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August 5, 1996

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• Harris takes over MEAC commissioner
• General
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Harris takes over as MEAC commissioner

Harris was assistant director of athletics at Michigan from 1973 until 1979, when he became AD at Pennsylvania. He left Pennsylvania in 1985 to take the top position in the Arizona State athletics department.

Harris is only the second full-time commissioner for the conference. He succeeds Ken Free, who left after 18 years in the position. The MEAC was established in 1970 and includes 10 Division I schools.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

David Markee, vice-president for institutional advancement at Northern Arizona, selected as chancellor at Wisconsin-Platteville ... Chang-Lin Tien, chancellor at California, announced his resignation, effective no later than June 30, 1997 ... Molloy selected Martin Snyder as president. Snyder was provost at St. Joseph (Connecticut) ... St. Francis (New York) named Frank Macchiarola as president. He was dean of the school of law at Yeshiva ... Thomas George, provost at Washington State, appointed chancellor at Wisconsin-Stevens Point ... Oakland selected Gary Russl as president. He had been interim president ... Dallas Beal appointed interim president at Fredonia State. Beal is a former president of the Connecticut State University System ... Western New England named Anthony Caprio as president. Caprio was provost and professor of language and literature at Oglethorpe ... Former West Liberty State President James Chapman selected as interim president at Spring Arbor College ... Kathleen Goeppinger appointed president at Midwestern State. Goeppinger was a former director of the Center for Organization Development at Loyola (Illinois) ... Jean Scott, vice-president for enrollment and student services at Potsdam State, promoted to interim president at the school ... Wisconsin-Superior appointed Julius Erlenbach as chancellor. Erlenbach was provost and vice-chancellor at Wisconsin-La Crosse ... John Moore selected as president at Grove City. Moore was professor of international affairs and is a former director of the International Institute at George Mason ... Theodore Long, provost and vice-president for academic affairs at Merrimack, named president of Elizabethtown.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Bill Marolt, athletics director at Colorado, appointed president and chief executive officer of U.S. Skiing ... Samuel Carroll promoted to athletics director at Cameron. Carroll has been on the Cameron staff since September 1990, when he was hired as director of the school's fitness center ... Lance West, associate vice-president for institutional advancement and director of athletics development at Marshall, named athletics director there ... Mark Molesworth hired as AD at Wisconsin-Platteville. He had been assistant AD and coordinator of sports marketing at Massachusetts-Lowell for the past three years ... Coppin State head men's basketball coach Ron "Fang" Mitchell given additional duties as athletics director. Mitchell has served as associate AD for community services and program support for the past two years, in addition to his coaching duties. Mitchell replaces Clayton McNeill, who relinquished his duties as AD to concentrate on his position as vice-president for student life.

Massachusetts-Dartmouth appointed Kenneth McBryde to replace Robert Dowd, who was serving on an interim basis. Dowd will remain in the athletics department as a staff associate in charge of educational programs. McBryde was AD at Morgan State from 1993 until 1995 and at Virginia State before that ... S. Page Cotton Jr. appointed director of athletics and recreational sports at DePauw ... Pittsburgh announced the resignation of Oval Jaynes ... George Williams, track and field coach at St. Augustine's, given additional duties as AD.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

Utah appointed Amy Hackett as associate athletics director and senior woman administrator. She held a similar position at Santa Clara and also has directed West Coast Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments ... Desney Byrd promoted to associate AD at Coppin State after serving as associate director of financial aid for the past eight years. Byrd replaces Jesse Batten, who accepted a position in the Coppin State student-life office ... New Mexico appointed Jack Harney as associate AD for development ... David "Bo" Bahnsen promoted to associate AD at LSU after serving as assistant AD for compliance since 1989. Bahnsen has served in various positions in the athletics department since his graduation in 1982 ... East Tennessee State appointed Randy Eaton ... North Carolina State promoted Jim Miller to executive associate AD and David Horning to associate AD for internal operations ... Doug Beard named at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

Tom Davis hired at Marquette as assistant athletics director for marketing and promotions. He was marketing services director at Spectator Sports Communication in San Diego and formerly was a marketing and promotions coordinator at Southern Illinois ... Kerry Phayre, former women's basketball coach at Columbia-Barnard, appointed assistant AD and head women's basketball coach at Assumption. Phayre was head coach at Columbia-Barnard for five years ... East Tennessee State promoted Pat Britz to assistant AD for student services and compliance ... New Mexico announced the following promotions: Sean Johnson to assistant AD for marketing and promotions; Mark Koson to assistant AD for tickets and customer relations; and Greg Remington to assistant AD for media relations.

Miami (Florida) announced several promotions: Roger Bell of the academic support office, to assistant AD for community service; Neil Brooks, a member of the academic support and compliance staffs for 21/2 years, to assistant AD and director of academic services; Linda Saumell to assistant director for academic services; and Pam Young, ticket manager, to assistant AD for ticket operations. Miami also announced the appointments of Patrick Nero, assistant AD for fund-raising at Marquette, as assistant AD for major gifts/special events, and Kevin Rochlitz, assistant AD for marketing at Utah State, who assumes similar duties at Miami.

Eric Ruden appointed assistant AD for external affairs at Navy. Ruden was sports information director at Indiana State for five years before being named marketing director there last year ... San Diego announced the resignation of Regina Sullivan. Sullivan also was senior woman administrator ... Erin O'Donnell named assistant director of athletics/facilities at St. John's (New York) ... Wisconsin-Milwaukee appointed Deanna D'Abbraccio and Paul Helgren.

