Executive Transactions

The Pacers promoted Dir of Basketball Administration PETER DINWIDDIE to VP/Basketball Operations (AP, 8/29)....The Cubs promoted Minor League Field Coordinator BRANDON HYDE to Player Development Dir (Cubs)....The Texans named EMMETT BAYLOR Dir of Security (Texans)....Universal Sports named KEVIN JOHNSON Dir of Digital Media & TV Endemic Sales. Johnson was previously Buy.com East Coast Account Manager (Universal Sports)....The Omaha, Neb., Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority named SCOTT KAVANAUGH VP/Operations (MECA)....Florida State Univ. earlier this month granted AD RANDY SPETMAN a "one-year contract extension that will take him into February 2014" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 8/30)....Alabama State Univ. AD STACY DANLEY yesterday was "placed on administrative leave" (MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER, 8/30)....The Univ. of Wisconsin-Green Bay named MEGAN GOSSENS Assistant AD/Development (UWGB)....The Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha named DR. MATT BEACOM Assistant AD/Performance and LINDSEY STINEMAN Dir of Academic Success (UNO)....Merrimack College promoted hockey coach MARK DENNEHY and women's basketball coach MONIQUE LEBLANC to Associate AD (Merrimack).

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