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Chris Croft

Dr. Chris Croft

Associate Professor

Bio

Dr. Chris Croft is an Associate Professor of Sport Management and serves as the Sport Management Program and Graduate Coordinator. Croft has been in higher education and intercollegiate athletics for over thirty years as a coach, administrator, and professor, and is a two-time graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He has been a member of college basketball staffs in the Big 12 Conference, PAC 10 Conference, and Big Ten Conference. He is an ACUE Credentialed Educator and Distinguished Teaching Scholar and has incorporated experiential learning projects in his classes with Southern Miss Athletics, New Orleans Pelicans, Birmingham Squadron, Biloxi Shuckers, Mississippi Seawolves, Mississippi Mud Monsters, and NCS4. Croft has been a recipient of CBED awards, including Joseph A. Green Excellence in Teaching Award (2025), Faculty Service Award (2025), and the BAC Research Awards (2020, 2021, 2022), and was awarded the university Faculty Senate Junior Research Award (2023).

  • EDD - University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
  • MS - University of Southern Mississippi (1996)
  • BS - University of Southern Mississippi (1995)

SM 330 Social and Ethical Issues in Sport (undergraduate)
SM 410 Sport Marketing (undergraduate)
SM 412 Sport Finance (undergraduate)
SM 465 Sport Management Internship (undergraduate)
SM 466 Sport Facility and Event Operations (undergraduate)
SM 492 Sport Management Practicum (undergraduate)
SM 600 Sport Management Internship (graduate)
SM 615 Sport Marketing and Public Relations (graduate)
SM 620 Sport Security Management (graduate)
SM 626 Risk Assessment of Sport Venues (graduate)
SM 628 Sport Event Emergency Response Planning (graduate)
SM 630 Sport Soci-Ethical Issues (graduate)
SM 642 Sport Venue and Event Management (graduate)
SM 692 Special Topics in Sport Management (graduate)
SM 697 Independent Study in Sport Management (graduate)

  • North American Society for Sport Management
  • Basketball New Zealand
  • English

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Contact Me

Scianna Hall 3078 map

Hattiesburg

Email
Chris.CroftFREEMississippi

Phone
601.266.6350

Areas of Expertise

Sport Management