We’re happy to announce that Jeff Fellenzer, Sports Media Professor at USC, will be returning to Las Vegas this summer as an instructor for our 2022 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience! Jeff has been an instructor for us since the beginning of SBC, helping students navigate their way into the sports industry and in life.
Jeff Fellenzer has more than three decades of experience in sports management, news media, higher education, and as an entrepreneur. His “Sports, Business, Media” class averages about 125 students each semester. “Sports and Media Technology,” which he designed to focus on the tech sector’s impact on sports, launched in 2014.
In a 2012 survey of students, “Sports, Business, Media” was voted the fourth most popular class at USC. In April 2014, Fellenzer was featured in Annenberg TV News’ series “USC’s most inspirational professors.”
His newest class, “The Athlete, Sports Media and Popular Culture,” which he team-teaches with award-winning USC Annenberg professor and documentary filmmaker Joe Saltzman, was introduced in Fall 2017 and focuses on the image of the athlete and the media based on how athletes have been portrayed through the years in film and on TV. Fellenzer also teaches a sports beat class for graduate students in the USC Annenberg journalism master’s program.
Fellenzer has been a Heisman Trophy voter since 2007, one of only 43 in California and 925 nationally who have been invited to participate in the selection process for the most prestigious individual award in sports.
Among the prominent sports figures Fellenzer has interviewed as part of his classroom experience for students are: John Wooden, Jerry West, Bill Walton, Pete Carroll, Al Michaels, Scott Boras, Leigh Steinberg, Keyshawn Johnson, Larry Scott, Lynn Swann, Baron Davis, Byron Scott, Kevin Love, Shelley Smith, Lee Jenkins, Jeanie Buss, George Raveling, Casey Wasserman, Bill Plaschke, Sam Cunningham, Jamaal Wilkes, and World War II hero/U.S. Olympian Louie Zamperini. His “Weekly Wooden” segments are a tribute to the life lessons of his late friend, the Hall of Fame basketball coach and teacher, who was a three-time class guest.
Jeff was also a guest on our Sports Business Classroom Audio Experience podcast about how he started his career, experience at USC, and much more.
Listen to the full podcast episode here: How to Standout in the Sports Industry with Jeff Fellenzer
Follow Jeff on Twitter @jfellenzer.
The Business of Basketball Immersive Experience was designed to give the future of basketball a chance to experience what it’s like to work in a front office, team, agency, brand, and more.
It is also a chance for you to showcase and grow your skills .
If you dream of working in basketball and want to take your basketball experience to the next level, this program is for you.
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