Univ. of Georgia Exec Associate AD FRANK CRUMLEY on Tuesday "abruptly resigned his position." Crumley served as UGA interim AD for two months after DAMON EVANS resigned in '10 and "has been with the athletic association" since '91 (AJC.com, 9/17). Crumley "oversaw finance and business operations in the athletic department" (ATHENS BANNER-HERALD, 9/18).
CAMPUS COMINGS AND GOINGS: The Univ. of Maryland named American Athletic Conference Dir of Basketball Administration KRISTEN BROWN Associate AD/Sport Administration (UM)....UConn promoted Assistant AD/Development MIKE MORRISON to UConn Foundation Senior Dir of Development for Athletics (UConn)....San Diego State Univ. promoted Dir of Compliance BOBBY SMITHERAN to Associate AD/Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SDSU)....The Rochester Institute of Technology promoted Hockey Operations Manager JEFF SIEGEL to Assistant AD/Intercollegiate Athletics & Ice Hockey Operations (RIT).
EXECS: USL Pro expansion club Charlotte Independence named Charlotte Eagles GM TOM ENGSTROM to the same position. The ownership group of the Independence purchased the USL Pro franchise rights for Charlotte from the Eagles, who self-relegated to the USL Premier Development League (Alex Silverman, Staff Writer)....Atlanta Motor Speedway promoted VP/Events BRANDON HUTCHISON to Assistant GM and Corporate Sales Manager ALLISON FILLMORE to Exec Dir of Sales (AMS)....The Aspire Group named the following people Sales Consultants at the company's Fan Relationship Management Centers: DEANNA TERELLE, MATT ANDERSON,JOE CIANCAGLINI and RYAN OLIPHANT (Univ. of Maryland); TREVOR SELBY and SCOTT BAKER(Middle Tennessee State Univ.); ROBERT SHIRES (Towson Univ.). Aspire also named CARLY REGERManager of Service & Retention at the Fan Relationship Center for the Univ. of Texas (THE DAILY)....The AHL Syracuse Crunch promoted Dir of New Business Development STEPHEN FIORELLA to Senior Dir of New Business Development & Special Events (Crunch)....
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