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What can I do with a major in Sport Management?

Sport Management is an interdisciplinary major offering a broad-based curricula in sports, management, marketing and promotion, communications, law, finance and accounting, economics, and computer literacy. Students acquire understanding of the role of sports in our society, the role of management in sports, and have opportunities to apply knowledge in a variety of practical experiences through the cooperative education internships. Students who complete the degree may attain careers in professional or collegiate sports, resorts, athletic clubs/facilities, retail sporting goods, public relations, activities programming, sales and marketing.

Strategies

• Enhance communication skills
• Take courses in public relations and marketing
• Consider pursuing a law degree
• Earn a graduate degree to increase career options
• Gain experience in public speaking and fundraising
• Work on publicity campaign
• Coordinate sporting events
• Join a local newspaper as a sports writer
• Join professional organizations to network
• Take an internship with a minor league team
• Get part time job with a sports organization
• Working for a health club or gym
• Working at a sporting goods store

**Career Titles**
Academic Counselor Account Executive Accountant Advertiser Advertising Agent Arena Manager Arena Worker Assistant Athletic Director Association Executive Athlete Manager Athlete Support Services Athletic Surfaces Manager Athletic Director Business Manager College Athletics Business Mgr Computer Programmer Consultant Director of Intramural Sports Director of Marketing Director of Merchandising Director of Public Relations Director of Sport Promotion Director of Stadium Operations Equipment Manager Events Coordinator Events Planner Fitness Center Manager Fitness Consultant Fundraiser Fundraising Director GM of Athletic Team Golf Director Health Club Manager Health Club Programming Industrial Recreation Specialist Insurance Agent Life Skills Coordinator	Marketing Consultant NCAA Compliance Officer Olympic Committee Member Performance Trainer Promotions Executive Public Relations Specialist Racetrack Manager Recreation Supervisor Recruiter Resort Recreation Specialist Schedule Coordinator Special Events Coordinator Spokesperson for Athlete Sponsorship Coordinator Sports Comm Director Sport Events Director Sporting Goods Buyer Sporting Goods Salesperson Sporting Goods Store Mgr Sports Information Director Sports Facilities Manager Sports Official Sports Writer Sportscaster Stadium Manager Stadium Worker Team Manager Team President Team Spokesperson Ticket Coordinator Ticket Manager Ticket Salesperson Tournament Director Traveling Secretary YMCA/YWCA Manager YMCA/YWCA Worker

Professional Organizations

Club Managers Association of America
1733 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
PO Box 16428
Cleveland, OH 44116

Web sites

All sports jobs website
Athletic Business: Industry's leading business magazine
College Sports Information Directors of Athletics (CoSIDA)
ESPN Sportszone
NCAA Home Page
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrator (NACWAA)
National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A)
National Association of Sports Officials (NASO)
North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
Score A Job with MLB
Sport Careers
Sport Marketing Association
Team-Marketing
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Walt Disney World Sports Complex

Contact Information

Megan Adukaitis
Director of Career Development

Career Development Office:
Bernardine Hall, Suite 1104
Phone: 610-796-8225
Fax: 610-790-1968

Hours:  
Monday - Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Evening hours by appointment.

Email: career.services@alvernia.edu

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