The TU MBA In Sports Management: Your “Front Row Ticket” To Real-World Success
The Tiffin University Master of Business Administration (MBA) concentration in Sports Management assists students in enhancing your managerial skills through the delivery of techniques and best practices that integrate academic theory with contemporary business applications in the sports industry. This is where the classroom meets the real world of sports!
The preparation for managerial opportunities in professional, intercollegiate, and recreational sports recognizes the need for developing practitioners who understand the dynamic nature of the business and apply responsive and prudent skills in decision-making and operations. To put it simply, we provide you with a relevant academic background that will translate to real results and real connections!
This program places a premium on enhancing applied critical thinking skills and ethical decision-making practices in a chosen sport industry segment. The primary goal of the concentration is to assist you in reaching your personal, educational and professional objectives in a sport-specific environment.
The Mentorship Program
One of the great advantages of the MBA in Sports Management is that you will be required to participate in a supervised mentorship program with an individual who has appropriate experience and is able to demonstrate a record of outstanding contribution to the profession. We make it easy for you and can accommodate flexible scheduling for mentorships in any semester ~ spring, summer, or fall!
Your TU MBA Can Lead You To Real-World Success: Careers!
TU’s Sports Management MBA program can lead you towards real career opportunities in these areas:
- Professional Sport Organizations
- National Amateur Sport Governing Bodies
- Unites States Olympic Training Center
- Sport Marketing/Event Management Firms
- Law Firms
- Event Management Firms
- County or Municipal Facilities
- Parks and Recreation Departments
- Sports Facilities
- Municipal Sports Commissions
- Private Corporations
- Corporate Fitness Facilities
- Health Club/Wellness Centers
- College Athletic Departments
- Interscholastic Athletic Departments
- Campus Recreation Department
- Campus Intramural Departments
- Physical Therapy or Athletic Training Clinics
- Sporting Goods/Retail Stores
- Resorts
- Camps
- Sporting Goods Manufacturing Companies
- Race Tracks
- Bowl Games
- Local television, newspapers and trade newspapers
- Sport league conference offices
You can look forward to beginning or continuing a successful career with a wide variety of sports organizations. To help your job prospecting, Tiffin University proudly co-hosts an annual career fair in Cleveland, Ohio specifically for sports, entertainment, recreation, hospitality, and tourism industries. The university also coordinates a cross-cultural experience with the summer Olympic Games offering academic credit for students accepted in to the scholars program in Athens, Greece (2004); Beijing, China (2008); and London, England (2012). Consider this partial listing of locations where TU alumni have worked or interned and these are just a few examples!):
Cincinnati Reds; Cleveland Browns, Walt Disney World; Catawba Island Club; St. Louis Cardinals; Toledo Mud Hens; Northern Texas PGA; Cleveland Grand Prix Racing Series; ESPN Detroit Radio; Bradenton Juice; Golds Gym;, Pittsburgh Steelers; Miami Valley Silverbacks; Milwaukee Brewers; Accelerate Ohio; Black & Decker Sports Marketing Division for NASCAR; Hilton Head Plantation; Indianapolis Colts; Buffalo Bills; Florence Freedom; Eagle Mountain Golf Resort; Northwest Ohio Gymnastics; Wild Wing Plantation; Port Huron Border Cats; Gualt Recreation Center; Starfinder Soccer Foundation; Suburban Hockey Training Center; Footlocker; Team Sports of Ohio; IMG; Toledo Cannon; numerous YMCAs, municipal recreation departments, high school sports, and intercollegiate athletic departments.
Join our team! For more information contact Dr. Bonnie Tiell, chair of the sport management department at btiell@tiffin.edu. Your ticket to real success is waiting for you!