Get Started in Your Sports Career

1. Sports Career Basics
2. Choose Your Sports Career
3. Schools for Sports Careers
4. Sports Career Training
5. Sports Career Profiles

Sports Career Basics

Depending on the sports career, the needed preparation can vary widely. These articles will help you find the best sports career for you while offering ideas on how to prepare for that career.

• Sports Jobs More Than Fun and Games
• A Look at 50 Sports Industry Leaders

Choose Your Sports Career

Some ideas for finding a sports career that is a good fit for your personality.

• Personality Tests Can Help in Sports Career Decision
• Colors Could Help in Career Choice

Schools for Sports Careers

Profiles of sports management programs offered by colleges and universities.

• Central Florida
• Marquette
• North Carolina-Charlotte
• Ohio
• San Francisco

• Seton Hall
• Temple
• Washington
• Links to Other Schools with Sports Career Programs

Sports Career Training

For some sports careers, students may benefit from specific training.

• Golf Academy of America
• Racetrack Industry Program

Sports Career Profiles

Reading backgrounds of successful people currently working in sports careers may spark some ideas about your own career.

• University of Kentucky Men's Basketball Coach John Calipari
• NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith
• NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
• NASCAR Chairman Brian France
• NBA Commissioner David Stern

• NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman
• Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig
• NCAA President Myles Brand
• PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem