Craig Esherick
J.D., Georgetown University
Assistant Professor
George Mason University, Prince William Campus
Bull Run Hall 218
10900 University Blvd
MS 4E5
Manassas, VA 20110
Profile
Professor Esherick was a scholarship basketball player at Georgetown University while earning an undergraduate Finance degree. He attended the Georgetown University Law Center and also was a graduate assistant basketball coach for two of those years. After graduating from Law School and passing the DC Bar, Professor Esherick became a full-time assistant coach at Georgetown for the men’s basketball team. His tenure as an assistant lasted 17 and a half years and included a stint as the assistant basketball coach for the USA Olympic team that participated in the ’88 Seoul Olympics. He became the head basketball coach at Georgetown University and held that position long enough to win 103 games. He worked briefly for AOL’s new online radio venture from 2004 until 2005, where he commented on air about college basketball news and also wrote articles for the AOL Sports website. Professor Esherick took a job with a start up television network in New York in May of 2005; that network, CSTV, has now become CBS College Sports.
Professor Esherick begins his first year as a full-time Assistant Professor of Sport Management. He will continue to write about sports and basketball as well as serving as a color commentator for college basketball games and being heavily involved with the newly created Center for Sport Management. Professor Esherick is still a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the DC Bar and the Association for TV and Radio Artists.
Research Interests
- Sport History
- Basketball and Basketball History
- The Club sports system in Europe
- US Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Athletics
- Coaching, parenting and leadership of athletes
Other Information
Teaching:
Consumer Behavior in Sports
Economics and Finance of Sports Industry
Governance and Policy in Sport Organizations (SPMT 455)
Introduction to Sport Management (SPMT 201)
Sport in Higher Education
Sport Law (EFHP 598)