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Executive Transactions

The Texans named former Jets Senior Dir of Operations CLAY HAMPTON Dir of Football Operations. Hampton will report to GM BRIAN GAINE (HOUSTONCHRONICLE.com, 1/29)....Singapore-based MMA promotion ONE Championship named NBA Asia VP/Head of Strategy MEGHAN JENKINS VP/Int'l. She will begin her new role in March (ONE Championship)....Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. named Sacred Heart Univ. Deputy AD BRADFORD HURLBUT AD. He will begin his new role Feb. 18 (Fairleigh Dickinson)....The Orange Bowl Committee named JOSE ROMANO President & Chair. Romano, who has been an Orange Bowl Committee member since '05, succeeds SEAN PITTMAN (Orange Bowl)....The yet-to-be-named expansion N.Y. NLL team named former U.S. Lacrosse National Teams GM LANCE BASLER Assistant GM & Dir of Lacrosse Operations (THE DAILY)....Pegula Sports & Entertainment promoted KEVYN ADAMS to HarborCenter GM. Adams will continue as PS&E's's Academy of Hockey Dir and Buffalo Jr. Sabres President while taking on his new duties (BUFFALONEWS.com, 1/31)....Triple-A PCL New Orleans Baby Cakes President LOU SCHWECHHEIMER said that JAY MILLER, who currently serves as president of the Wichita Baseball 2020 franchise transitional organization, will serve as the minor league team's president following its final season in Louisiana (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/31).

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