• Source: List of Jews in sports (non-players)

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.




Commissioners



Gary Bettman, US, National Hockey League Commissioner
Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner
Al Davis, US, American Football League Commissioner
Jim Drucker, US, Continental Basketball Association Commissioner; and Arena Football League Commissioner
Don Garber, US, Major League Soccer Commissioner
Abe J Greene, US, National Boxing Association (now World Boxing Association)
Ludwig Guttmann, Germany, founder of the Paralympics
Sydney Halter, Canada, first Commissioner of the Canadian Football League
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
Maurice Podoloff, Ukraine-born US, first President of the National Basketball Association
Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78, President of the Royal Dutch Football Association
Alan Rothenberg, US, former President of the United States Soccer Federation; former executive and investor of the North American Soccer League. Currently Vice President of the North American governing body of association football (CONCACAF)
Bud Selig, US, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers
Adam Silver, US, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association
David Stern, US, former National Basketball Association Commissioner
Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine
Gerardo Werthein, Argentina, is former President of Argentine Olympic Committee and current Honorary President as well as member of International Olympic Committee.




Executives



Chaim Bloom (born 1983), US, Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox
Leopoldo Bard, Argentina, co-founder of the Club Atlético River Plate, he was its first president.
Mike Chernoff, General Manager of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball
Jon Daniels, US, President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Major League Baseball team the Texas Rangers
Theo Epstein, US, former President of Baseball Operations (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, Boston Red Sox
Donald Fehr, US, former executive director of the MLB Players Association and of the National Hockey League Players Association
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
Sam Fuld, US, General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball
Hank Greenberg, US, baseball HOF first baseman of the Detroit Tigers; general manager for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, also part-time owner of the Indians.
Stephen Greenberg, US, deputy commissioner of baseball under Bart Giamatti and chief baseball officer later on.
Jay Horwitz (born 1945), US, New York Mets executive
Jed Hoyer, US, baseball Executive VP and General Manager (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, San Diego Padres
Cary Kaplan, Canada, President & General Manager, Brampton Beast hockey club; former Commissioner & Chairman of Canadian Soccer League
Jerry Krause, US, former General Manager (Chicago Bulls)
Marvin Miller, US, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, member of Baseball Hall of Fame
Matthew Silverman, US, President for Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays




