Gonzaga Sport Consulting Group

Gonzaga University · School of Business Administration

Professional-grade analysis for the business of sport, delivered by students who are held to it.

Thirty-five organizations across eleven semesters. Marketing, partnerships, ticketing, fan experience, data analytics and digital audits, scoped to one objective and delivered in a semester.

What we do

The business of sport, not the sport itself

Commercial strategy

Partnerships, sponsorship valuation, ticketing and pricing, revenue growth questions that need research behind them.

Fan and market analysis

Fan experience, audience and market research, survey design, segmentation and the analysis that follows it.

Data and digital

Data analytics, digital audits, dashboards and the operational reporting a lean front office rarely has time to build.

We do not advise on on-field or playing strategy. Holding that boundary is part of how we stay useful.

Track record

35 organizations have put a GSCG team on a real problem

42
projects delivered
11
semesters running
35
organizations served
  • Seattle Seahawks
  • Portland Trail Blazers
  • Detroit Lions
  • Seattle Mariners
  • Seattle Kraken
  • PGA Tour
  • Minnesota Vikings
  • New Balance
See every client

NFL

  • Detroit Lions
  • Minnesota Vikings
  • Seattle Seahawks

NBA

  • Los Angeles Clippers
  • Orlando Magic
  • Portland Trail Blazers

MLB

  • Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Houston Astros
  • San Francisco Giants
  • Seattle Mariners
  • Toronto Blue Jays

NHL

  • Los Angeles Kings
  • San Jose Sharks
  • Seattle Kraken
  • Vegas Golden Knights

MLS

  • Minnesota United FC
  • Portland Timbers
  • San Diego FC
  • Seattle Sounders FC

WNBA

  • Chicago Sky
  • Seattle Storm

NWSL

  • San Diego Wave FC

Leagues, venues and brands

  • Charlotte Knights
  • Climate Pledge Arena
  • Gonzaga Athletics
  • Gonzaga Institute for Informatics and Applied Technology
  • Hoopfest
  • Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
  • Learfield
  • New Balance
  • PGA Tour
  • Spokane Chiefs
  • Spokane Zephyr FC
  • Sunshine Club
  • Truist Bank

For clients

How an engagement works

  1. You bring one objective

    Not a wish list. One question worth a team of analysts for a semester. We help you sharpen it before anyone starts work.

  2. A team is assigned, with a faculty director on it

    A project manager and consultants, meeting weekly. A faculty director oversees the work and the client relationship throughout.

  3. Midpoint and final presentations

    You see the thinking at the midpoint while it can still change direction, and receive the final deliverable and presentation at the end of the semester.

Email gscg@gonzaga.edu

For donors and supporters

What your support actually buys

GSCG runs on student time, faculty direction and a small amount of operating support. Giving does not fund overhead in the usual sense: it funds the difference between a student reading about consulting and a student doing it for the Seahawks.

Support goes to travel for client visits and presentations, case competition entry and preparation, software and data the work requires, and the professional development that turns a sophomore into someone a front office would hire.

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How we think

The standards we hold ourselves to