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The NCAA RecordApril 26, 1999
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Ohio names Bria as head basketball coach
As head women's basketball coach at Central Florida for the past three seasons, Bria has compiled a 50-36 record. She led last year's squad to the Trans America Athletic Conference regular-season and postseason titles. Prior to her stint at Central Florida, Bria served as head women's basketball coach at Texas Woman's University for three seasons. She also has been an assistant at Marshall for two seasons and at Radford for one season. Collegiately, Bria competed in tennis and basketball at Charleston (West Virginia). She captured first team all-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition in both sports as a senior. Bria earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1990 from Charleston (West Virginia) and a master of arts degree in physical education in 1992 from Marshall.
GENERALCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS William Gordon, interim president at New Mexico, promoted to president ... Millsaps President George M. Harmon announced plans to retire, effective June 2000 ... Pepperdine President David Davenport announced plans to resign, effective June 30, 2000 ... William E. Troutt named president at Rhodes, effective July 1. Troutt has been president at Belmont. DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS James Kretchman resigned as athletics director at Northern State ... Dick Kaiser hired as director of athletics at Defiance to replace Marv Hohenberger, who is retiring after 29 years. Kaiser has been athletics director, associate professor and institutional fund raiser at Olivet since 1995 ... Howard Gauthier selected as athletics director at Idaho State ... Michigan State athletics director Merritt Norvell Jr. resigned ... Jim Paul resigned as athletics director at New Mexico State ... Truman State's Walter H. Ryle resigned as athletics director. Ryle has been with the school for 44 years, serving as athletics director since August 1994 ... David Riggins named as athletics director at Mars Hill. SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR Susan Edkins elevated to senior woman administrator/assistant athletics director at North Carolina-Pembroke. Edkins has been with the school since 1991. ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS North Carolina-Charlotte elevated Kim Whitestone to associate director of athletics for internal affairs. Whitestone has been assistant athletics director for compliance for five years and will continue as director of NCAA compliance, senior woman administrator and director of championships ... Tennessee State appointed Johnny Franks as associate athletics director for sports information and marketing, effective April 30 ... Jeff Davis hired as associate athletics director for facilities at Houston. For the past seven years, Davis has been assistant athletics director for operations and equipment at East Carolina. ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Minnesota announced the resignation of Doug Woog, men's ice hockey coach, to become assistant athletics director ... Erskine hired Mark Peeler as assistant athletics director and head men's basketball coach. Peeler, who succeeds Ralph Patterson as head basketball coach, has been head men's basketball coach at St. Andrews for three seasons ... Northern Colorado chose Bill Chaves as assistant athletics director/development. Chaves, currently completing work on a second master's degree in sport management, was director of athletics and intramurals for Enfield (Connecticut) Public Schools from 1995 to 1998. COACHES Baseball -- Tony Casas resigned as head coach at South Carolina-Aiken, effective at the end of the season ... Henderson State hired Pete Southall as head coach, effective at the end of the season. Southall currently is the pitching coach at Southern Arkansas. Men's basketball -- Wisconsin-Milwaukee hired William F. "Bo" Ryan as head coach. Ryan, the most-victorious basketball coach in Division III, has captured four Division III national championships in 15 seasons as head coach at Wisconsin-Platteville ... Ralph Willard hired as head coach at Holy Cross to succeed Bill Raynor. Willard has been head coach at Pittsburgh since 1995 ... Missouri hired Quin Snyder as head coach to succeed Norm Stewart, who resigned after 32 seasons and 634 victories. Stewart will remain at the school as a special assistant to the chancellor. Snyder has been the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at Duke for the past four years ... Kevin Stallings hired as head coach at Vanderbilt. Stallings has been head coach at Illinois State and succeeds Jan van Breda Kolff, who resigned after six seasons ... Rhode Island elevated assistant Jerry DeGregorio to interim head coach to replace Jim Harrick ... Jeff Jackson resigned as head coach at New Hampshire to become an assistant coach at Vanderbilt ... St. Francis (Pennsylvania) chose Bobby Jones as head coach to replace Tom McConnell, who resigned. Jones has been an associate coach at Minnesota since 1997 ... Bryan D. Poore named head coach at West Virginia State. Since 1996, Poore has been associate head coach at Marshall ... Kent head coach Gary Waters awarded a five-year contract extension ... Mike McGrath chosen as interim head coach at Chicago for the 1999-00 season. McGrath, an assistant with the program for seven years, replaces Pat Cunningham ... Dowling named Mike Voyack as head coach to succeed Joe Pellicane, who resigned. Voyack has been associate head coach with the program ... Florida Tech promoted Kris Olson to head coach. Olson has been an assistant coach with the program ... Andy Russo