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Basketball
The Minnesota Timberwolves promoted Kyle Burns and Andrew McFerrin to account representatives for membership sales and hired Alisha Cleary, Jerron Smith, Kyle Freedman and Scott Hebert to the same position.

College
Northern Illinois University hired Jay Vickers as senior associate athletic director for sport administration. Vickers was senior assistant athletic director for advancement at the University of Wisconsin.

The NCAA promoted Kathleen McNeely to senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer, Bob Williams to senior vice president of communications and Cari Klecka to chief of staff.

The Big South Conference hired Brian Verdi as assistant director of public relations. Verdi was media relations coordinator for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Eastern Kentucky University promoted Dan McBride to senior associate athletic director, Lindsey McKaskle to assistant athletic director for compliance and student success and senior woman administrator and Michael Clark to assistant athletic director for communications and branding.

GOODRICH
The University of South Florida hired Andrew Goodrich as senior associate athletic director for external relations. Goodrich was associate athletic director for marketing at the University of Miami.

East Carolina University hired Carl Evans as associate athletic director for development. Evans was senior associate athletic director for development at Towson University.

Hamilton College hired Angel Mason as associate athletic director. Mason was an assistant athletic director at California Institute of Technology.

New Mexico State University Athletic Director McKinley Boston will step down from his position, effective Dec. 31.

Samford University hired Abby Turner as athletics marketing coordinator. Turner was a marketing assistant at the University of South Carolina.

South Carolina State University hired Paul Bryant as athletic director. Bryant was athletic director at Stillman College.

The University at Albany hired Mark Benson as athletic director. Benson was senior associate athletic director and assistant vice president for athletic development at Old Dominion University.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga hired Scott Altizer as senior associate athletic director for internal operations. Altizer was director of football relations at the University of Tennessee.

The University of Delaware hired David Arthur as assistant athletic director for sports and entertainment sales. Arthur was executive director of the Delaware Sports Commission.

BERGEN
LAUTZENHEISER
Xavier University hired Greg Lautzenheiser as assistant director of athletic communications and Brendan Bergen as athletic communications coordinator.

The University of Richmond hired Abby Houser as assistant athletic director for business operations and Krista Huffman as assistant athletic director for marketing and fan development. Houser was assistant athletic director for finance at Wake Forest University, and Huffman was assistant director of marketing at the University of Alabama.

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