Michigan State Univ. reorganized its athletic department as AD MARK HOLLIS takes on the added role of NCAA D-I Men's Basketball Committee Vice Chair this school year. Deputy AD GREG IANNI will have oversight of day-to-day operations when Hollis is on the road. Meanwhile, MSU promoted the following: SHELLEY APPELBAUM to Exec Associate AD/Student-Athletes; JIM PIGNATARO to Exec Associate AD/Resource Allocation; PAUL SCHAGER to Associate AD/Events; CHUCK SLEEPER to Exec Associate AD/Revenue; PEGGY BROWN to Senior Associate AD/Business Operations; ALAN HALLER to Senior Associate AD/Administration and Exec Dir of the Varsity "S" Club; JEN SMITH to Senior Associate AD/Compliance Services; RICK ATKINSON to Associate AD/Event Management; SCOT SCHLESINGER to Associate AD/Corporate Relationships; MARK SCHOENL to Associate AD/Major Gifts for the Spartan Fund; TIM ALLEN to Assistant AD/Football Operations; JOSH MORTON to Assistant AD/Spartan Fund; KEVIN PAUGA to Assistant AD/Administration; and MEGAN VANDERVEEN to Assistant AD/HR (MSU).
EXECS: Troy Univ. named Southern Miss Deputy AD JEREMY MCCLAIN AD, effective Sept. 1. McClain replaces JOHN HARTWELL, who became Utah State Univ. AD in June (MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER, 8/15)....Conference USA Associate Exec Commissioner & COO JUDY MACLEOD “will serve as the league’s interim head” when Commissioner BRITTON BANOWSKY steps down Sept. 15. MacLeod “has long been considered Banowsky’s heir apparent.” Old Dominion Univ. President JOHN BRODERICK, who chairs C-USA’s BOD, said that the league “has begun a search for a permanent successor" (Norfolk VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 8/15)....The Univ. of Missouri named Army Associate AD/Development BRIAN WHITE Senior Associate AD/Development (MU)....The Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette named former USF Senior Associate AD & Associate VP/Development JIM HARRIS Exec Dir of the Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation (ULL)....The Univ. of Rhode Island gave Associate AD GINA SPERRY the additional title of Senior Woman Administrator, while Associate Controller TRISH CASEY was named Associate AD/Business & Personnel (URI)....Sources said that the NBA Kings named Mavericks VP/Basketball Operations ROLAND BEECH VP/Analytics (ESPN.com, 8/15).
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