List of Jews in sports (non-players)

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[So many of them in high positions … as always! Jan]

The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States).[1]

Commissioners[edit]

David Stern

• Gary Bettman, US, National Hockey League Commissioner^[2]
• Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner^[3]
• Jim Drucker, US, Continental Basketball Association Commissioner; and Arena Football League Commissioner^[4]
• Don Garber, US, Major League Soccer Commissioner^[2]
• Ludwig Guttmann, Germany, founder of the Paralympics^[5]
• Sydney Halter, Canada, first Commissioner of the Canadian Football League^[6]
• Cary Kaplan, Canada, President & General Manager, Brampton Beast hockey club; former Commissioner & Chairman of Canadian Soccer League
• Frank Lowy, Czechoslovak-born Australian-Israeli, chair of Football Federation Australia^[7]
• Maurice Podoloff, Ukraine-born US, first President of the National Basketball Association^[8]
• Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78, President of the Royal Dutch Football Association^[9]
• Alan Rothenberg, US, former President of the United States Soccer Federation; former executive and investor of the North American Soccer League.^[10] Currently Vice President of the North American governing body of association football (CONCACAF)^[11]
• Bud Selig, US, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers^[2]
• Adam Silver, US, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association^[12]
• David Stern, US, former National Basketball Association Commissioner^[2]
• Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine^[13]

Managers and coaches[edit]

Red Auerbach

Brad Ausmus

Theo Epstein

Andrew Friedman

Sam Fuld

Jed Hoyer

Gabe Kapler

Tony Levine

• Ray Arcel, US, boxing trainer; trained 18 world champions^[14]
• Red Auerbach, US, basketball guard, NBA coach (9 championships) & GM, Hall of Fame^[15]
• Brad Ausmus, US, baseball catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, former manager of the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels^[16]
• Big Bill Bachrach, US, swimming coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame^[17]
• Morris “Whitey” Bimstein, US, boxing trainer^[18]
• David Blatt, US, college & Israeli professional basketball guard, former NBA coach, Cleveland Cavaliers^[19]
• Chaim Bloom (born 1983), US, Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox
• Larry Brown, US, basketball player & pro and college coach, currently at Southern Methodist University^[17]
• Mike Chernoff, General Manager of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball^[20]
• Andy Cohen, US, Major League second baseman and coach; managed one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1960.
• Keith Dambrot, US, men’s basketball coach (University of Akron)^[21]
• Jon Daniels, US, President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Major League Baseball team the Texas Rangers
• Al Davis, US, football owner/coach of Oakland Raiders^[2]
• Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach^[17]
• Charlotte “Eppie” Epstein, US, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame^[17]
• Theo Epstein, US, President of Baseball Operations (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, Boston Red Sox^[22]
• Lawrence Frank, US, head coach (New Jersey Nets, 2004–10; Detroit Pistons, 2011–13)^[2]
• Andrew Friedman, US, President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers (and previously general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays) of Major League Baseball^[23]
• Marty Friedman, US, basketball player & coach^[24]
• Sam Fuld, US, General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball
• Sid Gillman, US, football player & coach^[25]
• 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^[17]
• Samuel Goodman, US, manager of gold-winning US Olympic rugby^[26]
• Eddie Gottlieb, Ukraine-born US, first basketball coach, manager, and owner of Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA/NBA, NBA founder^[17]
• Avram Grant, Israel, soccer manager^[27]
• Brad Greenberg, US, men’s basketball coach (Radford University)^[21][28]
• Seth Greenberg, US, men’s basketball coach (Virginia Tech)^[29]
• Béla Guttmann, Hungary, football manager, AC Milan, São Paulo F.C., F.C. Porto, Benfica, C.A. Penarol
• Cecil Hart, Canada, hockey coach/manager (Montreal Canadiens); original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him^[30]
• Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager^[31]
• Melissa Hiatt, US, professional wrestling manager
• Nat Holman, US, basketball player & coach, Hall of Fame^[32]
• Red Holzman, US, basketball player & coach, Hall of Fame^[32]
• Jed Hoyer, US, baseball Executive VP and General Manager (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, San Diego Padres^[33]
• Yoel Judah, US, boxer & trainer^[34]
• Cary Kaplan, Canada, President & General Manager, Brampton Beast hockey club; former Commissioner & Chairman of Canadian Soccer League
• Gabe Kapler, US, baseball outfielder, manager (Philadelphia Phillies)^[16]
• Béla Komjádi, Hungary, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame^[17]
• Jerry Krause, US, former General Manager (Chicago Bulls)^[35]
• Manny Leibert, US, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame^[36]
• Randy Levine, US, President of New York Yankees baseball team^[37]
• Tony Levine, US, football coach of University of Houston Cougars^[38]
• Lenny Levy, US, baseball coach (Pittsburgh Pirates)^[39]
• Marv Levy, US, football coach & General Manager (Montreal Alouettes, Buffalo Bills)^[40]
• Bob Melvin, US, baseball player and manager (Oakland A’s)^[41]
• Cecil Moss, South Africa, coach of Springboks rugby team.^[42]
• Josh Pastner, US, men’s basketball head coach (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)^[21]
• Gabe Paul, US, baseball President & General Manager of Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees^[43]
• Bruce Pearl, US, men’s basketball coach, Auburn University^[44]
• José Pekerman, Argentina, Argentine football manager^[45]
• David Pleat, England, football manager, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town^[46]
• Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary, swimming and water polo coach^[17]
• Jimmie Reese, US, baseball second baseman, coach^[16]
• Ernie Roth, US, professional wrestling manager^[47]
• Larry Rothschild, US, baseball pitcher, coach, and manager (currently New York Yankees pitching coach)
• Yehoshua Rozin, Israeli basketball coach
• Dolph Schayes, US, basketball player & coach^[37]
• Mark Shapiro, US, General Manager of Cleveland Indians^[48]
• Allie Sherman, US, football player & coach, New York Giants^[49]
• Norm Sherry, US, baseball catcher, manager, and coach^[16]
• Matthew Silverman, US, President for Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays
• Leonid Slutsky, Russia, National football team manager (2015–16) brought the Russian team to Euro-2016 in France, currently manages Hull City in English Championship League
• Marc Trestman, US, NFL head coach (Chicago Bears, 2013–14), current head coach of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League^[50]
• Irina Viner, Russia, coach of multiple world and Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics, President of Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation ^[51][52][53]
• Dan Warthen, US, baseball pitcher and pitching coach (currently, for New York Mets)

