The British Horseracing Authority announced GAVIN JEFFERIES has been appointed to the new position of director of communications, following an extensive search led by Nolan Partners. Jefferies joins the BHA from U.K. Tax Authority HMRC, where he has been deputy director of corporate communications and head of external affairs since March '12. He will take up his role at the BHA in January. Jefferies' role will see an expansion of the services provided by the existing Media and Communications Department which is currently comprised of just two roles -- media manager and media and communications officer (BHA). ... Bundesliga club Hoffenheim appointed 28-year-old JULIAN NAGELSMANN, "who has yet to pass his senior coaching exams, as their manager from next season, which will make him the youngest ever Bundesliga head coach." The club sacked MARKUS GISDOL on Monday, appointing 61-year-old Bundesliga veteran HUUB STEVENS as his successor until the end of the campaign, "with the Dutchman tasked with keeping struggling Hoffenheim up." Nagelsmann "had been given a three-year deal" (REUTERS, 10/27).
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