COACHES

BASEBALL--Texas announced the retirement of Cliff Gustafson, the most victorious coach in Division I history. After earning a letter in baseball at Texas in 1952, he led the Longhorns for 29 seasons, winning national championships in 1975 and 1983. He finished his career with a record of 1,466-377-2 ... Jason Reedy, a two-sport standout at Earlham, named interim head baseball coach and assistant football coach at his alma mater, replacing Jeff Parker, who had been head baseball coach for the past three seasons. Parker will teach at Tri-County North High School in Lewisburg, Ohio, where he will be head baseball and assistant football coach. Reedy was a four-year starter in baseball and a starter his senior year in football ... Frank Pait selected at Lenoir-Rhyne after serving as assistant baseball coach at Wingate for the past three seasons ... Tulane signed head coach Rick Jones to a new seven-year contract. Jones is 116-70 in three seasons at Tulane ... Assistant coach Richard Skeel promoted to head coach at Bethune-Cookman. Skeel had been an assistant for the past three seasons. He will continue as director of compliance.

Kevin McMullan, head coach at Indiana (Pennsylvania) for the past three years, hired as an assistant coach at St. John's (New York) ... Fort Hays State selected Bob Fornelli to replace Curtis Hammeke, who became activities director at Great Bend (Kansas) High School. Fornelli spent the last five seasons as assistant coach at Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kansas ... New Hampshire's Chris Serino resigned as head baseball coach to return
to coaching men's ice hockey. Serino was the top assistant ice hockey coach at New Hampshire before becoming baseball coach three years ago. He continued as a part-time hockey coach while coaching baseball. Assistant coach Rob Carpentier was appointed to replace Serino. Carpentier had been an assistant since 1994 ... Gannon announced the resignation of Michael Bari ... Frank Pait hired at Lenoir-Rhyne ... Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne appointed Tony Vittorio.

BASEBALL ASSISTANTS--Southern Mississippi announced the resignation of Doug Lambeth after nine years as an assistant coach, mostly as a pitching coach. He was replaced by Corky Palmer, who returned to his alma mater after 10 years at Meridian Community College. Palmer previously was an assistant coach at Southern Mississippi in 1985-86 ... Joe Regruth hired at Xavier (Ohio) to work with pitchers and handle recruiting. Regruth had been head coach at Mount St. Joseph since establishing the baseball program there three years ago ... William Graham, assistant coach at Crockett (Texas) High School, hired at Lincoln Memorial ... Rob Cooper appointed at Tulane. Also, assistant coach Jim Schlossnagle was promoted to recruiting coordinator.

Tony Lachowetz, an assistant at Springfield for the past three years, appointed at New Hampshire. Lachowetz has been a strength and conditioning coach for the men's ice hockey and baseball programs at New Hampshire ... Mervyl Melendez hired as Bethune-Cookman's first full-time assistant. ... Kyle Wagner appointed at Elizabethtown ... Nevada announced the resignation of John Savage, who accepted a similar position at Southern California ... Andy Nietro named assistant coach at Southern California ... Bill Kinneberg hired at Arizona ... John Verhoeven and Ron Hauczinger appointed at Loyola Marymount.

MEN'S BASKETBALL--Former coach Ed Timm named visiting professor of physical education and head basketball coach at Cornell College for a two-year stint. He was head coach at Buena Vista last year. Timm previously was assistant basketball and football coach and head baseball coach at Cornell College from 1989 to 1993 ... Patrick Skerry, an assistant at Stonehill last season, hired as head coach at Curry. Skerry was an assistant for three years at Tufts before moving to Stonehill last season ... Lander promoted assistant coach Roger "Chipper" Bagwell to head coach. Bagwell has been an assistant for the past six years as well as director of university camps and executive director of the athletics booster organization ... Western Carolina extended the contract of Phil Hopkins, who led the school to its first Southern Conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance last season. Hopkins, who has been head coach since 1993, was given a three-year contract ... Clarke appointed Jon Davison, who was athletics director and head men's basketball and golf coach at Dubuque from 1966 to 1993. He most recently was in private business.

Jeff Rutter hired at Wisconsin-Parkside after serving as an assistant last season at Stetson. Rutter was an assistant at North Dakota State for three seasons before that ... Al Sokaitis, head coach at Southern Maine, hired at Alaska Fairbanks. In addition to coaching, Sokaitis has been involved extensively in community activities in Maine and also has conducted summer basketball camps throughout Alaska for more than 10 years ... Buena Vista appointed Brian Van Haaften, head coach at St. Mary's High School in Storm Lake, Iowa, for the past six years ... Northern Illinois extended the contract of Brian Hammel for five years, through 2000-01 ... Mark Peeler selected at St. Andrews, replacing Ron Lievense, who resigned ... Southern Maine named Dan Costigan interim coach.

