About Us

Ara Vartanian
President

Ara Vartanian founded Vartanian Sports Management in 2001, and in 2007 formed a partnership with DeAngelo Simmons, and established Vartanian/Simmons Sports Management Agency. He has over 11 years of sports business experience. He has negotiated contracts in the NBA, NBDL, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Korea, Japan, China, Jordan, and Lebanon to name a few. In addition to having negotiated contracts, trades, and endorsement deals for his clients. Ara firmly believes that no two clients are the same, thus focusing on each client individually in order to maximize their potential on and off the court.

DeAngelo Simmons
President

DeAngelo Simmons partnered with Ara Vartanian and established Vartanian/Simmons Sports Management Agency in 2007. He became a certified NBPA agent in 2006 and negotiated a multi-year contract for Paul Millsap. Prior to becoming an agent, he was a player development coach for over 9 years and has a lifetime of basketball involvement. DeAngelo played basketball at Tyler Junior College, prior to transferring to the University of Louisiana at Monroe to then graduate with a BA degree. He wants to help his clients to not only become aware of their potential, but reach it.