Richard Leonard, PhD, is currently a professor of business administration and management at Flagler College in Tallahassee, Florida. His primary teaching focus is strategic management, with secondary instruction in human resource management and marketing. For eight years at Flagler, Dr. Leonard was the department chair for business administration and accounting. His duties included curriculum improvement, human resource management of departmental faculty (full-time and adjunct), development of departmental initiatives, and participation in external departmental activities and promotions. In addition to his duties at Flagler College, Dr. Leonard was on the sport management faculty at the United States Sports Academy (USSA). His principal areas of instruction at USSA were doctoral and graduate-level courses in strategic management, strategic marketing, human resource management, event planning, and fundraising.

A prolific author, Dr. Leonard's textbooks include Summer Sports Camps 101: A Guidebook for Development and Operation (2015), Principles of Sport Administration (2013), and The Administrative Side of Coaching: Applying Business Concepts to Athletic Program Administration and Coaching, Third Edition (2017). Additionally, he has written numerous articles in the field of sports administration. These articles, published by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, encompass every aspect of sport management, including planning, organization, human resource management, and strategic management.