2019 NACDA and Affiliates Annual Convention

Michael Turner
Assistant Athletics Director, Events and Operations
University of Miami


Michael Turner joined the athletic department in August of 2012 as Director of Events and was promoted to his current role a year later. Turner oversees all aspects of our home game day operations for our 17 varsity sports along with creating and having oversight of the gameday operations budgets of those sports. Some of Turner’s responsibilities involved facility projects, one being the $2.3mil renovation of the Men’s and Women’s Basketball office and locker room spaces. During his time here at Miami, Turner has volunteered for the 2018 and 2019 College Football Playoff Championship game. There he helped with the Playoff Premium and Hospitality. His efforts during the 2019 Championship game earned him the Football Bowl Association Volunteer of the Year Award. Prior to joining the Hurricanes, Turner spent the previous seven years at Purdue University. During his time as a Facility Utilization Manager in the Boilermakers’ Athletic Department, Turner’s responsibilities included creating and negotiating contracts for outside organizations and vendors, coordinating contests for the volleyball, swimming & diving, track & field and wrestling teams, and managing facility projects and upgrades. One project included oversight of a $7mil Soccer complex which included a new soccer building with lockers, press-box and concession stand. As an undergraduate majoring in exercise and fitness at Purdue, Turner earned third place in the 1999 NCAA Indoor Championships’ triple jump event. The former track & field All-American captured first place at the conference championships in the triple jump four times. He went on to earn his master’s of science degree in sports administration from Purdue in 2003.

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