Austin Bogina

Dr. Austin C. Bogina is the Undergraduate Program Director of Sport Management and an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Kansas. He also helps lead the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Science’s Name, Image, and Likeness certification. A Southeast Kansas native and farm kid from Arma, Dr. Bogina graduated from Pittsburg State University in 2016, with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (Kindergarten-6th), followed by a Master of Science (2019) and Doctorate (2022) in Sport Management from the University of Kansas, both with an emphasis in entrepreneurship. He is passionate about teaching, research, entrepreneurship, business development, sports, traveling, running, and the great outdoors. Dr. Bogina coaches KU Sport Management’s undergraduate sport sales team and serves as the Program Director for the annual Mawson Scholar Speaker Series event and as the Faculty Ambassador for KU’s Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences Department. His own sports industry experience includes working in college athletic fundraising and development, event operations, media operations, and coaching. In 2023, Dr. Bogina was selected to serve as an Emerging Leaders Advisory Board Member for the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation. He also currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. Outside of the sports industry, Dr. Bogina substitute teaches kindergarten-high school for the Lawrence, Kansas USD 497 school district.

Dr. Bogina is an avid runner, he qualified for the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon. Represented Team USA at the 2019 Road 50k World Championships in Brasov, Romania. Finished as National Runner-Up in the 2019 U.S. Road 50k Championship. Former NCAA Division II cross country/track and field student-athlete for the Pittsburg State Gorillas (2x NCAA Cross Country National qualifier).