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

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

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ISBN: 9780834217966 | 0834217961
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Copyright: 8/15/2000

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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

Contributors

Foreword

xiii

Lisa Pike Masteralexis

Foreword

William Squires

Acknowlegements

xvii

Introduction

xix

High School Sport

(28)

Interscholastic Athletics Governance

(3)

Profiles

(25)

Associate Executive Director, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Mechanicsburg, PA

(9)

Robert A. Lombardi

Executive Director, National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis, IN

(8)

Robert F. Kanaby

Athletic Director, North Hall High School, Gainesville, GA

(8)

Richard V. Ledford

College Athletics

(28)

Profiles

(26)

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

(9)

Robert A. Mullens

Associate Athletic Director, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

(7)

Robertha Abney

Athletic Director, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

(10)

Anne Sander ``Sandy'' Barbour

International Sport

(30)

Profiles

(28)

President and CEO, NFL Europe, Frankfurt, Germany

(10)

Oliver Luck

Manager of Paralympics, Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002, Colorado Springs, CO

(8)

Nancy Gonsalves

Vice President of Sports and Competition, Special Olympics International, Washington, DC

(10)

Charles Lee Todd II

Legal Aspects of Sport

(30)

Profiles

(28)

Attorney, Pellettieri, Rastein and Altman, Princeton, NJ

(9)

Mel Narol

Chairman/CEO, Black Sports Agents Associatation, Los Angles, CA

(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

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