Michael Falcone - Staff Directory

Michael Falcone

Title:
Associate Director of Athletics, Interdisciplinary Operations
Email:
Joined Brown:
July 2026
Alma Mater:
Salve Regina '16

Michael Falcone joined Brown Athletics as the Associate Director of Athletics, Interdisciplinary Operations in July 2026 after previously serving as a Commercial Strategist for Royal Football Club Liège in Belgium and as the Director of Baseball Operations for the Newport Gulls as part of a career that has spanned sports, businesses, and borders.

Prior to Brown, Falcone acted as a Commercial Strategist for Royal Football Club Liège in Liège, Belgium from 2024-26, serving as a senior strategic advisor, guiding the modernization of club business operations, and strengthening market position, fan engagement, and international brand visibility. During his time with RFC Liège – a club in the Belgium’s second division – he led a comprehensive audit of the historic club, advising ownership on revenue strategy, organizational structure, and long-term commercial scalability

From 2016-24, Falcone worked as the Director of Baseball Operations for the Newport Gulls Baseball Club in Newport, Rhode Island, serving as the sole business authority for the nonprofit, directing day-to-day operations, and managing volunteers, interns, and seasonal staff across ticketing, sponsorship, marketing, media, and game presentation. Falcone elevated the club’s national reputation and financial performance by collaborating across the league and implementing innovative revenue initiatives.

Among a variety of other ventures, he served as the Executive Producer of the Newport Folk Fest Celebrity Game, as a Talent Manager for The UpprHand Sports Management, as the Executive Producer of the Going Yard Home Run Derby in Houston, Texas, and as a sports management professor at Salve Regina University.

Known for his relentless energy and innovative approaches to complex problems, Falcone earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Salve Regina in 2016 and a master’s degree in business administration from Salve Regina in 2017.