Michael McCann

Michael McCann is a tenured Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, where he is Founding Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute and Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Intellectual Life. McCann is also a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is an attorney with more than 20 years of practice. McCann was on the legal team for Maurice Clarett in Clarett v. NFL and has represented clients in antitrust, employment and IP matters. McCann was a Legal Analyst and Staff Writer for Sports Illustrated from 2007 to 2020, authoring more than 1,000 stories. He is the Editor of the "Oxford University Press Handbook of American Sports Law" and, with Ed O'Bannon, co-author of "Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA." McCann has also authored more than 30 book chapters and law review articles, including placements in the Yale Law Journal and Boston College Law Review, and has testified before the U.S. Senate as a legal expert. In 2025, McCann won the Association of American Law Schools’ Law and Sports Section Award, a prestigious award honoring an individual who has made a substantial and significant contribution to scholarship, teaching and service in the field of sports law. He holds degrees from Harvard Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law and Georgetown University.