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Sports exec Brian Michael Cooper named as Houston XFL team president

Houston attorney and sports executive Brian Michael Cooper was named Tuesday as president of the XFL’s Houston franchise that will begin play next February.

Cooper is a former president of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Rockets’ affiliate in the NFL’s G-League, and a former senior associate athletic director at Rice University. He also has been a partner at law firms in Houston and Denver and director of sports programming for Dish Network.

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The XFL said Cooper will oversee ticket sales, corporate partnerships, marketing, community relations and game-day fan experience programs for the Houston team.