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Puma appointed STEFAN GNAD as its new head of golf within its affiliate Cobra Puma Golf DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) & Benelux. In his new role, Gnad will head up the Cobra Golf and Puma Golf business including equipment, footwear, apparel and accessories in the DACH & Benelux regions.  He has been with Cobra Puma Golf for the past five years, most recently as senior manager, golf. Gnad has helped develop Puma's golf business in the DACH & Benelux areas (Puma). ... TIM LEIWEKE's recently formed Oak View Group named Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment VP/Team & Venue Services JASON GONELLA Exec VP/Premium Services. Premier Partnerships Corporate Partnerships Assistant ANDREW FEINBERG also has been added to the OVG exec team, as has Leiweke's daughter, FRANCESCA BODIE, who "most recently led a group trying to bring an NFL team and stadium" to downtown L.A. (BILLBOARD, 11/16). ... Octagon named LAMAR JOHNSON VP of Octagon Access, its millennial and multi-cultural marketing division. He has experience in integrated marketing strategies, branded entertainment and digital campaigns. He spent eight years at beverage company Remy Cointreau and has also worked with brands including Coca-Cola, L'Oreal and Sprite (Octagon).

COACHES/MANAGERSJOSÉ RAMÓN CUSPINERA will coach Spanish Basketball League (ACB) club Montakit Fuenlabrada until the end of the current season, replacing ZAN TABAK. Cuspinera was one of the club's assistant coaches until now. This will be his first head coaching opportunity in the ACB (EFE, 11/17). ... New Zealand Rugby "retained the services" of two members of its coaching staff with assistant IAN FOSTER and scrum coach MIKE CRON extending their contracts with NZR until '17. Foster's announcement comes a day after former England first-five STUART BARNES urged the Rugby Football Union to "go after the former Chiefs coach as a replacement" for STUART LANCASTER. But "any chance of that appears over with Foster remaining in New Zealand until the British Lions tour in two years' time at least" (STUFF, 11/17). ... Former Olympic hockey champion MICHELLE MITCHELL is Australian Football League side Gold Coast's new player development manager. She will commence her role at next week's AFL Draft in Adelaide. Her appointment adds to the changes in the Suns' football department, which include new fitness boss JUSTIN CORDY, and three new coaches, including new NEAFL coach STEPHEN DANIEL (AFL).

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