Ted Howard (born July 30, 1946) is the deputy general secretary for

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, the governing football body in the Caribbean and North and Central America. He played soccer for the Chico Wild Cats at California State University between 1965 and 1967. He also served as assistant soccer coach for the soccer team during the 1968, 1969, and 1970 seasons and helped coach the Wildcats to two Western Regional Championships during those years. He was named to the City Of Chico Hall of Fame in 2011. He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing (graduating ''cum laude''), and was a member of

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Scholarship Blue Key, and

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Honor Fraternity. In 1971, Howard completed his Master of Business Administration degree at Chico State. He was also employed as Executive Director for the United States'

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competition and Director and Group Manager, NBA (1988-1998. He was named to the US Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2012, he succeeded Chuck Blazer as CONCACAF general secretary and was later succeeded by

Enrique Sanz de Santamaría Enrique Sanz de Santamaría (born 1974) is a Colombian-American sports executive. He was appointed as General Secretary of CONCACAF in July 2012. Education Sanz de Santamaría has a B.S. degree in Marketing and Advertising from the Universi ...

. He returned to his post as deputy general secretary following Sanz's appointment.

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