| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Classes related to Sport Management appeared in the Undergraduate Catalog as early as 1975 with the Administration of Athletics class. There was also a Sport in Society class among the course listing in the Department of Physical Education. |
| 1981 | Dr. Buck Jones joins the faculty as the chair for the Physical Education Division in School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. He is instrumental in the development and growth of the Sport Management program. |
| 1983 | Dr. Joy DeSensi joins the faculty as an lecturer in the department. She is part of the team that wrote the curriculum for Sport Management at Tennessee in 1993 as well as the standards for Sport Management programs for the North American Society for Sport Management. |
| 1984 | Sports Management appears in the Undergraduate Catalog as a curricular area for the first time. Students majored in Physical Education with a concentration in Sports Management. The program was housed in the Department of Physical Education. A concentration in Sports Communications is also offered. |
| 1988 | Sports Management becomes an Interdisciplinary Program. The program spans both the Department of Physical Education and the Department of Health, Leisure and Safety. Students major in either Physical Education or Recreation with a concentration in Sports Management. Sports Communication becomes Sport Communication and the concentration is still available in the Department of Physical Education. |
| 1990 | The curricular area becomes Sport Management. It remains an Interdisciplinary Program housed in the Department of Physical Education as well as Health, Leisure and Safety. |
| 1991 | The Department of Physical Education is renamed the Department of Human Performance and Sport Studies. The program remains an Interdisciplinary Program. The major is now Human Performance and Sports Studies or Recreation and Leisure Studies with a concentration in Sport Management. |
| 1992 | The concentration in Sports Communication is dropped as an option. |
| 1993 | Sport Management becomes a stand alone major and is no longer a concentration. It is also no longer an Interdisciplinary Program and is housed solely in the Department of Human Performance and Sport Studies. |
| 1994 | More department reconfiguration places the program in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity. |
| 1998 | Partners in Sports is formally established April 30, 1998. |
| 1999 | The program becomes an Intercollegiate Program. It is housed in the Department of Sport and Physical Education in the College of Education and the Department of Health, Leisure and Safety Sciences in the College of Human Ecology. Students earn a B.S. in Education with a major in Sport Management. |
| 2000 | The program moves back to being housed only in the College of Education and is in the newly formed Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management. Students earn a BS in Education with a major in Sport Management. |
| 2003 | The College of Education and College of Human Ecology merge to form the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Sport Management is now housed in the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies. |
| 2005 | The program rejoins Exercise Science in the newly created Department of Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies. Students still earn a major in Sport Management and a Bachelor’s of Science in Education. |
| 2010 | More department and program reorganization in the college results in the formation of the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies. Students now earn a major in Recreation and Sport Management with a concentration in Sport Management. |
| 2021 | Degree name change from Bachelor’s of Science in Education to Bachelor’s of Science in Recreation & Sport Management with a major in Sport Management. |
| 2024 | Sport Management minor is established. |
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