Officials[edit]

Alon Yefet

• Menachem Ashkenazi, Bulgaria/Israel, association football, Olympic and World Cup referee^[54]
• Norm Drucker, US, former NBA referee and Supervisor of Officials
• Leo Goldstein, US, association football, World Cup assistant referee^[55]
• Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa, rugby union, world record for refereeing highest number of international rugby union test matches, most experienced Test referee of all time^[56][57]
• Wolf Karni, Finland, association football, Olympic referee^[58]
• Abraham Klein, Romania/Israel, association football, World Cup referee^[59]
• Jerry Markbreit, US, former NFL referee^[60]
• Mendy Rudolph, NBA and ABA referee, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame^[61]
• Alon Yefet, Israel, association football, FIFA international referee^[62]
• Dr. Aviram D. Shmuely, Israel, United World Wrestling, 1S Category(Olympic) referee 2006-present

Owners[edit]

Roman Abramovich

Mark Cuban

• Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club^[63]
• Leslie Alexander, US, owner of Houston Rockets; former owner of Houston Comets^[2]
• Micky Arison, Israel/US, owner of Miami Heat^[2]
• Larry Baer, US, CEO of the San Francisco Giants
• Steve Ballmer, US, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
• Arthur Blank, US, owner of Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force^[2]
• Francis Borelli, France, former President of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, AS Cannes
• Norman Braman, US, former owner of Philadelphia Eagles^[64]
• Alfréd Brüll, Hungary, chairman of sports club MTK^[65]
• Alan Cohen, US, owner of Florida Panthers hockey team^[66]
• 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^[67]
• Steve Cohen, US, Owner of the New York Mets^[68]
• Uri Coronel, Dutch, former Chairman of Ajax Amsterdam^[69]
• Mark Cuban, US, owner of Dallas Mavericks^[2]
• 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^[70]
• Al Davis, US, owner/coach of Oakland Raiders^[2]
• Barney Dreyfuss, US, owner of Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball Hall of Fame^[71]
• Steve Ellman, US, owner of Phoenix Coyotes^[2]
• John J. Fisher, US, owner of the Oakland Athletics baseball team^[72]
• Andrew Freedman, US, owner of New York Giants baseball team^[73]
• Emil Fuchs, German-born US, owner of Boston Braves baseball team^[74]
• Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.^[75]
• Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.^[76]
• Dan Gilbert, US, owner of Cleveland Cavaliers^[2]
• Gary Gilbert, US, part owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, brother of Dan Gilbert
• Avram Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board^[77]
• Joel Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United^[77]
• Malcolm Glazer, US, owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United^[2]
• Paul Godfrey, Canada, owner of the Toronto Blue Jays^[78]
• Chuck Greenberg, US, co-owner of Texas Rangers
• Ernie Grunfeld, US, basketball player & GM of Washington Wizards^[79]
• Peter Guber, US, co-owner of Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, and Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer^[80]
• Walter A. Haas Jr., US, owner of Oakland Athletics^[81]
• Joshua Harris, US, owner of New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers^[82]
• Ben Hatskin, Canada, founder and owner of the Winnipeg Jets^{[citation needed]}
• Leon Hess, US, owner of New York Jets^[83]
• Jerold Hoffberger, US, owner of Baltimore Orioles baseball team^[84]
• Stan Kasten, US, former President of the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals and current president, and part-owner, of the Los Angeles Dodgers in baseball.^[85]
