Mike Crowley - Managing Director

Mike Crowley begins his second season with the Earthquakes as the Managing Director. In October of 2010, Crowley was promoted to Managing Director after hiring David Kaval as the new Earthquakes President. Crowley oversees all aspects of the business operations with the San Jose Earthquakes and he has been actively involved in securing a soccer-specific stadium for the franchise.

During the 2010 season, Crowley was on hand for the grand opening of San Jose’s one-million dollar Nutrilite Training Facility. Cowley was also instrumental in helping to bring club partner Tottenham Hotspur to San Jose for a friendly on July 17, 2010, a match that drew a sellout crowd as well as a national television audience on ESPN2. Additionally, the Earthquakes set a franchise record for single-game attendance against the Los Angeles Galaxy on August 21, 2010 with a crowd of 10,799 on hand for San Jose’s 1-0 win. The new attendance mark eclipsed the previous record of 10,712 on hand for San Jose’s friendly against Tottenham Hotspur.

Under Crowley’s leadership in 2009, the Quakes posted the third-highest average attendance in Quakes history. With Crowley at the helm, the Earthquakes also saw an increase in sponsorship as the Quakes signed a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with Amway Global just before the 2009 season kicked off.

Crowley oversaw the four-million dollar renovations made to Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University and greatly influenced the establishing of a strategic partnership with the English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Crowley also played a role in bringing the Night of Champions Doubleheader to San Francisco, which saw the largest Bay Area soccer crowd since the 1999 Women’s World Cup. The Night of Champions saw the Earthquakes take on the defending MLS Cup Champion Columbus Crew and then saw UEFA Champions League winner FC Barcelona take on Mexican powerhouse Chivas de Guadalajara at Candlestick Park.

On the team side, he played an important role in the hiring of General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle and head coach Frank Yallop.

Crowley also serves as president of the Oakland Athletics. The 2011 season marks Mike Crowley’s thirteenth year with the Athletics’ organization and his twelfth as president after being named to the position on September 28, 1998. His tenure is the second longest among those who have served in the same capacity since 1968. A limited partner in the Athletics ownership group, Crowley is responsible for the overall day-to-day functioning of the Athletics’ organization both on the business and baseball sides of the operation, working directly with Managing Partner Lew Wolff.  

After spending three years in the San Jose office of Price Waterhouse and nine years with I.C.I./Fuller O’Brien Paints, Crowley joined the Athletics organization in July 1997 as vice president and chief financial officer. Considered a key figure in the A’s resurgence as one of baseball’s premier franchises, Crowley has been committed to fielding a championship-caliber team with homegrown talent. He works closely with General Manager Billy Beane on key player decisions and issues relating to the baseball operations overall objectives and philosophies.  

In 1999, Crowley and his wife, Kathy, played a key role in implementing the Oakland A’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day, which has raised close to $875,000 for cancer-related causes over the last eight years. Crowley currently serves on the Bay Area Board of Trustees of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), which aims to create a respected, influential and nationwide family of schools that are successful in helping educationally underserved students develop the knowledge, skills and character to succeed in college and in the competitive world. He also served on the board of top business executives and community leaders that attempted to land the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in the Bay Area.  

A native Californian, Crowley graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 with a degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. He earned his MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 1992. In November of 2002, Crowley was named one of Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal’s “40 Under 40”, honoring the nation’s top sport executives under the age of 40. Crowley resides in Cupertino with his wife, Kathy, and their three children.