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3:11 PM EDT Monday
Disney Sports Attractions hires Kellen Winslow
National Football League Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow has joined the sports and recreation team at Walt Disney World Resort.
Winslow will assume the newly created role of director of planning and new event development for Disney Sports Attractions. His responsibilities will include overseeing new events and initiatives involving the sports and recreation division at Walt Disney World Resort, including Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Disney's five championship golf courses, two water parks and recreational programs.
Winslow also will work to establish new relationships with outside partners. He will be responsible for enhancing the utilization of existing facilities and the exploration of new markets.
Winslow will start officially on Sept. 1, upon relocating to Central Florida from San Diego where he presently serves as the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, an affinity group comprised of minority members of the National Football League front office, coaching and scouting personnel.
"The opportunity to join the Walt Disney Co. was just too good to pass up," says Winslow in a prepared statement.
According to Disney officials, Winslow's performance both on and off the sports field drew them to him.
A former member of the NFL San Diego Chargers, Winslow has a bachelor's degree of educational science in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia, as well as a juris doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Winslow used his athletic career as a launching pad for a successful career in broadcasting. Currently, he serves as an analyst for Fox Sports Net "College Football Saturday Studio Show," and he also has provided color commentary for NFL broadcasts on CBS Radio, ESPN college football and for University of Missouri football.
On the corporate side, Winslow served as marketing consultant and director of business development for Sempra Energy Enova Energy & Energy Pacific from 1996-1999, sports agent and vice president of the football division for Precept Sports & Entertainment from 1995-96 and counsel of sports law for the Kansas City-based law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon from 1993-94.
Most recently, Winslow served as commissioner of the Indoor Football League from 1998-2000.
3:11 PM EDT Monday
Disney Sports Attractions hires Kellen Winslow
National Football League Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow has joined the sports and recreation team at Walt Disney World Resort.
Winslow will assume the newly created role of director of planning and new event development for Disney Sports Attractions. His responsibilities will include overseeing new events and initiatives involving the sports and recreation division at Walt Disney World Resort, including Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Disney's five championship golf courses, two water parks and recreational programs.
Winslow also will work to establish new relationships with outside partners. He will be responsible for enhancing the utilization of existing facilities and the exploration of new markets.
Winslow will start officially on Sept. 1, upon relocating to Central Florida from San Diego where he presently serves as the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, an affinity group comprised of minority members of the National Football League front office, coaching and scouting personnel.
"The opportunity to join the Walt Disney Co. was just too good to pass up," says Winslow in a prepared statement.
According to Disney officials, Winslow's performance both on and off the sports field drew them to him.
A former member of the NFL San Diego Chargers, Winslow has a bachelor's degree of educational science in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia, as well as a juris doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Winslow used his athletic career as a launching pad for a successful career in broadcasting. Currently, he serves as an analyst for Fox Sports Net "College Football Saturday Studio Show," and he also has provided color commentary for NFL broadcasts on CBS Radio, ESPN college football and for University of Missouri football.
On the corporate side, Winslow served as marketing consultant and director of business development for Sempra Energy Enova Energy & Energy Pacific from 1996-1999, sports agent and vice president of the football division for Precept Sports & Entertainment from 1995-96 and counsel of sports law for the Kansas City-based law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon from 1993-94.
Most recently, Winslow served as commissioner of the Indoor Football League from 1998-2000.
