Congratulations to the 2024 Kinesiology graduates!
These extraordinary wonderful graduates will make a significant impact in the world!…
Are you looking to enter the world of sport management? Goshen College offers a comprehensive program that will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in this exciting field.
You will learn about communication, ethics, finance, management, sport marketing, and event planning through our major and minor in sport management. You will also develop strong leadership skills essential to running a successful sports organization.
Whether interested in becoming an athletic director, sports facilities manager, or event coordinator, our program will give you the tools you need to achieve your goals. For students who are passionate about the professional sports industry and want to lead, discover all our sport management program has to offer!
If you love the logistics, methodologies, and competition of sports, then you’ll excel in the sport management program at Goshen College. With a dedicated, enthusiastic faculty team and solid multidisciplinary foundation, the sport management program can help you realize your dream of becoming a coach, sports complex director, or event manager.
Sport management majors and minors follow an academic curriculum that blends kinesiology (the study of human movement), business, and communication. At GC, courses and study topics will include:
Sport management students will learn to be effective team leaders, influential sports management professionals, and responsible sports managers.
Sport management graduates work in a wide variety of settings, including:
These extraordinary wonderful graduates will make a significant impact in the world!…
In the Kinesiology department, each senior completes an internship working in the community to build leadership skills and increase career specific competencies prior to graduation. The student chooses an organization for their internship and their adviser approves the site and assists in setting up the experience. Students work every week,…
Students in the Sport Management major visited multiple athletic and fitness facilities this year including Notre Dame, The Kroc Center of South Bend, the Rinker Family Wellness Center at Greencroft and Goshen Soccer Academy.
of physical education seniors reported they felt prepared for employment & graduate school
of physical education graduates in the last 3 years who have sought teaching positions are now employed as teachers
of physical education teacher licensure graduates have passed the national licensure test since 2006
Number of intramural sports at Goshen College
of sport management seniors complete an internship in a practical setting in the community
Number of intramural sports at Goshen College
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Krysten Parson '02 carries on GC values, seeking to bring them to others.
Matias Martins de Fonseca '22, a business major with a sport management minor from Torres Vedras, Portugal, has a passion for sports and hopes to learn more about the intersection of sports and business.
Matias' storyKatie Sowers '09 is making history as the second female and first openly-gay coach in the NFL.
Katie's storyVal Hershberger loves traveling, badminton, golf and learning about other cultures. From time to time, her classroom is "a mini Study-Service Term experience right here on campus."
Val's storyTodd Woodworth ’78 takes ‘Culture for Service’ beyond the soccer field
Trevor Emery, a 2016 exercise science graduate with a health minor from South Bend, Indiana, appreciated the homey atmosphere and enthusiasm for academics at Goshen College. He was active in Black Student Union and baseball.
Trevor's story