David Spiegel was promoted to Director of Athletics at Monroe University - Bronx on June 23, 2025. Spiegel took over for Allaire Primiano who served as the Director of Athletics from 2018 until 2025. Spiegel previously held the title of Associate Director of Athletics for the Express, a position he occupied since September of 2024.
As Director of Athletics, Spiegel spearheads the management, coordination, and administration of the competitive NJCAA Division III Monroe University – Bronx athletics program and supplies leadership in the general administration and daily operations of the athletics department, providing a well-rounded experience for all student-athletes.
Spiegel brings several years of administrative experience.
As Associate Director of Athletics for the Express, Spiegel helped with game day preparation, internal operations, transportation operations, and with external and community relations.
No stranger to the Monroe campus, Spiegel joined the Monroe University Athletics Department in July 2017 as the Sports Information Director for the Mustangs of the New Rochelle campus. Thanks to his hard work and strong leadership, Spiegel's title was elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications in April of 2022.
In 2020, Spiegel was named the first-ever
NJCAA Sports Information Director of the Year. The award was announced alongside two other new NJCAA Annual Awards, including NJCAA Athletic Trainer of the Year and NJCAA Athletic Director of the Year. Spiegel also earned the Two-Year Sports Information Directors of America (2YSIDA) Sports Information Department of the Month award for May of 2021 for his work with the Monroe Mustangs and Monroe Express during the Spring 2021 season.
In his role with the Mustangs, Spiegel was responsible for working with coaches and staff to promote, support, and communicate all the accomplishments of Monroe's student-athletes and athletics programs. He also assisted in the introduction of the Monroe University Express in 2017. He covered several national powerhouse teams in New Rochelle, including the back-to-back National Champion Monroe Mustangs men's soccer program in 2022 and 2023.
Spiegel was also responsible for all aspects of athletic communications for the Mustangs Athletics Department, as well as social media, live in-game statistics, web streaming, and other game day communications and operations activities. He supervised staff, produced press releases and feature stories, created video content, and supervised the collection and dissemination of official NJCAA and region statistics. In October 2018, Spiegel oversaw the redesign of MonroeCollegeMustangs.com. Spiegel served on three NJCAA rankings committees, including Football (2019), Division I Men's Basketball (2019-20), and Division I Baseball (2020, 2021, 2022).
In addition to his role with Monroe - New Rochelle, Spiegel also served as the Sports Information Director for NJCAA Region 15 in 2019-20.
Spiegel joined Monroe from Pace University, where he was Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications from 2015 to 2017. At Pace, he promoted nearly 500 student-athletes across 14 NCAA Division II programs, led social media efforts, and introduced video content such as post-game interviews and highlights. Before that, he served as Sports Information Director at Mount Saint Mary College (2013–2015), where he managed coverage for 21 athletic programs, produced content and designs, oversaw the athletics website—including a full redesign—and organized major events like the Skyline Conference Fall Festival. He began his career at SUNY New Paltz, his alma mater, as an Assistant Sports Information Director after interning there as an undergraduate.
A native of New City, N.Y., Spiegel graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a concentration in Public Relations in May 2012. He went on to obtain his Master of Science degree in Sport Management from SUNY Cortland in May 2015.
