Bill Miller serves as Associate Professor of Sport Management and Department Chair in the Health, Kinesiology & Sport Management Department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Professor Miller teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the UWP sport management program. His courses typically focus on revenue generation and sports law issues with Sport Business & Finance, The Business of Minor League Baseball, Financial Management for Sports Organizations and Revenue Generation and Sales in Sports Organizations among his recurring courses.
One of Bill’s main areas of research throughout his career has been sports and entertainment facility naming rights. He has consulted with facilities and sponsors in naming rights negotiations and authored two books on the subject, Facility Naming Rights and Naming Rights Deals.
Bill was also the co-author (with Professor Paul Anderson) of Major League Leases, a book devoted solely to the issues surrounding the negotiation of major league stadium and arena lease agreements. His work has also been featured in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, and Stadia along with numerous other law-related publications and journals.
Bill is a former Chairperson for the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Sports and Entertainment Law Section and currently serves as a member of the Board for the group. Since 2011, he has served as a member of the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University’s Board of Advisors. He is also a member of the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA), Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).