UCF named football coach GEORGE O'LEARY interim AD. O'Leary replaces outgoing AD TODD STANSBURY, who "recently accepted the job at Oregon State and starts at the school Aug. 1." O'Leary is "expected to retain his football coaching duties in addition to leading the athletic department through the end" of '15. The school will then make a decision on "how to move forward" (ORLANDOSENTINEL.com, 6/23).
EXECS: The Aspire Group announced the following hires for its collegiate Fan Relationship Management Centers: DUSTIN BERNARD as Sales Consultant (FIU); KRISTIN HASH as Service Consultant (Georgia Tech); ANDREW BORNHOLDT and ANDREW CLARK as Sales Consultants (Minnesota); MATT RICHIE as Manager/Sales & Service and ADAM AHRENS as Coordinator for Database Marketing & Analytics (Toledo); MATT BUTTA as Sales Consultant and TIM MALDONADO as Associate (National Sales Center); and MEGAN NORKUNAS as Group Events Consultant (Kansas) (THE DAILY)....Santa Clara Univ. named Syracuse Univ. Deputy AD & Chief of Staff for Athletics RENEE BAUMGARTNER AD. She will begin July 8, replacing longtime AD DAN COONAN (AP, 6/23)....The Univ. of California-Riverside named Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Senior Associate AD/Internal Affairs and Senior Woman Administrator TAMICA SMITH-JONES AD, effective July 1 (UC-Riverside)....The Univ. of Miami named former Virginia Tech basketball coach JAMES JOHNSON Dir of Basketball Operations (UM)....NBPA Dir of Int'l Relations & Marketing WALTER PALMER resigned "after six months" on the job (TWITTER.com, 6/23).
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