The Knicks named Clippers Assistant GM GERALD MADKINS to the same position. Madkins is GM SCOTT PERRY's first hire, and the move "could mean either a diminished role" for VP/Player Personnel CLARENCE GAINES or "quite possibly his removal" (NYDAILYNEWS.com, 7/23). Madkins has "spent the last five seasons" with the Clippers, but he and Perry "have a history, the two of them having worked" in the SuperSonics front office (L.A. TIMES, 7/24).
EXECS: The Broncos named former NFLer STEVE ATWATER Fan Development Manager and insider for its official website. Atwater played for the team for 10 years (DENVER POST, 7/22)....The NFL Jets promoted Dir of Player Personnel BRIAN HEIMERDINGER to VP/Player Personnel (ESPN.com, 7/23)....Virginia Tech named Univ. of Illinois Associate AD/Marketing & Fan Development BRAD WURTHMAN Senior Associate AD/ External Operations (Virginia Tech)....The NCAA D-I Committee on Academics added Univ. of Missouri-K.C. Senior Associate AD/Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator URSULA GURNEY (UMKC)....The Univ. of Michigan named Univ. of Arizona GM & Dir of Player Personnel MATT DUDEK Dir of Recruiting (ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 7/23)....UAB named N.C. A&T Senior Woman Administrator KATRESHIA LOUIS-VERRETT Senior Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator (UAB).
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