Mark McCormack

WISE And McCormack Department Of Sport Management At UMass Announce Creation Of First-Of-Its-Kind Scholars Program

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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The McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst was founded in 1971 and is currently ranked by SportBusiness as the #1 graduate sport management program in the world.

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  • The McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst was founded in 1971 and is currently ranked by SportBusiness as the #1 graduate sport management program in the world.
  • Named for sports industry legend and IMG founder Mark H. McCormack, the program is one of the few graduate sport management programs housed in a business school (the Isenberg School of Management).
  • The McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst is the second oldest degree program of its kind in the world, and is currently ranked by SportsBusiness as the #1 graduate sport management program in the world.
  • One of the few sport management programs housed in a business school (the Isenberg School of Management), the McCormack Department of Sport Management is also considered one the nation's leading undergraduate program.