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The NCAA RecordSeptember 22, 1997
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Connecticut hires Sanford for rowing coachJennifer Sanford, novice women's coach at Pennsylvania, has been hired as head women's crew coach at Connecticut.
Sanford, a 1993 Syracuse graduate, has been associated with rowing all of her life. Her father, Bill Sanford, has been head coach of men's crew at Syracuse for 31 years and her older sister, Kris, is head women's crew coach at Syracuse. Jennifer Sanford was a four-year member of the Syracuse men's crew team, serving as the squad's coxswain. After graduation, she coached at the high-school level for three years before joining the Pennsylvania staff in August 1996.
During the summer of 1996, Sanford coached the East Coast development team of the women's U.S. National Team and at the East and West Coast camp for the U.S. Junior National Program this summer.
GENERALCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Rose Marie Beston, president at Nazareth, will retire effective July 31, 1998 ... David Black hired as president at Eastern. He was president at Lakeland ... Josiah Blackmore II, president at Capital, announced he will resign effective June 1998 ... Richard Peck will resign as president at New Mexico effective June 1998. Peck served on the NCAA Presidents Commission ... Margaret Perry, chancellor at Tennessee-Martin, will retire January 31, 1998 ... Irvin Reid appointed president at Wayne State (Michigan). Reid was president at Montclair State ... Larry Schnack, chancellor at Wisconsin-Eau Claire, announced he will retire in December. DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Tom Goss hired as athletics director at Michigan, succeeding Joe Roberson. Goss played defensive tackle for Michigan in the 1960s. Goss has a business background, serving most recently as president and chief executive officer of PIA Merchandising ... Sam Bedrosian, AD at Central (Iowa), resigned. He joined the Central staff in 1994 after serving as AD at Aurora ... Ted Kissell, director of athletics at Dayton, promoted to vice-president and director of athletics. Kissell has been AD for the past five years. ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Crista Troester appointed associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Tulsa. Troester has been assistant AD for student-athlete services and senior woman administrator at Central Missouri State for six years ... Bob Vanetta promoted to associate AD at Florida Atlantic ... Bill Strickland named associate AD for external affairs at Massachusetts ... New Mexico State appointed Dave Fendrick as associate AD for marketing and development. ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Kellie Young promoted to assistant athletics director at Sweet Briar. She currently is head women's soccer and lacrosse coach and sports information director ... Chuck Beddingfield, assistant AD for development at Oklahoma State, appointed associate director for development at Iowa State. Beddingfield spent the past seven years at Oklahoma State, the last four as assistant AD ... Alex Smolka promoted to assistant AD for academics and student life at Florida Atlantic ... Karen Seresum named assistant AD at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) ... David Sherman appointed assistant AD and sports information director at Ursinus ... Texas-Pan American announced the retirement of assistant AD Tony Guerrero Jr. COACHES Baseball--Al Streelman named head coach at Washington (Maryland). He has been chief assistant at the college since 1979 ... Tim Parenton appointed head coach at Samford. Baseball assistants--Buddy Dice hired as graduate assistant coach at California (Pennsylvania). Dice was a standout catcher at Duquesne for three years ... Marcel Galigani and Stefan Rapaglia appointed assistant coaches at Iona. Men's basketball--Bill Frieder, head coach at Arizona State, resigned after eight seasons. He compiled a 132-108 record at Arizona State. Men's basketball assistants--Ronnie Dean appointed second assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton. Dean most recently worked with Ballplayers Scouting Services based in Missouri ... Ken Carrillo named assistant coach at Lewis-Clark. He was head coach at Jamestown Community College for the past seven years ... Dave Sowers and Mark Zerbe hired as assistant coaches at Gettysburg ... Sean Foster named assistant coach at Wentworth Institute, succeeding Chris Bartley, who resigned after three seasons to become a head high-school coach ... Bobby Champagne selected at Southwestern Louisiana. He has been an assistant at Oklahoma for the past three years ... Michael Wernicki appointed graduate assistant coach at Mercyhurst, succeeding Mark Gaffney, who accepted a position at Xavier ... Brian Anglim named assistant coach at Washington (Maryland) ... Damon Stephenson hired at Gardner-Webb. Women's basketball--Dan Raymond appointed interim coach at Cortland State, succeeding Kathy Ryan, who resigned after three seasons to take an administrative position. Raymond has been an assistant coach for the past two seasons ... Sarah Novak hired at Concordia (Illinois), succeeding Janet Fisher, who coached the team for the past six seasons. Fisher will assist Novak while continuing to serve as athletics director ... North Carolina extended the contract of head coach Sylvia Hatchell through 2002.
