Executive Transactions

ROB BAXTER signed a three-year deal with Premiership rugby side Exeter Chiefs and his title will change from head coach to director of rugby. Baxter's coaching staff -- ALI HEPHER, ROB HUNTER and RICKY PELLOW -- also agreed to new contracts. Hepher will "step up to the role of head coach, while forwards coach Hunter and skills coach Pellow will continue in their current positions" (BBC, 7/12). ... The NHL moved Group VP/Integrated Marketing BRIAN CULL to the group VP/business development role. The league also named Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment Dir of Global Sales for Media & Properties MAX PAULSEN and MLB San Diego Padres Dir of Community Outreach ALLISON EDDY directors of business development, while Momentum Worldwide VP & Dir of Business Leadership EVIN DOBSON was named group VP/partnership marketing and Boston Consulting Group Principal JAKA LEDNIK was named group VP/int'l strategy (NHL).