---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-242003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSGS"
cik: "0001636519"
company_name: "Madison Square Garden Sports Corp."
filed_at: "2022-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T12:00:17.759680+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSG Sports CEO Andrew Lustgarten to step down Jan 1; David Hopkinson named President and COO

## Summary
- CEO Andrew Lustgarten to step down effective Jan 1, 2023; will remain as director on Board.
- David Hopkinson appointed President and COO effective immediately; previously EVP, Team Business Operations at MSG Sports.
- No new CEO named; Executive Chairman James Dolan to continue oversight of Knicks and Rangers operations.
- Hopkinson employment agreement: $1.25M base salary, 150% target bonus, $2.375M target long-term incentive.
- Transition is planned; Lustgarten led spin-off from MSG Entertainment and record FY2022 financial results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-242003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSGS
- cik: 0001636519
- company_name: Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522242003/0001193125-22-242003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522242003/d345275d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-242003
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-242003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Lustgarten was appointed as Director at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective as of January 1, 2023, expanded the number of directors on the Board by one director, and the directors who are designated as elected by holders of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), appointed Mr. Lustgarten to serve as a director of the Company elected by such holders of the Class B Common Stock.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522242003/0001193125-22-242003-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Hopkinson was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 9, 2022, the Board appointed David Hopkinson as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522242003/0001193125-22-242003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Lustgarten departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Andrew Lustgarten, President and Chief Executive Officer of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (the “Company”), will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer as of January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522242003/0001193125-22-242003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.