Court Jeske has been hired as president of Echo Soccer, it was announced Thursday.
Echo is the Oklahoma City-based investment company founded by Christian Kanady, who last month bought a majority stake in the soccer club.
Jeske will oversee Energy FC, including ongoing stadium developments with the city, according to a release.
Kanady and developer Mark Beffort have plans for a $1 billion stadium district in Lower Bricktown. The soccer stadium, part of MAPS 4, would seat between 8,000 and 10,000, according to plans.
Energy FC suspended operations in 2022 due to renovations at Taft Stadium, where the Energy played its home games.
Energy FC, founded in 2013, most recently competed in the USL Championship League. The franchise, which has been dormant for the past three seasons, is listed on the USL Championship’s website as one of five “future clubs.”
Twenty-four teams compete in the USL Championship League, including FC Tulsa.
Kanady’s group is hoping to revive Energy FC, with Jeske at the head of it.
“Court is a force in the world of professional sports,” Kanady said in a statement. “His record, reputation and influence time and again demonstrate his tremendous talent for both breathing new life and building from the ground up.”
Jeske grew up in Tulsa and attended OU.
His resume in professional soccer is robust. Most recently he worked as chief commercial officer in the United Soccer Leagues (USL), which Energy FC is set to rejoin.
Jeske has experience building a soccer franchise from the ground up.