MEN'S BASKETBALL ASSISTANTS--Steve Snell named at Marshall. Snell has been an assistant at East Tennessee State ... Lon Boike, athletics director and women's volleyball coach at Clarke, given additional duties as assistant men's basketball coach ... Bowling Green hired Mike Gillian, an associate coach at American International for four years ... Nicholls State elevated part-time coach Quinn Strander to full-time status. Strander was a part-time assistant for the past two seasons ... Fred Quartlebaum, an assistant at Navy for the past four years, hired at Towson State ... Mike Jarvis II, son of George Washington head coach Mike Jarvis Sr., selected at Drexel after serving as a part-time coach at George Washington for the past four seasons ... Babson appointed David First and Peter Mugar as assistant coaches and promoted Peter DiGiulio to associate coach ... Eric Pauley hired at James Madison ... Alabama-Birmingham announced that Joe Evans has moved from assistant basketball coach to a position in athletics administration ... Joe DeSantis hired at Quinnipiac ... Weber State announced the resignation of Mark Coffman.

New Hampshire announced the appointment of three assistants: Bobby Castagna, who was an assistant at UC Santa Barbara for the past seven years; Kevin Mouton, who coached last season at Eastern Illinois; and Bob Duffley, who coached at New Hampshire College for the past six years ... Gannon Baker hired at Belmont Abbey ... Maryland appointed Dave Dickerson as an assistant. Dickerson has held similar positions at Marshall and Radford ... John Rhodes joined the North Florida staff after two seasons as a player/coach for the IR Basketball Club in Iceland. He replaces Joe Carey.

Damon Williams, a former all-star player at Virginia Military, hired at Western Carolina, replacing Thad Matta, who became an assistant at Miami (Ohio) ... Kevin Reynolds, a former four-year staff member at Indiana (Pennsylvania), returned to the Indians staff as associate head coach. Reynolds was an assistant at Edinboro last season ... Dayton appointed Wade O'Connor, who was administrative assistant at Marshall. O'Connor replaces Dave Manzer, who left to become head coach at Messiah ... North Carolina-Asheville selected Pat Bryant ... Joe Cravens hired at UC Irvine ... Steve Payne appointed assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Georgetown ... Raymond Jones Jr. selected at Cornell ... Tennessee named Billy Schmidt as assistant coach and Greg Fall as administrative basketball assistant ... Kirk Earlywine selected at Wisconsin-Milwaukee ... Eddie Joe Chavez hired at Menlo.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL--Kerry Phayre, former women's basketball coach at Columbia-Barnard, appointed head women's basketball coach at Assumption. Phayre was head coach at Columbia-Barnard for five years. She also will be assistant athletics director at Assumption ... Shelly Kurzik hired at Stevens Tech to prepare the women's team for its first varsity season ... Mike Barry, head coach for the past seven seasons at Wayne State (Nebraska), resigned to become the school's director of sports and recreational facilities. Jeff Goldstein, an assistant for four years and a graduate assistant for two years, was named interim coach ... Southern Utah announced the resignation of Larry Shurtliff after five years.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ASSISTANTS--Tina Costello hired at North Florida after four seasons at Pennsylvania. She replaces Dawn Stoehr ... Linda Heller, a graduate assistant for the past two seasons at Wayne State (Nebraska), promoted to assistant coach. She replaces Jeff Goldstein, who was named interim head coach ... Erin O'Brien, a 1996 graduate of Stonehill, hired at American International. She also will be assistant women's volleyball coach ... Kim Dowell, a former standout player, named assistant coach at Texas-Arlington. Michael Wyatt, an assistant coach at Oral Roberts, also was hired at the school, where he will be responsible for recruiting ... Patrina Blow appointed at Pace ... Therman Bronaugh hired at Buffalo. He was head coach at Webber.

Kevin McGuff hired at Notre Dame, replacing John Sutherland, who resigned to become head coach at New Mexico State. McGuff was an assistant at Miami (Ohio) for the past three years ... Navy assistant coach Sherri Nowatzki appointed at St. Bonaventure. Nowatzki also coached at D'Youville College and Keuka ... Alabama-Birmingham selected Robert "Rah Rah" Scott, who built Birmingham's West End High School into one of Alabama's most successful programs over the past decade ... After a half-time appointment in 1995-96, Jen Wegmann promoted to full-time status at Binghamton ... Jennifer Reimer promoted to assistant coach at Ohio Northern after two years as a graduate assistant there. Reimer also will be the first women's golf coach at Ohio Northern ... Bobbie Kelsey and Brenda Kuehlthau hired at Stevens Tech ... Georgetown hired Niki Reid as assistant coach. Reid was a four-year letter-winner and point guard for the Hoyas. She was a sixth-grade teacher in the Bronx, New York, for the past three years.

Charleston Southern appointed Annette Alston, an assistant for the past five years at Coastal Carolina ... Bryan Alexander, an assistant at Eckerd during the past two seasons, hired at Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis ... Tara Gallagher and Samantha David hired at Seton Hall. Gallagher joins the Seton Hall staff after seven seasons as the top assistant at Wagner. David was an assistant last season at St. John's (New York) and also has coached at St. Bonaventure ... Lori Fish, an assistant at Eastern Illinois last season, selected at South Dakota State, replacing Karen Skemp, who resigned to pursue a doctorate ... Kiley Hills appointed at West Alabama ... Southeast Missouri State hired Juliana Klocek ... Kristen Sullivan named at Delaware ... Miami (Florida) selected Jack Trainer ... Tulane hired Kellie Kennedy.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY--Tom Henderson, an assistant for men's and women's cross country and track and field, promoted to head coach at South Dakota State, replacing Scott Underwood. Henderson was head coach at Cal Poly Pomona before joining the South Dakota State staff ... Wisconsin-Stout named Carlene Willkom-Hochhalter as head coach of the women's cross country team. She also will be head women's track and field coach. Willkom-Hochhalter was head men's and women's track and field coach and assistant cross country coach at St. Mary's (Minnesota) ... Southern Indiana announced the resignation of head women's coach Tammy Nolan. Bill Stegemoller, head men's coach, was given additional responsibility for the women's team and the new title of director of cross country.

