National Football League: Eight head coaching positions and seven general manager jobs were filled during the 2013 offseason; not a single one went to a minority. Shahid Khan, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, became the NFL’s first and only owner of color in January 2012. National Basketball Association: There are 24 people of color involved in ownership in the NBA, though Michael Jordan remains the only one who holds a majority stake in his team, and minorities held just four CEO or president positions for NBA teams during the 2012-2013 season, but 35 who served as vice presidents. Those numbers are all relatively constant from recent years before. Major League Baseball: There were three people of color — two Latinos and one African-American — serving as general managers at the start of the season, down from a high of five in 2010, and four managers of color, down from a high of 10 in 2009. The number of minorities in other coaching positions reached an all-time high in 2013. there are no people of color involved in ownership in Major League Baseball. Jewish Owners, Coaches and Executives in Sports February 26, 2012 Here is a list of prominent commissioners, managers/coaches, and owners. Roman Abramovich Red Auerbach Mark Cuban Bruce Pearl David Stern Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club Leslie Alexander, US, owner of Houston Rockets; former owner of Houston Comets Ray Arcel, US, boxing trainer; trained 18 world champions Micky Arison, Israel/US, owner of Miami Heat Red Auerbach, US, guard, NBA coach (9 championships) & GM, Hall of Fame Big Bill Bachrach, US, swimming coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame Gary Bettman, US, National Hockey League Commissioner Morris “Whitey” Bimstein, US, boxing trainer Arthur Blank, US, owner of Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force David Blatt, US, college & Israeli professional guard; coach in Israel & Russia, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Russia national team Steve Bornstein, US, President & CEO of NFL Network Norman Braman, US, former owner of Philadelphia Eagles Larry Brown, US, basketball player & coach (Charlotte Bobcats) Alan N. Cohen, US, former owner of New York Knicks and New York Rangers, co-owner of Boston Celtics and New Jersey Nets, and Chairman & CEO of Madison Square Garden Corporation Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner Uri Coronel, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam Mark Cuban, US, owner of Dallas Mavericks Keith Dambrot, US, men’s basketball coach (University of Akron) William Davidson, US, Chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of Detroit Pistons, Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL Al Davis, US, owner/coach of Oakland Raiders Barney Dreyfuss, US, owner of Pittsburgh Pirates Steve Ellman, US, owner of Phoenix Coyotes Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach Charlotte “Eppie” Epstein, US, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame Theo Epstein, US, General Manager (Chicago Cubs) Lawrence Frank, US, Head Coach (Detroit Pistons) Marty Friedman, US, basketball player & coach Don Garber, US, Major League Soccer Commissioner Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C. Dan Gilbert, US, owner of Cleveland Cavaliers Sid Gillman, US, football player & coach[319] Avram Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board Joel Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board Malcolm Glazer, US, owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United Paul Godfrey, Canada, CEO & President of Toronto Blue Jays Alexander Gomelsky, Russia, head coach of USSR national team for 30 years, including victory in 1988 Summer Olympics, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame Samuel Goodman, US, manager of gold-winning US Olympic rugby Eddie Gottlieb, Ukraine-born US, first basketball coach, manager, and owner of Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA/NBA, NBA founder Avram Grant, Israel, manager Brad Greenberg, US, men’s basketball coach (Radford University) Chuck Greenberg, US, co-owner of Texas Rangers Seth Greenberg, US, men’s basketball coach (Virginia Tech) Ernie Grunfeld, US, basketball player & GM (Washington Wizards) Ludwig Guttmann, Germany, founder of the Paralympics Sydney Halter, Canada, first commissioner of the Canadian Football League Cecil Hart, Canada, hockey coach/manager (Montreal Canadiens); original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him Leon Hess, US, owner of New York Jets Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager Melissa Hiatt, US, professional wrestling manager Nat Holman, US, basketball player & coach Red Holzman, US, basketball player & coach Yoel Judah, US, boxer & trainer Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa, world record for refereeing highest number of international rugby union test matches Daryl Katz, Canada, owner of Edmonton Oilers Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv Louis “Red” Klotz, US, NBA 5′ 7″ point guard, owner of Washington Generals and New York Nationals Herb Kohl, US, owner of Milwaukee Bucks Béla Komjádi, Hungary, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame Bob Kraft, US, owner of New England Patriots & New England Revolution Jerry Krause, US, former General Manager (Chicago Bulls) Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich Manny Leibert, US, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame Al Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns Randy Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns & Aston Villa Lerner family, US, owners of Washington Nationals Randy Levine, US, president of New York Yankees Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Lenny Levy, US, coach (Pittsburgh Pirates) Marv Levy, US, football coach & General Manager (Buffalo Bills) Jeffrey Lurie, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles Jamie McCourt, US, President of Los Angeles Dodgers Art Modell, US, former owner of Baltimore Ravens Cecil Moss, coach of Springboks rugby team. Josh Pastner, US, men’s basketball head coach (University of Memphis) Gabe Paul, US, baseball President & General Manager (Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees) Bruce Pearl, US, former men’s basketball coach, most notably at the University of Tennessee José Pekerman, Argentina, Argentine football manager David Pleat, England, football manager, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town Maurice Podoloff, Ukraine-born US, 1st president of the National Basketball Association Abe Pollin, US, owner of Washington Wizards, former owner of NHL’s Washington Capitals & WNBA’s Washington Mystics Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78 Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989–2002 Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary, swimming and water polo coach[6] Bruce Ratner, US, owner of New Jersey Nets Jimmie Reese, US, second baseman, coach Jerry Reinsdorf, US, owner of Chicago Bulls & Chicago White Sox Carroll Rosenbloom US, owner of Baltimore Colts & Los Angeles Rams Chip Rosenbloom, US, owner of St. Louis Rams Stephen M. Ross, US, owner of Miami Dolphins Ernie Roth, US, professional wrestling manager Henry Samueli, US, owner of Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation Abe Saperstein, UK-born US, founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters also related to Ashley Taylor and Hallie Ariel Dolph Schayes, US, basketball player & coach Howard Schultz, US, owner of Seattle SuperSonics; founder of Starbucks Bud Selig, US, Major League Baseball Commissioner Mark Shapiro, US, General Manager (Cleveland Indians) Allie Sherman, US, football player & coach, New York Giants Norm Sherry, US, catcher, manager, and coach Ed Snider, US, owner of Philadelphia Flyers Daniel Snyder, US, owner of Washington Redskins Donald Sterling, US, owner of Los Angeles Clippers David Stern, US, National Basketball Association Commissioner Stuart Sternberg, US, owner of Tampa Bay Rays Alan Sugar, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine Larry Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of Toronto Maple Leafs & Toronto Raptors Preston Robert Tisch, US, from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of New York Giants American football team Leonard Tose, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles Marc Trestman, US, head coach (Montreal Alouettes) Zygi Wilf, German-born US, principal owner of Minnesota Vikings Fred Wilpon, US, owner of New York Mets Jeff Wilpon, US, COO, New York Mets Lewis Wolff, US, owner of Oakland Athletics Brett Yormark, US, President & CEO of New Jersey Nets Also see Famous Jewish Athletes
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