The faculty and staff of the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs welcome our visitors to this web site.

Starting fall semester 2008, the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will initiate a new undergraduate major in sport management. This program will build upon the college's highly successful marketing and Professional Golf Management programs. With this new offering in sport management we will now be able to provide an AACSB accredited management education to students with a broad range of sports interests.

Colorado Springs arguably offers the best location in the country to pursue a degree in sport management. Located within our community are the headquarters of US Olympic Committee and its adjoining training facilities, as well as twenty-nine national sport governing bodies including USA Hockey, USA Volleyball, USA Basketball, USA Swimming, USA Wrestling, and US Figure Skating to name just a few. Colorado Springs is also home to the Sports Corporation – host of the State Games of America, the Sky Sox AAA baseball team, the Rocky Mountain  Athletic Conference and Mountain West  Conference, National Junior College Athletic Association, as well as major college sports programs including the Air Force Academy, Colorado College, and UCCS's fast rising collegiate athletics program. Located an hour's drive north in Denver are seven highly successful professional teams including the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Rockies, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Crush and of course the Denver Broncos. And finally, Colorado Springs lies within easy driving distance of the country's best skiing, hiking, fly fishing, rafting, and mountain biking. It is the college's proximity to these organizations that gives us the ability to offer a sport management program like no other in the country. Students in our program will experience multiple internships with these and/or other prominent sports organizations.  In addition, our students will have access to managers in these companies during their on-campus class experiences.

We are accepting applications and will process each one promptly so that you will know the outcome right away.

Please move around in the pages on our site to have your questions answered and to learn why we think we offer an outstanding Sport Management program. We believe that we have put all the pieces together in a great package that meets the needs of the special people who want to have a professional career in sport management.

Start by reading our vision, mission, and program goals on this page, and then start digging into other pages listed down the left side of your screen. You'll learn about such things as our curriculum and staff.

When you're finished, click here and submit the form that will provide us with facts about who you are. Once we receive it, we will respond and give you more information about the program that you will need to make the right decision about Sport Management as a career and about coming to the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Of course, we are also ready to answer other questions that you send by email or telephone if you prefer to communicate that way. We will also be pleased to meet with you on our campus when you're ready to visit our campus and our beautiful city and state.

Welcome again, and please start your virtual tour.

Dr. Eric M. Olson
Director of the Sport Management Program
Professor of Marketing and Strategic Management
Office: Dwire Hall 311c
Phone: 719.262-3345


Dr. Glenn Steimling
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Office: Dwire Hall 301b
Phone: 719.262.4310

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In the News
Athletic excellence and gold medals by Olympic athletes have the backing of sports management. This business side of sport was evident with the announcement of the more than fifty-million dollar deal struck between The United States Olympic Committee and the City of Colorado Springs. The city ensured the U.S.O.C. stays in Colorado Springs for the next twenty-five years.
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