Joseph Dugandzic hired at Drew as head men's and women's coach, replacing Kim Keenan, who became associate athletics director at Kutztown. Dugandzic was head coach at St. Thomas Aquinas for the past seven years ... Winona State hired Kelsie Turley as head women's coach, replacing Don Wistrcill, who became an assistant football coach at the school. Turley assisted Wistrcill last season and assisted with the distance runners on the track team ... John Drew hired as the first men's and women's cross country coach at Penn State-Behrend. Drew was the assistant coach for the men's and women's cross country and track and field teams at Smith for the past two years ... Scott Kennedy appointed men's and women's cross country coach at St. Mary's (California). Kennedy was head coach at San Leandro High School for the past two years ... Mark Dutro given additional duties as women's cross country coach at Cornell College. Dutro also is women's track coach ... Dan Hostager hired at Upper Iowa as men's and women's cross country and track coach ... Kevin Bourke appointed at Iowa State.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ASSISTANTS--Miky Hillyard, an assistant coach for the men's cross country program at Southern Indiana, given additional duties as coordinator of the women's program. He replaces Tammy Nolan, who resigned ... Dawn Abernathy hired as assistant men's and women's cross country and track coach at Upper Iowa ... Chris Campbell appointed assistant men's cross country and track and field coach at Ball State.

FIELD HOCKEY--Charlyn Robert named at Nichols, where she also will be head women's softball coach. Robert had been head field hockey and women's lacrosse and softball coach at Union (New York) since 1983, as well as senior woman administrator ... Alix Rorke appointed at Denison, where she also will be head women's lacrosse coach. Rorke was an assistant for the Smith field hockey and women's lacrosse programs ... Monica Morgan hired at Monmouth (New Jersey).

FIELD HOCKEY ASSISTANTS--Northeastern appointed Patti Bossio as a full-time assistant ... Margaret Kavanaugh hired at Salem State ... Hartwick selected Jennifer Sparacio, a 1996 Colgate graduate who was a four-year letter-winner in field hockey for the Red Raiders ... Dawn Wenzel hired at Millersville.

FOOTBALL--Fort Valley State's Doug Porter announced his retirement, effective at the conclusion of the 1996 season. Porter has led the Fort Valley State squad for 16 years and has a record of 106-61-3. He has a total of 42 years coaching ... Joe Palka resigned at St. Joseph's (Indiana) to become head football coach at Bryan (Ohio) High School. Assistant head coach Brendan Flaherty was named interim head coach.

FOOTBALL ASSISTANTS--East Tennessee State hired Gary Dandridge ... Don Wistrcill resigned as head women's cross country coach at Winona State to become an assistant football coach at the school ... Chicago hired J. B. Wells as assistant football and track and field coach. Wells has been offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coach at Bates since 1994.

Nichols announced its assistant football coaches for the 1996 season: Bill Carven, receivers coach; Steve Corridori, secondary; Booker Lester, defensive line; Niles Nelson, offensive coordinator; Frank Robinson, offense; and Brad Thompson, quarterbacks/receivers ... Curtis Heiderman named full-time assistant football coach and assistant wrestling coach at Cornell College ... Frank Scelfo hired as wide receivers coach at Tulane. Scelfo is a 14-year veteran of high-school and junior college coaching in Louisiana and Texas ... Andy Hill, head coach at Hutchinson (Kansas) Community College for the past two years, selected as wide receivers coach at Missouri. Hill was a wide receiver for Missouri in the early 1980s.

Gene Williams hired at Missouri Western State to coach the defensive line. Williams was an outside linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was a graduate assistant coach at Texas Christian while completing his master's degree last season. Missouri Western State also promoted two assistants: Todd Throckmorton from assistant coach to assistant head coach and Clarence Holley from defensive line coach to defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach ... Andy Hendel appointed defensive coordinator at Western Kentucky. Hendel spent the past five seasons as an assistant at St. John Fisher ... Kevin Keeffe joined the Emporia State staff as offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator. He was tight ends and tackles coach at Temple for the past three years ... Nevada named Steve Mooshagian as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Brian Jenkins hired at Eastern Illinois ... Edward Breslin appointed assistant coach of the secondary at St. John's (New York), which also announced the appointments of William Getchell as receivers coach and Scott Williams as defensive line coach ... Pace announced its football staff: Lou DiRienzo, codefensive coordinator and defensive line coach; Vincent Caporaso, tight ends and offensive tackles coach; and Jerry Petersen, outside linebackers coach.

MEN'S GOLF--Eldon Hutchison resigned as head men's coach at Wayne State (Nebraska) to take a position in Fairbury, Nebraska. He also was director of sports and recreational facilities. Greg McDermott, Wayne State head men's basketball coach, will assume additional duties as golf coach ... Michael O'Toole named men's coach at Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis ... Mike Cancilla hired at Iona ... North Carolina-Charlotte appointed Doug Ehmann.

WOMEN'S GOLF--Jennifer Reimer named the first women's golf coach at Ohio Northern. She also will be assistant women's basketball coach. She was a graduate assistant women's basketball coach at Ohio Northern during the past two years ... Jim Kincaid, a golf professional with experience at several area golf courses and currently the pro at a Springfield, Ohio, country club, hired at Wittenberg. Kincaid was team captain and most valuable player on the Wittenberg golf team his senior season.