• Daryl Katz, Canada, owner of Edmonton Oilers^[86]
• Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv^[87]
• Eugene Klein, US, owner of San Diego Chargers and part owner of Seattle SuperSonics ^[17]
• Louis “Red” Klotz, US, NBA 5′ 7″ point guard, formed teams that play against and tour with the Harlem Globetrotters^[17]
• Herb Kohl, US, owner of Milwaukee Bucks (1985–2014)^[2]
• Bob Kraft, US, owner of New England Patriots & New England Revolution^[2]
• Joe Lacob, US, owner of Golden State Warriors
• Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich^[88]
• Marc Lasry, Morocco, co-owner of the basketball’s Milwaukee Bucks^[89]
• Al Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns^[2]
• Randy Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns & Aston Villa^[90]
• Ted Lerner and family, US, owners of Washington Nationals^[37]
• Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur^[91]
• Joe Lewis, England, owner Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
• Jeffrey Loria, US, former owner of Miami Marlins^[66]
• Bob Lurie, US, owner of San Francisco Giants^[81]
• Jeffrey Lurie, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles^[2]
• Scott D. Malkin, US, co-owner of NY Islanders hockey team^[92]
• Jamie McCourt, US, President of Los Angeles Dodgers^[93]
• Art Modell, US, former owner of Baltimore Ravens^[2]
• Abe Pollin, US, owner of Washington Wizards, former owner of NHL‘s Washington Capitals & WNBA‘s Washington Mystics^[2]
• Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78, President of Royal Dutch Football Association^[9]
• Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989–2002^[94]
• Bruce Ratner, US, minority owner of Brooklyn Nets^[2]
• Jerry Reinsdorf, US, owner of Chicago Bulls & Chicago White Sox^[2]
• Carroll Rosenbloom, US, owner of Baltimore Colts & Los Angeles Rams
• Chip Rosenbloom, US, owner of Los Angeles Rams^[95]
• Stephen M. Ross, US, owner of Miami Dolphins^[37]
• Henry Samueli, US, owner of Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation^[2]
• Abe Saperstein, UK-born US, founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters^[96]
• Irving Scholar, England, chairman Tottenham Hotspur F. C.
• Howard Schultz, US, owner of Seattle SuperSonics; founder of Starbucks^[2]
• Bud Selig, US, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers^[2]
• Herbert Simon, US, owner of the Indiana Pacers basketball team^[97]
• Ed Snider, US, owner of Philadelphia Flyers and part-owner of Philadelphia Eagles^[2]
• Daniel Snyder, US, owner of Washington Redskins^[2]
• Donald Sterling, US, former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers^[98]
• Stuart Sternberg, US, owner of Tampa Bay Rays^[2]
• Alan Sugar, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur^[99]
• Larry Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of Toronto Maple Leafs & Toronto Raptors^[2]
• Preston Robert Tisch, US, from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of New York Giants American football team^[37]
• Steve Tisch, US, part-owner of the New York Giants, son of Preston Tisch
• Leonard Tose, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles^[100]
• Cliff Viner, US, co-owner of Florida Panthers^[101]
• Jeffrey Vinik, US, owner of Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) and minority owner of Boston Red Sox (MLB)^[102]
• Zygi Wilf, German-born US, principal owner of Minnesota Vikings^[103]
• Fred Wilpon, US, owner of New York Mets^[2]
• Jeff Wilpon, US, owner and COO of New York Mets^[104]
• Max Winter, US, owner of Minneapolis Lakers and former owner of Minnesota Vikings
• Lewis Wolff, US, owner of Oakland Athletics^[2]
• Brett Yormark, US, President & CEO of Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center^[105]

Promoters[edit]

