Nielsen Sports hired both Univ. of Washington Dir of Corporate Partnerships STEVEN BELL and Hornets Dir of Corporate Partnerships CHRIS ZIEGLER as Dirs of Commercial Solutions for North America. Nielsen Sports also promoted Account Manager JOHN PUGH to Manager of Commercial Solutions (THE DAILY).
EXECS: The UFC named Notre Dame Dir of Performance Sciences and Dir of Olympic Sport Strength & Conditioning DR. DUNCAN FRENCH VP/Performance for the promotion's new Performance Institute in Las Vegas (UFC)....Southern Univ. promoted men's basketball coach ROMAN BANKS to AD. Banks had been the school's interim AD since WILLIAM BROUSSARD "was re-assigned" in August '15. Banks "no longer" will coach the basketball team (THEADVOCATE.com, 3/31)....The Orange Bowl Committee named Fox Sports football analyst BRADY QUINN one of its 10 new active members for '17-18. With the addition of Quinn, the Orange Bowl Committee now has 362 members (Orange Bowl Committee).
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