Introducing: The Maguire Athletic Center
The Maguire Athletic Center finalized its first phases of construction in December 2024 and provides a state-of-the-art training facility for Saint Joseph’s hardworking, talented student-athletes.
In order for student-athletes to compete at the highest levels, they need to be supported by state-of-the-art facilities to enhance their training, performance and overall well-being.
Enter: The Maguire Athletic Center.
The Maguire Athletic Center is an ultramodern training facility for Saint Joseph’s University’s student-athletes that finalized its first phases of construction in December 2024. This included the completion of its men’s and women’s basketball training facility, an expansive indoor turf field, a track and field training mezzanine, and land training room for the rowing teams.
The facility immediately opened for use and a handful of St. Joe’s varsity teams — men’s and women’s soccer, lacrosse and cross country/track and field — moved right into their new respective locker rooms.
This renovation was made possible by James J. Maguire, BS ’58, his late wife, Frances, H ’14, and The Maguire Foundation. The ribbon cutting to officially open the complex will be on May 1, 2025.
Basketball Training Facility
A critical aspect of the Maguire Athletic Center project was the dedicated, identical men’s and women’s basketball practice facilities. The original Casciato practice gym had one full practice court that was primarily used by the men’s basketball team, while the women’s team generally practiced in Hagan Arena. Now, each team has its own full developmental court with identical features, like dedicated AV walls for reviewing drills and game film.
Each practice court boasts direct access to the exclusive basketball strength and conditioning and sports medicine areas, which are equipped with HydroFlow recovery tubs, a private exam room, ample space for a variety of treatment methods, and offices for the certified athletic trainers and performance coaches who are deeply involved in each student-athlete's training, prevention and recovery needs.
Salter Track and Field Mezzanine
St. Joe’s nearly 100 cross country and track and field student-athletes now have a dedicated space to meet, warm up, train and engage in critical recovery exercises. This space is also equipped with AV to allow student-athletes and their coaches to review tape from meets and games and work on their techniques.
Hagan Indoor Turf Field
The space that formerly housed the Athletic Center pool was completely transformed into an 11,000-square-foot, real-feel synthetic turf field. This new amenity serves all Division I sports year-round, especially benefitting the lacrosse, soccer, baseball and softball programs.
Rowing Land Training Room
The rowing team’s new land training room accommodates 30 ergometers, or “erg” machines, and stationary bikes. The land training room is loaded with a mechanical system to ventilate and cool the space steadily throughout the day to keep rowers at the top of their game.
The Maguire Athletic Center’s renovation will be complete by the end of the fall 2025 semester, with the remaining work to include an updated weight room and athletic training room for all student-athletes, golf lounge with simulators and a wellness space. Access to the Maguire Athletic Center is one of many benefits student-athletes experience at Saint Joseph's that makes it possible for them to reach peak performance. It also enables Saint Joseph’s Athletics to compete with its peers in the Atlantic 10 Conference when it comes to recruiting, developing and retaining the best student-athletes for the University's Division I teams.