Field managers and coaches



Ray Arcel, US, boxing trainer; trained 18 world champions
Red Auerbach, US, basketball guard, NBA coach (9 championships) & GM, Hall of Fame
Brad Ausmus, US, baseball catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, former manager of the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, coach for the New York Yankees
Big Bill Bachrach, US, swimming coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame
Barak Bakhar, Israel, former player & current manager of the Israeli Premier League association football club Maccabi Haifa since 2020 (during their current 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and its prestigious Group stage)
Yossi Benayoun, Israel, former player & current professional / technical manager of the Israel national football team since 2022
Morris "Whitey" Bimstein, US, boxing trainer
David Blatt, US, college & Israeli professional basketball guard, former NBA coach, Cleveland Cavaliers
Larry Brown, US, basketball player & pro and college coach, currently at Southern Methodist University
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 (Duquesne University)
Al Davis, US, football owner/coach of Oakland Raiders
Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach
Charlotte "Eppie" Epstein, US, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame
Jedd Fisch, US, football coach of the University of Washington Huskies
Lawrence Frank, US, head coach (New Jersey Nets, 2004–10; Detroit Pistons, 2011–13)
Marty Friedman, US, basketball player & coach
Eran Ganot, US, men's basketball head coach (University of Hawaii)
Yury Gelman (born 1955), Ukrainian-born US Olympic fencing coach
Sid Gillman, US, football player & coach
Ronen "Nano" Ginzburg, Israel, coach for the Czech Republic national basketball team
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, soccer manager, former head coach of English Premier Club Chelsea F.C. and of the Israel national football team
Ofir Haim, Israel, soccer manager, head coach of the Israel national under-19 football team during their successful 2022 UEFA Euro Under-19 campaign (2nd place in the finals)
Brad Greenberg, US, former men's basketball coach (Radford University)
Seth Greenberg, US, firner men's basketball coach (Virginia Tech, South Florida, Long Beach State)
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
Alon Hazan, Israel, former player & current head coach of the senior Israel national football team since 8 May 2022 (during their successful 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B campaign, where they were placed 1st, and thus has qualified to the upcoming 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A)
Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager
Melissa Hiatt, US, professional wrestling manager
Nat Holman, US, basketball player & coach, Hall of Fame
Roy Hodgson, England, soccer manager, former England national football team manager, currently manager of Crystal Palace
Red Holzman, US, basketball player & coach, Hall of Fame
Yoel Judah, US, boxer & trainer
Gabe Kapler, US, baseball outfielder, manager (Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants), 2021 NL Manager of the Year
Béla Komjádi, Hungary, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame
Manny Leibert, US, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame
Randy Levine, US, President of New York Yankees baseball team
Tony Levine, US, football coach of the University of Houston Cougars
Lenny Levy, US, baseball coach (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Marv Levy, US, football coach & General Manager (Montreal Alouettes, Buffalo Bills)
Bob Melvin, US, baseball player and manager (Oakland A's), 3x Manager of the Year
Cecil Moss, South Africa, coach of Springboks rugby team.
León Najnudel, Argentina, coach of Argentina national basketball team, and the main driving force in the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (National Basketball League).
Joe Pasternack, US, men's basketball head coach (UC Santa Barbara)
Josh Pastner, US, men's basketball head coach (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)
Gabe Paul, US, baseball President & General Manager of Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees
Bruce Pearl, US, men's basketball coach, Auburn University
José Pekerman, Argentina, Argentine football manager He was a coach in the Argentina national football team, Colombia national football team, and Venezuela national football team. In his stage as coach of the Argentina national under-20 football team, won three FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Lefty Phillips, US; briefly a minor league pitcher in the 1930s, later became a pitching coach and manager.
Jake Pitler, US, second baseman and coach
David Pleat, England, football manager, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town
Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary, swimming and water polo coach
Jimmie Reese, US, baseball second baseman, coach
Ernie Roth, US, professional wrestling manager
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
Mark Shapiro, US, General Manager of Cleveland Indians
Allie Sherman, US, football player & coach, New York Giants
Norm Sherry, US, baseball catcher, manager, and coach
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
Irina Viner-Usmanova, Russia, coach of multiple world and Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics, President of Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation
Ryan Warsofsky, US, NHL ice hockey head coach
Dan Warthen, US, baseball pitcher and pitching coach (currently, for the Texas Rangers)




Officials



Menachem Ashkenazi, Bulgaria/Israel, association football, Olympic and World Cup referee
Al Clark, US, former MLB umpire
Norm Drucker, US, former NBA referee and Supervisor of Officials
Al Forman, US, MLB umpire
Leo Goldstein, US, association football, World Cup assistant referee
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
Wolf Karni, Finland, association football, Olympic referee
Abraham Klein, Romania/Israel, association football, World Cup referee
Jerry Markbreit, US, former NFL referee
Mendy Rudolph, NBA and ABA referee, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Dr. Aviram D. Shmuely, Israel Wrestling Federation, United World Wrestling, 1S Category (Olympic) referee 2006–2021, participated as a referee for Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
Dolly Stark, first Jewish MLB umpire in modern (post-1900) baseball.
Alon Yefet, Israel, association football, FIFA international referee




