Eric Schwarz Ed.D.

Dr. Schwarz is an associate professor of Sport Business and chair of the Department of Sport Business & International Tourism in the Donald R. Tapia School of Business at Saint Leo University.

Undergraduate:
SPB 360 Sport Marketing and Promotion
SPB 380 Sales in Sport
SPB 420 Sport Finance

Graduate:
SPB 565 Sport Marketing
SPB 597 Internship in Sport Business

B.S., Physical Education, Plymouth State University
M.Ed., Administration and Supervision, Salisbury University
Ed.D., Sport Management, United States Sports Academy

Prior to joining the university, Dr. Schwarz was an associate professor of Sport Management in the Division of Business and Management at Daniel Webster College, where he was the Program Coordinator and the Faculty Advisor to the Society of Sport Management student organization.

His professional and research interests include sport marketing, sport finance, and sport facility and event management.

Dr. Schwarz is the lead author of two books: Advanced Theory and Practice in Sport Marketing (2008), and Sport Facility Operations Management: A Global Perspective (2010), both published by Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier.

He has been featured in numerous industry and academic publications and as a featured speaker at international conferences in North America, Europe, and Australia.

Dr. Schwarz is the recipient of Saint Leo University's 2010-2011 Distinguished Publications Award.

In 2010, Schwarz was elected to a 3-year term as president of the Sport Marketing Association (SMA). A past-recipient of the organization's prestigious Honorary Service Award, he now oversees the SMA's national offices headquartered at Saint Leo.

Dr. Schwarz is also an accreditation site visitor for the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation.