Matthew Dougherty
Media Relations Director
610-289-1963

Matthew Dougherty Media Relations Director

Dougherty joined the Patriot League staff in June 2007 and oversees the Patriot League's media relations department, serving as the primary contact for football and men’s basketball, as well as various other Olympic sports. He also contributes to the Patriot League's championship administration and creation of publications and provides oversight for the Patriot League website.

Dougherty received the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding SID Award from the All-America Football Foundation in March of 2008. Dougherty came to the Patriot League after a three-year stint at The Sports Network, serving as the Executive Director of I-AA/FCS Football. In his role at The Sports Network, Dougherty was solely responsible for the content and direction of FCS coverage, wrote national articles and all press releases, coordinated media and sports information voting for The Sports Network Top-25 poll, major awards and All-America teams and selected national players of the week. He managed the FCS national award show, served as a guest analyst for television and radio and attended football games and conference media days across the country.

During the 2003-04 academic year, Dougherty worked at Dartmouth College as a sports information intern and was the primary contact for four sports, including men's basketball. During his time with the Big Green, he worked on press releases, game notes and media guides, wrote feature stories for monthly publications and updated the athletics website.

The 2003 Saint Bonaventure graduate worked as a sports information intern in the Bonnies’ athletic department during the 2002-03 school year and earned his degree in journalism/mass communication. The Rochester, N.Y. native also completed internships with the Rochester Rhinos and Rattlers, Messenger Post Newspapers and CBS Radio and served as the sports editor of the SBU campus newspaper, The BonaVenture.

Dougherty and his wife Alexandra have one son - Nicolas.