The NCAA Record

October 11, 1999

Lane named athletics director at St. Bonaventure

St. Bonaventure has appointed Gothard A. Lane as vice-president and director of athletics. Lane succeeds David L. Diles, who accepted a similar position at Eastern Michigan.

For the past three years, Lane has served as assistant director of campus recreation services at Maryland. In this post, Lane's responsibilities included soliciting major gifts, budgetary analyses of selected events and programs, and coordinating special projects to create alternative sources of revenue for recreational facilities. Before his tenure with campus recreation services, Lane worked as assistant director for varsity sports at the school for 15 years.

Lane, a 1971 graduate of Randolph Macon with a bachelor of arts degree in English literature, is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the American Football Coaches Association.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Lanny Hall announced plans to retire as president at Hardin-Simmons, effective May 31, 2001 ... Salisbury State appointed Joel M. Jones as interim president. Jones formerly served as president at Fort Lewis ... R. John Reynolds, president at Tri-State, announced retirement plans, effective June 30, 2000 ... Clark (Massachusetts) President Richard P. Traina announced plans to retire, effective in the summer of 2000.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Tufts named William Gehling as athletics director to succeed Rocco J. Carzo, effective September 1. Carzo has been appointed director of athletics emeritus at the school ... Bruce Corrie announced plans to retire as athletics director at Robert Morris, effective July 1, 2000. Corrie has been athletics director since 1994 ... Geneseo State elevated Marilyn Moore to director of sports and recreation to replace the retired John Spring. Moore, who is the school's first female athletics director, has been assistant director, head athletic trainer and senior woman administrator since 1985 ... Bucknell named Brad Tufts as interim athletics director. Tufts has been a member of the school's athletics department staff for more than 30 years and replaces Rick Hartzell ... Saint Anselm elevated Ed Cannon to interim athletics director to replace Ted Paulauskas, who resigned. Cannon is associate athletics director ... Memphis awarded athletics director R.C. Johnson a three-year contract extension through 2004 ... John Planek hired as director of intercollegiate athletics at Loyola (Illinois). Planek, a former associate athletics director at DePaul and most recently athletics director at Ignatius College Prep, succeeds Charles Schwarz, who retired.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATORS

Laurel Wartluft chosen as senior woman administrator/assistant athletics director at Wright State. Wartluft, who succeeds Julie Cromer, was assistant compliance director at Kent State ... Pennsylvania hired Mary DiStanislao as senior woman administrator and associate director of athletics to succeed Carolyn Schlie Femovich. DiStanislao most recently served as associate director of the MBA Career Management Program at the Wharton School ... Darcie Shaw appointed as senior woman administrator/athletic trainer at Southern Vermont, succeeding Melissa Manus ... Kathleen Heitzman hired as senior woman administrator/assistant athletics director for compliance at San Francisco State. Heitzman has been compliance coordinator at Cal State Northridge and succeeds Randi Lydum, who will retain head coaching duties for cross country and women's track and field.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Bloomfield hired Kathleen Perri as associate athletics director and compliance coordinator. Perri has been assistant director of athletics and compliance coordinator at New Jersey Institute of Technology ... Chris McKnight elevated to associate athletics director at Dowling. McKnight has been an assistant athletics director ... Navy named Gene Taylor as associate athletics director for event operations and Eric Ruden as associate athletics director for external relations ... Michael Beachley resigned as associate athletics director and compliance coordinator at Oregon State to return to the classroom as a professor.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Fresno State added Steve Weakland as assistant athletics director for media relations ... Joanne DeSantis promoted to assistant athletics director, and Frank Pizzardi Jr. appointed as assistant athletics director at Dowling ... Findlay elevated Jim Givens to assistant athletics director. Givens will continue as head baseball coach at the school ... Dick R. Simmons selected as assistant athletics director for facility maintenance and event management at Cornell College. Simmons has been head athletic trainer at the school for nine seasons and equipment manager for four years ... Dartmouth appointed Diane Armento as assistant athletics director ... Dave Davis chosen as assistant athletics director for admissions and special projects at Navy.

