The Definitive Online Sports Stylebook

The Ben Watanabe Sports Stylebook

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job titles

Most job titles in sports should never be capitalized. This applies regardless of whether the organization capitalizes it as part of a formal title.

Examples:

chief baseball officer Dave Dombrowski
general manager Ned Colletti
vice president of player personnel Bobby Grier
head coach Dennis Green
strength and conditioning coach Deron Mayo

Never use the sponsor’s name as part of a job title, e.g. “The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football Andrew Aurich” should be simply Harvard coach Andrew Aurich.