Michael McCann is an Associate Professor of Law at Vermont Law School , where he teaches sports law, administrative law, torts, and sales. He is also the Distinguished Visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law, where he was an Assistant Professor of Law between 2005 and 2008 and where he now teaches a sports law class every summer.  During his three-year tenure at Mississippi , Professor McCann was twice honored with the Professor of the Year Award and he received the Professor of the Year for First-Year Courses Award in all three years.  He was also honored by his colleagues with the Shirley Norwood Jones Faculty Award in 2008. In the fall 2008 semester, Professor McCann was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Boston College Law School.

In addition to his academic career, Professor McCann is a legal analyst for Sports Illustrated and the “Sports and the Law” columnist on SI.com. He is also co-founder of the Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences and was Chair of the Association of American Law School's Section on Sports and the Law in 2008.

Prior to becoming a law professor in 2005, Professor McCann served as counsel to college football star Maurice Clarett in his lawsuit against the National Football League and its age eligibility rule.  He also served as a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School and Legal Counsel to U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan. Professor McCann received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and his B.A. from Georgetown University.  Professor McCann has been interviewed on HBO's “Bob Costas Now”, CNN's “The Glenn Beck Show” and “Headline News”, CNBC's “Morning Call” and “Power Lunch,” and the Jim Rome Show. He has also been interviewed on NPR, BBC, the Dan Patrick Show, and by the New York Times, Washington Post, The New Republic, and Business Week .