76ers CEO SCOTT O'NEIL will add the title of CEO for business operations for the Devils and Prudential Center. O’Neil replaces RICH KREZWICK "as the head of Devils Arena Entertainment." The Devils also hired former Hornets President HUGH WEBER to "serve as the president on the business side and help oversee things" when O'Neil is in Philadelphia (Bergen RECORD, 8/16)....The NFL appointed Lions Vice Chair BILL FORD JR. to its broadcast committee (DETROITNEWS.com, 8/15)….USA Hockey named SCOTT ZELKIN Manager of Officiating Development (USA Hockey)….Xavier Univ. named Florida Gulf Coast Univ. Assistant Dir of Communications/Internet Services & Design MICHAEL HILL II Assistant Dir of Athletic Communications. The school also promoted BRYAN MCELDOWNEY to Athletic Communications Assistant/Video Coordinator (Xavier)….The Univ. of North Florida named Univ. of New Hampshire Assistant AD/Annual Giving ERIC NAPPY Associate AD/Development (UNF)….Cal State Univ.-Northridge named Cal State Univ.-East Bay Assistant AD/Marketing DAWN ELLERBE Associate AD/Marketing, Branding & Fan Development (CSUN).
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