A student majoring in sport management should be prepared
to assume a position of responsibility within a sports-oriented
organization. The sport management major should be able
to mobilize the resources available to that organization
in order to meet the mission, goals, and objectives of both
the organization and its stakeholders.
Graduates in sport management should be prepared to begin
their careers in sport promotion, health and fitness center
management, professional or collegiate sports, sporting
goods, sport facility and event management, and/or other
sport-related businesses. The Management Department emphasizes
innovation, creativity, leadership, customer focus, and
the importance of quality in providing goods and services
to customers. The sport management major engages in a course
of academic study that introduces and reinforces these critical
success factors to adequately prepare them for a rewarding
career in sport-related organizations.
Career Opportunities
The sport management major is prepared to assume positions
of responsibility in the private and public sectors. Graduates
work in the following settings: professional sports, sport
facility management, collegiate sports, recreation, sports
clubs, sports journalism, sport marketing, entrepreneurship,
and the sporting goods industry.
The Sport Management program is housed in the management
department in the School of Business.
Management Department Faculty (Click
names to receive faculty profiles)
Department Chair: Anthony
Chelte
Professors: Russell
Fanelli, William
Ferris, Peter
Hess, Ned
Schwartz, Harvey
Shrage*
Associate Professors: Julie
Siciliano, Sharianne
Walker*
Assistant Professors: Daniel
Covell*, Jeanie
Forray, Lynn
Bowes-Sperry, Minoo
Tehrani, A.
Russ Fanelli
*These are professors who teach Sport Management
classes. Other professor(s) include: Dr. Herber J. Eskot,
Associate Professor of Economics in the School of Arts and
Science (teaches the Sport Economic course).
Dean Stanley Kowalski
Dean of the School of Business
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Dr. Sharianne Walker
Associate Professor for Sport
Management
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Dr. Daniel Covell
Assistant Professor in Sport
Management
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Program Objectives
1. Develop an ability to apply managerial competencies
to sport organizations.
2. Understand internal and external factors that shape
sport in a culture.
3. Achieve competency in sport marketing including fundamental
aspects of sport products, markets, consumer reserach, sponsorship,
and promotion.
4. Achieve competency in the finance of sport organizations
including key elements of budgeting, accounting, public/private
joint financing, and revenue development.
5. Achieve competency in legal aspects of sport including
state/federal legislation, liability, risk management, contracts,
and collective bargaining.
6. Achieve competency in the economics of sport including
fundamental concepts of supply and demand, economic forecasting,
and economic impact assessment.
7. Understand the governance and regulation of sport organizations.
8. Understand the key elements of ethical behavior in sport
organizations including consideration of both personal and
professional ethical systems in sport organization management.
9. Develop the ability to apply theoretical concepts of
sport management in a practical setting through a supervised
field experience.
