Chris Corr

Senior Lecturer

Office: 304G Old Main
Phone: 828-803-9233
Email: ctcorr@clemson.edu
Vita: Click Here

Educational Background

Ph.D. Sport & Entertainment Management
University of South Carolina 2021

M.S. Sport Management
University of Florida 2016

B.S. Telecommunications Management
University of Florida 2015

Profile

Dr. Chris Corr joined Clemson University as a senior lecturer of Athletic Leadership in the Fall of 2024. Dr. Corr earned his doctorate in Sport & Entertainment Management from the University of South Carolina and completed his masters and undergraduate degrees at the University of Florida. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Dr. Corr worked as a football recruiter in the Southeastern Conference. His scholarly research aims to examine the institutional and organizational settings of collegiate athletics with specific regard to the impact and outcomes of collegiate athletics participation on various stakeholders. Dr. Corr serves as the executive director of the College Sport Research Institute and is the program manager for the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation. He and his wife met in the Upstate 15-years ago and have three children - each of which is extremely excited to live, play, and grow in Tiger Town!

Courses Taught

Administration & Organization of Athletic Programs
Marketing & Communications in Collegiate Athletics
Name, Image, & Likeness in Collegiate Athletics
Research Methods in Athletics
Sociocultural Dynamics in Collegiate Athletics

Research Interests

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Corr, C., Stokowski, S., Berg, B. K., Gearity, B., & Sabin, E. (2024). “What is the ROI on that?”: Examining the lack of transition support for collegiate athletes. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 24(3), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.33423/jop.v24i3.7245

Corr, C., Southall, C., Hawkins, B., & Southall, R. M. (2024). College football “kids”: Infantilizing language in FBS bowl game broadcasts. Sociology of Sport Journal, 41(2), 172-179. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2022-0185

Corr, C., Bopp, T., Atwater, C., & Nite, C. (2023). Chasing stars: Racial tasking of recruiting responsibilities among Power-5 football coaches. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 16(3), 263-278. https://doi.org/10.17161/jis.v16i3.18977

Corr, C., Southall, R. M., Southall, C., & Hart, R. J. (2023). Hyper-professionalized and -commodified: A case study examination of FBS bowl games and the utilization of football players as programmatic promotional material. International Journal of Sport Communication, 16(2), 228-238. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2022-0200

Corr, C., Atwater, C., & Hall, P. (2022). Athlete first, student second: The thematic emphasis of Power-5 official visits and fostered athletic role engulfment. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 15, 714-733.

Corr, C., Southall, C., & Southall, R. M. (2022). The ESPNification of FBS college football: The adoption of an integrated marketing communication televisuality in FBS bowl game broadcasts. International Journal of Sport Communication, 15(2), 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2021-0124

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