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This feature is part of our series of profiles showcasing members throughout the CoSIDA membership during the celebration of CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week for 2020-21. See more features at CoSIDA.com/ThankYourSID.

Anthony Macapugay – St. Joseph's College - Brooklyn, Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications and Operations

by Adam Rubin – Stony Brook, Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications

"Don't be afraid to give your interns and students larger tasks and projects they can take ownership of,” he said. “Set clear objectives and give recommendations on how to execute or how you'd do it, but leave room for them to insert their own ideas, which will aid their growth. You might be surprised with what they come up with.”

- Anthony Macapugay, St. Joseph’s College – Brooklyn Assistant AD for Communications and Operations

The St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) first-and-only full-time SID, Anthony Macapugay has served in that role since 2008. At the small NCAA Division III school (undergraduate enrollment pre-pandemic was 985), he is responsible for the communication efforts for the Bears’ 14 intercollegiate varsity sports and also is the sport administrator for the women’s basketball and softball teams. Read more on how this former web developer and corporate intranet manager made the transition into athletics communications and why he stays, his development of interns who have gone on to become SIDs, and his advice for young professionals.

Both of Anthony Macapugay’s parents worked in the corporate world. And he loved technology. So Macapugay chose to major in computer science while an undergrad in Boston College’s management school. And upon graduating in 2000, he entered that field.

Macapugay and his wife Jackie (an SJC alumna) with their first child, now eight-month-old daughter Emma.

Macapugay with CoSIDA Academic All-District® women’s soccer honoree Deserae Sequeira in 2019 at the St. Joseph’s College Annual Awards Banquet that Macapugay produces and hosts.

Macapugay traveled with the Brooklyn Nets in 2017 for the NBA's Mexico City Games. He is in his fifth season as an NBA/G-League statistician.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have people come in here either for credit or just for even unpaid internships and spend quite a bit of time here,” Macapugay said. “When I recruit them and they reach out to me, my pitch to them is I’m investing my time in them — not so much just trying to find interns.”

His advice to fellow SIDs?

"Don't be afraid to give your interns and students larger tasks and projects they can take ownership of,” he said. “Set clear objectives and give recommendations on how to execute or how you'd do it, but leave room for them to insert their own ideas, which will aid their growth. You might be surprised with what they come up with.”

Macapugay also works on the stat crews for the Brooklyn Nets and their G League affiliate. There, he was exposed to Genius basketball software before it reached college athletics. He also is a regular statistician for college games at Barclays Center and at several local schools.

As for his path to athletic communications, well, Macapugay notes he had an atypical path.

“I kind of fell into it a little bit,” he said, “and I wouldn't change a thing."

Macapugay (l) with LIU Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Media Relations Casey Snedecor (r) after the championship game at the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at the Barclays Center.

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