Jobs in Sport Management - Where are graduates going?

Typical Job Titles: Sport management positions include a variety of areas. Here are examples of sport management job titles:

  • Marketing and promotions director
  • Sporting goods sales representative
  • Corporate sales director
  • Director of ticket sales
  • Intramural director of campus recreation
  • Facilities coordinator
  • Athletic director
  • Compliance director
  • Athletic business manager
  • Community sport & recreation
  • Fitness manager 
  • Program directors in community sport programs
  • Sports attorney
  • Professional Sports Team Manager

Typical Job Responsibilities: Students with a degree in sport management have varied job responsibilities depending on the type of organization, area of the sport industry, and level of management. Here are examples of job responsibilities:

  • Event management
  • Promotion and marketing
  • Advertising
  • Sports information
  • Sport sponsorship
  • Budgeting
  • Accounting
  • Ticket sales
  • Financial operations 
  • Fund raising
  • Academic counseling
  • Compliance
  • Eligibility
  • Athletic development
  • Risk management plan for legal issues in sport
  • Facility management
  • Sport broadcasting 
  • Media relations
  • Public Relations
  • Sales of sporting goods and licensed sport products

Placement of Graduates: More than 90% of our graduates are employed in key positions within intercollegiate athletics, professional sports, community sports, corporate sports organizations, sports media, and the fitness industry.