Director of Athletics

Mike Hanna '68

A 1968 graduate of Hobart, Mike Hanna became the College’s athletics director in 1981. He has piloted the athletics program to new heights through unprecedented championships in lacrosse, to today’s department-wide success.

In an effort to enhance Hobart studentathletes’ leadership skills both on and off the field, Hanna started the Napier Leadership Seminar. Now in its 11th year, the participants meet throughout the year to discuss leadership issues and to learn from featured speakers such as University of Florida Director of Athletics Jeremy Foley ’74 and New York Giants Vice President for Marketing Rusty Hawley ’79.

An active member of the community, Hanna has served in a variety of civic positions. He continues to co-chair the Geneva Rotary Club’s Student Loan Program and recently assisted Ontario ARC with their $1.5 million capital campaign.

Hanna has been involved in college athletics, including stops at Johns Hopkins, Navy, and Princeton, since his discharge from the U.S. Army. He was a paratrooper and an officer in military intelligence, including a tour as an advisor in South Vietnam.

As a quarterback, Hanna broke all of Hobart’s season and career passing records. He co-captained both the football and lacrosse teams and earned the Francis L. “Babe” Kraus Award as Hobart’s Athlete of the Year during his senior year.

Hanna resides in Geneva with his wife, Mary Anne, a second grade teacher at Geneva’s West Street Elementary School. They have three children: Katie, an agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Molly WS’99, a teacher at the Odyssey School in Baltimore; and Matt, the director of admissions and an assistant coach in lacrosse at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo.