NFLPA Associate General Counsel TOM DEPASO has been promoted to General Counsel, effective immediately. DePaso replaces RICHARD BERTHELSEN, who is retiring after 40 years with the union (NFLPA)….FIBA announced the creation of a wholly-owned subsidiary, FIBA Media & Marketing Services, which will be based at FIBA HQs in Geneva, Switzerland. The subsidiary will be led by Dir General FRANK LEENDERS and Delegate to the Board THOMAS KLOOZ. They previously served as CEO and Managing Dir, respectively, of Team Marketing (FIBA)….The Big Ten named CCHA Dir of Officials STEVE PIOTROWSKI Coordinator of Men’s Hockey Officials (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 5/14)….The MLS Fire promoted BRENDAN HANNAN to Dir of Communications (Fire)….Exec search firm Witt/Kieffer named GREG SANTORE VP & Practice Leader for the firms Sports Leadership Practice. The firm also named JENNIFER BIEHN Search Consultant (Witt/Kieffer)….Former NFLer JEFF GARCIA has been named to the USFL Board of Advisors (USFL)....Univ. of Montana Western AD MARK DURHAM will be leaving his post June 1 (UMW).
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