Sports Management – The Nuts and Bolts

Catalog description

This course provides an overview for interscholastic sports management. The course introduces the philosophy of educational athletics then focuses on the roles of the national organizations, state organizations and local organizations. It compares and co ntrasts high school athletics to its counterpart, club sports. It will examine the certification process available to those who have any role in the supervision of interscholastic athletics. The course will examine potential problems and possible solutions in areas such as budgets, transportation, scheduling, and parent/student/coach conflicts. The course also touches upon sample athletic/activity program philosophies, department organizational charts, activity procedures/checklist, public relations, coaching applications/assessments and emergency plans.