Leverage your love for sports into a successful career in the sport industry
Do you aspire to work for a professional sport organization?聽Manage social media or marketing campaigns for sport organizations?聽Sell or activate sport sponsorships for top sponsors? Work for a college athletic department?聽Run recreational programs for your community? Do you love the idea of working in the world of sports?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then 黑料专区鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management is the perfect fit for you. In this major, students gain the knowledge, skills and abilities required for success in the sport industry.
About the Program
Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), the Sport Management program is broad-based and effectively prepares students to be competitive in the complex and ever-changing sport management industry.
The curriculum combines sport management courses with those in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Economics, and Accounting, and emphasizes a variety of administrative, managerial, and communications skills required for success in today鈥檚 multifaceted sports industry.
All students will complete an internship (or two) with a sponsoring organization, such as a professional sports franchise, a college athletic program, a sports facility, or a retail sales organization.
With six years in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers and four years in Minor League Baseball with the Charlotte Knights, Professor Austin Rose brings real-world industry experience into the classroom, helping students prepare for careers in the sports industry.
How to Apply
To be admitted to the Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management program, you must apply to Pfeiffer using our undergraduate admissions application.
Accreditation
Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
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The Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management is an ACBSP accredited business degree requiring a minimum of 54 semester hours. that connects core liberal arts competencies such as critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, servant leadership and communication with coursework in sport administration, event management, economics, marketing, organizational behavior, and management.
Hands-On Experience
The university鈥檚 location allows sport management majors the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of amateur and professional events such as:
- Local tournaments and championship series
- Professional sports franchises
- College athletic programs
- Sports facilities
- Sport retailers
Students have worked, staffed, and volunteered for:
- ACC Tournaments
- Big South Tournaments
- Carolina Panthers games
- Charlotte Checkers Minor League Hockey games
- Charlotte Hornets games
- Charlotte Knights MiLB games
- Kannapolis Cannonballers MiLB games
- High Point Rockers College Summer Baseball ALPB games
Career Opportunities
黑料专区 sports management graduates may go on to pursue careers such as:
- Athletics administrator
- Sports marketing
- Athletic coaching
- Sports social media
- Ticket operations
- Ticket sales
- Sponsorship management
- Sports agent
Where Our Students go after Graduation
- Andrew Peacock ’25 – Account Executive at Zawyer Sports and Entertainment (Charlotte Checkers)
- Daniel Fulp 25′ – Director of Sports Performance for the University of Louisiana Monroe Men鈥檚 Basketball Team
- Gretchen Wolpert ’25- Sport Management Master’s Program at the University of Alabama.