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As digital and social media coordinator for the New England Patriots, English alum and former River Hawks men's soccer goalie Carter Hochman '19 is chronicling the team's Super Bowl season by managing its YouTube content.
A dream job with the New England Patriots is taking English alum Carter Hochman ’19 all the way to the Super Bowl.
As digital and social media coordinator for the Patriots, Hochman is heading to Santa Clara, California, where they will face the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX. From media day to game day, he’s helping to capture the excitement for the Patriots’ YouTube audience of more than 390,000 subscribers — producing highlight clips, behind-the-scenes content and more from the sport’s biggest stage.
“Even when I say to myself out loud, ‘You’re going to the Super Bowl,’ the words almost sound surreal,” says Hochman, a Lexington native. “This is an event the entire country stops for, and I’m going to be working it.”
Just as the Patriots did on the field during their 14-3 regular season and run to the American Football Conference (AFC) championship, Hochman says he’s trying to stay grounded as the postseason energy intensifies.
“I’m doing my best right now to keep my head down, stay focused, stay in the rhythm of the season and treat it like the next game,” he says.
Hochman joined the Patriots in 2024 and has spent the season working alongside the team’s award-winning content team to connect fans with the team’s journey — on and off the field.
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Carter Hochman '19 has helped grow the Patriots' YouTube channel to more than 390,000 subscribers during this magical Super Bowl season.
“For over 20 years — and essentially my entire living existence — the Patriots were the standard to meet in the NFL,” he says. “Now, not only are the Patriots one game away from setting that standard again, our elite creative team is setting the standard for how to cover it.”
At UMass Lowell, Hochman learned how to balance the demands of performance, preparation and production. He was a goalkeeper on the Division I men’s soccer team and worked in the Athletics Department, assisting with game-day operations and public address duties — even pulling on the Rowdy mascot suit at hockey games. He also served as a sideline reporter for ESPN3 broadcasts of UML basketball games and launched several sports podcasts and blogs.
“Without my experience at UMass Lowell, especially as a student-athlete, I wouldn’t have the mental capacity to deal with the things you need to handle in professional sports,” he says. “The grind, the constantly changing environments — it all prepared me for this.”
After graduating, Hochman took a part-time job as mascot for Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution, who, like the Patriots, are owned by the Kraft Group.
“I got to see the inner workings of a major sports organization, even if it was through the mask of a mascot costume. It reaffirmed that I wanted to work in that kind of environment,” he says.
He later assisted the Revolution’s broadcast team with statistics, then joined the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women’s Hockey League as a social media and marketing associate in 2023. He made the jump to the Patriots the following year.
“As someone who grew up in the Greater Boston area, the Patriots were the ultimate example of excellence in professional sports,” Hochman says. “I’m incredibly thankful every day for what the Kraft family has built and continues to build here. I’m also thankful for the insanely talented team I get to be part of — and we’re one game away.”