Klutch Sports Group

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KLUTCH Sports Group
Company type Sports management company
Industry Management
Founded2012
Founder Rich Paul
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Website www.unitedtalent.com/klutch

KLUTCH Sports Group is an American sports agency based in Los Angeles, California, founded by sports agent and CEO Rich Paul. KLUTCH Sports Group also has offices in Atlanta, Georgia; New York, New York; and Cleveland, Ohio.

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History

In 2003, after the NBA draft, LeBron James asked Paul to be a part of his small inner circle, along with James' childhood friends Maverick Carter and Randy Mims. [1] Paul quickly obliged. He would later start working under Leon Rose, who had negotiated James' extension with the Cavaliers in 2006, at Creative Artists Agency. In 2012, Paul left Rose and CAA to start his own agency, Klutch Sports Group, and his first clients were James, Eric Bledsoe, Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph. [2] In 2013, Paul enlisted agent and attorney Mark Termini to run the NBA contract negotiations for Klutch. [3] [4] By the conclusion of their agreement in 2020, Termini negotiated $1.4 billion in NBA contracts for Klutch Sports clients from 2014 through 2019. [5] In 2019, United Talent Agency (UTA) asked Paul to run its sports division through a partnership with Klutch, and expand representing NFL and WNBA players. [6] In 2020, he accepted a position on UTA's board of directors. [7] [8] Paul also expanded its clientele at Klutch to include the National Football League (NFL) by hiring former player Damarius Bilbo. [9]

In 2021, it hired sports agent Nicole Lynn as president of football operations. [10]

Athletes

NBA

Klutch Sports represents the following NBA athletes:

NFL

Klutch Sports has represented the following NFL athletes, either currently or formerly:

NCAA Men's Basketball

Klutch Sports represents the following men's college basketball athletes:

NCAA Women’s Basketball

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