Athletics: Operations – Game Management

For all home Athletics events, the Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations or designee will have the responsibility of meeting, greeting, and escorting all visiting teams for a home event to their locker rooms/changing areas or designated playing area.

Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations will also be responsible for ensuring that the locker rooms have been left in a clean and safe condition and lock the area after the visiting teams have departed.

Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations along with the Assistant AD for Marketing and Communications will be responsible for scheduling all independent contractors, work-study staff and student workers for home athletic events. They will also ensure that all workers arrive at the predetermined time to run the event operations effectively.

Ticket sales will be conducted entirely online and/or via credit card sales. Cash transactions for ticket sales are not permissible.

Event Student-Athlete Complimentary Lists

All student-athlete complimentary lists must be submitted through an Excel sheet to the Assistant Director of Athletics for Administration and Business Operations. For a detailed explanation of how to complete this, visit the Athletics page on Gateway. Each student-athlete will be allotted four tickets per home contest within NCAA rules; each ticket must be assigned to a single individual for the duration of the entire season. The student-athletes will be able to request tickets a month before the start of their respective season. The Athletics office will not accept any other requests.

Student-athletes must enter all guests name and relationship into the complimentary guest list. Associate AD for External Operations will print the complimentary list and hand to ticket office/ticket gate prior to the event. No additional names are permitted or handwritten in once the deadline for submission has passed.

Lightning Policy

In the event that the pre-game or game activities are suspended due to the threat of inclement weather, specifically lightning, all coaches, student-athletes, staff members must evacuate ALL outdoor facilities immediately. Coaches and student-athletes must seek shelter in a StMU building. Spectators must seek shelter in their vehicles. Do not seek shelter under the bleachers or in any outdoor area. Failure to evacuate the premises will be at your own risk. (See Emergency Action Plan for detailed procedures for each venue).

St. Mary’s Athletics adheres to the 8-mile radius policy and tracks lightning activity through the Weather Sentry app.