Your career at the Center for Sports Management

Leading the way into sports business.

The Center for Sports and Management offers internal and external doctorate student programs within the context of the “future of sports” and thus excellent opportunities to enter the sports business. Former employees and alumni of Professor Schmidt now work at some of the finest addresses in the sports business, including the German Football League (DFL), the German Football Association (DFB) or German record football champion FC Bayern Munich. Have we gaged your interest? Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.

Find out more about our Doctoral Programs and send your application including motivational letter, CV and transcripts to Kerstin Forword (Kerstin.forword(at)whu.edu).

Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Making an impact on the sports business world –

Get to know our CSM alumni.

Dr. Andreas Bergmann

COO | Sportmarketing & Eventmanagement, MHM Majors

Dr. Daniel Högele

Director International Business & Strategy at FC Bayern München

Dr. Mark Kassis

Strategic Data Manager at UEFA

Dr. Sebastian Koppers

Project Lead TechLab at Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.

Dr. Marc Lenz

Head of Corporate Strategy & International Affairs at DFL, Member of UEFA Club Licensing Committee

Dr. Steffen Merkel

Executive Vice President Audiovisual Rights, Member of the Executive Board at DFL

Dr. Caroline Päffgen

Director at sporttotal.tv gmbh

Dr. Fabian Ulrich

Head of International Relations and Strategic Projects at German Football Association (DFB)

Top athletes at WHU –

Meet some of our former students.

Dana Glöß

Class of 2016 (PT MBA)

Track Cycling
Greatest Successes:
- 3rd Place at World Championships
- 5x German Champion

Benjamin Starke

Class of 2016 (PT MBA)

Swimming
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion (Relay)
- Vice World Champion
- Olympian
- Former Leader of the World Ranking

Christian Friedrich

Class of 2017 (PT MBA)

Bobsleigh

Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- 3rd Place at German Championships

Thomas Lurz

Class of 2017 (PT MBA)

Open Water Swimming
Greates Successes:
- World Champion
- European Champion
- Olympic Silver Medal
- Olympic Bronze Medal

Daniel Hermann

Class of 2018 (PT MBA)

Ice Dance
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Junior Champion

Nicolas Limbach

Class of 2018 (PT MBA)

Fencing
Greates Successes:
- 2x World Champion
- Vice European Champion
- 7x German Champion

Birte Steven-Vitense

Class of 2018 (PT MBA)

Swimming
Greates Successes:
- German Champion
- Olympian
- World Cup Participant

Norman Ackermann

Class of 2019 (PT MBA)

Fencing
Greatest Successes:
- Olympic Bronze Medal (Team)
- Vice World Champion (Team)
- World Cup Champion (Juniors)
- World Champion (Juniors)
- 3x German Champion (Team)

Ibrahim Ahmadsei

Class of 2019 (PT MBA)

Taekwondo
Greatest Successes:
- Olympic Silver Medal (Juniors)
- European Champion (Students)
- 4x German Champion

Eileen Hoffmann

Class of 2019 (PT MBA) & Class of 2017 (SPOAC)

Field Hockey
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- 2x European Champion
- 6x German Champion
- 233 Internationals

Hagen Rothe

Class of 2019 (FT MBA)

Rowing
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion (Juniors)
- Vice World Champion (U23)
- Vice World Champion (Juniors)
- German Champion

Christian Hochbruck

Class of 2020 (PT MBA)

Rowing
Greatest Successes:
- World Champion
- Multiple U23 World Champion

Ilja Immermann

Class of 2020 (PT MBA)

Water Polo
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Cup Champion
- German Youth Champion
- International since 2010

Daniela Schreiber

Class of 2017 (FT MBA)

Swimming
Greatest Successes:
- European Champion (Relay)
- Vice World Champion (Relay)
- Olympian

Andreas Späck

Class of 2017 (FT MBA)

Field Hockey
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion (Field & Indoor)
- Europa Cup Champion (Indoor)
- European Champion (Indoor)

Max Keller

Class of 2019 (FT MBA)

Boxing
Greatest Successes:
- German Champion
- German Team Champion

Vanessa Low

SPOAC

Track and Field
Greates Successes:
- Paralympic Gold Medal
- Paralympic Silver Medal
- World Champion
- European Champion

Richard Becker

Class of 2016 (SPOAC)

Tennis
Greatest Successes:
- Quarter-finalists Australian Open (Juniors)
- Quarter-finalists French Open (Juniors)
- World Ranking No. 336

Felix Reuß

Class of 2016 (SPOAC)

Field Hockey
Greatest Successes:
- European Champion (Field & Indoor)
- Winner Champions Trophy
- German Champion

Martin Schmitt

Class of 2016 (SPOAC)

Ski Jump
Greates Successes:
- 2x World Champion (Single)
- 2x World Champion (Team)
- 2x World Cup Winner
- Olympic Gold Medal

Amelie Kober

Class of 2017 (SPOAC)

Snowboard
Greatest Successes:
- World Cup Winner
- Olympic Silver Medal
- Olympic Bronze Medal
- Vice World Champion

Normann Stadler

Class of 2017 (SPOAC)

Triathlon
Greatest Successes:
- 2x Ironman World Champion

André Weßels

Class of 2017 (SPOAC)

André Weßels
Class of 2017 (SPOAC)

Fencing
Greatest Successes:
- Vice World Champion
- World Champion (Team)
- Olympic Bronze Medal (Team)

Get in touch with us –

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kerstin Forword

Project Manager

kerstin.forword(at)whu.edu

+49 (0)211 44709 746

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