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The NCAA RecordFebruary 1, 1999
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Neuheisel named head coach at Washington
Neuheisel joined Colorado as quarterbacks and receivers coach in February of 1994 and was promoted to head coach in November of the same year. He closes his four-year tenure as head coach with a 33-14 mark. Prior to his stint at Colorado, Neuheisel served as an assistant coach at UCLA from 1988 to 1993. Neuheisel played quarterback at UCLA, earning MVP honors at the 1984 Rose Bowl his senior year. He also received academic all-Pacific 10 Conference recognition as a senior and is a former NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner. On a professional level, he competed in the United States Football League for two seasons and played for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1987 season.
Neuheisel earned a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA in 1984 and a juris doctorate from Southern California in 1990.
GENERAL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Eleanor Brantley Schwartz resigned after seven years as chancellor at Missouri-Kansas City, effective February 1. DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Bill McLellan, director of athletics at Southern Mississippi, announced plans to retire ... Butch Henry resigned as athletics director at Florida International to accept the position of general manager of Crimson Tide Sports Marketing. Henry has been athletics director since August of 1997. The school selected associate athletics director Jose Sotolongo as acting athletics director ... Margo Harbison announced plans to retire as athletics director and head of the department of health and physical education at Texas A&M-Commerce, effective July 8. Harbison has been athletics director since July 1988 and has been a member of the NCAA Division II Restructuring Committee and the Postgraduate Scholarship Committee. The school selected Paul Peak, head men's basketball coach since 1991, as Harbison's successor ... Carl F. Schraibman resigned as director of athletics and recreation at Wittenberg, effective August 31. SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR Cornell hired Anita Brenner as senior woman administrator/associate director of athletics to succeed Dianne Murphy, who resigned to become director of athletics and recreation at Denver. Brenner has been with Cornell as associate director/athletics liaison for the undergraduate admissions office since 1995. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Akron appointed Mary Lu Gribschaw as associate athletics director for team services. Gribschaw, who succeeds Dawn Rogers, has been academic advisor for student-athletes at the school for the past three and a half years. ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Paul Parker hired as assistant athletics director for compliance and marketing at Southwest Baptist. Since 1996, Parker has been director of compliance and home-game operations at VMI ... Quinnipiac named Amanda Long assistant athletics director for compliance and student services. Since August 1998, Long has been assistant compliance coordinator and event management supervisor at Cornell ... Bob Burda promoted to assistant athletics director-communications at Miami (Florida). For the past three seasons, Burda has been the media contact for the football team ... Clemson named Donald Hymel as assistant athletics director for football relations ... Terry Owens resigned as assistant director of athletics and sports information director at Wisconsin-Stevens Point to become director of athletics at Stevens Point Pacelli High School ... Hunter hired Lauren Caiaccia as assistant athletics director and head men's and women's volleyball coach. Caiaccia has been assistant women's volleyball coach and athletics department administrative assistant at Binghamton ... Bryant hired Coni Fichera as assistant athletics director for compliance, coordinator of the academic support program for student-athletes and head field hockey coach. The field hockey program is scheduled to begin intercollegiate action next fall. COACHES Baseball--Albright selected Jeff Feiler as head coach. Baseball assistants--Drexel added Jarrod Hogue as an assistant ... Nicholls State elevated Gerald Cassard to full-time assistant coach. Cassard has been a volunteer assistant for the past three seasons and replaces Everett Russell, who resigned ... Manhattan added Tim Coakley and Mike Mora as assistants. Women's basketball--Ithaca announced the resignation of head coach Christine Pritchard. In 14 seasons, Pritchard built a 201-137 record and closes her tenure as the school's most-victorious women's basketball coach ... Don Perrelli, head coach at Northwestern, announced plans to retire, effective at the end of the season ... Pennsylvania's Julie Soriero resigned, effective at the end of the season, after 10 years as head coach. Women's basketball assistant--Krista Gerlich resigned as an assistant coach at Texas-San Antonio. Men's and women's crew--Syracuse selected Chris Ludden as men's assistant coach. Men's and women's cross country--Doreen Landis named head men's and women's cross country and women's track and field coach at Grove City. Landis has most recently worked as a personal fitness trainer and massage therapist. Football--Western Montana head coach Nels Kludt resigned ... Oregon State hired Dennis Erickson to succeed Mike Riley. Erickson was released at the end of the 1998 season after four years as