Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions

On Location has hired former NFL exec KATIE KEENAN to lead its Olympics and Paralympics business. Keenan starts Wednesday as EVP/Olympics and Paralympics Hospitality and will be based in N.Y. before relocating to L.A. this summer. She replaces WILL WHISTON, who left On Location last year before the ...

WTSL named WIN Sports Group’s JOSH PYATT Partner. Pyatt, who joined WIN in an undisclosed role last year after leaving WME, will also lead WIN’s new division, WIN Artists, and represent LIV golfer BRYSON DECHAMBEAU. A 2018 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, Pyatt will help WIN Artists clients -- like SHAQU...

Spurs Sports & Entertainment named JAMES SUH CFO, reporting directly to CEO RC BUFORD. Suh last served as CFO of the Florida Panthers. Prior to that, Suh spent more than a decade with Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment where he held various roles including VP/Finance (SS&E).

The Professional Tennis Players Association announced on Thursday that Deputy Exec Dir ROMAIN ROSENBERG is being elevated to Exec Dir. Rosenberg replaces AHMAD NASSAR, who had been the PTPA’s Exec Dir since 2022 and will now transition to an advisor role. Rosenberg, who had been the PTPA’s Deputy Ex...

Playfly Sports named Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures co-founder CHRIS BEVILACQUA to its BOD. His appointment comes on the heels of MLB’s CHRIS MARINAK joining Playfly as President. Bevilacqua, a 2019 SBJ Power Players honoree, is currently serving as a Senior Advisor at Rothschild & Co and a Strateg...

CAA Sports APAC named JUMPEI HASHIMOTO and BRIANNA SEO as VPs of Partnerships. Based in Tokyo, Hashimoto becomes CAA Sports APAC’s first employee in Japan, while Seo joins as a senior hire in South Korea. Hashimoto spent the majority of his career at Dentsu’s sports division in a variety of project ...

Stage Entertainment named ROEL DE VRIES its next CEO, effective May 1. De Vries assumes the role from ARTHUR DE BOK, who is stepping down as CEO after nine years. De Vries joins the company from City Football Group, where he served as Group COO. He also has over 25 years of experience at Nissan Moto...

Cal named LINDSEY JONES Associate AD/Business Development. Most recently, Jones served as the NIL GM for Altius Sports Partners, leading strategy and overseeing NIL opportunities for Stanford (Cal).

When an expansion team in a sports league is announced, the first thing people usually think of is the incoming players and coaches. There will be articles posted about which players teams should sign, what their jerseys may look like and predictions about what their record may be at the end of the ...

MLS named DR. GEORGE CHIAMPAS Chief Medical Officer. He succeeds DR. MARGOT PUTUKIAN, who is stepping down after eight years in the role. Chiampas has served as Chief Medical and Safety Officer of the Chicago Marathon since 2007. Since 2014, he has also been Chief Medical Officer for the U.S. Soccer...

The Univ. of New Mexico has hired 32-year-old RYAN BERRYMAN to be its next AD, making him “one of the youngest ADs among the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision-level programs across the country.” Berryman signed a five-year deal, though financial details were not released. Berryman, who has been serving ...

Univ. of Kentucky AD MITCH BARNHART will retire from his role in June before taking on a new role with the university (Univ. of Kentucky). Barnhart, SBJ’s Athletic Director of the Year in 2019, is the longest-tenured AD in the country, and he “oversaw massive changes in college sports” across 24 yea...

Rutgers is slated to revamp its athletic department’s approach to revenue generation with the launch of Scarlet Knights Enterprises, Inc., a new corporate entity that will house its multimedia rights, corporate sponsorships, ticketing strategy and NIL initiatives. Longtime sports exec OLIVER LUCK wi...

Major League Volleyball named JAIME WESTON its first Commissioner. Weston, a 2016 SBJ Game Changers honoree, has over 15 years of experience in the NFL front office. Most recently, she served as CCO of USA Volleyball. Earlier in her career, Weston held global leadership roles at Universal Music Grou...

The Golden State Valkyries promoted MORGAN RANDOLPH to senior director of communications.

Kings League named DAVID MUOSER Managing Dir/U.S. He will now oversee Kings League’s preparation for its U.S. launch from N.Y., where the organization is building its regional staff. Muoser previously worked at the NBA and Cabot in global strategy and corporate development roles. He joined Kings Lea...

The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced that MARK SCOTT will serve as Chair of the BOD. Scott first joined the board in March 2025 and was a member of the Finance Committee. He succeeds APRIL HOLMES, who spent the last nine months as the Center’s interim CEO during the recent executive leadership se...

LIV Golf COO LAWRENCE BURIAN is leaving the organization as the league continues to go through changes at the executive level, according to sources. Burian, a longtime former MSG executive, was hired by LIV in late 2023 by former CEO GREG NORMAN. It is not clear if LIV plans to fill the COO role (Jo...

Indiana Univ. named RYAN CARR Exec Dir of Basketball for the men’s basketball program. He will report directly to IU men’s basketball coach DARIAN DEVRIES. Carr spent the past 23 seasons with the Pacers in a variety of roles, most recently as SVP/Player Personnel (Indiana Univ.).

Northern Illinois Univ. promoted Senior Associate AD/Development & Revenue Generation CHRIS BARKER to Exec Associate AD & CRO. Barker joined the athletic department in September 2023 from Southern Connecticut State Univ., where he served as AD for two years (NIU).