Bill Hogan Named Chair of USF Sport Management Board

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Hogan, who will begin in January, takes over from Bill Fusco, who served as the inaugural chair of the board.

“Being selected is an honor and I’m very grateful for that opportunity,” Hogan said. “One of my favorite things in my career was connecting with students – I always taught classes even while I was serving in other roles. As chair, I’m looking forward to once again connecting with students, both past and present. I look forward to helping an already great program.”

Hogan was heavily involved in the Sport Management program during its inception and taught the program’s first class to the first cohort of students. He continued to teach in the program until 2006, when he left USF to become athletic director at Seattle University. Hogan was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.

Topping Hogan’s priority list for his two-year chair term is strengthening connections between Sport Management alumni and the program. He said the Advisory Board will release formal plans for accomplishing that goal, but in the meantime encourages alumni to contact him directly. He hopes to hear from alumni about their careers and to create mutually beneficial relationships between them and current students to further strengthen the program.

Also high on the Advisory Board’s list is finding creative ways to generate revenue for more scholarships. Doing so will be challenging yet rewarding, Hogan said, and have a direct impact on students’ goals. For example, Bill and his family have committed an endowed scholarship, the Dr. William J. Hogan and Ms. Sarah T. Hogan Sport Management Endowed Scholarship to future USF Sport Management students.

“Higher education is expensive and worthy students who have a passion for our profession of sport administration may be missing out on an opportunity to earn a master’s degree because of financial resources,” he said. “Scholarships help address that.”

The world of sports has changed over the course of Hogan’s 35-year career that spanned three schools. Ultimately, he said, he looks forward to seeing the Sport Management program continue to respond to those changes as it grows and develops.

“When I was teaching at USF in the 90s, it was a good, solid program but it had not had the national or international acclaim it does now,” Hogan said. “It’s pretty special to see what has resulted from the foundation laid before and to continue to build upon that. Getting older, I am interested in giving back more and especially to a program that did so much for me.”