Sport Management
Overview
Whether it’s playing, watching or exploring the business behind teams, big games and shocking trades, you live for sports. Now your passion can be your career with opportunities to work in professional, international, intercollegiate, high school, community and youth sports.
Combine your business skills with your love for sports by pursuing a degree in sport management from Gordon’s School of Business. With academics fully founded in Christian faith and principles, you’ll be prepared to make social change in the sport industry and broader society with hands-on courses in finance, governance and event management.
Why study sport management at Gordon?
Located in Greater Boston, you’ll be close to some of the nation’s top sports teams and benefit from our strong connections to teams like the New England Patriots, New England Revolution and Boston Cannons. With over 24 varsity teams, you’ll immediately be plugged into a thriving athletic community.
Our faculty are industry experts passionate about sports and management. They’ll help you become a critical thinker who can solve sports industry issue through the lens of biblical principles.
What can Christians bring to sport management?
Christians within this industry have a unique opportunity to approach sports as a means for social development. Sports can be a tool to address societal challenges, work at conflict resolution and build peace at the local, regional, national and international levels of sports organizations.
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts |
|---|---|
| Program Level | Undergraduate |
| School | School of Business |
| Program Format | In-Person |
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Courses
Sport Management Courses
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Experiential Learning
Uncover your career goals with experiences like:
- Internships at places like ESPN
- Sports team manager opportunities
- Rec-IM job opportunities
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- The Business Club
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Faculty
Faculty
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Careers
Life after Gordon
What careers can I pursue with Sport Management?
A degree in sport management can lead to a variety of successful careers within the sports industry, on and off the field. Here are just a few of the many job titles you could achieve:
- Athletic director / Athletic administrator
- Campus recreation director
- Chief financial officer
- Community relations director
- Director of operations
- Executive Director of non-profit and community sports organizations
- Events manager
- Facility director
- General manager
- Marketing director
- Media program associate
- Player development / Player personnel
- Player services associate
- Recreation coordinator
- Sports agent
- Sports information director
- Sports lawyer
- Sportswriter / Blogger
- Sports data analyst
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