Women's basketball assistants--Rachel Goodale named assistant coach at Quinnipiac, succeeding Chris Cunningham, who took a position at Canisius. Goodale is a 1997 graduate of Monmouth (New Jersey), where she was a four-year member of the basketball team ... Emily Dembosky and Victor Perez hired as assistant coaches at Gettysburg ... Renee Bostic appointed top assistant at American International ... Dina Kangas selected as second women's assistant coach at North Dakota State. She coached volleyball and softball teams at St. Scholastica for the last two seasons. Also, Nikki Scholl was named graduate assistant coach at North Dakota State ... Kathy Karlsson returned to Boston U. as an assistant coach. She previously coached at the university from 1992 to 1994 ... Tom Flaherty named interim assistant coach at Millersville, succeeding Betsy Witman, who became assistant athletics director and head women's basketball coach at York (Pennsylvania). Flaherty has been assistant men's basketball coach at Glenville State for the past three years ... Men's and women's cross country--Jerry Hassard given additional duties as head men's and women's cross country coach at Bryant. Hassard also is head men's and women's track and field coach. Men's and women's cross country assistant--Darby Kiley hired as assistant coach at Gettysburg. Field hockey assistants--Gettysburg appointed Kristen Stuckel as assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach ... Julie Mazer named assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at William Smith. Mazer was an assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at Swarthmore last season. Football--Steve Spurrier, head coach at Florida, given a six-year contract extension ... Tyrone Willingham given a new contract through 2001 at Stanford. Men's golf--Jim Ragan named head coach at Vanderbilt and Mason Rudolph appointed director of golf. Men's golf assistant--Jamie Green hired as assistant men's golf coach at Auburn. Green doubled as Dartmouth's assistant men's golf coach and Tulane's assistant women's coach. Women's golf--Christy Adams appointed head women's golf coach at Wichita State. She is an assistant golf professional at the University of Oklahoma Golf Course ... Jacque Sharber selected as head women's coach at Ohio Northern. This is the first head coaching job for Sharber. Women's golf assistant--Matt Holtsberry named associate women's golf coach at Ohio Northern. Holtsberry is the PGA professional at Colonial Golfers Club, Ohio Northern's home course. He has been club pro since 1971. Women's gymnastics--Angela Varney hired at Bridgeport. Women's gymnastics assistant--Margaret Ulett appointed assistant coach at Bridgeport. Men's ice hockey assistant--Jeff Bowen hired as assistant coach at North Dakota. Bowen spent the 1997 season as an assistant coach and marketing manager for the Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks of the U.S. Hockey League Men's lacrosse--Jeff Monteroso appointed head men's lacrosse coach at Marietta, succeeding Nick Hamner, who was 0-11 in one season with the Pioneers. Monteroso, defensive coordinator for the football team, has been assistant lacrosse coach for the past two seasons. Men's lacrosse assistants--Doug Knight hired as assistant men's coach at Virginia. Knight is a 1997 graduate of Virginia, where he lettered four times in lacrosse ... David Cornell appointed assistant coach at Gettysburg ... Bill Dirrigl promoted to associate head coach at Loyola (Maryland). He has been an assistant coach for six seasons ... Jeff Tambroni named assistant coach at Cornell. Tambroni has been an assistant coach at Loyola (Maryland) since September 1996 ... Mike Murphy hired as assistant coach at Pfeiffer. He was an assistant coach at Merrimack ... Tyler Hardy named assistant coach at Duke. Women's lacrosse--Ginny Martino selected as head women's lacrosse coach at West Chester, succeeding longtime head coach Kathy Krannebitter, who resigned to concentrate full-time on her duties as head field hockey coach. Martino has been assistant coach at West Chester for the past four years. Women's lacrosse assistants--Kristen Stuckel named assistant women's lacrosse and field hockey coach at Gettysburg ... Julie Mazer named assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at William Smith. Mazer was an assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at Swarthmore last season. Men's and women's rowing assistants--David LeFebvre elevated to assistant coach of men's crew at Boston U. He worked with the program on an interim basis during the past year ... Jane Hall and Yong-In "Jeff" Lee hired as assistant coaches at Washington (Maryland). Hall is a 1997 graduate of Southern California, where she was captain of the rowing team, and Lee is a 1997 graduate of Washington (Maryland), where he was captain of the crew team ... Ashlee Patten named assistant rowing coach at Virginia and Erich Shuler appointed novice crew coach. Men's soccer--Lin Outten hired as head men's soccer coach at Washington (Maryland), where he also will be head women's softball coach. He has been