# 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 New York 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
* 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.