Lynn Lashbrook (born October 11, 1948) is an American sports agent and educator.[1] He is currently an NFL certified contract advisor who has represented over 150 NFL football players throughout his career.[2] A former college athletic director and sports agent, Lashbrook is founder and president of Sports Management Worldwide, a sports agency and an international, online sports career training school with over 20,000 graduates from more than 162 countries.[3]
Career
editLashbrook was athletic director at both Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and University of Alaska Fairbanks, and assistant athletic director at the University of Missouri[3][4] and University of Alaska-Fairbanks (from 1988 to 1993).[5][6] He was president of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics in 1986.[6]
Lashbrook worked as an assistant professor at Eastern Oregon University and an adjunct professor at Oregon State University, Western Oregon University, Pacific University, Concordia University in Portland and Concordia University Chicago.[7][8][9][10][11][12] As an adjunct professor at the United States Sports Academy he was named Professor of the Year in the Distant Learning Program in 2000.[13]
In 1993, Lashbrook joined Jim Steiner and Sports Management Group,[14] leaving in 1998 to start sports-management.com[8] which became Sports Management Worldwide.[15]
Lashbrook was chosen for Fort Hays State University's Alumni Achievement Award in 2009. The award is the highest recognition of its graduates, honoring graduates who have made outstanding and unselfish contributions in service to their community, state, nation, in chosen career fields, or through philanthropic work.[16]
Oregon Baseball Campaign
editIn 1997, Lashbrook joined an effort to bring Major League Baseball to Portland, Oregon. This group eventually became known as the Oregon Stadium Campaign, a private entity that led Portland's drive for an MLB franchise during the league's relocation of the Montreal Expos. In 2003, he led the lobbying efforts that resulted in a $150 million construction bill for a new baseball stadium in Portland.[17] Under his leadership, the group secured legislative action to subsidize a new stadium with ballplayers' payroll taxes. Due to this campaign, a 25,000-seat stadium in the heart of the city was revitalized rather than torn down and is now home to the Major League Soccer team, Portland Timbers.[18]
Lashbrook is still working on bringing MLB to PDX through the website MustLoveBaseball.com.
References
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- ^ "Dr. Lynn Lashbrook". Prime Time Sports & Entertainment.
- ^ a b "This school's all sports". Pamplin Media Group. December 29, 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-27.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SIUE Director of Athletics". Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "UAF Hockey Alumni Stage First Reunion". Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ a b "A HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOTAL PERSON PROGRAM: THE EVOLUTION OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-27.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Smith, Jeff. News; "Major dreamers hope to attract baseball team"[permanent dead link], dailyemerald.com, July 27, 2000, accessed February 29, 2008.
- ^ a b "Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook". Legal Span. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ Zepp, Candace. Sports; "The Hot Seat" Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Barometer, February 19, 2003, accessed February 29, 2008.
- ^ "Faculty Senate at Oregon State University". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ "MA Sports Leadership- Concordia University Chicago". smww.cuchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Concordia University's School of Management to offer course in Sports Management". Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY UPDATE". Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Veteran Agent Jim Steiner Retires from Business". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ "New Book Co-authored by Nsu Professor Lynn Lashbrook Offers Solutions for Sports Fan Behavior". Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "2009 Alumni Association Award Recipients". Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Must Love Baseball - Bring Major League Baseball To PDX". Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "MLB enthusiasts make another pitch". PamplinMediaGroup.com. 8 April 2014.
External links
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