Sports Management Timeline

By brgrn2@gmail.com
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

    First Olympic Games

  • Foundation of Newmarket Jockey Club

  • First America's Cup

    First America's Cup
    The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport.

  • National Association of Professional Baseball founded

  • First Kentucky Derby

  • International Olympic Games Committee founded

  • First Modern Olympic Games

    In Athen's Greece, 9 sports for amateurs only. Cycling, fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis, shooting, swimming, track & field, weight lifting & wrestling.

  • Women's first compete in Olympic Games

  • First Tour de France

  • Federation Internationale de Football Association( FIFA) founded

  • First African American Athletic conference

    Founded by E.B Henderson, the Interscholastic Atlhetic Association promoted the game of basketball.

  • National Collegiate Athletic Association created

  • First Professional Golf Association (PGA) Championship

  • National Hockey League established

  • National Football League established

  • First FIFA (soccer) World Cup in Uruguay

  • Effa Manley first significant modern female Sports Manager.

    Managed the Newark Eagles in the Negro Baseball League from 1936-1948

  • First NCAA basketball tournament

  • National Basketball League founded

  • College Sports Information Directors of America founded

    the second oldest sports management association in collegiate athletics.CoSIDA provides continuing education to help professionals understand and meet the challenges and opportunities within the world of collegiate sports.

  • International Management Group (IMG) founded

    a global sports, events and talent management company headquartered in New York City by Mark McCormack

  • National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics founded

    The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, or NACDA, is the biggest association in the States for collegiate athletic administrators. It has 12,500 members from Mexico, Canada, and the United states. It has a unique intern program for students and it also creates networking opportunities for the members, as well as training in Sports Management and Management/Leadership.

  • First Masters Program in Sports Management

    Ohio University offers the first masters program created by James Mason and Walter O'malley

  • The Original 9 establish the new professional tennis circuit for women.

    Headed by Billie Jean King the Original 9 create the new professional circuit for women.

  • Title IX

    prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives federal money.

  • Battle of the Sexes

    Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in a tennis match. Billie Jean King wants equal pay for women tennis players because the men earn 4 times higher than women, she states that women can play better than males and justifies this in this match.

  • North American Society for Sports Management founded

    the first academic association for sport management in the United States.

  • First FIFA Women's Wold Cup

  • Sports Marketing Association

    creates meaningful connections between students, academics and professionals within the world of sports marketing

  • First Egames Championship

    at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics