The Commercial, Community, and Sport Management (CCSM) emphasis focuses on preparing individuals with interests in managing sport programs, activities, sport/recreation related business, and sporting related events for children, youth, adults and seniors.
There are a variety of roles that a specialist in this emphasis area may assume, including direct leadership of sport activities, supervision of seasonal sport leagues and instructional programs, marketing sport activities in a city or county park and recreation department, organizing and managing local tournaments in baseball, softball, basketball, golf, tennis, soccer, etc., as well as planning and leading the instruction of coaches, referees, seasonal and part time staff, budgeting, evaluating, and overseeing the maintenance of fields, aquatic facilities, gymnasia, golf courses and other sport facilities.