Mike Vaccaro has served as the Assistant Director of Sports Marketing and the radio voice of the Seahawks since the fall of 2004. Vaccaro has helped to develop new marketing and promotions concepts, including Team Teal, UNCW's fan rewards program that originated in 2006.
Vaccaro is the radio play-by-play announcer for the UNCW men's basketball and baseball programs and assists the department with other projects.
Prior to coming to UNCW, Vaccaro spent six years at Campbell University as Director of Broadcasting. In that role, he aided in the marketing of the Fighting Camels and handled play-by-play duties for men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball.
Vaccaro began his broadcasting career at WZKB 94.3 FM in Wallace, N.C., and also spent time at WAAV 980 AM, WGNI 102.7 FM and WWAY-TV3 in Wilmington.
A Hazleton, Pa. native, Vaccaro graduated from Syracuse University in 1995 after attending the famed Newhouse School of Public Communications. While at Syracuse, he was a student manager with the Orangemen football team for four years.
Vaccaro and his wife, Bridget, live in nearby Leland, N.C. along with their son, Myles, daughter, Berklee, and pug, Buddy.
