Maryland alum Matthew Smale ’10 was named Deputy Athletic Director/Chief Financial Officer for Maryland Athletics in December 2025. Smale is charged with leading the Terrapins' business operations unit, including management of the department’s operating budget.
Smale returns to his alma mater after serving as the Senior Executive Associate Athletic Director, Business Strategy and Capital Projects with University of Miami Athletics in Florida. With the Hurricanes, Smale planned, prepared, and managed the department’s operating budget, and oversaw the daily operations of the business office. He served as liaison to the university’s budget and controller’s offices, among other duties. During his time at Miami, he also served as the sport administrator for Women’s Soccer, Women’s Golf, and notably with Men’s Basketball during the Hurricanes' run to the 2023 Final Four.
Smale arrived in Coral Gables in July 2018 as the Assistant Athletics Director of Business Operations. Prior to Miami, Smale previously served in various roles in the Maryland Athletic Department. He was Director of Business Operations from 2016-18. He spent nearly five years with Maryland Athletics, beginning in November 2013 as an Accountant before being promoted to Assistant Director of Business Operations in October 2015.
Smale spent more than two years at George Washington University as a business/compliance assistant, and had previous experience with Major League Soccer’s D.C. United and the Baltimore Orioles’ minor league affiliate, the Bowie Baysox.
A native of Annapolis, Smale is a 2010 graduate from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Smale graduated with his MBA from the University of Baltimore in December 2017.
