The NCAA News - Record

December 23, 1996

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• Stroupe named baseball coach at Lander
• General
• Notables
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Stroupe named baseball coach at Lander

Stroupe will begin his duties at Lander after the 1997 baseball season at Brevard and will be building the baseball program from scratch in preparation for play during the 1997-98 season.

Stroupe, who also is an associate scout for the Kansas City Royals organization, has an overall record of 225-122 at the collegiate level, including 145-66 in four seasons at Brevard, a junior college. Last year, Brevard was 46-10, a school record for victories in a season, and finished No. 4 in the country.

In 1994, Stroupe was voted the North Carolina college baseball coach of the year by the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association.

Stroupe was a four-year letterwinner in baseball at Appalachian State. His first college coaching position was at North Greenville College.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Dennis Hefner, senior vice-chancellor for academic affairs in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, selected as president at Fredonia State ... Arthur Kirk Jr., president at Keuka, appointed president at St. Leo ... District of Columbia announced the resignation of President Tilden Lemelle.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

St. Augustine's announced the promotion of George Williams to athletics director. Williams has coached the men's and women's track programs at St. Augustine's since 1975. His men's and women's teams have won a combined 16 Division II indoor and outdoor track championships. Williams replaces Harvey Heartley, who will remain at the school as a consultant and a teacher. Heartley has been on the St. Augustine's staff since 1971, coaching the men's basketball team, teaching and serving in athletics administration ... James Schmidt, interim AD at Illinois-Chicago during a 15-month national search for an athletics director, appointed AD. Schmidt was an associate AD for eight years before being named interim AD in September 1995. He has been on the staff at Illinois-Chicago for 14 years, including serving as a pitching coach for the baseball team, assistant to the AD and sports information director ... Jim "Moose" Malmquist, AD at Gustavus Adolphus for the past 23 years, announced his retirement, effective at the end of the current school year. Malmquist's association with Gustavus Adolphus began in 1949, when he arrived at the school as a freshman. After graduation, he coached at Texas Lutheran, Augustana (South Dakota) and Bemidji State before returning to his alma mater ... Nine-year head baseball coach Earl Mathewson, head baseball coach at Quinnipiac for the past nine years, promoted to director of athletics at the school. Mathewson compiled a 174-134-2 overall record at Quinnipiac.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Tom Bowen named associate AD at St. Mary's (California), effective January 1. He succeeds Mark Talan, who will become head men's soccer coach. Bowen has worked in the St. Mary's development office for the past 18 months.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATORS

Heather Lyke, director of compliance at Cincinnati, given additional duties as senior woman administrator. Lyke will continue to direct the Cincinnati compliance program while assisting the athletics director with a variety of projects ... Cindy Roybal, women's basketball coach at New Mexico Highlands for the past 12 years, named senior woman administrator. Her additional duties will involve assisting in the administration of the overall athletics program, with special emphasis on equitable treatment of women's athletics programs.

COACHES

Baseball--Nine-year head coach Earl Mathewson promoted to director of athletics at Quinnipiac. Joe Mattei, Mathewson's assistant coach for the past nine years, was named interim head coach. Mathewson compiled a 174-134-2 overall record at Quinnipiac.

Baseball assistant--Pete Rossi hired as assistant coach at York (Pennsylvania), his alma mater. He was captain of the York baseball team in 1992.

Men's basketball--Francis Marion head coach Lewis Hill announced his resignation, effective at the end of the 1996-97 season. Hill is in his 21st season as head coach and had compiled a 337-254 record as of December 3.

Women's basketball--Staten Island announced the resignation of Gerry Mosley as head coach, effective immediately. Athletics director Eugene Marshall will serve as interim head coach. Mosley, who was in his 10th year in the post, resigned six games into the 1996-97 season ... Akron announced that head coach Mary Ann Grimes has requested reassignment from her basketball coaching duties. In her fourth season, Grimes coached the team to a 1-3 start.

Women's basketball assistant--Paul Lizzo, assistant to the athletics director, named interim associate head coach at Staten Island.

