Phil Engel
Phil Engel
Title: Director of Communications & Sports Information
Phone: 404-727-6549
Email: pengel2@emory.edu

Phil Engel joined the Emory University Athletics Department as the Assistant Sports Information Director/Multimedia Coordinator in August of 2015. In August of 2022 he was promoted to the role of Director of Communications & Sports Information.

He currently oversees the media efforts of the athletic communications department and is the primary contact for men's/women's soccer, men's basketball, baseball, men's/women's swimming & diving, and women's golf.

Engel came to Emory after spending 2014-15 as the Sports Information Assistant with Union College in Schenectady, New York. At Union, he directly handled the media relations efforts for the Division I women’s ice hockey program and men’s soccer, volleyball, baseball, men’s/women’s cross country, men’s/women’s swimming & diving and men’s/women’s track & field teams at the Division III level.

A native of Cranford, New Jersey, Phil earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Sport Management from DeSales University in 2014. During his time at DeSales, Engel spent all four years as a student assistant in the school’s sports information department. As a senior, he also interned in the Athletic Communications and Promotions office at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, helping with the college’s media coverage for all 23 Division I athletic programs.

In addition, Phil served as the sports information contact for the Quakertown Blazers of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League from 2012-2014 and was the media relations contact for the 2014 ACBL All-Star Game.

Engel has also served on the Atlanta Braves' Triple A affilate, the Gwinnett Stripers, press box staff since 2015, acting as an official scorer, field time coordinator and gameday stringer and has worked in several gameday capacities with the Georgia Swarm of the National Lacrosse League.