head coach of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks ... Mississippi Valley State named LaTraia Jones head coach ... Todd Knight resigned as head coach at Delta State to accept the head coaching post at Ouachita Baptist ... Emporia State head coach Manny Matsakis resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Wyoming ... Northwestern's Gary Barnett resigned as head coach to succeed Rick Neuheisel as head coach at Colorado. Northwestern chose Randy Walker, Miami (Ohio) head coach, to replace Barnett ... Southern Mississippi extended the contract of head coach Jeff Bower through the 2002 season ... Nicholls State head coach Darren Barbier resigned after four seasons to accept an assistant coaching post at Tulane. The school chose assistant Tim Rebowe as acting head coach. Football assistants--Greg Meyer selected as offensive coordinator at Baylor ... California named Ed White as offensive line coach ... Dominick DeMatteo appointed as running backs coach and Ronald Mammano chosen as tight ends coach at Fordham ... Hawaii selected Greg McMackin as defensive coordinator ... Mike Bugar added as defensive coordinator and Greg Chatham added as secondary coach at Jacksonville State ... Southwest Baptist elevated Ray Caldwell to offensive coordinator. Caldwell will retain responsibilities as offensive backs coach ... Valdosta State chose Jody Allen as receivers coach ... Jon Hoke appointed defensive coordinator at Florida ... Jacksonville State chose Jay Thomas as defensive line coach ... Cordell Bailey selected as an assistant coach at Southwestern Louisiana ... Cal Poly added Don Bailey as wide receivers coach, Christopher White as running backs and special teams coach and Matthew Irvin as offensive line coach ... South Dakota hired Brent Salem as offensive coordinator, quarterbacks and wide receivers coach; Brad Salem as running backs coach and recruiting coordinator; Brett Chambers as defensive line and strength coach; and Mark Hodson as offensive line coach ... Ohio State assistant Mike Jacobs was placed on administrative leave ... Brent Bagwell hired as offensive line coach at Lenoir-Rhyne. Bagwell has been offensive line coach, running game coordinator and team travel coordinator at VMI for the past two seasons ... Woody McCorvey selected as running backs coach at Tennessee ... Carthage hired Chuck Spagnoli as an assistant. Spagnoli has been an assistant at Evansville ... Georgia Tech promoted Ted Roof to defensive coordinator and Bill O'Brien to recruiting coordinator. The school also added Paul Ferraro as defensive backs coach, Danny Crossman as defensive ends and special teams coach and Dave Sollazzo as defensive tackles coach ... Baylor selected Tommie Frazier as a graduate assistant coach ... Norm Parker named defensive coordinator at Iowa ... New Mexico added Gerald Bradley as wide receivers coach and Robert Anderson as running backs coach ... Bruce Johnson appointed as defensive line coach at the Citadel ... Kennedy Pola hired as an assistant at Washington ... George Lammay selected as defensive line coach at Waynesburg ... Washington & Jefferson added Mike Sirianni as offensive coordinator ... Rick Smith chosen as defensive coordinator at Cincinnati ... Navy hired Tim DeRuyter as defensive coordinator to succeed Dick Bumpas, who accepted a post at Houston. For the past four seasons, DeRuyter has been defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Ohio. Men's and women's golf--Bob Schmidt appointed as head men's and women's coach at Florida International. Men's and women's gymnastics--Gary Babjack appointed as women's coach at Cortland State. Men's lacrosse--Tim Nelson accepted head men's lacrosse and men's assistant soccer coaching posts at Utica ... Rory Whipple selected as head men's coach at Bryant. The team is slated to begin intercollegiate play in the spring of 2000. For the past 11 seasons, Whipple has been head coach at Hartwick. Men's lacrosse assistant--Manhattan chose Paul DeVito as an assistant. Women's lacrosse--Ohio named Anne Moelk as women's lacrosse coach. Moelk has been an assistant lacrosse coach at Ohio State since 1996. Women's lacrosse assistants--Shayna Cohen named associate coach at Quinnipiac. Cohen has most recently served as an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Kean ... Wendy Walker and Greg Munro added as assistants at Holy Cross. Walker is a 1998 graduate of William Smith and served as an assistant at the school last fall. From 1996-98, Munro coached at Assumption, and he is the owner/director of the Player's Choice Lacrosse Camps. Men's and women's rifle--King's (Pennsylvania) announced Sarah Zydallas as head coach to replace George Brenzovitch, who accepted the head coaching position at UTEP. Men's soccer--Chris Crist resigned as head coach at Mars Hill, effective January 29. Men's soccer assistants--John Barrett chosen as an assistant at Duke ... Ken Nuber resigned as head men's coach at St. Francis (Indiana). Nuber was head men's and women's coach at the school. Women's soccer--Andrea Zeigler appointed head coach at Bridgewater State. For the past six seasons, Zeigler has been head women's soccer coach at Curry ... Kean appointed Brian Doherty as head coach ... George Dunbar appointed as head coach at Philadelphia Textile. Women's soccer assistant--Penn State-Behrend appointed Mary Ann Rupp as an assistant. Softball--Colorado College added Shane Showalter as head coach. Showalter has coached on the high-school level since 1996 and has served as an assistant coach at Adams State for the last three