Football--Alabama promoted defensive coordinator Mike Dubose to head coach, effective after Alabama's January 1 appearance in the Outback Bowl. Dubose was a defensive lineman for the Crimson Tide from 1972 to 1974. He coached the defensive line at Alabama from 1983 to 1986 before joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He returned to Alabama in 1990 as defensive line coach, and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1995 ... Dave Baldwin, head coach at Cal State Northridge for the past two seasons, named head coach at San Jose State. He replaces John Ralston, who retired after coaching the Spartans for the last four seasons ... Willie Fritz, who built Blinn College into the top junior college football program in the country, hired as head coach at Central Missouri State. Fritz, in his fourth season at Blinn, has a 38-5-1 record and was national junior college coach of the year last season when his team won the national championship ... Mike Riley, offensive coordinator at Southern California for the past four years, appointed head coach at Oregon State. He succeeds Jerry Pettibone, who resigned after compiling a 13-52-1 record in six seasons, including 2-9 this year ... Tommy Bowden, offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the past six years at Auburn, named head coach at Tulane. This is the first head coaching assignment for Bowden, son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden and brother of Auburn coach Terry Bowden. Bowden has been an assistant at seven schools over the past 19 years, including Duke, Kentucky and Auburn ... Boise State head coach Pokey Allen, who returned from a bout with cancer to coach the Boise State team, resigned after learning his cancer had returned. Allen will be reassigned to other duties in the school's athletics department ... Joe Hollis, offensive coordinator for Ohio State, hired at Arkansas State. Hollis replaces Mike Bobo, whose contract was not renewed. Hollis is in his sixth season at Ohio State ... Craig Wederquist, who joined the Tarleton State football coaching staff this past season as defensive coordinator, promoted to head coach. He replaces Todd Whitten, who resigned after one year to take a coaching position at Wyoming. Wederquist was defensive line coach and defensive coordinator at Pacific (California) before joining the Tarleton State staff ... Dave Roberts hired at Baylor, replacing Chuck Reedy, who was dismissed after four seasons. Roberts was offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.

Football assistants--Jim Colletto, former head coach at Purdue, hired as offensive coordinator at Notre Dame, replacing Dave Roberts. Before his stint at Purdue, Colletto was offensive coordinator at Ohio State and Arizona State ... John Bowers selected as defensive coordinator at Kent. Bowers coached defensive backs and special teams at Eastern Illinois for the past two seasons ... Purdue announced the hiring of six assistant coaches: Scott Downing, assistant head coach, running backs and special teams; Larry Korpitz, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks; Brock Spack, defensive coordinator and linebackers; Tim Burke, defensive secondary; Tim Lappano, wide receivers; and Danny Hope, offensive line.

Men's ice hockey--Greg Cronin, interim coach at Maine, hired as an assistant with the U.S. National Junior Team at USA Hockey. He already was scheduled to help coach the team in December in the World Junior Championships. Shawn Walsh returns to Maine this month as head coach after serving a one-year suspension.

Men's and women's skiing--Andrea Weaver named head coach of St. Michael's Alpine ski team. Weaver was a member of the Bates Alpine ski team and served as tricaptain during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

Men's and women's soccer--Redlands head women's soccer coach Teri Collins announced her resignation to pursue full-time employment. Collins, in her second year as a part-time coach at Redlands, guided the women's team to a 6-10-1 record. Head men's coach Anthony O'Neil was named interim coach ... Colleen Marcum Davis named head coach of the newly formed women's soccer program at Kent. Davis has been head coach at Robert Morris since February 1995.

Women's softball--Margie Knight named head coach at Salisbury State. She also will be head women's volleyball coach. She returns to her alma mater after a distinguished career as a high-school coach.

Men's tennis--Steve LaTulippe given additional duties as head men's coach at St. Michael's. LaTulippe has been head coach of the women's tennis program for the past three seasons ... Larry Turville, Rice men's tennis coach since 1979, resigned. He will continue in the position until a replacement is hired. Turville joined the Rice staff after an eight-year career on the pro tennis tour.

