CCNY Athletics Partners with Spry to Transform Operations Through Innovation and Technology

From City College of New York Athletics

New York, NY – The City College of New York Department of Athletics & Recreation is proud to announce its partnership with Spry, a leading provider of NCAA compliance and communications software. The collaboration will provide CCNY Athletics with innovative tools designed to streamline departmental operations, strengthen communication, and support compliance efforts while creating a more connected experience for student-athletes, coaches, and administrators.

Through its partnership with Spry, CCNY Athletics will utilize a centralized, cloud-based platform to help manage key departmental responsibilities, including compliance education, communications, recruiting, document management, calendar sharing, NIL education and management, and other administrative workflows.

The partnership represents another step in CCNY Athletics’ ongoing efforts to modernize its operations and provide its coaches, staff, and student-athletes with the resources needed to succeed both on and off the playing field.

“We are excited to partner with Spry and bring its innovative platform to CCNY Athletics,” said Duane Bailey, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics & Recreation at The City College of New York. “As our department continues to grow, it is important that we invest in tools that improve communication, streamline our administrative processes, and strengthen our support of student-athletes. Spry will help us create greater efficiency across our department while allowing our coaches and staff to remain focused on the academic and athletic success of our student-athletes.”

Spry’s platform provides collegiate athletic departments with a centralized system designed to connect administrators, coaches, and student-athletes while helping departments manage compliance and operational responsibilities more efficiently. The mobile-friendly platform includes tools for recruiting, calendar sharing, document management, communications, NIL management, education, compliance, and customized workflows.

“CCNY Athletics is committed to creating a strong experience for its student-athletes, and we’re excited to support that work,” said Lyle Adams, CEO of Spry.  “By bringing key processes and information together in one place, we look forward to making day-to-day operations easier for its staff and supporting the department as it continues to move forward.”

The partnership with Spry will further support CCNY Athletics’ commitment to “Building and Developing Innovative Leaders” by providing student-athletes and department personnel with accessible resources and streamlined systems that contribute to success in the classroom, in competition, and for life.

About the City College of New York:

Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Lightcast puts at $3.2 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers, and society. At City College, more than 16,500 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity, and scholarship. In 2023, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign ever. The campaign, titled “Doing Remarkable Things Together,” seeks to bring the College’s Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College’s mission. By May 2026, $500 million had been raised. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic, and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.