In This Issue:

• Another Graduate, Another Head Coaching Position
• Messer to Be New Head Baseball Coach at Riverdale
• Elarbee to LSU, Bell to U of Memphis, Paschall to GCCC
• Thacker promoted to Manager of Marketing and Advertising for Nashville Superspeedway
• Graduate provides insight to Nashville Predators - Sommet Naming Rights Deal
  
  

  6/15/2007 Another Graduate, Another Head Coaching Position MURFREESBORO, TN - Middle Tennessee Sport Management graduate Kevin McMillan (MTSM, 07) slated to be the head girls basketball coach at Gibson County High School in Dyer, TN. McMillan served two seasons as an assistant at Middle Tennessee, helping the Blue Raiders to a 50-15 record and two consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championships. Middle Tennessee set a school-record for wins with a 30-4 record in 2006-07; posted 27 consecutive victories this season, at the time, the nation's longest winning streak; set a single-game attendance mark with 10,010 in the season-opener against Maryland; and posted undefeated marks of 18-0 in the regular season and 21-0 against all Sun Belt competition.
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  6/15/2007 Messer to be new Head Baseball Coach at Riverdale   By JOSH EZZELL Current Middle Tennessee Sport management graduate student, Barry Messer has been promoted to head baseball coach at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, TN. Messer will replace Buddy Powers, who stepped down after 14 seasons. Messer was an assistant at Riverdale during the 2001-03 and 2005-07 seasons. He was an assistant every year Riverdale made the state tournament. He went 11-26 as Lebanon's head coach in 2004. “He knows what’s expected,” Riverdale Principal Tom Nolan said of Messer. “He’s respected by the players and the staff. We’re looking forward to him carrying on the Riverdale tradition. It’s obvious that coach Messer has big shoes to fill, but we’re confident he can do it.”
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  6/14/2007 Elarbee to LSU, Bell to U of Memphis, Paschall to GCCC Glen Elarbee (MTSM, 04) will be a part of the LSU football staff as the Offensive Intern (Offensive Line) for the 2007 season. Walt Bell (MTSM, 07) will be part of the University of Memphis football staff as a defensive graduate assistant! Good luck Walt and watch out for those Golden Eagles! Luke Paschall (MTSM, 07) will begin his career with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College as an assistant on the football staff!
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  5/1/2007 Thacker Promoted to Marketing and Advertising Manager of the Nashville Superspeedway Joel Thacker (MTSM, 03) has been promoted to Marketing and Advertising Manager for the Nashville Superspeedway beginning the 2007 race season. Along with his prior duties as Promotions Coordinator, Joel now will also lead in the following areas: monitoring buying strategies; negotiating with media sales companies to obtain the best rates and most appropriate media spaces in online, broadcast and print advertising ensuring that the adverts run accurately so the desired media message is seen and heard by consumers reporting spending updates throughout the campaign monitoring the effectiveness of the campaign. developing the creative for all ad campaigns Thanks for supporting the program and letting us know about your success Joel!
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  5/31/2007 Graduate speaks about her role in the Nashville Predators - Sommet Sponsorship Deal Kristy Estes Adoff, Senior Account Manager, Corporate Development and MTSM graduate provide www.drjubenville.com with some perspective on the naming rights deal! The Sommet Group is a family owned, local company that focuses on handling the non-revenue generating aspects of small to medium businesses.  They entered into a small partnership with the Predators prior to the 2006-07 season, with the main focus being hospitality.  By January, they saw the benefits of being associated with the Predators, in the connections they made and the new business they gained.  Our goal was to introduce them to all of the other sponsors who could benefit from The Sommet Group services, and help build that relationship.  We exceeded all of the owners expectations, and because of that he asked how he could increase his partnership.
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