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Manhattanville Sport Business Management program celebrates 9 years of success and growth


On Thursday June 4th a collection of sports business executives from all areas of sports, adjunct professors, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the 9th year of the sport business management program at Manhattanville College School of Business. Over 50 attendees cane to enjoy power networking, great food and listen to sports executives talk about opportunities in the sports industry and provide critical advice to rising and hopeful sports executives. 



 Sports executive Bill Squadron, the President of Bloomberg Sports and PGA Professional/TV golf commentator, Brian Crowell spoke to the group. Squadron, one of the inventors of the technology that is used on every football telecast (the first down yellow line) spoke about the opportunities in the industry and the growth in various areas such as analytics and technology. 

 He noted that when hiring, he and others carefully examine potential employees backgrounds via social media sites and offered helpful advice about avoiding pitfalls in that area as well as going above and beyond in early career stages in order to move on in the industry. Crowell, shared several stories about his career and implored the group to remember to volunteer and give back often as possible.

 Several faculty were in attendance including Art Berke, formerly of Sports Illustrated, MLB, ABC Sports, Kevin Hallinan, former Senior Vice President, Major League Baseball, Rich Ensor, Esq., Commissioner, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Jim Millman, CEO, Founder at INCUVATE LLC;  Albie Collins, Retired Executive/Tennis Coach and Ivy League Tennis Legend, Mark Jeffers, President, MARSAR Consulting,  Nikhil Kumar, Alumnus  & VP Enrollment Management Mville, Gene Doris , Director of Athletics , Fairfield University, Vince Gennaro, President of SABR, radio personality, Ed Randall and many others were on hand to enjoy the festivities.

 Dave Torromeo Executive Director of the Sport Business Management program noted that a degree from the program is one piece of the puzzle in getting established in the sports business. The Sport Management program recently graduated a record 48 students and in eight graduating classes now has over 300 alumni, many of whom are working in all areas of the sports business industry. For more information or to get started this link.

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