2 more depart Spurs front office in shake-up
Web Posted: 07/14/2008 09:35 PM CDT
By Travis E. Poling
Express-News
Two more executives have left Spurs Sports & Entertainment, a month after the sudden departure of Executive Vice President Russ Bookbinder.
The moves are part of an ongoing shake-up of the Spurs front office that could have more repercussions later this summer.
Bruce Guthrie, Spurs vice president, and Paula Winslow, vice president of human resources, left the organization that includes the NBA franchise, the WNBA's Silver Stars, hockey's Rampage and management of the AT&T Center.
Guthrie had been with the Spurs for 26 years. He started as an account executive and moved to director of marketing. He became a vice president in 1992.
Winslow joined the Spurs 15 years ago and saw her department expand as the company grew from 30 to 200 employees and hundreds of part-time workers.
Guthrie and Winslow could not be reached for comment Monday evening.
“Like most companies, there come times when you have to re-evaluate your operations,” said Leo Gomez, Spurs vice president of external affairs. “There's review of every organization just like we do with the team. Now we're doing it on the business side.”
Gomez wouldn't say if there will be more staff changes but said the review of operations was ongoing.
“We're continuing to review, and there's going to be reorganization,” Gomez said. News on those moves will come later in the offseason.
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