Mollie Gallagher
Mollie Gallagher is an emerging sports business professional and advocate for women in athletics who is building her career through hands-on experience in partnerships, fan engagement, and sports operations. Currently serving as a Corporate Partnerships Intern with Dallas Trinity FC, she works closely with a small front-office team supporting matchday operations, sponsor activations, vendor coordination, and community engagement initiatives. Her role has provided valuable exposure to the fast-growing landscape of women’s professional sports and allowed her to contribute directly to expanding the women’s game in the Dallas market.
A lifelong sports enthusiast, Mollie has been involved in athletics through playing, sports media, videography, and event support. While studying Sport Management at Southern Methodist University, she became active in student sports engagement initiatives and volunteered with sports-related media and campus events. She also dedicated time to organizations like the Special Olympics and currently works seasonally with the Texas Rangers foundation team, helping manage the club’s 50/50 raffle operations and enhancing the fan experience during home games. Her combination of operational experience, relationship-building skills, and enthusiasm for live events has helped her develop a strong foundation in the sports industry.
Mollie is especially passionate about creating opportunities for women in sports business and believes strongly in the importance of women supporting one another as the industry continues to grow. She approaches every opportunity with the goal of making a meaningful impact, whether through partnerships, fan engagement, or community outreach. In addition to her professional experience, she has earned certifications in Excel and Sports Marketing through Front Office Sports, further strengthening her business and analytical skill set. As she transitions into agency work and recruiting support for SMU football, Mollie continues to build a career centered on collaboration, growth, and advancing the future of women’s sports.
• Excel Certified
• Sports Marketing Certification through Front Office Sports
• Southern Methodist University- Bachelor's
• Special Olympics
What do you attribute your success to?
I have two key mentors who have really shaped my journey. First is my co-worker Alyssa, who was our partnerships coordinator. We actually started on the same day, but she really took me under her wing and helped me get involved at Dallas Trinity and just really take the reins. But throughout my entire life, I would say my twin sister Claire has been my biggest role model. She works at NBC Sports, and even with us being twins, she's just always been such an achiever and a go-getter. She's been such an exciting person to get to follow and always ask questions. She'll review my resume, give me any advice as I move forward professionally, and she's just really been a great resource to have. I'll always cherish that relationship, and it's been so nice to have somebody who's so great at what she does just one call away. She's been amazing and just a great person to have in my corner.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would tell a young woman going into sports professionally that it's a pretty male-dominated industry, so you really just have to make yourself known. I think that having a presence and having a voice is so important, so just speaking up for what you believe in and helping make a difference wherever you go is just the most important thing. It doesn't have to be so impactful that it turns around the entire team or the whole club, but it needs to be where you feel that you've made a difference where you went. I also think it's just important for us as women to support each other and help bring out the next generation, so just knowing in your mind that it's not always a competition. There's times when it's great to step back and help your coworker, help your friend, and just really help everybody stay in the industry and get involved in the industry, and just keep tackling and growing the women's game.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
One of the biggest challenges in sports is that it remains a male-dominated industry, which means women often have to work harder to make their voices heard and establish visibility in leadership and operations roles. At the same time, the rapid growth of women’s professional sports—especially in markets like Dallas with teams such as the Dallas Wings, Dallas Trinity FC, and the Dallas Spartans—creates incredible opportunities to build the next generation of athletes, executives, and advocates for women’s sports.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Growing women's sports is incredibly important to me, and I think it's so important to grow up the next generation of young women, whether they aspire to work in sports or actually play sports at the next level. That opportunity needs to be there. It's been a really fantastic experience for me to get to be a part of that and get to encourage the next generation to get involved with women's sports and continue to see their growth, especially in my local market here in Dallas with the Wings, the Spartans, and Dallas Trinity FC. I've also always had a strong passion in my heart for working with special needs kids and special needs adults. Getting to work with the disabled community has been just a fantastic experience, especially with the Special Olympics, combining my passion for helping those people out at the same time as combining it with sports. They're a group that I truly love with my entire heart, and I would tell anybody ever to go out and support them, help, volunteer locally, whatever you can do.