COACHES

Baseball -- Rick Smith selected as head coach at Nichols to replace Kevin O'Connell. Smith was an assistant coach with the program last season ... Northern Iowa chose Rick Heller as head coach to succeed Dave Schrage, who resigned. For the past 12 seasons, Heller has been head baseball coach at Upper Iowa ... Mike Webster appointed as head coach at D'Youville ... Westminster (Pennsylvania) named Sean Kelly and Carmen Nocera as co-head coaches.

Baseball assistants -- John Klein appointed as an assistant coach at Westminster (Pennsylvania) ... Nichols added Anthony DePasquale as graduate assistant baseball coach and graduate assistant basketball coach ... James Madison named Ryan Brownlee as an assistant coach to succeed Terry Rooney. Brownlee has been an assistant coach at Evansville for two seasons ... Jon Drahos selected as an assistant coach at Chicago State. Drahos formerly was an assistant coach at Illinois Valley Community College ... Brett Lagerblade selected as an assistant at Cornell to succeed Ryan Jacobs ... Cal Poly named Ryan Graves as an assistant ... Dusty Lepper appointed as assistant coach at Notre Dame.

Men's baskeball -- Dave Sokolnicki hired as head coach to succeed Kevin O'Connell at Nichols. Sokolnicki has been a graduate assistant coach with the program for the past three seasons ...Texas-Pan American hired Bob Hoffman to replace Delray Brooks as head coach. Hoffman has been head men's basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist for nine seasons ... Rich Marshall resigned as head men's basketball coach and men's and women's tennis coach at Thiel.

Men's basketball assistants -- Wright State promoted Clay Nunley to third assistant coach, succeeding Ken Barer. Nunley was a graduate assistant coach ... Mick Fallis was added as an assistant coach and head golf coach at D'Youville ... Texas-Dallas hired Chris DeFelice as an assistant men's basketball and head men's and women's tennis coach. DeFelice fulfilled similar duties at Loyola University in New Orleans ... Roland Houston added as assistant coach at La Salle ... Loyola Marymount chose Michael Fenison and Jason Overstreet as assistants ... Grady Bean resigned as an assistant at Northern Iowa ... Western New England selected Dave Mesgar as an assistant coach ... John Schweitz appointed as an assistant at Francis Marion. Last season, Schweitz, who succeeds Doug Novak, served as an assistant at Loyola Marymount ... Juniata named Anthony Hall as an assistant coach ... Daniel Nigro Sr. and Gerald Davis added as assistants at CCNY ... Anthony Latina and Patrick Sellers added as assistants at Central Connecticut State.

Women's basketball -- Joanne Grzembski, assistant coach at Nichols, selected as head coach at the school to succeed Kathy Bantley ... Texas-San Antonio appointed Jeff Dow as interim head coach. Dow, who replaces Terry Gray, served as an assistant coach at UC Irvine for three seasons ... Dee Romine, head coach at Stetson,was awarded a three-year contract extension through August 31, 2002 ... Hartford named Jennifer Rizzotti as head coach to replace Allison Jones. Rizzotti, a member of the Women's National Basketball Association's Houston Comets, helped Connecticut capture the 1994-95 women's national basketball championship ... Cal Tech hired Rachel Madsen as head coach. For the past three seasons, Madsen has been head coach at Wheelock.