WOMEN'S GOLF ASSISTANT--Andrea Gaston hired at Southern California as associate coach.

MEN'S GYMNASTICS--Kurt Golder named at Michigan.

MEN'S ICE HOCKEY--Tim Whitehead, assistant coach at Massachusetts-Lowell for the past five years, promoted to head coach. He was an assistant at Middlebury and at Maine before joining the Massachusetts-Lowell staff.

MEN'S ICE HOCKEY ASSISTANTS--Chris Serino, head baseball coach at New Hampshire, returned to full-time status as an assistant ice hockey coach. Serino was the top hockey assistant before taking the baseball position three years ago. He had continued as a part-time hockey coach.

MEN'S LACROSSE--Skidmore appointed Terry Corcoran, head coach at Pennsylvania for the past two seasons. He was head coach at Washington (Maryland) for 12 seasons before that ... Marc Van Arsdale hired at Pennsylvania.

MEN'S LACROSSE ASSISTANTS--Darrin Potorski hired at Salem State ... Bob Randall appointed at Army.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE--Charlyn Robert resigned at Union (New York) to become head field hockey and women's softball coach at Nichols. Robert had been head field hockey, women's lacrosse and softball coach at Union (New York) since 1983 as well as senior woman administrator ... Alix Rorke appointed at Denison, where she also will be head field hockey coach. Rorke was an assistant for the Smith field hockey and lacrosse programs ... Eleanor Shriver resigned at Alfred to become an assistant coach at Loyola (Maryland). She also has been head women's volleyball coach at Alfred ... Tracy Coyne, head coach at Roanoke for the past seven years, named head coach at Notre Dame, which will field its first varsity women's lacrosse team beginning with the 1997 season.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE ASSISTANT--Patty Kennedy hired at Pennsylvania.

WOMEN'S ROWING--Holly Hatton hired at Boston U. Hatton coached novice crew at Boston U. from 1980 to 1983 and then joined the Harvard/Radcliffe crew program, where she remained until last spring ... Jamie Gordon named head coach at Temple after serving as interim head coach last season. Gordon was head coach at Colgate in 1988 and was administrative director and coach at the Florida Rowing Center from 1988 to 1990.

WOMEN'S ROWING ASSISTANT--Virginia promoted Joel Furtek to full-time assistant coach. Furtek spent the past five seasons as a part-time coach at Virginia.

MEN'S SOCCER--John Antonisse hired at Dallas. He also will coach the women's soccer team. Antonisse has been an assistant for the men's and women's teams at Texas-Dallas since 1992.

MEN'S SOCCER ASSISTANTS--Henrique Silva hired at Salem State ... Dayton appointed Tony Lodovico, an assistant at Florida Atlantic since 1993 ... Brendan Nash selected at Bucknell.

WOMEN'S SOCCER--Sarah Raslowsky promoted to head coach at Stevens Tech ... Southern Indiana selected Greg Stone as its first varsity women's soccer coach. Stone, who was head coach at Anderson (South Carolina), takes over for Tony Colavecchia, who was coordinator for the women's club team before moving to the Louisville staff ... Stephanie Voss hired at Widener after serving as an assistant coach during the past three years at St. Mary's (Minnesota) ... Winona State named Donna Coombs, a highly successful high-school coach for more than 20 years, to head its women's team ... John Antonisse hired at Dallas to lead the men's and women's soccer programs. Since 1992, Antonisse has been assistant coach for the men's and women's teams at Texas-Dallas ... Gina Prinzevalli appointed at Iona ... Loyola Marymount hired Gregg Murphy.

WOMEN'S SOCCER ASSISTANTS--Kymberly Eynard-Bozzi appointed associate coach at Binghamton after a standout collegiate career at Massachusetts. She has coached in the Olympic Development Program as well as in various camps, clinics and summer leagues ... Bethann O'Leary hired at Salem State ... Lynn Jarosi, former team captain at Southern Methodist, appointed at Maryland. She was an assistant at Florida International last season ... Ellen Corliss, an all-America goalkeeper at Tufts, hired at Colorado College. Corliss was senior vice-president of Grob Strategic Communications, Inc., a company she cofounded in 1994.

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL--After serving as interim coach last spring, Holly Brown appointed head coach at Binghamton. She joined the Binghamton staff in 1994 as an assistant coach ... Charlyn Robert named at Nichols, where she also will be head field hockey coach. Robert had been head field hockey, women's lacrosse and softball coach at Union (New York) since 1983, as well as senior woman administrator ... Seton Hall announced the resignation of Dena Hendrickson after six seasons in the Seton Hall program, the last two as head coach ... Rosanne Carfagno-Corcoran selected at Cabrini ... Student assistant coach Gladys Renneker promoted to head coach at Cameron, replacing Kim Vinson, who relinquished her softball duties but will continue as volleyball coach, compliance officer and senior woman administrator.

Massachusetts promoted associate coach Mona Stevens, replacing Elaine Sortino, who stepped down to concentrate on her duties as associate athletics director. Stevens has been associate coach for the past two years ... Pittsburg State hired Shally Lundien, an assistant at Missouri Southern State last season ... Amy Gavran selected at Jersey City State. She also will be intramurals coordinator ... Pat Hurlie-Smith appointed at Iona ... Sam Houston State announced the resignation of Marty Blowers, who was named head coach at Southern Colorado.

