NFL Senior VP/Consumer Products MICHELLE MICONE is leaving the league. She is winding down her responsibilities now but will continue to assist NFL consumer products efforts through the playoffs. Micone will be replaced on an interim basis by NFL VP/Strategy & Business Development JOE RUGGIERO. Senior Dir of Consumer Products RYAN SAMUELSON is being promoted to VP/Consumer Products & E-commerce Retail. Micone joined the NFL in October '17 as Senior VP and Head of Licensing & Consumer Products, following 17 years in licensing at Hasbro and related positions at Bandai, P&G and Disney (Terry Lefton, THE DAILY).
EXECS: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Commissioner RICH ENSOR has agreed to a contract extension though June '22. Ensor has held the post since August '88 (MAAC)....Portland State AD VALERIE CLEARY signed a five-year extension, running through December '24 (Portland State)....Central Connecticut State named SID TOM PINCINCE interim AD. The move came after AD BRIAN BARRIO "resigned to take the same position" at UMBC (HARTFORD COURANT, 12/20)....The Univ. of Houston promoted Senior Associate AD/Finance & Administration MONTY PORTER to Deputy AD & COO (Houston)....FAMUnamed Univ. of Miami Associate Dir of Business Operations & Purchasing KARAI LOCKLEY Senior Associate AD/Business & Finance. Lockley also will serve as Senior Woman Administrator (FAMU)....UC San Diego named Long Beach State Media Production Specialist STEVEN CALISTA Assistant AD/Video Production and WCC Associate Commissioner JEFF TOURIAL Associate AD/Communications (UCSD)....L.A.-based private equity firm Brentwood Partners hired former UCF AD & Orange Bowl CEO KEITH TRIBBLE (TWITTER.com, 12/19).
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