appointed as head coach at Lynn ... Mars Hill named Cambell assistant coach Steve Roberts as head coach to succeed David Riggins, who resigned after 13 years to become athletics director at the school ... Mark Bernsen selected as head coach at Missouri-St. Louis ... North Florida added Matt Kilcullen as head coach ... Connecticut College appointed Lynn Ramage as head coach ... Mike Deane named as head coach at Lamar. Deane, head coach at Marquette for the past five seasons, succeeds Grey Giovanine, who resigned ... Grambling State released Lacey Reynolds as head coach. In four seasons, Reynolds compiled a 44-66 mark ... Gonzaga awarded head coach Dan Monson a 10-year contract. Monson has been head coach since 1997 ... Jan van Breda Kolff hired as head coach at Pepperdine to replace Lorenzo Romar. Men's basketball assistants -- Brian O'Neill selected as an assistant coach at New Mexico ... Pittsburgh added Lennie Parham and Pat Sandle as assistants. Parham has spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Drake and Sandle has been an assistant coach at Northern Arizona for three seasons ... Duke added Steve Wojciechowski as an assistant and elevated Johnny Dawkins to associate head coach ... Tim Jankovich selected as associate coach at Vanderbilt ... Rutgers assistant coach Rob Lanier resigned to take a similar position at Texas ... Ball State's Tim Buckley resigned as an assistant coach ... Missouri chose Tony Harvey as an assistant coach ... San Diego State selected Brian Dutcher as an assistant coach ... Mark Few promoted to associate head coach at Gonzaga after serving as an assistant with the program for eight years ... Grambling State released assistants Brian Brooks and Scott Monarch. Women's basketball--Washington State chose Jenny Przekwas as head coach. Przekwas has been head coach at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) for eight years ... Tim Abney resigned as head coach at North Carolina A&T ... St. Thomas (Minnesota) appointed Tricia Dornisch as head coach ... Shannon Burks hired as head coach at Midwestern State. Burks, who succeeds Jennifer Hull, has been an assistant at Arkansas Tech for seven seasons ... West Alabama promoted three-year assistant Kiley Hill to head coach to replace Tom Jernigan, who resigned ... Mary Helen Walker named head coach at Loyola (Illinois) ... Merrimack's head coach Debbie Cogan resigned ... Tulsa named Kathy McConnell-Miller as head coach to succeed Marla Odom. Last season, McConnell-Miller was associate head coach at Illinois ... Karen Kemp awarded a three-year contract extension as head coach at East Tennessee State ... UC Santa Cruz promoted assistant coach Allison Slade to head coach ... Carol Dugan resigned as head coach at John Carroll ... Belinda Pearman named as head coach at Rhode Island ... Wendy Gatlin chosen as head coach at Butler ... Ball State added Brenda Oldfield as head coach. Oldfield has been an assistant women's basketball coach at Iowa State for four seasons ... Southern Mississippi hired Rick Reeves as head coach to replace Kay James. Since 1990, Reeves has been head women's basketball coach at Liberty. Women's basketball assistants -- Jeff Dow added as an assistant at Texas-San Antonio. Dow has been an assistant coach at UC Irvine for three seasons ... Missouri-Rolla assistant Anita Keck resigned, effective June 30 ... Jack Miller resigned as an assistant coach at Monmouth (New Jersey). Men's and women's cross country -- Massachusetts Maritime selected Chris Ryan as head men's coach to succeed Paul Innis, who retired after nine seasons. Men's and women's cross country assistant -- Michael Cuff added as an assistant men's coach at Massachusetts Maritime. Field hockey -- Wittenberg's Linda Arena resigned after 16 years as head coach, but will continue to teach at the school. Arena, named North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times, has a 266-136-45 career record and has served on the NCAA Field Hockey and Softball Committees. Field hockey assistant -- Christine McGinley accepted assistant coach responsibilities at Cornell. Football -- Bill George appointed as head coach at Coast Guard ... Siena announced the appointment of Ron James as head coach ... Sherman Wood chosen as head coach at Salisbury State. For the past six years, Wood has been head coach at Bowie State. Football assistants -- Cal Poly named Sam Lawanson as running backs coach ... Willial Ameral chosen as secondary coach at Mansfield ... Jeff Reitz named as offensive line coach and assistant strength coach at Millsaps. Reitz, who has been offensive/ defensive line and strength coach at Houston (Texas) Christian High School, succeeds Drew Martin ... Buffalo added Tony Policare as quarterbacks coach, Rashaan Jordan as outside linebackers coach, Mark Maier as director of football recruiting, Craig Howe as administrator of football operations and Michael Heflin as academic advisor for football ... Scott Lupori selected as defensive and special teams coordinator at Westminster (Missouri). From 1996 to 1998, Lupori served as secondary coach/special teams coordinator and defensive coordinator at Benedictine ... Montana chose Darren Rowell as an assistant coach to work primarily with tight ends. Rowell spent last season as manager for the team ... Chris Vieceli added as offensive line coach and Heath Adams added as defensive line coach at St. Joseph's (Indiana). Vieceli has been a graduate assistant at Shippensburg and Adams has been linebackers coach and special teams assistant at West Virginia Tech ... Mike McCoy added as an assistant at Marietta. McCoy, who succeeds Bernie Buttrey, was quarterbacks and running backs coach at Edinboro from 1996 to 1999 ... San Diego hired Greg Quick as offensive coordinator. Quick, who