
Richard
Coffey
For me, sports as a whole holds a truly personal connection. Growing up diagnosed with autism at four years old, it was seeing everything grounded through sports that taught me about social interaction. Studying sports helped me learn how to focus; being able to talk to others about sports helped me communicate with others and learn to make my first friends. That opportunity to be connected to others through sport (even if I might have been “different”) was what made me feel less alone when I was growing up.
Now, I have been blessed with the opportunity so far in my young career to try to translate my passion for sport into showing how the game can help build community. That belief is what inspires me each day, it inspired my degree and my work experience, and it is truly what I wish to be able to do for the rest of my life
I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Sport Media from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and brings a robust background in social media and content management, videography, photography and live event production.
I have previously managed and supported social media for the Toronto Six of the Premier Hockey Federation, the International Ice Hockey Federation, and the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. I also have served as Deputy Editor of 49 Sports, one of Canada’s largest U SPORTS news sites for the last three and a half years along with serving as lead videographer and for the last three years as the production manager of WahaTV, the in-house video production team at Camp Wahanowin in Longford Mills, Ontario.
As a content producer I have worked for organizations including Camp Wahanowin, the National Music Camp of Canada, Ontario University Athletics, and U SPORTS. As a photographer my work has been featured on CBC Sports, Daily Hive, The Hockey News, PHNX Sports, the OUA, and more
Two of the things I’m most proud of are my TEDx Talk on my experience with autism I did as a 17 year old back in 2016, and in March 2023 when I was behind the computer/phone at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona when the Toronto Six won their first ever Isobel Cup championship and the only Isobel Cup Championship ever be won by a Canadian team. Getting to be the person to share a moment in hockey history on social media is an opportunity I’ll always be grateful for.
Originally from the west end of Toronto, I now reside in Ottawa, Ontario but make plenty of trips back home to the Six..