IMG Academy Names Mike Milliron President of Campus, Fred Santarpia President of Online

Appointments Follow Record Campus Investment and Global Launch of IMG Academy+;
Milliron Promoted from COO of Campus; Digital Media Executive Santarpia Joins IMG Academy Online

BRADENTON, Fla., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMG Academy, the world leader in sports education, today announced that Mike Milliron has been promoted to President, IMG Academy Campus, and Fred Santarpia has joined the organization as President, IMG Academy Online, effective immediately. The appointments come as IMG Academy accelerates growth and expands its reach to student-athletes and families worldwide.

Promoted from Chief Operating Officer of IMG Academy’s campus, Milliron oversees the strategic direction, growth and operations of IMG Academy's Bradenton, Florida campus businesses, including its boarding school, camps, events and team training, Legacy Hotel and IMG Academy Golf Club. As COO since 2024, Milliron spearheaded the launch of four new sports in 18 months while overseeing the largest capital expansion project in IMG Academy history. Under Milliron’s leadership, IMG Academy has also seen all-time-high NPS scores in customer satisfaction, employee engagement and retention. Milliron joined IMG Academy in 2011 and has held leadership roles spanning nearly every aspect of the campus business, including Academics and Student Life, Athletics, Sales, Camps and Operations.

Santarpia joins IMG Academy as President, IMG Academy Online, and will lead the organization's digital businesses, including IMG Academy+, NCSA and SportsRecruits. Santarpia comes to IMG Academy from Endeavor where he most recently served as President of Endeavor Streaming and led the company’s global expansion strategy. He brings to the role deep digital media and leadership experience as Chief Operating Officer of Moda Operandi, Chief Digital Officer at Condé Nast, and Executive Vice President & General Manager of VEVO.

Santarpia succeeds Chris Ciaccio, who led IMG Academy Online while also serving as IMG Academy’s Chief Commercial Officer for the past 18 months. In that time, Ciaccio added several key leaders to the team and accelerated the product roadmap that brought IMG Academy+ to market. Ciaccio, who has been with IMG Academy for 29 years and has played an integral role in shaping its commercial and brand strategies, will focus on commercial aspects of the campus business and organizational brand and commercial synergies.

“With our campus expansion nearing completion and IMG Academy+ now live around the world, we’re positioned to deliver student-athletes and families with valuable sports education at a scale we’ve never seen in our history,” said Brent Richard, CEO of IMG Academy. “These leadership moves are how we make sure that scale translates into real impact. Both Mike and Fred bring outstanding leadership and a track record of delivering results that will help guide IMG Academy into its next chapter."

IMG Academy continues to evolve to provide more opportunities to student-athletes through new programs and products. Since 2024, IMG Academy has undergone a significant campus expansion project to help deliver new sports in Boys Volleyball, Softball, Swimming and Wrestling. It also developed and released last week IMG Academy+, providing student-athletes and families across the world with direct access to the same holistic development methodology refined on its campus for nearly 50 years.

"I'm honored to take on this role and continue building on the strong foundation our campus team has already built," said Milliron. "Our focus remains the same: create an unrivaled environment where student-athletes can train and develop academically, athletically and personally, preparing them to win in college and in life."

"IMG Academy has built something rare: a brand that families trust and a platform with enormous untapped reach," said Santarpia. "I'm excited to join this team and help extend that impact to even more student-athletes and families around the world."

NOTE: Full bios and headshots for Milliron and Santarpia are available upon request

About IMG Academy:
IMG Academy is the world’s leading sports education brand, providing a holistic education model that empowers student-athletes to win their future, preparing them for college and for life. IMG Academy provides growth opportunities for all student-athletes through an innovative suite of on-campus and online experiences:

• Boarding school and camps, via a state-of-the-art campus in Bradenton, Fla.
• Online coaching via IMG Academy+, with a focus on personal development through the lens of sport and performance
• Online college recruiting, via NCSA and SportsRecruits, providing content, tools, coaching and access to a network of 40,000 college coaches
  

To learn more about IMG Academy and its on-campus and online experiences, visit www.imgacademy.com.

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