Basketball
The Golden State Warriors promoted Bob Myers to president of basketball operations and general manager; Travis Schlenk to vice president of basketball operations and assistant general manager; Kirk Lacob to vice president of GSW Sports Ventures and assistant general manager; Larry Harris to assistant general manager and director of player personnel; Nick U’Ren to director of coaching operations and special assistant to the head coach; Jonnie West to director of player programs; Nanea McGuigan to director of basketball administration and player programs; Chelsea Lane to head of physical performance and sports medicine; Drew Yoder to head athletic trainer; Roger Sancho to assistant trainer; James Laughlin to video coordinator; and Sammy Gelfand to manager of basketball analytics.
The Milwaukee Bucks named Seth Partnow director of basketball research and Scott Faust head athletic trainer.
The San Antonio Spurs promoted Andy Birdsong to director of pro player personnel and general manager for the D-League’s Austin Spurs, Brandon James to assistant general counsel and director of basketball administration, Dave Telep to director of scouting, Xavi Schelling to director of sports science and athletic performance, Niraj Mulji to basketball operations manager and Dutch Gaitley to video coordinator. The team hired Brian Wright as assistant general manager, Monty Williams as vice president of basketball operations, Phil Cullen as director of basketball strategy, Pat Sund as a pro personnel scout and assistant general manager for the Austin Spurs and Nick Repole as director of basketball information systems.
Colleges
The DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida named C. Keith Harrison associate chair.
The Southland Conference named Travis Day a communications assistant.
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Bradley University named
Jason Veniskey assistant director of athletic communications. Veniskey was assistant director of athletic communications at Canisius College.
Facilities
Phoenix International Raceway named Jennifer Staton senior director of partnership sales and marketing. Staton was director of partnership marketing for the raceway’s parent company, International Speedway Corp.
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Football
The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl promoted Kacie Hudson to marketing and digital manager, and hired Dillon Faulkner as communications manager. Director of Communications Jessica Lumsden transitioned to director of integrated marketing.
Golf
The PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic hired Eric Jonke as director of sponsorship sales.
Hockey
The National Hockey League Coaches’ Association named Michael Hirshfeld executive director.
The Boston Bruins added the role of general manager of the American Hockey League’s Providence Bruins to Executive Director of Player Personnel John Ferguson.
The Chicago Blackhawks promoted Pete Hassen to vice president of marketing, Marie Sutera to vice president of human resources and Steve Waight to vice president of corporate sponsorships.
The San Jose Sharks promoted Doug Wilson Jr. to director of hockey operations.
The Los Angeles Kings hired Rachel Krasnow as director of partnership sales.
Marketing
Full House Sports Marketing promoted Brandon Steffek to vice president of sales.
The Aspire Group hired Alex Brandt as a sales consultant for its Georgia Tech property.
IMG College named Josh Reese general manager for its American Athletic Conference properties. Reese was a senior account executive for UConn IMG Sports Marketing.
WME-IMG hired Chris Hannan executive vice president of sales integrations and global partnerships. Hannan was executive vice president of communications and integration for Fox Sports.
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Other
Babel Street named
Clem McDavid vice president of marketing and corporate development.
The University of Utah Health Care named Raegan Holbrook associate director of sports marketing and partnerships. Holbrook was director of marketing for the Utah Jazz.
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