Women's basketball assistants -- Texas-Dallas chose Jason Samuels as an assistant. Samuels most recently has been head boys' varsity coach at Saint John School in Texas ... Andrea Williams added as an assistant coach at Tampa. Williams has been head women's basketball, softball and cross country coach at Waynesburg ... Wright State promoted Holly Sivesind to full-time assistant to replace Lori Collins, and Brenee Burns was named as third assistant coach to replace Holly Sivesind ... Kim Clark chosen as interim assistant coach at Toledo ... Isiah Floyd selected as an assistant coach at Wentworth Institute ... Bucknell appointed Christie Berry as graduate assistant coach ... Dana McGraw, Jasmine Strange and Tracee Jones were added as assistants at Chicago State ... Dana "Pokey" Chatman promoted to associate coach at LSU. Chatman has been an assistant with the program ... Wesleyan (Connecticut) added Beth Kuzmeski as intern and assistant coach. Kuzmeski most recently coached the freshman boys' and girls' basketball teams at Northampton (Massachusetts) High School and assisted in coaching the boys' varsity team ... CCNY chose Reagan Stevens as an assistant coach ... Gardner-Webb appointed Mandy Mattox as an assistant coach and Laquanda Dawkins as graduate assistant. Mattox has been an assistant coach at Berry College for the past four years, and Dawkins is a recent North Carolina graduate. The school also elevated Terri Oglesby to assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator. Oglesby has been an assistant with the program for three years.

Men's and women's cross country -- Bob Schul accepted head men's and women's coaching responsibilities at Wright State, succeeding Mike Baumer ... Bowling Green selected Cami Wells as head women's cross country and assistant track and field coach. Wells, who replaces Steve Price, has been coaching at Wichita State for two years ... Troy Engle named to replace Bill Harvey as head cross country and track and field coach at Occidental. Engle has been an assistant at Kansas State ... Mike Brady chosen as men's head coach at Princeton ... Cal Tech awarded head men's and women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach duties to Scott Jung. Jung also works in the school's admissions office ... Paul Carr awarded men's and women's head coaching duties at Wheaton (Massachusetts).

Men's and women's cross country assistants -- Wheaton (Massachusetts) selected Tom Ryan and Michelle Doody as men's and women's assistants ... Marie McMahon hired as part-time assistant at Wesleyan (Connecticut) for the 1999 season.

Field hockey -- Kully Hagerman hired as intern and assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at Wesleyan (Connecticut).

Football -- Brigham Young head coach LaVell Edwards signed to a five-year contract extension ... Darrell Morris accepted head coaching duties at Nebraska-Kearney, effective at the end of the season.

Football assistants -- Vince Repesh resigned as an assistant at Minnesota-Duluth ... Bucknell named Lance Armstrong as a graduate assistant football coach, Joe Tillman as outside linebackers coach and John Fassel as volunteer assistant coach. Armstrong has been an assistant at Idaho State for two years, Tillman spent last year as secondary coach at Oklahoma State, and Fassel was a four-year letter-winner at Weber State as quarterback and wide receiver.

Men's and women's golf -- Nichols hired Andre Brisson as head coach ... Art Salvesen selected as head coach at Redlands. Salvesen has been coaching at the high-school level since 1991 ... Chicago State hired Greg Elliott as head women's coach.

Men's and women's golf assistants -- David Hoag named as an assistant at Redlands ... Lance Ringler chosen as men's and women's assistant coach at Iowa State.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Cortland State chose Kim Hokanson as women's head coach. The program is scheduled to begin competition during the 2000-01 season.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistants -- Minnesota selected Robb Stauber as volunteer goaltending coach for the 1999-00 season ... Jim Konte appointed as men's assistant coach at Fairfield ... Greg Louder selected as volunteer assistant coach at Notre Dame.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Geneseo State hired Rob Randall as head men's coach. For the past three years, Randall has been an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Army ... Holly Gutelius appointed as interim head women's coach at Wesleyan (Connecticut) ... Butler named Craig Kahoun men's head coach.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants -- Notre Dame named Christy Yarnell as women's assistant coach ... Brian Silcott appointed as men's assistant at Trinity (Massachusetts) ... Goucher hired Matthew Grosso as a women's assistant coach. During the 1999 season, Grosso was head women's coach at Trinity (District of Columbia) ... Brian Brecht added as men's assistant coach at Army ... Justin Domingos hired as defensive coordinator of the men's program at Goucher. Domingos is a 1999 graduate of Gettysburg ... Penn State appointed Tara Rowlyk as women's assistant coach.

