Crossover into Business (for Professional Athletes)

Designed to help professional athletes be better prepared for business activities during and after their active sports careers, this program matches each athlete with a pair of student mentors so athletes can learn business fundamentals in a customized and flexible way. After a kick-off day on campus (in which the athletes attend an MBA class, participate in a case discussion, and choose their student mentors), the athletes remotely work with their mentors throughout the semester on a set of cases and any other topics of interest, and deliver a final presentation at the end of the semester. A pilot program – launched in the fall of 2017 in partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) – involved ten active and recently active NBA players as well as twenty second-year MBA students and one student coordinator. The plan is for future editions of the program to also include athletes in other sports.