Managing Athletes: Cultures and Practices

Saturday 8 December 2007

10.30 am – 4 pm

De Montfort University, Leicester

£20 (students - free)

As the commercialisation and competitiveness of sport has grown in recent years, the importance of managers and coaches has increased. While football managers have become emblematic figures, the media focus on the role of coaches in other sports has also intensified. How has this development taken place? What is the job of the manager and coach? Do they make a difference to the performance of athletes? Experts in their field will explore these questions from a number of perspectives – historical, international as well as current developments like sports science and the business of sport.

Speakers:

Professor Matt Taylor, International Centre for Sport History and Culture, DMU – The pioneers: British football managers abroad

Dr Julio Frydenberg, Joseph S. Blatter Distinguished Scholar - A history of the football manager in Argentina

Professor Tony Collins, Institute of Northern Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University - Coaching and rugby union

Professor Charles Korr – University of St. Louis – American Football coaches and Baseball managers: some personal reflections

Dr Chris Harwood, School of Sports Science, Loughborough University – The role of the coach in the football academy

Dr Sarah Gilmore, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth – ‘Rhetoric, asset management and success: a case study of Bolton Wanderers Football club’

Professor Sue Bridgewater, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick – The business of football management

To register and for further information about this conference please contact:

International Centre for Sport History and Culture

De Montfort University

Leicester

LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0) 116 250 6486

E: icshc@dmu.ac.uk

http://www.dmu.ac.uk/sportshistory