Men's soccer -- Mark Wagner appointed as head coach at Nichols to replace Matt Oelkers. Wagner has been an assistant coach with the program for the past three seasons ... Michigan chose Stephen L. Burns as head coach. The program is slated to begin varsity competition during the 2000 season. Burns has been head coach of the school's men's club team since 1993.

Men's soccer assistants -- Bucknell chose Doug Hess as an assistant coach and Eric Hymowitz as goalie coach ... Matt Murphy added as an assistant at Wheaton (Massachusetts).

Women's soccer -- Nichols hired Felicity Smith as head women's soccer and head women's lacrosse coach. Smith replaces Nikki VanDenBerghe.

Softball -- D'Youville selected Ellie Hanover as head coach ... Rochester selected JoLynne Corsi as head coach.

Softball assistants -- Ohio appointed Jennifer Jimerson as an assistant coach. For the past year, Jimerson has been a graduate assistant coach at Missouri-Kansas City ... Michelle Sorci appointed as an assistant coach at Cal Poly.

Men's and women's swimming -- Tracy Katt added as an assistant coach at Rutgers ... Wesleyan (Connecticut) named Holly Sorensen as interim aquatics director and co-head men's and women's coach to replace Brenda Straker. The school also appointed Diane Callis as co-head coach. Callis has been an assistant with the program for 22 years ... Jennifer Lind chosen as head men's and women's coach, aquatics director and physical education lecturer at Eureka.

Men's and women's squash -- Christina Brownell accepted head coaching duties at Wellesley. Brownell most recently has been associate coach at Harvard.

Men's and women's tennis -- Herb Foster, head men's tennis coach at Wright State, accepted additional duties as head women's coach at the school, succeeding Charlie Painter ... Westminster (Pennsylvania) chose Scott Renninger as head men's tennis coach. Renninger has been head baseball coach at the school since 1978 ... Whitney Springstead added as head men's and women's coach at Drexel. Springstead, who replaces Laura White, has been assistant men's and women's coach at Pennsylvania ... Tampa hired Al DuFaux as head women's coach. DuFaux most recently coached at the high-school level ... Wellesley selected Katherine Roiter as head women's coach. Roiter has been an assistant women's tennis coach at Yale ... Paul Lubbers resigned as men's and women's head coach at North Carolina-Greensboro to become administrator of coaches' education for the United States Tennis Association. The school selected Jeff Trivette as interim head men's and women's interim coach ... Greensboro named Patrick Williams as women's head coach ... Leslie Lewis named director of the tennis program at Portland State.

Men's and women's tennis assistants -- Melissa Alexico named as assistant men's and women's coach at Wright State ... Pennsylvania hired Tiffany Gates as men's and women's assistant coach ... Brian Holzgrafe named as men's and women's assistant at Saint Louis. Holzgrafe has been a teaching pro for the past seven years ... Cal Poly selected Darren Potkey as women's assistant coach.

Men's and women's track and field -- UC San Diego named Tony Aalerno as head men's and women's coach.

Men's and women's track and field assistants -- Darcy Ahner chosen as assistant men's and women's coach at UC San Diego ... Bucknell appointed Scott Weiser and Bob Schanbacher as assistant coaches ... Northern Iowa hired Doug Case as an assistant to succeed Bill Lawson. Case has been head men's track and field coach at Drake for the past two seasons ... Tonya Marie Lee added as women's assistant at Penn State.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Cal Tech awarded head women's coaching duties to Dave Denham. For the past four years, Denham has been head women's volleyball coach at East Los Angeles College.

Men's and women's volleyball assistant -- Keene State added Jonathan Green as an assistant women's coach.

Wrestling -- Jay Jones chosen as head coach at Rhode Island College to succeed Tim Clouse. Jones has been head coach at the high-school since 1997 ... Tim Wittman added as an assistant coach at Bucknell. For the past two years, Wittman has been an assistant at State College (Pennsylvania) High School.

STAFF

Academic services -- Roderick Perry named academic advisor at Wright State. Perry, who succeeds Brenda Day, formerly served as a member of the Florida operations staff ... CCNY awarded Jenny Cassio athletics academic coordinator responsibilities.

