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.

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

Press Releases

The Athletic Profiles the Michigan Men’s Basketball Search: Juwan Howard

March 18, 2021. The Athletic’s Brendan Quinn sat down with TurnkeyZRG Chairman and CEO, Len Perna, University of Michigan Director of Athletics, Warde Manuel, and Michigan Athletics Chief of Staff, Doug Gnodtke, for an in-depth profile of the ten day search that netted Juwan Howard. Below are some snippets from the article: Warde Manuel and Doug

Tom Bowen Named Arkansas State University Vice Chancellor For Intercollegiate Athletics

March 10th, 2021 – In collaboration with TurnkeyZRG, Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announced Wednesday that Tom Bowen, a 25-year veteran leader in collegiate and professional athletics who owns nearly 15 years of experience as an FBS athletics director, has been named the Red Wolves’ Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics. “Our initial candidate profile

ZRG Welcomes Justin Pinchback As Chief Revenue Officer

ZRG, recognized in 2020 as the fastest-growing global executive search firm, today announced the addition of Justin Pinchback as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) & Head of Practices, reporting directly to the CEO Larry Hartmann. After completing his MBA at Harvard Business School, where he was a Goldman Sachs Fellow, Pinchback moved on to Bain &

Gus Malzahn Named UCF Head Football Coach

Gus Malzahn, who led Auburn to the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game following the 2013 season in the first of eight straight years his Tigers qualified for bowl games, has been named the ninth head football coach at UCF, in collaboration with TurnkeyZRG. UCF vice president and director of athletics Terry Mohajir made the

Red Wolves Foundation Enters Agreement with TurnkeyZRG to Assist in A-State AD Job Search

The Arkansas State University Red Wolves Foundation announced Tuesday that it has acquired the services of TurnkeyZRG to assist in the A-State Athletics Director job search, being led by Chancellor Dr. Kelly Damphousse and ASU System President Dr. Chuck Welch. Managing Director Chad Chatlos will oversee the TurnkeyZRG search firm’s role in assisting Damphousse and