DALLAS  — TGI Fridays has selected longtime board member Weldon Spangler to take over as its new chief executive officer. Mr. Spangler succeeds Brandon Coleman, who was CEO since August. Mr. Coleman is stepping down for personal reasons, according to the company.

With a background in the restaurant industry, Mr. Spangler has worked in areas such as customer experience, store operations and marketing at Subway, Papa Murphy’s, Dunkin’ Brands and Starbucks.