IMG Original Content Senior VP LEN DELUCA will shift into a senior consultant role in January. DeLuca joined IMG in June '15 and has worked on a variety of projects. He will continue as an adjunct faculty member at both NYU's Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media & Business and Seton Hall's Stillman Business School Center for Sports Management (IMG).
LINE CHANGE: USA Hockey Senior Dir of Corporate Marketing LEE MEYER will retire in January after nearly 18 years at the governing body. He will be replaced by current USAH Dir of Events KEVIN COUTURE, and Meyer will stay around to advise on a part-time basis through May. Separately, USAH also tapped current Dir of Membership Development KEVIN ERLENBACH to become Assistant Exec Dir of Membership, replacing PAT KELLEHER, who was promoted to Exec Dir in April (Ben Fischer, Staff Writer).
EXECS: Colorado State AD JOE PARKER has "received a 5-year contract extension and $50,000 annual raise." Parker will "receive $400,000 a year under terms of the new deal, which runs through Dec. 31, 2022." Parker has been CSU AD since March '15 (COLORADOAN.com, 12/12)....National Finals Rodeo GM SHAWN DAVIS is "phasing out" of his role after 55 years with the organization. NFR announcer BOYD POLHAMUS has been named his successor (LVSPORTSBIZ.com, 12/12).
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