University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alumni Interview, UMass | Dominic Macklin, football operations manager, City Football Group
Having grown up and studied in the UK through undergraduate level, Dominic Macklin was part of UMass’ MBA/MS Sport Management graduating class of 2015.
Katie Sveinson, UMass | What do women (sport fans) want? Fan clothing that doesn’t suck
Katie Sveinson joined the Umass Amherst faculty ahead of the 2022-23 academic year, having previously been part of the staff at Temple University and the University of Regina, where she earned a PHD in Sport Management/Sociology of Sport.
#1 – University of Massachusetts Amherst’s MBA/MS Sport Management and MS Sport Management
UMass Amherst returns to top spot for the first time since 2019.
Alumna profile, UMass | Heidi Pellerano, chief commercial officer at Concacaf
Heidi Pellerano took UMass’ MS in Sport Management in 1997-98, and afterwards joined the WNBA as coordinator of communications and eventually player personnel.
David B Tyler, UMass | The conflict and cash of rivalries
Dr B. David Tyler, co-founder of the Know Rivalry Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Northern Kentucky University, explains how the project aims to measure and dissect the risks and revenue of sporting rivalry.
#2 – University of Massachusetts Amherst’s MBA/MS Sport Management and MS Sport Management
UMass achieves a top-two finish for the fifth year in a row.
Celebrating 10 editions of the SportBusiness Postgraduate Rankings
To mark the milestone of the 10th annual edition of the Postgraduate Rankings, SportBusiness casts an eye back over the evolution of the sports academic sector and speaks to programme directors of the three courses to have topped the list during that time
SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings 2021
Welcome… to the 2021 SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings.
#2 – University of Massachussets, Amherst MBA/MS in Sport Management
The Isenberg School of Management's flagship sports programme retains its high standards with a second-placed finish in 2020.
Ohio University reclaims top spot in SportBusiness’ 2020 Postgraduate Rankings
Ohio University’s Master of Sports Administration programme has been named as the world’s best postgraduate sports management degree for 2020 by SportBusiness.
The balancing act | Universities attempt to address sport’s gender gap
Though slow progress continues to be made, the sports industry remains an overwhelmingly male-dominated one. Adam Nelson talks to three academics from schools who are pushing to correct this on the importance of education to gender-parity in the sector.
Alumni profile, UMass | Burke Magnus, executive vice-president, programming acquisitions and scheduling, ESPN
Burke Magnus graduated from UMass’s MBA/MS in Sport Management in 1994 and joined ESPN in 2008, taking up his current role in 2015.
Nefertiti Walker, UMass | Reculture sport – the shifting culture of sport
Professor Nefertiti A. Walker is Associate Professor in the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Mark H. McCormack School of Sport Management, as well as UMass’ interim vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion and its chief diversity officer.
SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings 2019 | #1 – University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst’s MBA/MS in Sport Management has become just the third course to take the top spot in these rankings since we began them back in 2012.
University of Massachusetts Amherst tops SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings 2019
The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s MBA/MS in Sport Management has been named the best postgraduate sport administration course in the world for 2019 by SportBusiness Professional.