LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Tim McCoy has been named the new deputy director of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

McCoy, a native of Arapahoe, begins his new duties immediately.

McCoy came to the agency in 2002, and has been administrator of the wildlife division since March 2011. He has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and master’s degree and doctorate in fish and wildlife from the University of Missouri.

Scott Taylor, the wildlife division assistant administrator for research and analysis, has been named the interim wildlife division administrator.

Levi Krause, a conservation officer from Louisville, has been named the southeast district law enforcement supervisor, and Christy Rasmussen has been selected as the new information and education division administrator.