Leigh Steinberg

Leigh Steinberg
Steinberg speaking at UC Berkeley
Born	Leigh William Steinberg (1949-03-27) March 27, 1949 (age 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (B.A., J.D)
Occupation	Sports agent, Lawyer
Years active	1974-present
Known for	Sports agent, Jerry Maguire, philanthropy, advocacy
Website	leighsteinberg.com

Leigh William Steinberg (born March 27, 1949) is an American sports agent. During his 41-year career, Steinberg has represented over 300 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and Olympic sports. He has represented the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft a record eight times. Steinberg is often credited as the real-life inspiration of the sports agent from Cameron Crowe's film Jerry Maguire in 1996.

Steinberg was born and raised in Los Angeles by his parents, a teacher and a librarian, who pushed public service along with ambition. He attended Hamilton High School, and was elected student body president and voted most likely to succeed. He attended the University of California Los Angeles, for one year (1966–67) before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley. Upon his arrival at Berkeley, Steinberg became a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. Steinberg eventually formed his own student government political party, called Unity. His moderate politics at the protest-prone Berkeley at the height of the Vietnam War drew such a following that he was elected President of the Associated Students of the University of California, the university's student government. He subsequently resigned from his post as a result of a cheating scandal. He earned a B.A. in political science in 1970 and a J.D. in 1973 from UC Berkeley.