Fairfield University Athletics

Fairfield University Athletics added Bobby Rudd as Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Associate Director of Athletic Development. Rudd joined the Stags in the summer of 2025 after more than a decade on staff at Mount St. Mary’s University.
 
Rudd most recently served as the Associate Director of Athletics for Athletic Development and Revenue Generation at the Mount, where he oversaw the external revenue strategies for the athletic department. During his time leading the athletic development team, Rudd oversaw all fundraising, donor engagement and hospitality, ticketing, licensing, marketing, and NIL strategies. In that role, his team raised nearly $7 million in revenue, which included several capital projects and generated a 54% year-over-year increase in unrestricted annual fundraising and a 42% year-over-year growth in men’s basketball ticket sales. Additionally, Bobby had sport supervision of Men’s Rugby, Women’s Lacrosse, the Track and Field/Cross Country programs, as well as the spirit squads and pep band.
 
His tenure in Emmitsburg also included positions in Alumni Relations, Game Operations and Fan Experience. Rudd started at the Mount as a Graduate Assistant in August of 2013 and joined the full-time staff upon his graduation in August of 2015.
 
A 2013 graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Rudd earned a Bachelor of Arts degree as a double major in Economics and International Public Policy Studies. He received an M.B.A. from Mount St. Mary’s in 2015.
 
Rudd and his wife Rebecca reside in Shelton, Conn. with have two children, Susanna and Bobby.