Profiles of Sport Industry Professionals: The People Who Make the Games Happen

by Robinson, Matthew; Hums, Mary; Crow, R. Brian; Phillips, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780834217966
• ISBN10: 0834217961
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-15
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

The sports field is becoming increasingly complex and multifaceted, and sports is big business. Students will learn how their careers evolved, how they prepared, and what their failures and successes have been. The editors of this unique text compiled interviews of a sport agent, high school athletic director, sport attorney, fitness trainer, ice rink manager, reporter, and many more

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Lisa Pike Masteralexis
Foreword	xv
William Squires
Acknowlegements	xvii
Introduction	xix
High School Sport	1	(28)
Interscholastic Athletics Governance	1	(3)
Profiles	4	(25)
Associate Executive Director, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Mechanicsburg, PA	4	(9)
Robert A. Lombardi
Executive Director, National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis, IN	13	(8)
Robert F. Kanaby
Athletic Director, North Hall High School, Gainesville, GA	21	(8)
Richard V. Ledford
College Athletics	29	(28)
Profiles	31	(26)
Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations, University of Maryland, College Park, MD	31	(9)
Robert A. Mullens
Associate Athletic Director, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA	40	(7)
Robertha Abney
Athletic Director, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA	47	(10)
Anne Sander ``Sandy'' Barbour
International Sport	57	(30)
Profiles	59	(28)
President and CEO, NFL Europe, Frankfurt, Germany	59	(10)
Oliver Luck
Manager of Paralympics, Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002, Colorado Springs, CO	69	(8)
Nancy Gonsalves
Vice President of Sports and Competition, Special Olympics International, Washington, DC	77	(10)
Charles Lee Todd II
Legal Aspects of Sport	87	(30)
Profiles	89	(28)
Attorney, Pellettieri, Rastein and Altman, Princeton, NJ	89	(9)
Mel Narol
Chairman/CEO, Black Sports Agents Associatation, Los Angles, CA	98	(9)
Andre L. Farr
Assistant Director of Research, National Footbal League Players Association, Washington, DC	107	(10)
Mark S. Levin
Professional Sport	117	(30)
Profiles	119	(28)
Chief Operating Officer, Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club, Cincinnati, OH	119	(12)
John L. Allen
Director of Basketball Operations, Women's National Basketball Association, New York, NY	131	(6)
Connie H. Hurlbut
General Manager, Louisiana Ice Gators Hockey, Lafayette, LA	137	(10)
Jady H. Regard
Facility Management	147	(30)
Profiles	149	(28)
Senior Events Coordinator, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX	149	(10)
Kyle Kirousis
Recreation and Fitness Manager, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC	159	(9)
Robert R. Bender
General Manager, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	168	(9)
Khalil Johnson
Event Management	177	(34)
Profiles
Event Coordinator, Churchill Downs (racetrack), Louisville, KY	180	(1)
Susan Michelle Pollio
Tournament Director, Firststar LPGA Classic, Dayton, OH	180	(21)
Kimberly Sue Grant
Executive Director, Carolina Marathon Association, Columbia, SC	201	(10)
Laura L. Sawyer
Media and Public Relations	211	(30)
Profiles	213	(28)
Promoter/Director of Media, Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville, KY	213	(8)
P. Scott Douglas
Manager, Public Relations, Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club, Toledo, OH	221	(8)
Brian R. Britten
Sports Information Director, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA	229	(12)
Brian L. Laubscher
Sport Communication	241	(38)
Profiles	243	(36)
Sports Anchor/Reporter, WBAL-TV/Oregon Sports Network, Eugene, OR	243	(23)
Tim C. Roberts
Sports Anchor/Reporter, WBAL-TV 11, Baltimore, MD	256
Damon Andrews
Senior Writer/Producer, ABC Sports Online/ESPN com, New York, NY	266	(13)
Marc C. Connolly
Sporting Goods and Licensed Products	279	(30)
Profiles	281	(28)
Vice President of University Services, Collegiate Licensing Company, Atlanta, GA	281	(13)
Derek M. Eiler
Director of Service and Support, REDA Sports Express, Easton, PA	294	(7)
Joshua Mohlmann
Public Relations Manager, AND 1, Philadelphia, PA	301	(8)
Tracy Y. Royal
Health and Fitness Industry	309	(30)
Profiles	311	(28)
President/Co-owner, L & T Health and Fitness, Falls Church, VA	311	(11)
Susan T. Liebenow
General Manager, K.H.E. Fitness Inc./ Hatfield Athletic Club, Hatfield, PA	322	(9)
John Patrick Ringwald
Owner, Swimer Wellness Services, Inc., Lousiville, KY	331	(8)
Jody Swimmer
Recreational Sports	339	(26)
Profiles	341	(24)
Assistant Director for Recreational Sports, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC	341	(7)
Bradly C. Petty
Fitness Coordinator/Assistant Facility Manager, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA	348	(9)
Anne Wilkinson
General Manager/PGA Professional, Glenmary Country Club, Louisville, KY	357	(8)
Todd A. Sammons
Sports Commissions	365	(26)
Profiles	367	(24)
Executive Director, Charlotte Regional Sports Commission, Charlotte, NC	367	(7)
Jeffrey W. Beaver
Marketing Coordinator, Palm Beach County Sports Commission, West Palm Beach, FL	374	(9)
James A. Haynes
President/Chief Executive Officer, Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, New Orleans, LA	383	(8)
John J. Cicero
The Academic World of Sport Management	391	(30)
Profiles	393	(28)
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA	393	(8)
William A. Sutton
Associate Professor, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL	401	(11)
Susan C. Brown
Professor of Sport Marketing, Academic Coordinator, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR	412	(9)
Dennis R. Howard
Sport Marketing	421	(32)
Profiles	423	(30)
Vice President of Sponsorship and Events, MasterCard International Inc., New York, NY	423	(11)
Jeffrey S. Price
Vice President of Marketing and Broadcasting, Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club, Pittsburgh, PA	434	(8)
Victor S. Gregovitis
President/Chief Executive Officer, MAI Sports, Inc., Kansas City, MO	442	(11)
David Mitchell Wheeler
Sport Governance	453
Profiles	456
Commissioner, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Greensboro, NC	456
Charles S. Harris
Director of NCAA Legislative and Eligibility Services, Big Ten Conference, Park Ridge, IL	465
Jennifer L. Heppel
Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference, Greensboro, NC	477
John D. Swofford