Jeff Fellenzer is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at USC, founder and president of the Pete Newell Challenge, Vice President and immediate past president of the Board of Directors of the Long Beach Education Foundation, and is the director/founder of the Spirit of Sue.

In this episode we discuss:

• Keys to success in the sports industry
• The importance of relationships in sports 
• The importance of asking deep questions

Jeff Fellenzer has had more than three decades of experience in sports management, news media, higher education and as an entrepreneur. He worked as an editor/writer at the Los Angeles Times for almost 8 years, writing a column on recruiting and serving as sports coordinator for the original L.A.

Jeff has now been a Heisman Trophy voter since 2007, a featured speaker the past three summers at SBC in Las Vegas, and has held in conjunction with the NBA Summer League, moderating panels and lecturing on the subject of networking, resume writing and interviewing.

Fellenzer has been a guest speaker for sports business events at USC, UCLA, Caltech, the UC Berkeley School of Law, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, University of San Francisco, Long Beach State and Southwestern Law School. Connect with Jeff on social @jfellenzer !

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WHERE TO LISTEN

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SHOW NOTES

• How and where Jeff’s career started (5:45)
• Where he got the idea for the college course he teaches at USC (15:14)
• How his college course is structured (21:25)
• What is the key to asking good questions? (23:58)
• Shares a story about the current General Manager of the Rosebowl  (30:38)
• The common thread of Jeff’s guest speakers (34:23)
• Building your network in sports (keys to success) (39:00)
• How life experiences help you grow (44:00)
• 4 keys on how to get people to believe in you (47:50)
• Jeff asks the audience to consider two questions (51:08)
• Jeff’s 4 P’s (57:51)
• How Jeff teaches his students to make each day a masterpiece (1:00:00)
• Jeff’s personal challenge (1:03:00)
• Rapid Fire Questions (1:07:00)
• Jeff’s favorite books (1:14:00)
• Who is the first person who comes to mind when you hear the word successful? (1:20:00)
• Jeff sums himself up in 1 word (1:23:00)

LINKS

• Sports Business Classroom
• University of Southern California
• Los Angeles Times
• The Big Chair by Ned Colletti
• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
• Wooden by John Wooden with Steve Jamison