an assistant soccer coach at Old Dominion since 1990 and was named interim head coach there in January. Men's soccer assistants--John Tillinghast named assistant men's coach at Bryant ... Mark Smith selected at Gettysburg ... Mike Rogers hired as assistant coach at Salve Regina. Rogers has been coaching at the high-school level ... Adeneyi "Ade" Harding named assistant coach at Dallas, where he will assist with both the men's and women's teams. Women's soccer--Ed Townsley promoted to head coach at West Chester. He has been assistant coach since the team's inaugural season in 1992. Women's soccer assistants--Lem Purcell, a 1997 graduate of Hampden-Sydney, named assistant women's soccer coach at Sweet Briar ... Jamie Wilhite hired as assistant coach at Gettysburg ... Jamie Schultz appointed assistant coach at Aurora ... Adeneyi "Ade" Harding named assistant coach at Dallas, where he will assist with both the men's and women's teams ... Jake Farrell hired as assistant coach at Salve Regina. Women's softball--Lin Outten hired as head softball coach at Washington (Maryland), where he also will be head men's soccer coach. He has been an assistant soccer coach at Old Dominion since 1990 and was named interim head coach there in January ... Sharon Gregory named head softball and women's volleyball coach at Mount Olive. Gregory joins the program after serving in those same capacities at Penn State-Behrend ... Dawn MacMillan selected as head coach at Bentley. MacMillan is a 1997 graduate of Boston U., where she was a standout member of the softball team. Women's softball assistants--Jodi Robinson hired as assistant coach at Boston U. ... Kristyn Frady appointed assistant coach at Tulsa, where Mindy Johnson was named graduate assistant coach ... Michelle Delloso selected as assistant coach at Northwestern. She was a member of the Colorado Silver Bullets women's professional baseball team in 1994. Men's and women's swimming and diving--Bonnie Kestner named head women's swimming coach at Sweet Briar. She has been director of physical education and athletics ... Robert Bitner hired as head diving coach at Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio State diving team ... Seemann Baugh appointed aquatics director and head women's swimming and diving coach at Olivet. Baugh was men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Northeastern Illinois. Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants--After a successful career as a four-year member of the Boston U. men's swimming team, Brad Harris is serving as an assistant coach for the men's and women's swimming teams ... David Kalange named assistant men's and women's swimming coach at Washington (Maryland) ... Mike Humphreys hired as assistant coach at Hartwick. Men's and women's tennis--Frank Polito appointed head women's coach at Akron. Polito was assistant men's tennis coach at Kansas ... Glenn Marshall, head men's tennis coach at Connecticut for the past five years, promoted to director of tennis at the university. In his new role, Marshall will be head coach for both the men's and women's teams ... Harold Wales selected as head women's tennis coach at West Chester, replacing Tracy Tooke, who became head women's tennis coach at George Washington. Tooke, who also has been assistant head professional at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, succeeds Joe Mesmer, who remains as head coach of the men's team at George Washington ... Mike Gustafson hired as director of the Bill Moore Tennis Center at Georgia Tech. Gustafson has been an assistant coach at Virginia Tech for the past three years ... Kari Yerg named women's tennis coach at Florida Atlantic ... Dan Silverstein named interim men's and women's coach at North Carolina-Asheville. Men's and women's tennis assistants--Bryce Elkins hired as assistant women's tennis coach at Sweet Briar ... Michael Kember appointed assistant men's and women's tennis coach at Washington (Maryland). Kember is a 1997 graduate of Washington (Maryland), where he played on teams that won the 1997 and 1994 Division III championships ... Sean Cotter named assistant women's coach at Staten Island ... Sommer Tiller named assistant women's coach at Brockport State ... Shaun Beckish hired at Duke. Women's volleyball--Michael Swan named head coach at American International, succeeding Erin O'Brien, who became an assistant coach at Vermont. Swan was head coach at Huntington ... Sweet Briar hired Ray Snably as head coach ... Tina Miller appointed head coach at West Chester. Miller has been assistant coach at Western Maryland since 1995. Women's volleyball assistants--Beverly Diaz hired as assistant coach at Washington (Maryland), where she was a member of the volleyball team as an undergraduate. Women's water polo assistant--Amber Drury-Pinto appointed assistant coach at San Diego State. She has been an assistant coach for the U.S. Women's National Water Polo Team since 1994. Wrestling--Troy Dell named interim head coach at Gettysburg. Wrestling assistants--Jon McGovern hired as an assistant coach at George Mason. He was an assistant last year at