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL ASSISTANTS--Illinois-Chicago assistant coach Terri Sullivan promoted to associate head coach ... Christy Connoyer hired at Purdue.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING--Dartmouth hired Joann Brislin as women's coach to replace Betsy Mitchell, who resigned to pursue an advanced degree at Harvard. Brislin has been an assistant at Washington for the past 16 years ... Gerry Cournoyer named men's and women's coach at Lycoming. He was head of the men's and women's programs at Bridgewater (Massachusetts) during the past two years.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING ASSISTANTS--Eric Hansen named at Arizona ... After serving in a part-time capacity during the past year, Benji DeMotte promoted to full-time associate women's coach at Binghamton ... Katie Hedman appointed assistant women's coach at Iowa.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS--Pam Davis named head women's coach at East Tennessee State ... Evelyn Alfaro promoted to head coach of the women's team at Stevens Tech ... After 13 years as head men's coach at Georgia State, Chuck McCuen given additional duties as women's coach. McCuen replaces Sherryl Rouse, who resigned after five years ... Ed Socha, adjunct professor of marketing and management at Nichols, appointed women's coach. He coached the men's team in 1985 to a 6-4 record ... Lenoir-Rhyne hired Will Hancock as men's and women's coach, a position he previously held from 1990 to 1992. He most recently was head tennis professional at Catawba Country Club ... West Texas A&M announced the resignation of men's and women's coach Richard Patte after two years. Patte is returning to his native France.

Tim Siegel, men's tennis coach at Texas Tech, promoted to director of tennis. Siegel will oversee both men's and women's teams in a restructured program. He has been men's coach since 1993 ... Terry Peck of St. Thomas (Minnesota) given additional duties as women's coach. Peck had been head men's coach since 1993. Peck replaces women's coach Kathryn Nelson, who resigned ... Kentucky hired Mark Guilbeau to coach the women's team ... Jeff Zinn appointed men's coach at Wake Forest ... North Carolina-Wilmington announced the resignation of women's coach Jeri Whiting to take a similar position at Wells ... Joanmarie O'Connor selected as women's coach at Iona ... Reddy Gustine hired at Loyola Marymount to coach the men's team ... St. Mary's (California) hired Svetlana Nosenko to coach the women's team.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS ASSISTANTS--Greg LaBelle hired as an assistant coach for the men's and women's teams at Salem State.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD--Wisconsin-Stout named Carlene Willkom-Hochhalter as head of the women's track and field program. She also will be head women's cross country coach. Willkom-Hochhalter was head men's and women's track and field coach and assistant cross country coach at St. Mary's (Minnesota) ... Greg Kraft hired at Arizona State ... Jerry Hassard appointed at Bryant. Hassard was women's track coach at Iowa.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD ASSISTANTS--Former South Dakota State all-American Jimm Nuttbrock, a graduate assistant last season, named assistant men's and women's track and field coach at the school ... John Drew resigned as assistant coach for the men's and women's cross country and track and field teams at Smith to become the first men's and women's cross country coach at Penn State-Behrend. Drew was an assistant at Smith for the past two years ... Chicago hired J. B. Wells as assistant track and field coach and assistant football coach. Wells has been offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coach at Bates since 1994 ... Dennis Weber hired at Fort Hays State, replacing Gay Timken, who resigned. Weber was head men's and women's coach at Baker for the past nine seasons ... Southeast Missouri State appointed Amy Giblin ... Dawn Abernathy appointed assistant men's and women's track and cross country coach at Upper Iowa ... Chris Campbell appointed assistant men's track and field and cross country coach at Ball State.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL--Eleanor Shriver, head coach at Alfred, resigned to become an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Loyola (Maryland). She also was head women's lacrosse coach at Alfred ... Carrie Yerty hired at Memphis. Yerty was an assistant at Arizona last season and for three seasons at Eastern Washington ... Lander's Doug Spears given additional duties as head women's volleyball coach, effective July 1, 1997. Spears has been head fastpitch softball coach at Lander for 15 years. He will relinquish his duties as director of housing ... Eddie Matthews appointed at Georgia Southern after three years at Whitman. Matthews was assistant chief of staff of the U.S. women's volleyball team at the Atlanta Olympics ... Illinois Wesleyan announced the retirement of Tracy Stroyan-Maynard after eight seasons ... Ferris State hired Tia Brandel as head women's coach. Brandel was head coach for the past three seasons at West Virginia Wesleyan ... Larry Blackwell selected at East Texas State ... Jeffrey Lipton hired at Hunter ... Northeast Louisiana appointed Leanne Zeek ... Cincinnati announced the resignation of Mike Lingenfelter. Katie McFarland was named interim coach.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ASSISTANTS--Tom Hanna hired at Bowling Green, replacing Mitzi Sanders. Hanna spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Ferris State ... After a five-year stint as assistant coach at Binghamton followed by two years as the team's star player, Colleen Cashman returns to the coaching ranks as associate women's coach at the school ... Angelica Jackson Moore, a former all-American at San Diego State, hired as an assistant women's coach at Southwest Missouri State. Moore had played for the San Diego Spikers of the National Volleyball Association professional women's league since 1993 ... Diane Seymour hired as an assistant women's coach at Texas-Arlington ... Toledo appointed Aimee Smith, an assistant at South Alabama last season. Smith was a standout player at Michigan ... Gracie Schutt hired as an assistant women's coach at San Diego State, where she starred for the Aztec netters from 1990 to 1992. Schutt most recently played professionally in Italy and Germany ... Tami Peterson appointed at Duke ... Mark Presho hired as assistant men's coach at Pepperdine.

