TIM SHERWOOD has been "appointed director of football at struggling League One club Swindon Town." The former Tottenham manager, 47, has been "without a job since being sacked by Aston Villa" in Oct. '15. Swindon Manager LUKE WILLIAMS, who signed a five-year deal in March, "will remain in his role at the club." Club Chair LEE POWER said, "This is one of the biggest appointments the club has ever made. We're still a bit shocked that we've managed to persuade Tim to take it on" (BBC, 11/10). ... Fuse Sport & Entertainment, part of Omnicom Media Group U.K., has promoted LOU JOHNSON to managing director, EMEA. The former deputy managing director will report to Omnicom Media Group U.K. CEO PHILIPPA BROWN. As managing director, Johnson will "lead the continued growth of Fuse Sport & Entertainment both in the U.K. and across the EMEA region." Since joining Fuse Sport & Entertainment in '10, Johnson "has overseen growth, with the U.K. team growing from eight to 104" (SPORT INDUSTRY, 11/10). ... The administrative council of Swiss broadcaster SRG elected GILLES MARCHAND as its future general director. He will succeed ROGER DE WECK on Oct. 1, 2017. Marchand has been director of SRG's Radio Télévision Suisse serving the French-speaking part of the country since '10 (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 11/9). ... Twitter promoted CFO ANTHONY NOTO to COO, replacing ADAM BAIN, who "plans to leave the company." Twitter will "begin a search" for a new CFO. Noto has been "instrumental in helping to orchestrate and execute Twitter’s plan to be more of a destination for live streaming video" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/10).
COACHES/MANAGERS: Argentine first division side Sarmiento de Junín named JORGE BURRUCHAGA its manager. The former member of the Argentine national team replaces GABRIEL SCHURRER (LOS ANDES, 11/9). ... New Zealand's DAMIAN KARAUNA "has replaced" TOMOHIRO SEGAWA as coach of the Japan men's sevens team.
Karauna, 41, was New Zealand's assistant coach at the Rio Olympics, and his first assignment will be to lead Japan at the Dubai Sevens from Dec. 2-3. KEIKO ASAMI, who coached the Japanese women's team, "has also stepped down," with HITOSHI INADA replacing her on an interim basis (REUTERS, 11/10).
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