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| Sports Management |  Graduates of a sports management degree have quite a lot of career alternatives including:
 management of professional,
semi-professional or local teams,
sports medicine,
sport promotion and marketing,
assistants to managers,
clubs or sports organizations.
Students that complete a degree in sports management frequently concentrate on one sport, characteristically one in which they have a high level or interest or one that they have played in the past or been competitive in. In addition sports management may comprise individual sports, not just team events. A number of sports managers may work for colleges, universities and other campuses organization teams or working with coaches to manage student athletic programs.
A degree in sports organization will comprise classes in:
sports medicine,
marketing and sales (they relate to both amateur and professional sports),
sports management theory,
human behavior and motivation,
coaching,
ethical issues and responsibilities of managers and coaches,
business management.
The business organization classes may comprise financial management, budget development and accounting, human resource development and sales and marketing. Networking, effective communication, appropriate and effective decision making strategies as well as team building and working as pare of the organization team will all be stressed throughout the course of study.
The majority of graduates of the sports management program will begin with local teams or semi-professional teams previous to moving to professional team positions. Coaches or those already working in the sports field may decide to complete a degree in sports management to improve their chance for mid level to senior management positions in higher level teams. A number of sports management graduates may also work as managers and supervisors of sports associations and governing agencies. Yet again, these positions are typically filled by graduates with more superior degrees, training and experience within the exacting sport.
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