Owners



Roman Abramovich, Russia/Israel, former owner of English Premier League association football club Chelsea Football Club
Miriam Adelson, owner, Dallas Mavericks
Leslie Alexander, US, former owner of Houston Rockets; former owner of Houston Comets
Micky Arison, Israel/US, owner of Miami Heat
Larry Baer, US, CEO of the San Francisco Giants
Steve Ballmer, US, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
Alona Barkat, Israel, owner of Israeli Premier League association football club Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Steve Belkin, US, former co-owner of the Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Hawks
Arthur Blank, US, owner, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United FC, and Georgia Force
David Blitzer, owner, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, G.D. Estoril Praia, AD Alcorcón, S.K. Beveren, ADO Den Haag, Real Salt Lake, Brøndby IF
Tony Bloom, England, owner of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Francis Borelli, France, former President of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, AS Cannes
Norman Braman, US, former owner of Philadelphia Eagles
Alfréd Brüll, Hungary, chairman of sports club MTK
Alan Cohen, US, owner of Florida Panthers hockey team
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
Steve Cohen, US, owner of the New York Mets
Uri Coronel, Dutch, former Chairman of Ajax Amsterdam
Mark Cuban, US, owner of Dallas Mavericks
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, former owner, Oakland Raiders
Mark Davis, owner, Las Vegas Raiders, Las Vegas Aces
Barney Dreyfuss, US, owner of Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball Hall of Fame
Mark Ein, owner, DC Open, Washington Kastles, Washington Justice
Steve Ellman, US, owner of Phoenix Coyotes
John J. Fisher, US, owner of the Oakland Athletics baseball team
Andrew Freedman, US, former owner of New York Giants baseball team
Emil Fuchs, German-born US, owner of Boston Braves baseball team
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
Gary Gilbert, US, part owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, brother of Dan Gilbert
Avram Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the (NFL)
Joel Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United
Malcolm Glazer, US, owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United
Paul Godfrey, Canada, owner of the Toronto Blue Jays
Chuck Greenberg, US, co-owner of Texas Rangers
Ernie Grunfeld, US, basketball player & GM of Washington Wizards
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
Walter A. Haas Jr., US, owner of Oakland Athletics
Josh Harris, US, owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, Washington Commanders
Ben Hatskin, Canada, founder and owner of the Winnipeg Jets
Leon Hess, US, owner of New York Jets
Jerold Hoffberger, US, owner of Baltimore Orioles baseball team
Mat Ishbia, US, majority owner of Phoenix Suns
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.
Daryl Katz, Canada, owner of Edmonton Oilers
Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv
Eugene Klein, US, owner of San Diego Chargers and part owner of Seattle SuperSonics
Alexander Knaster, USSR/UK, owner of Italian football club A.C. Pisa 1909
Louis "Red" Klotz, US, NBA 5' 7" point guard, formed teams that play against and tour with the Harlem Globetrotters
Herb Kohl, US, owner of Milwaukee Bucks (1985–2014)
Robert Kraft, US, owner of New England Patriots & New England Revolution
Joe Lacob, US, owner of Golden State Warriors
Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich
Marc Lasry, Morocco, co-owner of the basketball's Milwaukee Bucks
Al Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns
Randy Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns & Aston Villa
Ted Lerner and family, US, owners of Washington Nationals
Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
Joe Lewis, England, owner Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Jeffrey Loria, US, former owner of Miami Marlins
Bob Lurie, US, owner of San Francisco Giants
Jeffrey Lurie, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles
Scott D. Malkin, US, co-owner of NY Islanders hockey team and
Jamie McCourt, US, President of Los Angeles Dodgers
Art Modell, US, former owner of Baltimore Ravens
Idan Ofer, Israel, co-owner of Spain's La Liga association football club Atlético Madrid, as well co-owner of Portugal's Primeira Liga association football club FC Famalicão.
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, President of Royal Dutch Football Association
Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989–2002
Mikhail Prokhorov, former owner, Brooklyn Nets
Bruce Ratner, US, minority owner of Brooklyn Nets
Jerry Reinsdorf, US, owner of Chicago Bulls & Chicago White Sox
Carroll Rosenbloom, US, former owner of Baltimore Colts & Los Angeles Rams
Chip Rosenbloom, US, owner of Los Angeles Rams
Stephen M. Ross, US, owner of Miami Dolphins
Henry Samueli, US, owner of Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation
Abe Saperstein, UK-born US, founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters
Irving Scholar, England, chairman Tottenham Hotspur F. C.
Howard Schultz, US, owner of Seattle SuperSonics and Seattle Storm; founder of Starbucks
Bud Selig, US, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers
Herbert Simon, US, owner of the Indiana Pacers basketball team
Ed Snider, US, owner of Philadelphia Flyers and part-owner of Philadelphia Eagles
Daniel Snyder, US, former owner of Washington Redskins
Donald Sterling, US, former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
Stuart Sternberg, US, owner of Tampa Bay Rays
Alan Sugar, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
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
Steve Tisch, US, part-owner of the New York Giants, son of Preston Tisch
Leonard Tose, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles
Cliff Viner, US, co-owner of Florida Panthers
Jeffrey Vinik, US, owner of Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) and minority owner of Boston Red Sox (MLB)
Larry Weinberg, former owner, Portland Trail Blazers
Sonny Werblin, former owner, New York Jets
Zygi Wilf, German-born US, principal owner of Minnesota Vikings
Fred Wilpon, US, minority owner of New York Mets
Jeff Wilpon, US, minority owner and COO of New York Mets
Max Winter, US, owner of Minneapolis Lakers and former owner of Minnesota Vikings
Lewis Wolff, US, owner of Oakland Athletics
Brett Yormark, US, President & CEO of Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center




