Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League

Darin Yrigoyen was hired as the Director of Information for the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League (MCVL) in September of 2019. He serves in a part-time role with the MCVL. Yrigoyen is a proud member of the College Sports Communicators (CSC) professional group and currently serves on the Advocacy and Scholarship Committees. 

Yrigoyen was hired in September 2023 as the Director of Athletic Communications at Florida International University and was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic and Brand Communications in July 2025. In this role, he serves as the primary contact for the FIU Football, Softball and Women’s Tennis programs along with leading the FIU Athletic Communications office. 

The Langhorne, Pa., native also has made stops at the Ivy League, Kutztown University, Lynn University, Dominican University and the University of Chicago. Additionally, he has held roles with the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) and the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, serving as Media Liaison and Social Media Coordinator. 

During his tenure at the University of Chicago, Yrigoyen served as the primary contact for a variety of sports, highlighted by his role with the 2022 Division III National Championship-winning and undefeated men’s soccer program under head coach Julianne Sitch. Sitch became the first-ever female head coach to win an NCAA National Championship coaching a men’s program and was featured in a multitude of high-level media outlets, including ESPN, NBC, CBS and world-renowned podcast, Men In Blazers. 

At Dominican, Yrigoyen worked as the primary contact for all sport programs with the Stars. During his tenure, he helped to overhaul and enhance both the sports information and social media efforts, of which included providing ‘content day’ photo and video shoots for all programs. Yrigoyen also led the promotional and social media efforts for the nationally ranked men’s volleyball program and NCAA-qualifying men’s and women’s soccer programs. 

While at Lynn University, he was very involved in the hosting of both the NCAA men's soccer and volleyball regionals, serving as the host SID for both tournaments. Yrigoyen also was responsible for primary media coverage of the Lynn men's soccer program, which advanced to the 2019 NCAA Final Four. 

A graduate of Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, Yrigoyen was a two-year member of the Duhawk men's volleyball program before transitioning to a lead student assistant role with the Athletic Communications Department. He went on to get his master's degree in Business Administration from Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pa., where he also filled the role of Graduate Assistant.

In addition to his time in athletic communications at Loras, Yrigoyen also spent two seasons as a student-athlete as a member of the men's volleyball program.