Executive Transactions
LEE STACEY has left his position as chief of IMG College's national sales and marketing after 16 months. Stacey, the former Jets and Cavaliers sales exec, reported to IMG College Senior Corporate VP PAT BATTLE and worked out of the N.Y. office. Plans for his replacement are still being formulated (Michael Smith, SportsBusiness Journal).
EXECS: The Finish Line named Borders Group CFO EDWARD WILHELM Exec VP & CFO, effective March 30. STEVEN SCHNEIDER, who had been serving as interim CFO, will remain in his current role as President & COO (The Finish Line)....Florida Citrus Sports (FCS) Exec Dir STEVE HOGAN signed a five-year deal to serve as CEO. Hogan will oversee the Capital One Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl and other FCS events under a contract that expires in '13 (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 3/24)....The Dodgers named former MLBer DON NEWCOMBE Special Advisor to the Chair (Dodgers)....The IMG Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy announced PAT DOUGHERTY, BOB DAVIS, RICARDO ICAZA and BRIAN GOTTFRIED have joined the staff (TENNISWEEK.com, 3/23)….Univ. of Delaware (UD) AD EDGAR JOHNSON has announced his retirement effective June 30 (UD)....Former af2 Birmingham Steeldogs Managing Partner SCOTT MYERS was named Exec Dir of the Alabama Sports HOF (BIRMINGHAM NEWS, 3/24).
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