Job Title

Health and Human Performance (Sport Management), Tenure-Track Faculty

Department

Health and Human Performance

University Expectation

MTSU seeks candidates committed to innovative teaching, robust research/creative activity, and meaningful service. We also seek to attract culturally and academically diverse faculty who value working with diverse students.

Salary

The salary and rank are commensurate with education and experience.

Job Summary/Basic Function

The Department of Health and Human Performance's Leisure and Sport Management Program at Middle Tennessee State University invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position (#118040) in sport management at the rank of assistant or associate professor. The start date for the position is August 1, 2026.

The successful candidate will be highly engaged in research and community service, and pursue interdisciplinary collaboration with potential for external funding and contracts. We seek a candidate with a collaborative, engaged, student-centered approach to performance and responsibilities. Responsibilities include teaching courses in the undergraduate major in Leisure and Sport Management, the master’s degree in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Management, and the doctoral degree in Human Performance with a concentration in Leisure Studies. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following: relevant teaching and mentorship experience in undergraduate and graduate sport studies, sport management, or sport governance curricula; a commitment to excellence in teaching; an ability to develop effective rapport with students and colleagues; experience with the design and delivery of both online and face-to-face coursework and curricula; and evidence of a focused, productive, and potentially fundable research program.

Required Education

A terminal degree in sport management, recreation, sport, parks, leisure services management, or a closely related field is required by the appointment date.

Other Desirables

Applicants with the following will receive special consideration:

• Curricular expertise in the study of sport, including sport for development, sport and events, or sport management and governance.
• Track record of scholarship that incorporates a critical theoretical lens.
• Track record of extramural funding in support of a focused research agenda.
• Service to professional organizations via committee service.
• Service to scholarly publications in the field will receive special consideration.
• Demonstrated evidence or strong potential for securing external research or community engagement funding.

Documents Needed to Apply

To successfully apply, applicants must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, and statement of research or creative activities (as appropriate to the discipline) as separate attachments at the time of application.

Special Instruction to Applicants 

For more information about serving as a faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University, please visit our faculty recruitment webpage.

If you need help applying, please contact Mitzi Dunkley, Faculty Recruitment Specialist, at (615) 898-5128. If you have position-specific questions, please contact Rudy Dunlap at Rudy.Dunlap@mtsu.edu.

Application Review Date: 11/12/2025