TurnkeyZRG

About Us

Since 1996, TurnkeyZRG has completed over 1,400 executive searches spanning the full landscape of sports, entertainment, music, and media:

  • Professional sports teams and leagues
  • College/university athletic departments and conferences
  • Content, digital and social media entities
  • Investors at all stages, including venture and private equity
  • Facilities, including stadiums, arenas and theaters
  • Associations, non-profits and NGB’s with ties to sports and entertainment

Before joining TurnkeyZRG, our leadership worked as senior executives at ESPN, MLB teams, NHL teams, music companies, SEC, ACC and Big East athletic departments and other top organizations within the sports, entertainment and media landscape.

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Since 1996, TurnkeyZRG has completed over 1,400 executive searches spanning the full landscape of sports, entertainment and media:

  • Professional sports teams and leagues
  • College/university athletic departments and conferences
  • Content, digital and social media entities
  • Investors at all stages, including venture and private equity
  • Facilities, including stadiums, arenas and theaters
  • Associations, non-profits and NGB’s with ties to sports and entertainment

Before joining TurnkeyZRG, our leadership worked as senior executives at ESPN, MLB teams, NHL teams, music companies, SEC, ACC and Big East athletic departments and other top organizations within the sports, entertainment and media landscape.

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Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Recruitment Research
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Associations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Consumer
  • Education
  • Foundations
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Non-Profit
  • Private Equity
  • Sports
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
Functions
  • Advertising
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Investing
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Sales

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News Briefings

TurnkeyZRG Tapped by Texas Christian University to Lead Search for Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

Texas Christian University (TCU) has retained TurnkeyZRG to lead in a national search for a director of intercollegiate athletics. Chad Chatlos, managing director, college & coaching practice, is leading the search. “TCU has shown again and again that not only are we committed to competing at the highest levels of college athletics but that we already

TurnkeyZRG Assisting the Los Angeles Sparks with Head Coach Search

TurnkeyZRG has been tapped by the Los Angeles Sparks to spearhead their search for a new head coach. Managing director Billy King, Chad Chatlos, managing director, college & coaching practice, and Katy Young Staudt, vice president, college & coaching practice, are leading the assignment. The three-time WNBA Champions Los Angeles Sparks are seeking a head coach

TurnkeyZRG Recruits CEO for the United States Soccer Federation

TurnkeyZRG has assisted in the recruitment of former media, advertising, and technology executive J.T. Batson as the new CEO of the United States Soccer Federation, the national governing body for the sport of soccer. Current CEO Will Wilson announced he will be stepping down at the end of October to pursue new professional ventures and opportunities.

TurnkeyZRG Assists Yale in Finding New Head Baseball Coach

TurnkeyZRG recently assisted Yale University in the recruitment of Brian Hamm as the school’s new head baseball coach. John Stuper, who has coached the team since 1992, recently announced his retirement. Mr. Hamm just led Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) to an NCAA Division III National Championship, capping a season in which the Warriors went

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Press Releases

Travis Tellitocci Named Commissioner of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

TurnkeyZRG assisted with the search for the conference’s fourth commissioner. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has named Travis Tellitocci (pronounced Tella-toss-see) its new commissioner following an extensive national search. Tellitocci becomes just the fourth commissioner in the history of the MAAC. Tellitocci replaces Rich Ensor, the longest-tenured NCAA Division I multisport conference commissioner. Ensor

Big Ten selects TurnkeyZRG to assist in Commissioner search

The Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) has selected TurnkeyZRG to assist the COP/C in identifying the seventh commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.  The COP/C issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to leading search firms and meticulously reviewed each proposal. Based on the criteria, principles, and benchmarks for the search, TurnKeyZRG

NCAA names Gov. Charlie Baker as New President

FROM SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL, BY MICHAEL SMITH Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a former Harvard basketball player and avid sports fan, has been selected as the NCAA’s next president. Baker replaces outgoing NCAA President Mark Emmert and will start March 1. His second term as governor is slated to conclude Jan. 5. The NCAA’s choice of Baker signifies

Fiesta Bowl Names Erik Moses as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Kicking off a new chapter in the Fiesta Bowl Organization’s storied history, seasoned sports executive and business leader Erik Moses joins the Fiesta Bowl as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. For more than two decades, Moses has built successful ventures for sports and entertainment properties through the creation of innovative events

Monumental names Friday Abernethy GM of its RSN

Monumental Sports & Entertainment has named Friday Abernethy GM for NBC Sports Washington in the wake of its acquisition of the RSN from NBC Sports in August. Abernethy was most recently EVP/Content Distribution & Partnerships with Univision. TurnkeyZRG was the executive search firm used by MSE. Jackie Bradford had been running the RSN since late 2020.