• Bob Arum, US, boxing promoter^[106]
• Senda Berenson, Russian-born US, basketball pioneer^[17]
• Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter
• Al Farb (1905–2005), US, boxing promoter of championship bouts including Floyd Patterson vs. Brian London ^[107][108]
• Joel Gertner, US, professional wrestling promoter ^[109]
• Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager & promoter^[110]
• Mike Jacobs, US, boxing promoter^[111]
• Sam Muchnick, US, wrestling promoter^[112]
• J Russell Peltz, US, boxing promoter

Sportscasters[edit]

Chris Berman

Bonnie Bernstein

Roy Firestone

Mike Greenberg

Dana Jacobson

• Kenny Albert, US, sportscaster
• Marv Albert, US, sportscaster^[113]
• Mel Allen, US, sportscaster, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer^[113]
• Chris Berman, US, ESPN talk show host^[114]
• Len Berman, US, sportscaster^[113]
• Bonnie Bernstein, US, ESPN sportscaster^[113]
• Steve Bornstein, US, President & CEO of NFL Network^[87]
• Steve Buckhantz, US, Washington Wizards play-by-play announcer[7]
• Steve Bunin, US, ESPN sportscaster^[115]
• Craig Carton, US, WFAN morning show
• Gary Cohen,US, New York Mets telecaster
• Linda Cohn, US, ESPN anchor^[113]
• Myron Cope, US, Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer^[116]
• Howard Cosell, US, sportscaster^[113]
• Seth Davis, US, ESPN sportscaster^[113][117]
• Ian Eagle, US, sportscaster
• Rich Eisen, US, ESPN, NFL network anchor^[118]
• Josh Elliott, US, television journalist
• Howard Finkel, US, WWE Hall of Fame announcer.
• Roy Firestone, US, sportscaster^[119]
• CK Friedlander, South Africa, rugby commentator^[120]
• Elliotte Friedman, Canada, CBC Sports broadcaster^[121]
• Hank Goldberg, US, football analyst^[122]
• Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)
• Doug Gottlieb, US, ESPN NCAA basketball analyst^[2]
• Mike Greenberg, US, ESPN anchor^[123]
• Billy Jaffe, US, New York Islanders sportscaster^[124]
• Max Kellerman, boxing broadcaster^[125]
• Suzy Kolber, US, ESPN sportswriter^[126]
• Tony Kornheiser, US, radio show host, tv show host, author^[113]
• Andrea Kremer, US, sportscaster/ NBC sideline reporter
• Justin Kutcher, US, sportscaster
• Michael Landsberg, Canada, TSN anchor^[127]
• Ken Levine, Major League Baseball announcer
• Steve Levy, US, ESPN anchor^[118]
• Mitch Melnick, Canada, Montreal Expos English radio colour analyst
• Al Michaels, US, sportscaster^[128]
• Johnny Most, US, Boston Celtics sportscaster^[129]
• Elliott Price, Canada, Montreal Expos radio play-by-play^[130]
• Karl Ravech, US, ESPN journalist^[126]
• Jim Rome, US, radio, TV host^[131]
• Howie Rose, US, New York Islanders, New York Mets sportscaster ^[132]
• Sam Rosen, US, New York Rangers on TV, NHL on OLN, NFL on Fox sportscaster^[44]
• Dick Schaap, US, sportswriter & broadcaster^[70]
• Jeremy Schaap, US, sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)^[133]
• Adam Schefter, US, sportswriter and tv analyst
• Louis O. Schwartz, US, President, American Sportscasters Association (ASA); Founder, ASA Hall of Fame; Editor, ASA Insiders Sportsletter; former President, Finger Lakes Broadcasting Corp.^[134]
• Archie Shacksnovis, first man to broadcast rugby in South Africa^[120]
• Dan Shulman, Canada, sportscaster ESPN: Sunday Baseball, College Basketball coverage^[135]
• Charley Steiner, US, Los Angeles Dodgers radio-TV play-by-play announcer^[136]
• Dick Stockton, US, TNT broadcaster^{[citation needed]}
• Steve Stone, US, WGN-TV broadcaster^[24]
• Bert Sugar, US, boxing writer^[137]
• Suzyn Waldman, US, New York Yankees TV play-by-play announcer & current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio; first woman to hold either position on regular basis for Major League Baseball team^[113]
• Lisa Winston^[113]
• Warner Wolf, US, sportscaster, w/CBS 9 in Washington, D.C. & CBS 2 in New York City, now w/WABC NewsTalkRadio 77 in NYC^[113]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jews_in_sports_(non-players)