Carthage hires Carter Rockhill as new sports management assistant professor
Prof. Rockhill was most recently an assistant professor at Northern State University, where he taught a wide range of sports marketing and management courses.
“We are thrilled that Prof. Rockhill is joining our business faculty,” says Greg Barron, sports management program director. “His background in network analysis in sport management as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion in sport at both the professional and intercollegiate level makes him an ideal addition to the department.”
Along with a background in academia, Prof. Rockhill has industry experience as a group accounts manager and inside sales representative for the Madison Mallards Baseball Club, a summer collegiate baseball team based in Madison, Wis. He also worked in student-athlete academic services at Ohio State University, where he obtained both his Master of Science in Sport Management and Ph.D. in Sport Management.
At Carthage, Prof. Rockhill will teach graduate courses in sports management and serve as an advisor for undergraduate and graduate majors.
“I am very excited to play a role in helping the sports management program grow in the new School of Business and Economics,” says Prof. Rockhill. “I am committed to making it one of the premier sports management programs in the country.”
As part of the College’s Master of Science in Business program, the sports management track teaches effective management strategies through the lens of sports.
The master’s degree program was created with insights from more than 23 senior executives in professional basketball, hockey, baseball, and esports to ensure that graduates’ skills align with hiring preferences.
Among the experts who provided input to develop the curriculum was Criag Leipold, owner of the Minnesota Wild National Hockey League franchise and parent of a Carthage graduate. Mr. Leipold and his wife, global business executive Helen Johnson-Leipold, pledged $1 million in fall 2020 to help the College expand its sports management track.
A portion of the Leipold’s funds went into hiring top faculty such as Prof. Rockhill, who will begin instructing the program’s second cohort in Aug. 2021.