Baseball
The Tampa Bay Rays named Rob Metzler scouting director and R.J. Harrison senior adviser for scouting and baseball operations.
Basketball
The Orlando Magic promoted Charles Freeman to chief operating officer.
The Philadelphia 76ers promoted David Pingsterhaus, Eric Stauffer, Nick Toland, and Mitch Cohen to group event specialists and named David T. Martin director of performance research and development.
The Utah Jazz hired Jeff Watkinson as assistant coach of integrated player development and Zach Guthrie as manager of basketball strategy and technology.
Colleges
Syracuse University hired Mark Coyle as athletic director. Coyle was the athletic director at Boise State University. Interim Athletic Director Peter Sala was named vice president and chief campus facilities officer.
Florida A&M University named Milton Overton athletic director. Overton was senior associate athletic director at the University of Alabama.
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Maryville University hired
Meghan Essman as assistant professor of the Rawlings sport business management program. Essman was director of fan development and educational programs with the Philadelphia Phillies.
UC Riverside hired Tamica Smith Jones as athletic director. Jones was senior associate athletic director for internal affairs and senior woman administrator at University of Texas at San Antonio.
Butler University hired Carly Dressler as assistant director of compliance and academics, and John Dedman as associate athletic director for communications. Butler also promoted Tom Crowley to deputy athletic director, Alex Perry to assistant athletic director for business operations, Chance Kuehn to assistant strength and conditioning coach, and Natalie Morse to director of basketball operations.
Colgate University hired Yariv Amir as associate athletic director for external operations.
Appalachian State University hired Brittney Whiteside as an associate athletic director. Whiteside was director of external engagement at the University of Missouri.
The America East Conference promoted Shonna Brown to executive associate commissioner and Chad Dwyer to associate commissioner for championships.
The University of Miami hired James Johnson as director of basketball operations. Johnson was coach at Virginia Tech.
Santa Clara University hired Renee Baumgartner as athletic director. Baumgartner was deputy athletic director and chief of staff for athletics at Syracuse University.
The University of North Carolina hired Nicki Moore as a senior associate athletic director. Moore was senior associate athletic director for student life and strategic planning at the University of Oklahoma.
San Jose State University hired Mike Waller as senior associate athletic director for business operations. Waller was senior associate commissioner and chief financial officer for the Mountain West Conference.
Facilities
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Guest Services Inc. hired
Scott Shepherd as vice president and chief commercial officer. Shepherd was senior vice president of corporate partnerships, special events and government relations with the Washington Redskins.
VenuWorks hired George Wood as chief executive officer.
Intrust Bank Arena hired Kandace Walton as sales manager.
Football
The Buffalo Bills promoted Rob Hanrahan to director of pro personnel and Kevin Meganck to director of football operations. The team also hired Kevin Murphy as a pro scout and promoted Marcus Cooper to a college area scout and Casey Weidl to manager of football operations.
Golf
The Farmers Insurance Open hired Danny Waite as senior partnerships representative, Michelle Willette and Lauren Grondin as senior managers of partner relations, and Maryn Bieganski as ticket and service manager and partnerships representative.
The Utah Section PGA named Devin Dehlin executive director.
Hockey
The Colorado Avalanche hired Greg Sherman as senior vice president of business and team operations.
The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Griffins of the American Hockey League promoted Tim Gortsema to president.
Hockey Canada named Doug Armstrong general manager. Armstrong is the general manager of the St. Louis Blues.
Marketing
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The Aspire Group hired
Yancy Jones as director of sales and service and
Shane Henry and
Max Szilagyi as ticket sales and service consultants at Colorado State University;
Dustin Bernard as sales consultant at Florida International University;
Kristin Hash as a service consultant at Georgia Tech University;
Andrew Bornholdt and
Andrew Clark as sales consultants at the University of Minnesota;
Henry Arrell as a sales consultant for NSSC-UK (Rugby Football League);
Ralph Coppola,
Jareth Glanda and
Brendan Reilly as sales consultants and
Ashleigh Steelhammer as a service consultant at the University of Texas;
Matt Richie as manager of sales and service and
Adam Ahrens as coordinator of database marketing and analytics for Toledo University;
Matt Butta as sales consultant and
Tim Maldonado as an associate for the national sales center; and
Megan Norkunas as group events consultant for the University of Kansas. Aspire also promoted
Pete Thompson to senior sales consultant for group sales and events and
Joe Ciancaglini to senior sales consultant for new business for the University of Maryland;
Wade Longmire to team leader at the University of Texas;
Allie Ware to senior sales consultant for the national sales center;
Todd Shell to team leader for Colorado State University; and
Ismail Fuseini to director of database marketing and analytics.
IMG College named Erik Antico general manager at the University of Delaware, Marie Perdue general manager at Furman University, Kyle Winchester general manager at the University of Central Florida, Mike Winn general manager at Boston College, and Eric Buskirk general manager at Ohio University.
Raptor Sports Group hired Bill Nielsen as senior vice president for the FanManager product.
Media
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One World Sports hired
Rachel Gary as director of media strategy and communications. Gary was director of communications for the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Fanatics Inc. named Lauren Cooks Levitan chief financial officer.
Other
Baptist Health Care and the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine named David Joyner senior vice president and executive director of the Andrews Institute.
The National Athletic Trainers’ Association named Scott Sailor president and Mark Coberley and A.J. Duffy III board members.
Awards and Boards
Kony Inc. appointed Ben Crenshaw to the company’s advisory board.
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