WRESTLING ASSISTANT--Curtis Heiderman named full-time assistant wrestling coach and assistant football coach at Cornell College.

STAFF

COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR--David Walsh hired at North Carolina State.

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR--Paul Sweetgall named director of athletics development at Emporia State, replacing Danny Powell, who resigned after four years to become associate athletics director at Central Arkansas. Sweetgall was on the athletics staff at Missouri Western State for the past 17 years, serving as sports information director and assistant athletics director ... Robert Turcotte promoted to director of athletics development at Northeastern. Turcotte has been on the Northeastern staff for 11 years, serving as director of sports marketing and as associate director of athletics development.

ELIGIBILITY COORDINATOR--Cathy McVeigh promoted to eligibility coordinator after serving the Georgia State Athletics Association as a technical assistant since 1993.

EQUIPMENT MANAGERS--St. Thomas (Minnesota) selected Willy McCoy ... Scott Jess named at Bowling Green.

EQUIPMENT ASSISTANT--Dan Glinski hired as assistant equipment manager at East Carolina.

FACILITIES ASSISTANT--Ricardo Hooper hired as assistant director of athletics facilities at Cincinnati.

FOOTBALL OPERATIONS COORDINATOR--Duane Brooks named coordinator of football operations at Pennsylvania.

FUND-RAISING ASSISTANT--Craig Brooks, director of athletics development at Johns Hopkins since 1993, named assistant director of major gifts for Maryland.

MARKETING DIRECTOR--Mark Peterson, assistant sports information director at Hartford last year, named director of athletics marketing at the school ... Katrina Dowidchuk named coordinator for marketing and special events at Pennsylvania.

MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR--Dominic Scianna hired as director of media relations at St. John's (New York). Scianna was senior account supervisor for Edelman Sports in Chicago for the past seven years.

MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANTS--Susan Reid appointed assistant media relations director at Washington after serving in a similar capacity at Arizona for the past five years. Reid replaces Cindy Fester, who left Washington after eight years to become media relations director for the Seattle Reign, a member of the new women's American Basketball League ... Beth Goode and Scott Lykam-Hampton named assistant media relations directors at Stanford. Both were interns last year at Stanford.

SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS--David Popham named at Coppin State after two years as assistant sports information director at the school. He replaces Jesse Batten, who accepted a position in the student life office ... Bryant appointed John White, SID at Framingham State for the past two years ... J. D. Hamilton hired at Quincy. He was a sports information assistant at Purdue last season ... Bob Burda, sports information assistant at Florida State for the past five years, appointed at Miami (Florida) ... Dean Hybl selected at Rollins. Hybl has been SID at Hampden-Sydney for the past six years ... Lisa Champagne, interim SID at Quinnipiac, named at St. Michael's. Champagne was on the sports information staff at Quinnipiac during the past two years, the last four months as interim SID ... Kent Brown hired at Kansas State ... Bowdoin appointed Jac Coyne.

SPORTS INFORMATION ASSISTANTS--Amy Protzman hired as assistant sports information director at Wofford. She was a compliance assistant last year at Marshall ... Stetson appointed Carla Millard assistant SID, replacing Brian Kuhlmann, who resigned to accept a position with Farner-Brocken in Carroll, Iowa. Millard was a full-time intern and student associate sports information director at Miami (Ohio) for the past five years ... Doug Monson, a 1996 graduate of Franklin Pierce, named assistant SID at North Florida. The one-year internship runs through June 1997 ... Julie Drake named a graduate assistant in the sports information office at Brockport State. Drake will spend two years in the position while she pursues a master's degree in athletics administration ... Tim Carpenter named assistant SID at Florida Southern. Carpenter has been an administrative assistant for the Sunshine State Conference ... Mike May appointed assistant SID at Nevada.

TICKET MANAGERS--Northern Iowa hired Paul Zakowski, who was assistant ticket manager at East Tennessee State during the past year. He worked in the Western Illinois ticket office while earning a master's degree in sports management ... Rob Richards named assistant ticket manager at Ball State after serving for the past two years as an administrative assistant in the Ball State athletics department ... Dan Trump hired at Loyola Marymount, where he also will be promotions coordinator.

ATHLETIC TRAINER--Charlie Urban, head trainer at Rollins for the past 15 years, resigned to enter private business. Urban also was compliance officer ... Brad Harrison, graduate assistant athletic trainer at Appalachian State during the past two years, hired at Sewanee (University of the South) ... Mark Perdue selected at South Carolina-Spartanburg ... Jack Marucci named director of athletic training at LSU ... Neal Hazen hired at Ball State.

