Blues CEO MIKE MCCARTHY resigned from his position last Friday. McCarthy was part of DAVE CHECKETTS' company, SCP Worldwide, which bought the Blues in '06. He became CEO in '10, replacing PETER MCLOUGHLIN (STLTODAY.com, 5/25)....The Canadiens named RICK DUDLEY Assistant GM. Dudley spent the past season as Maple Leafs Dir of Player Personnel. Dudley said that "the opportunity to work with" Canadiens GM MARC BERGEVIN was "the deciding factor" in him accepting the position (Montreal GAZETTE, 5/26). The team also named SCOTT MELLANBY Dir of Player Personnel and announced a contract extension for Assistant GM LARRY CARRIERE (CP, 5/28).
EXECS: Under Armour VP/Retail DAN SAWALL has resigned, effective June 1. UA said that Senior VP/Apparel, Outdoors & Accessories HENRY STAFFORD and CFO BRAD DICKERSON temporarily "will oversee merchandising and other aspects" of the company's retail business (Baltimore SUN, 5/30)....EPL club Manchester City named English soccer club Derby County President & CEO TOM GLICK Chief Commercial & Operating Officer (Derby County FC)....The Jaguars named New Meadowlands Stadium Co. President of Business Planning HUSSAIN NAQI Senior VP/Fan Experience and PGA Tour Title Sponsor Relations Exec SCOTT MASSEY Senior VP/Partnerships (JAXDAILYRECORD.com, 5/25)....Race On LLC named Int'l Motorsports Association and American Le Mans Series COO TIM MAYER Baltimore Grand Prix GM (Baltimore SUN, 5/29)....The Raiders named former 49ers and Jaguars PR intern ERIN EXUM Media Relations Coordinator (Raiders)....Dodgers Senior Dir of Security RICH WEMMER is retiring, effective tomorrow. Former LAPD Deputy Chief MICHAEL HILLMANN will serve as Dir of Security for the remainder of the '12 season (Dodgers)....Winona State Univ. named Wayne State College AD ERIC SCHOH to the same position, effective June 11 (Winona State)....Univ. of Maryland Associate AD/Media Relations DOUG DULL is resigning to launch a sports communications firm (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 5/28)....Univ. of Miami (Fla.) named Univ. of Wisconsin Assistant AD/Events & Facilities TIM WISE Senior Associate AD/Facilities & Event Operations (UM)....IUPUI named GAIL BARKSDALE Senior Associate AD, ED HOLDAWAY Assistant AD/Communications and KYLE TORGERSON Assistant AD/Sports Medicine (IUPUI).
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