Brought to St. Thomas to lead internal and external multimedia, content and messaging as the Tommies traversed the first-ever two-division jump in NCAA history, Mike Gallagher began his role as Assistant Athletic Director – Branding, Creative Content, Production on August 15, 2022.
 
In his second year in St. Paul, Gallagher guided monumental initiatives across a wide variety of areas. From partner identification to contract construction and ultimately broadcast execution, he served as executive producer, studio host and St. Thomas lead for the school’s first-ever broadcast television agreement. A five-sport, 14-broadcast partnership with Fox 9, the landmark cooperative was highlighted by men’s hockey’s battle with the University of Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center, a broadcast that was viewed by nearly 100,000 individuals across the metro area. 2023-24 also held the first multi-sport, third-party streaming deal in school history, with all Summit League broadcasts landing on Midco Sports Plus via the newly-formed Summit League Network. Full broadcasts complete with pregames, halftimes, commercials and feature content marked a major expansion from the previous streaming home of Tommie Athletics, TommieSports.com, and St. Thomas was one of two schools identified as a standout partner by Midco following year one of the network. Away from broadcast and streaming ventures, Gallagher guided the implementation and content construction of new multimillion dollar video boards in Schoenecker Arena (basketball, volleyball) and O’Shaughnessy Stadium (football, track and field), successfully unveiling the largest in-arena production investment in school history. Creative content continued to see exponential growth in Gallagher’s second year overseeing the area, achieving a 4x improvement in generation from the previous season. All 21 teams received at least one piece of creative video content, while double-digit longform video pieces were produced for television broadcasts and social media distribution, St. Thomas Athletics first venture into individual longform feature content in the Division I era. Gallagher also led or co-led production of the first St. Thomas-hosted Division I conference championship (Summit League Outdoor Track and Field), branding and continued growth of the student production program (Tommie Athletic Productions), the athletic department’s first department-wide Black History Month event, external relations first volunteer outing, the third annual Tommie Choice Awards and the first-ever video board show for Tommie Men’s and Women’s Hockey in front of more than 10,000 fans.
 
In year one of his tenure with the Tommies, Gallagher led an overhaul and reconstruction of St. Thomas Athletics social media and broadcast. While navigating a rapid expansion in the streaming product presented to Tommie fans across all 130 broadcasts spanning four different conferences and three different streaming platforms, Gallagher simultaneously constructed the first regional network television broadcast produced by St. Thomas in school history when the Tommies and UMD Bulldogs met in women’s hockey on Bally Sports North. St. Thomas also appeared on television against the University of Minnesota four weeks later, a contest on Fox9+ that served as the beginning of a partnership with Fox that expanded in 2023-24 to become Minnesota’s only locally broadcast, multi-sport college athletics deal across the state. In Gallagher’s other areas of responsibility, he oversaw and executed 8x growth in creative content production year-over-year and led content generation for the announcement of Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, the largest media imprint in St. Thomas Athletics history. Additionally, Gallagher and team delivered significant upgrades in content creation surrounding NCAA Diversity & Inclusion Week, a record-breaking Tommie Give Day, National Girls & Women In Sports Day, the Tommie Choice Awards and the second annual Purple Party. Gallagher also led, or assisted, in the hiring of four full-time employees and 3x growth in the student production program, hiring nearly 20 new students to assist with gameday productions and cinema shoots.
 
Prior to joining the University of St. Thomas, Gallagher spent five years at East Tennessee State University in various broadcasting, media relations and creative roles including play-by-play voice for all ESPN+ and linear television events, executive producer of the athletic department’s radio network, host of social media and podcast content, and sports information director. During his time in Tennessee, Gallagher also served as the play-by-play voice and media relations director for the Minnesota Twins Low-A affiliate, the Elizabethton Twins.
 
Gallagher freelanced his first five years out of college as a content creator, host and producer as well as a play-by-play voice, sideline reporter and analyst when not working at his full-time positions with Bring Me The News and Walden University. His freelance work took him to the Big Ten Network, University of Minnesota, Minnesota Broadcasters Association, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and to pro, college and high school venues throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. His first professional experience in media came as an intern at the number one sports talk radio station in the country, KFAN. His first national TV appearance came in April of 2015 when he disappointingly finished third of three on an episode of Wheel Of Fortune, receiving a Pat on the back from Sajak for his efforts.
 
Gallagher played baseball and earned his Bachelors Degree in Communications at Augsburg University in 2012, and completed his Masters Degree in Brand & Media Strategy at East Tennessee State University in 2019.
 
Gallagher and his fiancé Meagan live in St. Paul, Minnesota.