Promoters


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




Sportscasters



Kenny Albert, US, sportscaster
Marv Albert, US, sportscaster
Mel Allen, US, sportscaster, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer
Chris Berman, US, ESPN talk show host
Len Berman, US, sportscaster
Bonnie Bernstein, US, ESPN sportscaster
Steve Bornstein, US, President & CEO of NFL Network
Steve Buckhantz, US, Washington Wizards play-by-play announcer [1]
Steve Bunin, US, ESPN sportscaster
Craig Carton, US, WFAN morning show
Gary Cohen,US, New York Mets telecaster
Linda Cohn, US, ESPN anchor
Myron Cope, US, Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer
Howard Cosell, US, sportscaster
Seth Davis, US, ESPN sportscaster
Ian Eagle, US, sportscaster
Rich Eisen, US, ESPN, NFL network anchor
Josh Elliott, US, television journalist
Howard Finkel, US, WWE Hall of Fame announcer.
Roy Firestone, US, sportscaster
CK Friedlander, South Africa, rugby commentator
Elliotte Friedman, Canada, CBC Sports broadcaster
Jack van Gelder, Dutch sports commentator
Hank Goldberg, US, football analyst
Mauricio Goldfarb, better known as Mauro Viale, Argentina, sportscaster.
Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)
Doug Gottlieb, US, ESPN NCAA basketball analyst
Mike Greenberg, US, ESPN anchor
Billy Jaffe, US, New York Islanders sportscaster
Max Kellerman, boxing broadcaster
Suzy Kolber, US, ESPN sportswriter
Tony Kornheiser, US, radio show host, tv show host, author
Andrea Kremer, US, sportscaster/ NBC sideline reporter
Justin Kutcher, US, sportscaster
Michael Landsberg, Canada, TSN anchor
Ken Levine, Major League Baseball announcer
Steve Levy, US, ESPN anchor
Mitch Melnick, Canada, Montreal Expos English radio colour analyst
Al Michaels, US, sportscaster
Johnny Most, US, Boston Celtics sportscaster
Elliott Price, Canada, Montreal Expos radio play-by-play
Karl Ravech, US, ESPN journalist
Jim Rome, US, radio, TV host
Howie Rose, US, New York Islanders, New York Mets sportscaster
Sam Rosen, US, New York Rangers on TV, NHL on OLN, NFL on Fox sportscaster
Dick Schaap, US, sportswriter & broadcaster
Jeremy Schaap, US, sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)
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.
Archie Shacksnovis, first man to broadcast rugby in South Africa
Dan Shulman, Canada, sportscaster ESPN: Sunday Baseball, College Basketball coverage
Ted Sobel, US, Los Angeles based sportscaster/reporter. KFWB, KNX, KMPC radio, Sports USA. Member of Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Charley Steiner, US, Los Angeles Dodgers radio-TV play-by-play announcer
Dick Stockton, US, TNT broadcaster
Steve Stone, US, WGN-TV broadcaster
Bert Sugar, US, boxing writer
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
Lisa Winston
Warner Wolf, US, sportscaster, w/CBS 9 in Washington, D.C. & CBS 2 in New York City, now w/WABC NewsTalkRadio 77 in NYC
Lázaro Zilberman, better known as Marcelo Araujo, Argentina, sportscaster.




See also


List of Jews in sports




References






Books

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