Dan Ruede

Dan Ruede joined the Sacred Heart University athletic staff in October of 2025 as the Associate Athletic Director for Athletics Communications. His primary responsibilities include administrative responsibilities and sports responsibilities for women’s volleyball, women’s basketball, baseball, fencing, cheerleading and dance.
In addition to his duties at Sacred Heart, Ruede also began a five-year term serving as the Third Vice President of the College Sports Communicators in 2026-27. The five-year term will include serving as the organizations President for the 2029-30 academic year and comes after serving a three-year term on the CSC Board of Directors as a College Division Representative (2020-23).
Prior to Sacred Heart, Ruede spent 10 years at the University of New Haven where he served as the Associate Director of Athletics/Strategic Communications and was responsible for overseeing the day-to-day communications, marketing, promotions and brand management activities for all 20 of the University’s Division II sports.
Prior to New Haven, Ruede spent 10 years at the University of Hartford, the last six as the Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications. At Hartford, he oversaw the athletic communications office and served as the primary spokesperson for the Department of Athletics. His primary sport coverage included women’s basketball, baseball, women’s soccer, volleyball, golf and tennis.
Ruede joined the University of Hartford as an Assistant Sports Information Director after spending six years at Central Connecticut State University as a Student Assistant and Assistant SID. While at CCSU, he worked with women’s basketball, baseball, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, swimming and diving and volleyball.
He earned his undergraduate degree in communications from Central Connecticut State University in 2003 with a minor in journalism. A native of Hartford, Conn., Ruede currently resides in Middletown, Conn. with his wife Kristen and daughter Madison.