Netball Australia CEO KELLY RYAN has “resigned, effective immediately,” following a two-year tenure. Head of Performance STACEY WEST has been “appointed as interim CEO” (Melbourne AGE, 12/12).
D.C. United promoted VP/Business Strategy & Analytics DREW BENTLEY to VP/Business Operations & Strategy (D.C. United).
The NWSL’s Bay FC named former KC Current head coach MATT POTTER Technical Dir, Minnesota United FC Consultant/ Player, Health and Performance STACEY HARDIN Medical Dir, Union Head of Performance and Innovation MAX LANKHEIT Performance Dir, Racing Louisville FC Dir/Strategy and Compliance AUSTIN BUCHANAN Scouting Dir, former Pistons Chief of Staff ANDREW LOOMIS Football Operations Dir, and Zelus Analytics Data Scientist ARIELLE DROR Data and Analytics Dir (Bay FC).
UK Athletics named former Olympic heptathlon champion DAME DENISE LEWIS President. Lewis “takes over” from former sprinter JASON GARDENER, who has held the post since 2015 (BBC, 12/12).
The USL’s Hartford Athletic named Dynamo Assistant Coach BRENDAN BURKE head coach and GM. Former Coyotes Chief Business Officer NICK SAKIEWICZ also “took over as CEO in September” (HARTFORD COURANT, 12/12).
Disney Streaming Services EVP and GM/ESPN+ RUSSELL WOLFF will be joining Sixth Street in January. Wolff spent the past 26 years at ESPN (SBJ).
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