Sport Supply Group, Inc. has recently acquired a substantial stake in Coachs Sports Corner, a regional team sports distributor based in Sandusky, OH, as well as a certain assets of Greg Larson Sports, a national cataloger and regional team sports distributor based in Brainerd, MN. Financial information and terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

Adam Blumenfield, chairman and chief executive officer of Sport Supply Group commented,  “We are pleased to have completed these two transactions. Coachs Sports Corner will complement our existing road sales efforts in northern Ohio, whereas the Greg Larson Sports acquisition will give SSG a physical road presence in the new territories of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Greg Larson Sports also mails a national physical education and athletic catalog. We look forward to working closely with the teams from Coachs Sports Corner and Greg Larson Sports to further enhance the reach of both businesses.”

 

With the acquisition, the two dealers join Sport Supply’s team of dealer networks which includes Dixie Sporting Goods, Orlando Team Sports (OTS), Kesslers Team Sports and Salkeld Sports.