A 25-year veteran of college athletic communications with experience at all three NCAA divisions, Eichelberger begins his third year at McDaniel in 2024-25.
Eichelberger came to The Hill after spending four years at Catholic University where he served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Communications for 25 sports. He oversaw the creation of the Cardinal Sports Network that had a 38.4 percent increase in viewers compared to 2018-19, including 48.8 percent in men's soccer, 47.6 percent in football, 46.7 percent in field hockey and 39.4 percent in women's basketball. In addition, the Catholic Athletics Twitter account increased its following by 42 percent while Instagram saw a growth of 148 percent from 1,893 followers on Aug. 13, 2018 to 4,692 on Aug. 8, 2022. He also served as the primary contact for baseball that advanced to the Division III World Series in 2022.
Prior to Catholic, Eichelberger worked as a media relations assistant at Towson University in 2017-18 where he served as the primary contact for field hockey, women's cross country, men's and women's swimming, women's track & field and the Tigers' nationally-ranked women's lacrosse program. He was also an assistant in athletic communications at Marymount University and served as the contact for the Georgetown University field hockey team in 2016.
From 2008-15, Eichelberger spent seven years as the Associate Athletics Director and Sports Information Director at Stevenson University. He oversaw media relations for 27 teams which expanded from 17 in 2008, highlighted by the addition of football, men's and women's ice hockey and beach volleyball. In 2013, he served as the primary contact for the nation's No. 1-ranked men's lacrosse team that won the national championship. He implemented live video, live statistics and social media while assisting in the creation of SUTV and overseeing marketing and promotion, game operations and game entertainment. He also served on various committees, including the Hall of Fame, scheduling and recruiting.
Under Eichelberger, the 2011 Stevenson men’s lacrosse media guide was ranked No. 1 in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) while the 2013 football game program was No. 2. In addition, he established social media platforms at Stevenson that ranked 98th out of 450 NCAA Division III schools according to d3socialmedia.com on July 6, 2015. Stevenson was No. 34 in Instagram, No. 69 in Twitter and No. 89 in Facebook.
Before Stevenson, Eichelberger spent four years at Shippensburg University from 2004-08, three years at Thomas More College, one year at Randolph-Macon College and one at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. He also worked as an intern for the Associated Press in Richmond, Virginia and the Frederick Keys.
Eichelberger is a member of the official statistics crew for the NFL's Washington Commanders, NBA's Washington Wizards and Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse. He serves as an official scorer for the Frederick Keys of the MLB Draft League and Spire City Ghost Hounds of the Atlantic League. He also spent three seasons as an official scorer for the Fredericksburg Nationals of the Carolina League and two for the York Revolution of the Atlantic League. From 2017-19, he was on the official stats crew for the Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade of the Arena Football League and worked ArenaBowl XXXI and XXXII.
A 1998 graduate of Randolph-Macon College where he played football, Eichelberger was a member of the Yellow Jackets' 1997 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship team. He also played in the highest-scoring tie game in Division III football history when Randolph-Macon and Catholic battled to a
50-50 tie on Sept. 16, 1995. He received his bachelor's degree in environmental studies with a minor in journalism.
Eichelberger is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Eastern Athletic Communications Association (EAST-COMM) where he serves on the Executive Board. He currently lives in Manchester, Maryland with his wife, Bren, and their two daughters, McKenna and Avery.
