The Univ. of Tennessee Thursday named Women's AD JOAN CRONAN Interim Vice Chancellor & AD, replacing MIKE HAMILTON, who resigned as AD on Tuesday. Cronan "will leave her post" in June '12 and "take on the role as a senior adviser to the school's vice chancellor and chancellor through June 2014." UT's new AD hire is "expected to be made in the next six to eight weeks" and will "oversee the entire athletic department" (KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL, 6/10).
COLLEGES: The Big South Conference named Radford Univ. President PENELOPE KYLE President of the conference's Exec Committee, Gardner-Webb Univ. President DR. FRANK BONNER VP and UNC-Asheville Chancellor DR. ANNE PONDER Secretary of the League (BSC)....The Univ. of New Mexico hired LEE DE LEON as Associate AD for Development, replacing LARRY RYAN (UNM)....The Univ. of Missouri-K.C. hired Boise State Univ. Exec Dir for NCAA Compliance JOSH SNYDER as Associate AD for Compliance and Univ. of Nevada Assistant AD for Major Gifts SCOTT TUREK as Associate AD for Development (UMKC)....Utah State Univ. named RYAN MCLANE Marketing & Promotions Dir (USU).
EXECS: The Canadian Olympic Committee Thursday named Nike U.S. Media Relations Dir DEREK KENT to the newly created role of Exec Dir of Corporate & Brand Communications, effective July 18. Kent, a bilingual native of Montreal, will report to COC Chief Operating & Chief Marketing Officer CHRISTOPHER OVERHOLT (COC)....The USGA has hired Pacific Northwest Golf Association CEO & Exec Dir JOHN BODENHAMER as Senior Managing Dir of Rules, Competitions & Amateur Status (USGA)....JOE MORRIS "submitted his resignation" as Senior VP "of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association subsidiary NTRA Advantage effective July 1 and will take position" with MI Developments (THOROUGHBREDTIMES.com, 6/8).
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