Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions
On the Move: April 20, 2026
The University of Toledo named BRIAN LUTZ interim athletic director.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 17, 2026
Sphere Entertainment Co. elevated DAVID DIBBLE to Vice Chair/Sphere. Dibble most recently served as Special Advisor to the Exec Chair and CEO of Sphere Entertainment, which followed his role as CEO of MSG Ventures (Sphere Entertainment Co.).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 16, 2026
The PGA of America named PHIL ANDERSON COO. Anderson joins the association after serving as GM & COO at Hazeltine National Golf Club since 2022. He will begin the position on Monday and be based in Frisco, Texas. He will report to CEO TERRY CLARK (PGA of America).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 15, 2026
The NFL named BRIAN FLINN SVP/Global Flag Football. In the newly created role, Flinn will lead the NFL’s global flag football strategy. He will be based in N.Y. Most recently, Flinn served as COO of the Pro Padel League. Previously, he was Partner and COO of Isos Capital Management, Chief Marketing ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 14, 2026
The Galaxy have hired JESSICA JACOBI from ski resort and lifestyle brand Aspen One to serve as their new CMO. Jacobi’s CMO role replaces the Chief Brand & Creative Officer position previously held by WILL MISSELBROOK, who left the organization earlier this year to join Platinum Equity. She will ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 13, 2026
Nike Chief Innovation Officer TONY BIGNELL is “leaving” the company to “pursue his own creative and philanthropic interests.” Bignell was elevated to the position last June. He will be succeeded by Nike VP & Creative Director for Sportswear ANDY CAINE, effective Sunday. Caine will report to EVP ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 10, 2026
FloSports has promoted COO JAYAR DONLAN to President, effective immediately. Donlan, a 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, will report directly to FloSports CEO & co-founder MARK FLOREANI. Donlan will lead commercial, content and operations organizations and have oversight of the FloSports GMs acro...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 9, 2026
Ally Financial Head of Brand & Sports Marketing STEPHANIE MARCIANO is leaving the financial services company to join agency consortium Underdog & Co. as chief strategy officer. Marciano, a 2024 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, will join Underdog on May 1 and will report to founder DAN MANNIX (Ter...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 8, 2026
Washington State has removed the interim tag for AD JON HAARLOW, officially promoting him to the post. He has served as interim AD since Nov. 12 and will be formally introduced on April 20. Haarlow has more than five years at WSU and over 15 in collegiate athletics, joining the school in 2021 as Sen...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 7, 2026
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Hogan Lovells Partner MICHAEL KUH and Sidley Austin Partner ERIC GEFFNER have joined, and MATTHEW CARPENTER-DENNIS will join, as Partners in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Kuh and Geffner will serve as co-heads of the firm’s sports group as p...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 6, 2026
Range Sports has hired FanDuel Sports Network VP and Head of Content Partnerships & Acquisitions BEN BERCHUCK as SVP/Media Rights Consulting. He will report to Range Sports Head of Media Rights Consulting DAVID STERNBERG. Prior to FDSN, Berchuck worked on live sports partnerships and programming...
On the Move: April 6, 2026
The Dallas Mavericks named KIERAN KELLIHER chief financial officer. Kelliher was vice president of finance and administration with the Chicago Bulls.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 3, 2026
The Univ. of Memphis named GABRIEL HARRIS as the men’s basketball program’s first GM. Harris spent three seasons with G League Stockton Kings, including the last two as GM after joining the organization as assistant GM prior to the 2023-24 season. Prior to that, Harris spent nine years with Adidas a...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 2, 2026
SIMON WARDLE, who spent nearly three decades in sports marketing, including 23 years in market research at Octagon, has retired. Wardle most recently served as chief strategy officer. Wardle said he notified Octagon CEO JOHN SHEA in early February (David Broughton, SBJ).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 1, 2026
The NWSL has hired BRIAN KELLY from Top Rank Boxing as Chief Commercial Officer and RACHEL EPSTEIN from ESPN as CMO. Kelly and Epstein will assume responsibilities previously housed under JULIE HADDON, who held the combined role before departing in May 2025. Kelly begins his duties Wednesday, while ...
NWSL hires Top Rank’s Brian Kelly as CCO, ESPN’s Rachel Epstein as CMO
The NWSL has filled two key vacancies within its leadership ranks, hiring Brian Kelly from Top Rank Boxing as chief commercial officer and Rachel Epstein from ESPN as chief marketing officer. Kelly and Epstein will assume responsibilities previously housed under Julie Haddon, who held the combined r...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 31, 2026
The Florida Panthers have hired MICHAEL WHITE from Amazon-owned robotaxi company Zoox as their new president of business operations. White, who previously spent 11 years at Disney, replaces MATT CALDWELL, who left the organization last summer to become CEO of the T’Wolves and Lynx. Other high-level ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 30, 2026
The NFL has hired CLAUDIA TERAN, a former in-house lawyer for Snap and the Fox Corp., as its new deputy general counsel and SVP. Teran is stepping into a position that had been vacant since mid-2024, when Deputy General Counsel/Media & League Business Affairs JANET NOVA left. Teran will report t...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 27, 2026
Oregon State AD SCOTT BARNES, who had four years remaining on his contract, will serve in his role “until August 31, when he’ll retire and become a senior advisor for athletics through Aug. 31, 2027” (Portland OREGONIAN, 2/26).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 26, 2026
Former Fresno State football player and local entrepreneur CHRIS PACHECO will serve as President of Bulldog Sports Enterprises. BSE’s team will be rounded out by VP/General Manager RYAN O’RORKE, Partnership Account Manager NICO PACHECO and Partnership and Broadcast Services Manager ENRIQUE LOERA (Be...
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