Assistant Professor - Sport Administration
Listed on 2026-10-09
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Education / Teaching
Academic, Exercise Science & Kinesiology, College Lecturer -
Sports/Fitness/Wellness
Exercise Science & Kinesiology
Posting Information
Department
Department Exercise and Sport Science - 318600
Posting Open Date
Posting Open Date 10/05/2026
Final date to receive applications
Final date to receive applications 12/18/2026
Open Until Filled No
Position Type
Position Type Permanent Faculty
Working Title
One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.
Primary Purpose of Organizational UnitThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a major research university in the University of North Carolina System with student enrollment exceeding 29,000 students. The Department of Exercise and Sport Science (exss.unc.edu) supports an undergraduate program of over 1,400 undergraduate majors with three specialization areas (Exercise and Sport Science, Fitness Professional, Sport Administration); a Master of Arts graduate program enrolling ~60 students also with three specializations (Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, Sport Administration);
and a doctoral program in Human Movement Science in partnership with the UNC
-CH School of Medicine (hmsc.unc.edu). The mission of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science ( EXSS ) is to discover, create and promote knowledge of human movement to improve the quality of life of individuals and society. The mission of EXSS is further enhanced through interdisciplinary cooperation and departmental faculty securing competitive extramural funding in the form of contracts and grants.
These endeavors enable the department to advance knowledge and thus serve the state and nation.
University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events.
UNC
-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package , paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.
The Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a 9-month tenure track Assistant Professor faculty position to deepen and expand research and teaching in Sport Administration. We aspire to recruit a faculty colleague who will engage in innovative and impactful scholarship that will diversify and enhance our research, teaching, and public outreach missions, and who can translate this research to teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in sport law and other sport administration courses.
Responsibilities:
- * Establish a focused line of research, publish articles in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals at a rate commensurate with an R1 institution, and seek intramural/extramural funding to support research.
- * Teach graduate and/or undergraduate courses (2/1 load) in sport administration including sport law and at least one other core undergraduate curriculum course (sport administration, sport economics/finance, sport marketing, sport facility and event management, sport revenue generation) or at least one graduate-level course ( NCAA governance and compliance, legal issues in college athletics, intercollegiate athletics administration, marketing college sport, college facility and event management, economics and finance in college athletics, research methods, and statistics).
- * Serve as a research advisor / thesis committee member for undergraduate and master’s students in sport administration.
- * Participate in departmental and university service and governance functions.
- * Perform other duties as assigned by the department chair.
- * A terminal degree (e.g. PhD, EdD) in sport administration/management or a closely related field. All degree requirements must be completed before the position start date.
- * Ability to teach sport law and at least one other core course in the sport administration curriculum.
- * Demonstrated ability to advise undergraduate independent study and/or graduate student research.
- * Demonstrated commitment to, or record of, student professional development and learning success.
- * Demonstrated ability to produce research publications in a clearly defined area of sport administration
- * Demonstrated record of, or potential for,…
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