Derrick Powell, Global Head of Basketball.
QC Sports, sister company of the music industry powerhouse label, Quality Control Music, has announced the launch of its new QC Sports Basketball Division. The company also announced the addition of successful industry veteran Derrick Powell as Global Head of Basketball. Powell brings with him 22 years of NBA insight, negotiation, and agency experience to the rapidly expanding QC Sports enterprise.
Quality Control co-founder Kevin “Coach K” Lee says, “Partnering with an industry veteran that has the experience, credibility, proven track record and commitment to clients that Derrick has is perfectly aligned with the QC Sports brand.”
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Celebrating 22 years of incredible accomplishments as a certified NBA agent and industry insider Powell has the experience and an impeccable reputation with his peers in the NBA front offices, NBA Players Union, and NBA players on and off the court.
Powell notes, “QC is the most authentic brand in todays Culture. I am truly honored and beyond excited to be a part of the amazing team that Coach and P have built at QC Sports. But mostly I am ready to get to work and continue to build on the legacy of Quality Control. I am humbled by the level of commitment and dedication everyone brings to the QC Sports clients personal and professional lives every day.”
As one of his first accomplishments at QC Sports in 2021, Powell has successfully negotiated the 5 year $100M dollar contract extension of veteran center Jarrett Allen with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Derrick has worked with some of the biggest names in basketball while representing multiple first round and second round NBA draft picks throughout his career. From 2014 to 2019, Derrick averaged at least one draft pick per NBA draft. Derrick has negotiated over $250 million in player contracts as well as several shoe deals for his NBA clients, including one of the largest shoe deals for a rookie that Nike had done in over ten years at the time.
Derrick’s philosophy in representing players is to do what you are supposed to do for the “right” reasons and success will follow you.
Derrick is a graduate and four-year letterman in basketball at one of the most prestigious HBCU’s in the country, Hampton University.
ABOUT QUALITY CONTROL SPORTS
“Where Sports Music and Culture Connect”
Quality Control Sports was founded in 2019 by two pioneering music executives, Pierre “P” Thomas and Kevin “Coach K” Lee. The duo have built their label Quality Control Music from the ground up into the industry’s biggest Cinderella story, garnering billions of streams yearly from groundbreaking acts like Migos, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, and City Girls. Coach and P have long credited their management style and widespread success to their lifelong love of sports, often comparing their Quality Control Music label to a team so their eventual expansion into the sports world was inevitable. QC Sports currently represent star running-back and 2017 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Alvin Kamara of the New Orleans Saints, and more recently University of Georgia’s D’Andre Swift who was drafted to the Detroit Lions in 2020 for all their off the field management, branding and marketing. “Every team needs a coach,” says Coach K, and with Coach and P calling the shots for QC Sports, their team is destined to continue their winning-streak in 2020 and beyond.
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