Virginia ... Rai Stelter named at Marquette. STAFF Academic counselor--Tammy Wilsey hired as academic counselor for student-athletes at St. Francis (Pennsylvania). She served in the office of student life at Florida. Communications director--Bob Rothwell named director of athletics communications at Fairleigh Dickinson. He was assistant sports information director at William and Mary. Communications assistant--Brian Davis named graduate assistant for communications at Syracuse. Compliance assistant--Jennifer Lisle named compliance assistant at Texas Tech. She was compliance education/monitoring coordinator at Oklahoma State. Marketing and promotions directors--Byron Waters promoted to director of marketing and special projects at Texas Tech. He joined the Texas Tech staff in 1990 as manager of the athletics dining hall ... Rob Olin selected as director of marketing and promotions at Georgia Tech. Olin is a veteran of more than 15 years in radio marketing and sales in Atlanta ... Steve Witten, director of athletics marketing and promotions at Georgia Southern since 1995, resigned to accept a similar position with the Auburn Sports Network. Promotions assistants--Kristi Bennett appointed promotions coordinator at Texas Tech ... Martin Salamone named assistant sports marketing and promotions director at Penn State. Salamone has been sports marketing and promotions intern at Penn State for the past two years. Sports information director--Benny Benton named sports information director at Mount Olive. Benton most recently was editor of Speed, a monthly auto-racing magazine. Sports information assistants--Kirsten Clark appointed sports information intern at Springfield. She was a publications assistant at the Eastern College Athletic Conference ... Cathy Bongiovi named assistant SID at Penn State. She was assistant director of communications at the Atlantic 10 Conference for the past two years ... Jamie Carrig hired as assistant SID at Barry. He was director of media and public relations for Miami Dade Community College-Kendall for 10 years. Sports medicine coordinator--Nicole Piette appointed interim coordinator of sports medicine at Bryant. Piette has been assistant athletic trainer at the college for the past two years. Strength and conditioning coach--Andy Williams named strength and conditioning coach at Missouri-Kansas City. He was a volunteer strength coach for the Kansas City Royals during spring training this year and an intern with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1996 and 1997. Strength and conditioning assistants--Jennifer Neziol and Scott McDonald hired as assistant strength coaches at Georgia Tech. McDonald was an assistant strength coach at Florida State for three years and Neziol at Virginia Tech for three years. Athletic trainer--Donna Stockman hired at Bridgeport. Athletic training assistants--Matt Lushko appointed assistant athletic trainer at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) ... Carla Gilson named assistant trainer at Georgia Tech ... Leslie Broucker hired as assistant trainer at Ohio. Video coordinator--Doug Geiser hired as video coordinator for the Akron athletics department. He also is tight ends coach for the football team. CONFERENCES Cathy Bongiovi, assistant director of communications at the Atlantic 10 Conference for the past two years, resigned to become assistant sports information director at Penn State. Bill Smith named associate executive director for compliance and championships at the Patriot League, succeeding Tim Parker, who became assistant athletics director at Virginia Tech. Smith has been director of compliance and student-athlete advisor at Wagner for the past two years.
Etc.CONFERENCE MEMBERS The Pacific West Conference announced it will be joined by four schools from the Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference and two independents, expanding its membership to 13 Division II schools effective with the 1998-99 athletics seasons. Joining the conference are Central Washington, Lewis-Clark State, St. Martin's and Western Washington from the PNAC and Brigham Young-Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific. NEW MEMBERS Corresponding -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412; 512/980-2621. INTERNET Georgia Tech athletics has a new official home page at ramblinwreck.com that will present information on all 16 Georgia Tech varsity sports, including schedules, ticket information, news releases, results, statistics and biographies on players and coaches. It also will have cybercasts of Tech athletics events. SEMINARS Texas Woman's University again will host the Mizuno High School Coaches Clinic featuring presentations by top collegiate softball coaches from Divisions I, II and III. It is the 10th year for the clinic, organized by Texas Woman's University head softball coach Dianne Baker. The 1998 event will be January 9-10 in Pioneer Hall on the university's campus. For information, call Baker at 940/898-2383. |
Sanford will direct the team as it becomes the 23rd varsity sport at Connecticut during the 1997-98 academic year.