A 12-month, $12,000 Pathway Built Exclusively for the Business of Sport.
One Cohort. One Year. One Credential built for those who already work in the game.
DAPHNE, Ala. - The United States Sports University (USSU) announced the launch of its
Executive MBA in Sports Management, a 30-credit-hour graduate program designed for
coaches, athletic administrators and career changers who want a sport-specific MBA without
putting their career on hold.
Where most MBA programs ask working professionals to choose between their job and their
education, USSU built the Executive MBA around a different idea: give serious sport-industry
professionals a fast, focused and fully financeable path to the credential that moves their career
forward, and do it in a single year.
A Curriculum Built for the Business of Sport
The Executive MBA in Sports Management pairs a rigorous business core with coursework
found nowhere outside a dedicated sports university. Students complete:
• Core Business Foundation (12 credit hours): Leadership and Strategic Planning, Finance &
Accounting for Decision Making, Managerial Economics, and Business Analytics for
Decision Making
• Sports Management Specialization (15 credit hours): Managing People and Performance in
Sports Business, Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, International Sports Management,
Revenue Generation and Fundraising in Sports Business, and Sports Facility and Event
Management
• Capstone Project (3 credit hours): A culminating MBA Capstone that puts the full
curriculum to work on a real business challenge
Students move through the program as a single cohort of 15 to 20, starting together, taking
every course together and finishing together. Fall and spring terms run in focused 8-week
sessions; the program closes with a 12-week capstone in the summer, preserving the academic
rigor USSU's accreditation standards require even at an accelerated pace.
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