Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Sport ManagementDepartment
Location
MacNaughton Hall, #312Syracuse, NY 13244
Biography
Meluni joined the Sport Management faculty full-time in 2018 after having spent the previous four years as an adjunct professor in the department. Meluni has over 25 years of experience in the sport industry. He spent five years as the Vice President of Sales at SIDEARM Sports, where he negotiated and signed agreements with the University of Texas, University of Kansas, the Heisman Trophy, and the Maui Invitational as well as hundreds of Division I, II and III institutions. Prior to working in the digital space, the Syracuse native spent 10 years with IMG College, the multi-media rights holder at Syracuse University, where he maintained a client base of over $1.1 million per year. Meluni earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Ithaca College in Sport Management, where he was captain and NCAA All-Region infielder for the Bombers’ baseball team. In 1999, he was selected to attend the prestigious NCAA Leadership Conference. He then attended Florida State University as a Graduate Assistant in the Seminoles’ ticket office, and earned his Master’s Degree in Sport Administration in 2001. He then worked as a Marketing Assistant at FSU, assisting with football, women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, baseball and softball before moving back to Syracuse. Meluni is the deputy commissioner with the New York Collegiate Baseball League. He has become a national leader in the Name, Image and Likeness space. He was the first professor in the country to design and teach an NIL course in an SPM department. He also hosts the NIL Clubhouse podcast with Rick Burton. He lives in Warners with his wife Kristina, and their sons Landyn and Nicholas.Education
- M.S., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, . Major: Sport Administration
- B.S., Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, . Major: Business Administration Area of Emphasis: Sport Management Minor
Specialization
- Name, Image and Likeness
Teaching
Teaching Interests
- Name, Image and Likeness Sport Sales and Sponsorship Sport Marketing
Currently Teaching
- SPM 330 - Name Image Likeness
- SPM 324 - Sport Sponsorship and Promotion
- SPM 215 - Principles of Sales in Sport
Active Service
Public
- Board of Directors, Camillus Softball and Baseball Association (active since: 2013)
- Head Coach, Camillus Wildcats and SportsZone Academy (active since: 2013)
- Lead Instructor, West Genesee Baseball Academy, 1st-8th grade. (active since: 2013)
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
- Evan Weissman Memorial Faculty of the Year Award for Teaching Excellence, Syracuse University
Department
Location
MacNaughton Hall, #312Syracuse, NY 13244