Casey Schwab
President & Founding Partner | Pathway Sports & Entertainment
- Role
- President & Founding Partner at Pathway Sports & Entertainment
- Location
- Madison, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Casey Schwab
As President and Founding Partner of Pathway Sports & Entertainment, Casey Schwab is an entrepreneur, operator, and lawyer whose career has spanned across sports media, the NFL, and college athletics. He has managed P & Ls and led transformative deals while leading diverse teams in the areas of media rights, sponsorship, licensing, labor negotiations, sports betting, talent, and risk management.Before Pathway, he was the founder and CEO of Altius Sports Partners, which was fully acquired by private equity firm NewSpring Capital in 2023. Altius is the nation’s leading strategic advisor to blue-chip university athletic programs and corporate brands. Prior to founding Altius, Casey was the Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at the NFL Players Association, leading the extension of deals with Fanatics and Electronic Arts, the creation/launch of OneTeam Partners with RedBird Capital, and the commercial portion of the current CBA between the NFLPA and the NFL. He began his career after law school at NFL Media and FOX Sports, negotiating media rights and on-air talent deals.Casey was named to the Sports Business Journal\'s Forty Under 40 award (2021), The Athletic\'s “College Basketball 20 for the Next 20” list of industry leaders (2023), and the Seattle Times\'\"Top 25 Most Influential People in College Football\"(2025). He has also taught at both USC and Howard Law School as an adjunct professor. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and USC Gould School of Law, Casey now lives in Madison, WI.
Experience
President & Founding Partner
Pathway Sports & Entertainment
Feb 2025 — Present
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts, Legal Studies & Sociology
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Blockchain Strategy
University of Southern California
Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law
Skills
- Leadership
- Editing
- Leadership Development
- Human Resources
- Thought Leadership
- Marketing
- Public Speaking
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- Research
- Management
- Technical Leadership
- Arbitration
- Team Leadership
- Litigation
- Lead Generation
- Organizational Leadership
- Legal Issues
- Event Planning
- Appeals
- Social Media Marketing
- Social Networking
- Entertainment
- Employment Law
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