Shawn Lynch

President

Lynch, the Checkers' longest-tenured employee, earned the title of President in June of 2025. In this capacity, he manages all day-to-day operations with the Checkers including oversight of ticket sales, corporate sales and marketing.

Lynch began his career as a game-day operations intern with the Checkers in 2003. From there, he joined full time as a ticket account manager in 2004 and worked his way through a director of tickets services role and then the vice president of ticket sales before earning the title of senior vice president in 2013.

During Lynch’s tenure, the Checkers moved from the ECHL to the AHL, moved from Bojangles Coliseum to Spectrum Center and then back again, captured a Calder Cup championship, changed NHL affiliations and ownership groups, managed the COVID-19 pandemic, executed Charlotte’s first professional outdoor hockey game at the Queen City Outdoor Classic and posted record revenue across all categories during the 2024-25 season.

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Hometown
Foxboro, MA

College and major
Clemson University, Sports Marketing

Favorite sports team
New England Patriots

First hockey game
Boston College, circa 1990

If you could create a menu item for the Red Line Club, what would it be?
Red Line Ribs

Favorite memory with the Checkers
2019 Calder Cup Champs

Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck?
I’m a lover not a fighter