ATHLETIC TRAINING ASSISTANT--Matt Doyle hired at South Dakota State, replacing Timm Wilson, who resigned ... Courtney Schenk named assistant athletic trainer at Emporia State, replacing Robin Danks, who had served in the position since 1991. Schenk has been head athletic trainer at Dodge City (Kansas) Community College since 1993 ... Melinda Terry, a teacher and assistant athletic trainer in the Duncanville (Texas) School System since 1989, named assistant trainer at Texas-Arlington ... Darryl Conway, an assistant trainer with the New York Jets since 1993, joined the Delaware athletics staff as an assistant ... Northwestern promoted athletic trainer intern Mark Robinson to assistant athletic trainer ... Scott Oliaro hired as assistant athletic trainer at American. Oliaro most recently assisted with medical coverage for Olympic athletes at the track and field venue ... Tom Jennings, assistant athletic trainer at Butler for the past two years, named as an assistant at St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania), replacing John Mellody, who left to join the training staff of the New York Jets ... Paul Rupp hired at St. John's (New York) ... Tom Jennings appointed at St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania) ... Delaware selected Larry Maples ... Saint Louis hired Jeffrey Wigen.

VIDEO COORDINATOR--Paul Argiro named coordinator of video and computers at Miami (Florida).

ASSOCIATIONS

Members of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators elected Deena Diboll, assistant director of athletics/marketing at Fresno State, as president for 1996-97. Also elected as officers for 1996-97 were: first vice-president, Alfred White, NCAA director of promotions; second vice-president/treasurer, Scott Zuffelato, director of athletics marketing and corporate relations at Connecticut; and Christine Plonsky, associate director of men's athletics for external services at Texas. Elected to the board of directors was Gary Sobba, assistant AD for marketing and broadcasting at Houston.

Officers of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors for 1996-97 are Jack Thompson, primary associate director of athletics for development at Georgia Tech, president; Tom Sanders, associate AD for development at Arizona, first vice-president; Mitch Barnhart, associate AD for development and marketing at Tennessee, second vice-president/treasurer; and Carol Oakland, director of athletics development at Augustana (South Dakota), third vice-president/secretary. Terry Fossum, assistant director of the Ralph Young Fund at Michigan State, was appointed to the executive committee.

Bill Marolt, athletics director at Colorado, appointed president and chief executive officer of U.S. Skiing. Marolt replaces Tim Leiweke, who left to become president of the NHL Los Angeles Kings. Marolt has been AD at Colorado since 1984. He directed the U.S. Skiing Alpine program from 1978 to 1984 and has been a long-time member of the association's board of directors.

CONFERENCES

Aaron Barter hired as administrative assistant for the Sunshine State Conference. Barter, who was assistant sports information director at Florida Tech in 1995-96, replaces Tim Carpenter, who was named assistant SID at Florida Southern. Carpenter had been conference administrative assistant for two years ... The Southland Conference promoted Paul Bradshaw from assistant to associate commissioner ... Richard Dalrymple promoted to assistant commissioner for business affairs at the Eastern College Athletic Conference ... The Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference hired Leigh Ann Danzey as director of information for men's sports ... Tammy Garr named assistant director of media relations at the Big East Conference.

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CONFERENCE MEMBERS

Southwestern State and East Central announced they will leave the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference and join the Lone Star Conference, beginning with the 1997-98 school year. Both schools will maintain dual membership in the NCAA and NAIA during the 1996-97 school year.

DIRECTORY CHANGES

CONFERENCE--Colorado Athletic Conference: Merged with Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

PROVISIONAL--Houston Baptist University: Terminated membership.

NOTABLES

Texas Woman's University head gymnastics coach Frank Kudlac named Division II coach of the year by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women. This is the fourth straight year Kudlac has received the honor, which is voted on by other Division II coaches. The Division I coach of the year is Valorie Kondos of UCLA and the Division III honor was awarded to Dick Stapleton of Rhode Island College.

Calvin sociology professor Don Wilson has been named Division III Sears Die-Hard Fan of the Year. Wilson was nominated for the award by Calvin sports information director Jeff Febus and Calvin media relations director Phil de Haan. Wilson retired in May after 34 years at Calvin, during which time he missed only one home men's basketball game. As part of the award, Wilson receives an all-expenses paid trip for two to the collegiate national championship of his choice next year. Grand prize winners in other divisions were: Division I, Gilles Pellerin, a fan of Southern California; Division II, Jay Peck, a fan of Western State; and NAIA, Paul DeJonge, a fan of Northwestern (Iowa).

DEATHS

Gene Fetter, former assistant football coach at Arizona and Arizona State, died June 11 in Tucson, Arizona. He was 74.

Anthony "Tony" Montonaro, a star wrestler and golfer at Ohio State, died July 6 at his home in Granville, Ohio. He was 81. Montonaro coached wrestling at Ohio State in the early 1940s before entering the Navy during World War II. He was an associate professor emeritus at Ohio State and was inducted into the Collegiate Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Officials Hall of Fame of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Ken Norton, the all-time most-victorious men's basketball coach and former athletics director at Manhattan, died of a heart attack July 11 while vacationing at his summer home in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He was 82. Norton coached the basketball team for 22 years and produced an overall record of 310-205. He also coached golf and baseball. After coaching, Norton was Manhattan's AD for 12 years before retiring in1979.

Vanessa Reaves, a 1996 Coker graduate and member of the Lady Cobra basketball team, died July 8 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident two days earlier in her hometown of Loris, South Carolina. Reaves graduated in May with a degree in physical education.

Former Western Maryland athletics director and coach Charles Havens died May 12 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He was 92. Havens was a 1930 graduate of Western Maryland, earning all-America honorable-mention status in football from The Associated Press as a senior. He played for the NFL's Frankford Yellowjackets in 1930 before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 1931. He was the school's head football coach from 1936 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1956. During his tenure, he also coached baseball, basketball and boxing.

-- Compiled by Sally Huggins