UPDATED August 23, 2025
Mike Malach joined the Wayne State University athletic department in October of 2023 as Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Event Operations. He is serving as the sport supervisor for men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's fencing, and baseball.
Malach most recently served as the Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Sports Commission for nearly five years, where he directed the sports tourism arm of Destination Ann Arbor. While with the AASC, he managed local sporting events, marketed the local sporting community to outside organizations, locally, regionally and nationally, as well as serving on the management team of Destination Ann Arbor.
Prior to joining the AASC, Malach spent 20 years at Eastern Michigan University concluding his two decades in Ypsilanti as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics. He was the day-to-day supervisor of the athletic department's facilities, while supervising all game day operations for 21 collegiate sport programs, including conference championships. In addition, Malach supervised a team of four full-time employees, four graduate assistants and several dozen student workers tied to the event management and facilities team. He also managed all outside rental groups.
While with EMU, he developed strategic plans for the all the athletic facilities, along with directing all business functions of the athletic department.
Malach earned his bachelor's degree in Fitness Management from Carroll College (Waukesha, Wis.) in 1990, followed by a master's degree in Sports Administration from Eastern Kentucky in 1992.