Men's and women's track and field assistants--Lorri LaRowe and Sam Hume hired at Kansas. LaRowe, who will be throwing events coach, has been an assistant coach at Penn State since 1995. Hume will coach sprinter and hurdlers and serve as recruiting coordinator. He was an assistant track coach at Northwestern State from 1993 to 1996.

Women's volleyball--Missouri Western announced that the contract of Karen Peterson will not be renewed. Peterson has led the Missouri Western team since 1993 and compiled a 60-85 overall record, but was 4-30 in 1996 ... Margie Knight named head coach at Salisbury State. She also will be head women's softball coach. She returns to her alma mater after a distinguished career as a high-school coach.

STAFF

Ticket manager--Denver named Thomas "T" Robinson as ticket manager for athletics. Robinson had been interim ticket manager since September.

NOTABLES

The three finalists for the Melberger Award, which honors the outstanding Division III football player in the country, were announced by the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Touchdown Club. Finalists are Bill Borchert of Mount Union, Dante Brown of Marietta and Keith Cadden of Lycoming.

Corinne "Cori" Carson, a member of the Marymount (Virginia) women's basketball team, named as this year's recipient of the Honda Inspiration Award. Carson recovered from a liver transplant to set school, conference and NCAA records during the 1995-96 season. She was preparing for her first season at Marymount in October 1994 when she became ill. The award will be presented January 13 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Recipients of the Honda Award, presented annually to the most outstanding collegiate women athletes in 11 sports, are Marisa Baena, Arizona, golf; Kathy Butler, Wisconsin, cross country; Jill Craybas, Florida, tennis; Jenny Dalton, Arizona, softball; Jenny Hansen, Kentucky, gymnastics; D'Andre Hill, LSU, track and field; Shannon MacMillan, Portland, soccer; Kristine Quance, Southern California, swimming; Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut, basketball; Carole Thate, James Madison, field hockey; and Allison Weston, Nebraska, volleyball. The women also are candidates for the Honda-Broderick Cup as 1995-96 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.

Honda also named Abilene Christian basketball player Jennifer Clarkson as Collegiate Woman of the Year in Division II and Washington (Missouri) volleyball player Shelley Swan as its Division III winner.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Amy Ward named 1996 Kaepa/American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year for Division III. Ward, a three-time all-American, has 122 kills, 101 blocks, 288 digs and 1,499 assists for the year.

Jeff Bower of Southern Mississippi and Brad Scott of South Carolina will coach the South in the Blue-Gray All Star Football Classic, and Ted Tollner of San Diego State and Mike Bellotti of Oregon will handle the North team.

The following coaches were selected as American Volleyball Coaches Association/
Tachikara district coaches of the year in Division I: Bob Schneck, Rhode Island, District 1; Russ Rose, Penn State, District 2; Janice Kruger, Maryland, District 3; Mary Wise, Florida, District 4; Terry Pettit, Nebraska, District 5; Perri Hankins, South Florida, District 6; Elaine Michaelis, Brigham Young, District 7; and Steve Stratos, Loyola Marymount, District 8. Each of the honorees are candidates for selection as national coach of the year.

Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel named the recipient of the 1996 Draddy Award. The award is presented to the top scholar-athlete and includes a $25,000 scholarship from the National Football Foundation. Wuerffel is a public relations major and carries a 3.700 grade-point average.

Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews selected as the winner of the Broyles Award, honoring college football's top assistant coach. Andrews coached a Florida State defense that led the nation in rushing defense, allowing 59 yards per game, and ranked third in total defense.

Bill Cleary Jr., athletics director at Harvard, selected by the National Hockey League as a recipient of the Lester Patrick Trophy "for outstanding service to hockey in the United States." He set records that still stand at Harvard, participated on the U.S. hockey team at the 1956 Olympics and was the leading scorer for the 1960 Olympic squad that won the gold medal. He was head men's ice hockey coach at Harvard from 1971 to 1990, when he became AD. He coached Harvard to a national championship in 1989.

DEATHS

--Compiled by Sally Huggins