We went through a lot of good things and there were difficult situations as well, including COVID. I have grown since and am excited to take what I learned back to my alma mater."

Prior to his first time at Old Dominion, Cegles spent two-and-a-half years at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) working in corporate sales and ticket operations. While there, he earned a Master of Education from the Center for Sport Leadership.

Cegles grew up around college athletics as his father, Vic Cegles, spent nearly 40 years in athletics administrator, working at Rutgers (1981-86), Arizona State (1986-2002), Temple (2003-06), Long Beach State (2006-2016) and UConn (2016-19). His older brother, Victor, is currently the Deputy Athletics Director at the University at Albany.

Casey's wife Emily (formerly Hurd) was a standout soccer player at Penn State. They and their dog Charlie will reside in Towson.