Executive Transactions

December, 2018

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Northern Illinois AD SEAN FRAZIER agreed to a five-year contract extension ( DAILY-CHRONICLE.com, 12/5 )....Grambling State promoted VP/Student Affairs DAVID PONTON to AD. Ponton will keep his current role in addition to serving as AD ( KTBS.com, 12/5 )....Univ. of New Mexico Deputy AD/External Operations ...

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

NYCFC named Cavaliers Exec VP/Franchise Operations & CRO BRAD SIMS CEO. Sims spent six years with the Cavs, and the team is not expected to replace his title within the front office. Meanwhile, NYCFC President JON PATRICOF will join the team's BOD as his three-year...

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Major League Lacrosse named Atlanta Blaze GM/Assistant Coach SPENCER FORD to the newly created position of Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Alumni Development. Ford will continue in his role with the Blaze ( MLL )....The Minneapolis Star Tribune promoted Deputy Sports Editor CHRIS CARR to...

Monday, December 3, 2018

Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment promoted Senior Manager/Inside Sales LEO CARDENAS to Dir of Ticket Sales for the Devils and Prudential Center. Meanwhile, HBS&E's Elevate On Campus named Seating Solutions CFO KIM PARSONS COO, while naming Hawks Manager of Ticket Sales JOE RICKERT VP & GM...

November, 2018

Friday, November 30, 2018

The Nashville MLS expansion club has hired WILL ALEXANDER as its CRO. Alexander, who currently is a Managing Dir of Business Development at private equity firm Hall Capital, was a co-Founder of the MLS2Nashville committee that launched in ’16 to try to get the city an...

Thursday, November 29, 2018

The USTA named PATRICK GALBRAITH Board Chair & President. Galbraith succeeds KATRINA ADAMS , who "served an unprecedented two consecutive terms." Galbraith has served on the board "in various capacities" for 12 years, and will begin his two-year term Jan. 1 ( AP, 11/27 ). EXECS : Asics...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

NBC promoted NBC Sports Regional Networks Senior VP/Platforms & Strategy MATT MURPHY to Senior VP & GM of NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California, effective Jan. 2 ( John Ourand, THE DAILY ). EXECS : SMI is promoting Atlanta Motor Speedway Assistant GM ...

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Nashville SC CEO COURT JESKE will leave the USL club at the end of the month. Jeske, an SBJ/SBD “ Forty Under 40 ” honoree this year, was named the club’s first CEO in October '16 after serving as Soccer United Marketing VP/Int’l Business. The Nashville club...

Monday, November 26, 2018

The Orioles named former Astros Special Assistant SIG MEJDAL Assistant GM/Analytics. Mejdal will oversee all aspects of the team's growing analytics effort white assisting and advising Exec VP & GM MIKE ELIAS in all manner of Baseball Operations decisions ( Orioles )....The Royals named former Cardinals manager...

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

The NBA named former NBAer ROD STRICKLAND Program Manager for the G League professional path program. Strickland will "work to evaluate, educate and mentor elite prospects on the apparatuses of the new initiative that offers select, elite high school prospects the option to bypass NCAA basketball to...

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