Former Penn State AD SANDY BARBOUR has been named the interim AD at Utah State. Barbour will officially start today, the final day for current AD DIANA SABAU. She served as PSU AD from 2014-22, winning SBJ’s Athletic Director of the Year award in 2022 (Logan JOURNAL-HERALD, 7/18).
Former NFLPA President JC TRETTER, who has served as chief strategy officer for the union since October, said Sunday that he “will no longer remain with the NFLPA as of this week” (CBSSPORTS.com, 7/20).
OKC for Soccer has added to its committee NPSL’s Oklahoma United FC CEO ABDULLAH ASHRAF, Team OKC President MICHAEL BYRNES, Triple-A Pacific Coast League’s Oklahoma City Comets President & GM KYLE DAUGHERTY and Bank of Oklahoma EVP/Special Projects MARC MAUN (OKC For Soccer).
Texas A&M named Playfly Sports Senior Counsel ZACHARY PHILLIPS Exec Senior Associate AD/NIL Strategy & Development (SBJ).
Optimum Sports promoted Associate Dir/Research & Analytics SCOTT IRACE to Dir/Research & Analytics (SBJ).
The Jaguars promoted Senior Manager/Partnership Activations TREVOR BITTENBENDER to Dir/Partnership Activations (SBJ).
The St. Louis Cardinals named SOHUM RAJDEV Business Strategy Analyst (SBJ).
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