Executive Transactions

Under Armour said that Exec VP/Global Brand and President of Int'l MARK DOWLEY is "stepping aside," just two months after he joined the company. Dowley "will become an advisor" to Under Armour and report to Chair, President & CEO KEVIN PLANK, effective May 1 (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/8)....The MLS Earthquakes have signed GM of Soccer Operations JOHN DOYLE to a multiyear contract extension (Earthquakes)....Ravens Dir of Player Personnel ERIC DECOSTA has received a "new contract with financial incentives to stay on and become" GM OZZIE NEWSOME's "eventual successor" (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/10)....Nicholls State Univ. has named women's basketball coach DOBEE PLAISANCE Senior Woman Administrator (Nicholls State Univ.)....The Big Ten Network has promoted QUENTIN CARTER to Senior Coordinating Producer....Premier Partnerships has named ERIN PROBER Marketing Services Coordinator and CARYN ROSOFF Marketing Services Assistant (THE DAILY).  

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