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The Colts named Vikings assistant coach DENNIS POLIAN Dir of Football Administration and NFL Giants Assistant Dir of Communications AVIS ROPER Senior Dir of Communications. The team also named Syracuse Univ. Video Coordinator ERIC KUNTTU Video Dir, replacing MARTY HECKSCHER, who is retiring. Colts VP/PR CRAIG KELLEY "has been reassigned" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 6/14).  

NAMES: Front Row Marketing Services named the following: GABE LEIBOWITZ Dir of Corporate Partnerships for Temple Univ. athletics and the Liacouras Center; JENNIFER FOX Dir of Corporate Partnerships for the AHL Adirondack Phantoms; ROB MAINVILLE Corporate Sales Rep for the AHL Portland Pirates; JOSH GENTILE Dir of Premium Sales for the Sun National Bank Center; and NINO VANIN Dir of Corporate Partnerships for Drexel Univ. athletics (Front Row Marketing)....Zelo PR named SCA Promotions Sports Marketing Dir CARLA ROSENBERG Pro Sports & Entertainment Division Senior VP (Zelo PR)....Seattle Univ. named ERIN ENGELHARDT Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Support, effective July 1. She held a similar position at the school from July '06-August '10, when she moved to the College of Arts & Sciences as an academic advisor (Seattle Univ.)....Ludus Tours named UFL and Virginia Destroyers Senior VP BRIAN MELEKIAN VP/Operations & Strategy (Ludus Tours). 

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