years ... Missouri Western State head coach Mary Nichols resigned, effective June 30, to pursue graduate studies. Nichols has been head coach for 12 seasons and formerly coached the school's women's volleyball team from 1987 to 1992. The school appointed assistant coach Jill Bailey as interim head coach ... Minnesota promoted associate head coach Julie Standering to cohead coach. Standering has been with the program since 1991. Softball assistant--Lori Cook chosen as an assistant at Baylor to succeed Jodi Burch, who resigned. Cook has been an assistant coach at Cosumnes River (California) College for three years. Men's and women's swimming assistant--Mark Babin named assistant swimming coach at Maine. Babin has been head coach of the Bay Area Swim Club in Belfast, Maine, since 1996. Men's and women's tennis--Christina Mullin named as head men's coach at Methodist. Mullin has spent the last year teaching private lessons ... West Texas A&M promoted Ignacio "Nacho" Ruiz to head men's and women's coach. Ruiz, who has been an assistant with the program, succeeds Bill Willis. Men's and women's tennis assistant--Jeremy Plumley added as an assistant men's and women's coach at Methodist. Men's and women's track and field--South Alabama elevated Brad Bowman to head men's and women's track and cross country coach. Bowman, who replaces Steve Thomas, has been head women's track and cross country coach for the past year and a half. Men's and women's track and field assistants--Maine chose Mark Lech as assistant track coach to replace Anne Maxim, who resigned after eight years ... Joe Walker hired as men's and women's track and field and cross country assistant at South Alabama. Walker was head track coach at Meridian Community College for three seasons and head cross country coach at the school for four years ... Rhode Island College hired Valerie Verducci as assistant indoor and outdoor track and field coach. Verducci presently works as a fitness specialist and personal trainer with Healthtrax of New England. Men's and women's volleyball--Cathy Skinner resigned as women's head coach at Fordham ... Nova Southeastern women's head coach Charyl Morgan resigned. Water polo--Brown selected Todd Clapper as men's interim coach. STAFF Athletic training assistant--Renee Kleszczynski selected as an assistant athletic trainer at St. Bonaventure. Sports information--John Sudsbury resigned as sports information director at Adelphi ... Ken DeBolt accepted the director of sports information position at Hobart and William Smith ... Samford hired Blair Cash as sports information director. Cash was assistant sports information director at Southwest Texas State and replaces Riley Adair, who resigned ... Jim McKone, sports information director at Texas-Pan American for the past 30 years, announced plans to retire, effective April 30. Sports information assistants--Stetson assistant sports information director Mike Mandujano resigned, effective January 30 ... Margaret Belch selected as a sports information assistant at George Mason. Belch has been a volunteer intern in the school's sports information office since June 1998. Sports medicine--Vincent N. Disabella appointed as sports medicine physician at Delaware. Strength and conditioning--Corey Edmond resigned as strength and conditioning coach at Chattanooga. Strength and conditioning assistant--Clemson appointed Larry Greenlee as assistant strength and conditioning coach. AGREEMENTS The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has secured the support of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) in providing funding for the newly-formed John McLendon Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards. The AFCA will contribute $100,000 to the program over the next five years through monies derived from NACDA's preseason Kickoff and Pigskin Classics. The AFCA is the first organization to join the NACDA in funding this program. CONFERENCES The Southwestern Athletic Conference chose George H. Coleman as coordinator of football officials and Charles McElroy as coordinator of baseball officials. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference appointed Brian Bolten as general manager of MAAC properties. Jerry Ippoliti, commissioner of the Mid-American Conference, announced his retirement, effective June 30. Ippoliti has been commissioner since July 1, 1994. ASSOCIATIONS USA Baseball hired David Fanucchi as administrative assistant and director of publications. Fanucchi has been media relations director for Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America elected Laurie Whitsel as president. Whitsel becomes the organization's first female president. A former head women's soccer coach at West Virginia Wesleyan and Hamilton, Whitsel served as the NSCAA's vice-president of education from 1995 to 1998. NATIONAL OFFICE Keith Gill, membership services representative, resigned to become an assistant athletics director at Vanderbilt ... Stann Tate resigned as assistant director of championships, a position he has held since 1994. Tate accepted a position with Berstein-Rien, an advertising firm in Kansas City ... Membership services representatives David Batson, Lynn Holzman, John Morris and Liz Muir have been promoted to membership services representative II/team coordinators.
ETC.CORRECTION The recruiting calendar that appeared in recent issues of The NCAA News incorrectly described the status of January 31 for Division I football. That day is a quiet period. |
Washington has hired Rick Neuheisel as head coach to succeed Jim Lambright.