Jewish Owners, Coaches, and Executives in Sports
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