BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
THE ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION Kevin Loftus
Kyle Mack
Associate Athletics Director Kevin Loftus, a part of the Bentley University community since September 1994 and a member of the athletic department staff for most of that time, is currently Bentley’s Associate Athletics Director. After four-and-a-half years as a network technician and analyst in the university’s systems and network department, Loftus was named an assistant athletic director in July 2000 and was promoted to associate in 2007. His duties include overseeing athletic facilities, game management, scheduling, transportation, and work study. Loftus, in addition to his administration duties, is also an assistant baseball coach. He held that position from September 1994 to February 1999 and returned to the coaching staff ten years ago. Loftus was a third team Division II All-America and the New England Collegiate Conference Player of the Year in 1993 while playing at UMass-Lowell. He hit .366 during his two years at UML, helping the Chiefs to a pair of ECAC Division II tournaments and a composite 4728-1 record. Following his college career, Loftus signed a one-year contract with the Nashua Hawks of the Independent League in 1995. The recipient of a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from UMass-Lowell in 1993, Loftus received his MBA from Bentley with a concentration in Management in 2009. He lives in Waltham with his wife Carol Ann, and their son Dylan, who was born in April 2009.
Dick Lipe
Sports Information Director Dick Lipe, now in his 34th year as Bentley’s Sports Information Director and his 38th overall at the university, graduated from Bentley in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. His duties include coordinating all sports publicity and public relations for the athletic department, which includes 23 varsity sports. A past president of the ECAC Sports Information Directors Association, Lipe, 54, was a college division representative on the Board of Directors of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for three years. He has served on the NCAA Communications Committee and is chair of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Committee, which he has served on since 1979. Lipe also served as the Information Director for the Northeast-10 from 1980-98, and for the Eastern Football Conference from 1997-2000. In October 1993, Lipe was honored with induction into the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame. Three years later, he was named a recipient of the Lester Jordan Award, presented by CoSIDA for his contributions to the Academic All-America® program. In August 2000, he was presented with the Elmore Hudgens Sports Information Award by the All-America Football Foundation. In 2002, Lipe was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame, and presented with the Warren Berg Award by CoSIDA and the Irving Marsh Award by ECAC-SIDA, both for excellence in sports information. In addition, the Northeast-10 presented the longtime Bentley SID with the inaugural Dick Lipe Media Award. In 2006, Lipe was one of the inaugural inductees into the Northeast-10 Hall of Fame. Last March, he received the Jack Grinold Media/SID Award from MasterSports, a regional organization that promotes college football. A native of Latham, N.Y., Lipe resides in Waltham with his wife, Rosanne. They have one son, Brian (24), and one grandson.
Asst. Sports Information Dir. Kyle Mack is in his third year as Assistant Sports Information Director. Mack, 26, is the primary contact for seven varsity sports, including hockey - Bentley’s only Division I program. Mack came to Bentley after spending a year as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northeastern University where he covered women’s basketball and volleyball. Prior to that, he spent a year as an intern at Manhattan College, covering women’s basketball among four other sports. Mack graduated from Iona College in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications. After graduating, he served as the media relations intern for the Jamestown Jammers, a Single-A minor league affiliate of the Florida Marlins. A native of Ocean Grove, N.J., Mack currently resides in Cambridge.
Brooks Farry
Head Athletic Trainer Brooks Farry, 45, was named to the Bentley training staff in September 1991 and promoted to head athletic trainer in July 2003. He graduated from the State University of New York College at Brockport, receiving a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in 1987, and received his Master of Sciences from Ohio University a year later. While attending Ohio, Farry was the head athletic trainer at Morgan High School in McConnelsville, Ohio. Before Bentley, he spent three years as an athletic trainer for SportsAid, The Center for Sports Medicine in Malden. A Queensbury, N.Y. native, Farry resides in Watertown with his wife Laura and their children, Austin (13) and Julia (9).
Charlie Carkin
Fitness Coordinator Asst. Athletic Trainer Charlie Carkin is in his 15th year as Bentley’s Strength and Fitness Coordinator, 17th season as an athletic trainer and ninth season as assistant coach of the hockey team. His primary responsibilities include development, implementation and supervision of strength programs for the college’s intercollegiate teams. Carkin, a 1992 graduate of UMass-Boston with a Bachelor of Science in physical education, has been a member of the Bentley athletic training staff since then, working primarily with the soccer, hockey and lacrosse teams. From 1983-87, Carkin served in the U.S. Army as a medical specialist, with his duties including emergency medical care, triage, transport and follow-up care. Carkin resides in his hometown of Lowell with his wife, Donna. They have three children, Christine (27), Melissa (23) and Charlie, Jr. (21).
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