was head football coach at St. Norbert for the past five seasons, replaces Bill Dobson ... Pennsylvania appointed James Urban as director of football administration ... Otterbein named Jim Bickel as defensive coordinator to succeed Joe Tresey. Bickel has been a football staff member at Denison for 22 years, serving as defensive coordinator for 12 seasons and the last two as offensive line coach ... Doug Haas named as quarterbacks coach and passing-game coordinator at Wooster ... Western Michigan announced the resignation of Dave Voth as offensive line coach. Men's and women's golf -- Akron head men's golf coach Rick Jones announced plans to retire, effective June 30, 2000. Jones, head coach for the past five years, will finish this season as head coach and work as an assistant with the program during the 1999-00 season. Men's and women's skiing -- St. Michael's director of skiing and Nordic ski coach Dale Rodgers resigned. Women's soccer -- St. Thomas (Minnesota) named Colleen Carey as head coach ... Catherine Byrne chosen as head coach at Methodist. Byrne has been head women's soccer and head women's tennis coach at Mount Union ... Susquehanna head men's soccer coach Jim Findlay accepted additional responsibilities as head women's soccer coach. Findlay replaces Jane Wildman ... Ingrid Wagner accepted head coaching responsibilities at Baldwin-Wallace after serving as an assistant with the program for the past two years. Wagner replaces Dan White ... Cal State Northridge appointed Allison Lee as head coach. Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Miami (Florida) appointed James Sweeney as head men's and women's coach. Sweeney has been interim head coach of the program since October 1998. Men's and women's tennis -- Trent Aaron resigned as head men's coach at Loyola Marymount, effective at the end of the 1999 season. Men's and women's track and field -- Ron Warhurst promoted to head coach at Michigan, succeeding Jack Harvey, who retired. Warhurst has been an assistant track and field coach and head men's cross country coach. Men's and women's track and field assistant -- Michigan named Fred LaPlante as an assistant coach. Men's and women's volleyball -- Lewis and Clark head women's coach Kathy Walker resigned after seven years ... Kathy McDaniel resigned as head women's coach at North Carolina-Wilmington ... Santa Clara appointed Jon Wallace to succeed Annie Feller as head women's coach. Wallace has been an assistant at Pepperdine for seven years ... Buffalo added Nadine Lilavois as head women's coach ... Western Illinois chose Michelle Gomez as head coach. Since 1989, Gomez has been head volleyball coach and physical education instructor at Western Nebraska Community College ... Pete Waite hired as head coach at Wisconsin to replace John Cook, who became associate head volleyball coach at Nebraska. Since 1988, Waite has been head coach at Northern Illinois. STAFF Development -- Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the long jump, appointed as director of development and head men's and women's track and field teams at Florida Atlantic. The women's team will begin competition next spring and the men's squad is scheduled to begin by 2001. Development assistant -- Mitzi Johnson hired as assistant director of athletics development at Miami (Florida). Marketing assistant -- Miami (Florida) named Kelly Jensen as assistant director of marketing. Sports information -- Mike Carey appointed as sports information director at Siena. For the past two years, Carey has worked in the editorial and marketing departments at Professional Sports Publications ... Bob Kenworthy, sports information director at Gettysburg for 40 years, announced plans to retire, effective August 31 ... Creighton named Kiron Andersen as sports information director. For the past year, Andersen has been an intern with the Missouri Valley Conference. Sports information assistant -- Southeast Missouri State's Marlin Curnutt resigned as assistant sports information director. Ticketing operations assistant -- Stacey Bunting chosen as assistant ticket manager at Miami (Florida). CONFERENCES L.V. McGinty named coordinator of football officiating for the Ohio Valley Conference to succeed R.L. "Buddy" Patey. McGinty has been a football official with the conference for 18 years and has worked three Division I-AA national championships. Brad Walker hired as assistant director of media relations at the Mid-Continent Conference. For the past year, Walker has been a sports information intern at Holy Cross. The Mid-American Conference named Kim Vieira as men's and women's soccer assignor for officials. Vieira has been coordinator of referees for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference for five seasons. ASSOCIATIONS The Amateur Softball Association of America/USA Softball selected Brian McCall as director of communications. For the past three years, McCall has been coordinator of information services for the organization and most recently served as interim director of communications. NATIONAL OFFICE Colin Chappell hired as programmer/ analyst. Chappell has been a programmer with Sigma Micro Corporation in Indianapolis ... The Association named Alan Riedford as systems administrator. Riedford most recently served as an outside consultant with Cornerstone Controls, Inc.
ETC.CORRECTION An article about automatic qualification in women's lacrosse in the March 29 issue of The NCAA News incorrectly referred to William Smith College as a two-time runner-up in the Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship. The Herons have in fact placed second five times. |
Ohio has hired Lynn Bria as head women's basketball coach. Bria succeeds Marsha Reall, whose contract was not renewed after nine seasons.