May 20, 2025
Joey Johnston Athletics Senior Writer
Michael Kelly, USF's vice president for athletics, has enjoyed a Forrest Gump-like career in sports, working with premier events such as the Super Bowl, the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and the College Football Playoff.
Last Thursday at USF's Muma College of Business, Kelly was reunited with three of the men who helped to shape his lifetime of big-ticket sports experiences.
Kelly moderated an AMP (Academic Meets Practice) panel discussion — "Mega-Events and the Making of a Sports Destination: Leadership, Community, and the Business of Hosting'' — that included who he described as "three of the true pioneers and icons of the sports event business.