MICHAEL SAGAS, ED.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management
Ed.D. in sport management, Texas A&M University (2001)
M.S. in sport management, Texas A&M University (1999)
B.S. in exercise and sport science, University of Utah (1996)
Curriculum Vitae

Office:		FLG 300
Address:		P.O. Box 118208 Gainesville, FL 32611-8208
Contact:		(352) 392-4042 ext. 1415 msagas@hhp.ufl.edu

Biography:

Michael Sagas, Ph.D., began his tenure at UF in 2008 as Department Chair and as Professor of Sport Management. Sagas came to UF from Texas A&M University where he was an associate professor and chair of the Division of Sport Management. Sagas also founded and served as the director of the Center for Sport Management Research and Education from 2006-2008.

Sagas’ primary line of inquiry in the field of sport management has been focused on the continued under-representation and differential treatment of women and minorities in coaching and athletics administration at the intercollegiate athletics level. The general goal of this research has been to provide theoretical and practical insights needed by scholars, policy makers and managers to identify the barriers that limit the status, development, advancement and well-being of women and minority employees and sports teams.

Research Interests:

• • Discrimination in Sports
• • Intercollegiate Athletics
• • Diversity in Sports Organizations

Classes:
SPM 2000 Introduction to Sport Management
SPM 5016 Sport Sociology