Athletic trainers -- Aimee Struk hired as women's trainer at Virginia Commonwealth. ... Scott Stetson added as head athletic trainer at Cal Tech. Stetson has been an assistant athletic trainer at Whitter for three years ... Chris Verbano appointed as athletic trainer at CCNY.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Bucknell named Stacey Billman as an athletic training intern and selected John Barrett as assistant athletic trainer. Barrett was a graduate assistant trainer at Mississippi State ... Albany (New York) named Mary Kate Hedderman and Christian Morrison as assistant athletic trainers. Hedderman has been an athletic trainer at Columbia Physical Therapy for five years, and Morrison has been an athletic trainer with Amsterdam Memorial Hospital's Sports Medicine Center for 18 months ... Christy Parkhurst selected as assistant trainer at Wheaton (Massachusetts).

Communications assistants -- Bucknell promoted Kelli Sheesley to assistant director of athletics communications. Sheesley has been an intern in the school's athletics communications office. The school also hired L. Scott House as athletics communications intern. For the past three years, House has been a student assistant at Louisville.

Compliance assistant -- Syracuse announced Corrine Wright as assistant director of athletics compliance. Wright has been working in a similar capacity at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Media relations -- Cal Tech selected Chris Hughes as director of athletics media services. Hughes has been assistant director of the athletics media services department at Northwestern for three years.

Media relations assistants -- Fresno State awarded Jake Bragonier duties as assistant media relations director ... North Texas selected Randy Cummings as an assistant director of athletics media relations.

Sports information -- Dowling selected Mark Sosna as sports information director ... Preston Hill was appointed as sports information director and event manager at Texas-Dallas. Hill has been assistant to the commissioner at the Long Star and American Southwest Conferences ... Bloomfield tabbed Steve Patchett as sports information director and manager of media relations ... Ramsey Baker selected as sports information director at Jacksonville.

Sports information assistants -- Kyle McRae resigned as associate sports information director at San Francisco, effective October 3. McRae has held the position since 1995 ... Wright State hired Amy Provance as sports information assistant ... Mike Cassidy elevated to assistant sports information director and Ben Mutzabaugh hired as an assistant sports information director at Illinois-Chicago. Cassidy has been an intern with the sports information department at the school for two years, and Mutzabaugh has been an assistant sports information director at New York University ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) chose Scott Dietz as assistant sports information director.

Strength and conditioning -- Rick Bannon selected as strength and conditioning coach at Albany (New York). Bannon most recently served as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Eastern Michigan.

Ticket operations -- Saint Louis hired Vicky Lynch as director of ticket operations to replace Bill Thomas. Lynch was director of game operations for the 1999 Women's World Cup.

CONFERENCES

The Patriot League announced Christian Evans Gartley as assistant executive director for communications. Gartley has been with Professional Sports Publications for the past four years.

The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced the appointment of Kyle Kravchuk as assistant commissioner for business affairs. Kravchuk has been in charge of the athletics ticket operations at Connecticut.

SEMINARS

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America is hosting the sixth annual Women's Soccer Symposium in San Jose, California, Saturday, December 4. The symposium will be in conjunction with the NCAA Division I Women's College Cup. Joy Fawcett, a member of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, will serve as guest speaker, and clinicians include Karen Stanley-Kehl, NSCAA Academy staff member and head coach at Santa Rosa Junior College; Tony DiCicco, head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team; and Lynn Berling-Manuel, president and publisher of Soccer America magazine. For registration information, contact the NSCAA national office at 800/458-0678.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America and adidas are presenting the 10th annual Men's Soccer Symposium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Saturday, December 11. The symposium will be held in conjunction with the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's College Cup. Scheduled clinicians include Bruce Arena, head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team; Bob Gansler, head coach of Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards; and Mark Parsons, NSCAA director of coaching. For more information or to register, call 800/458-0678.

CORRECTION

The following are corrections to information that appeared in the Dates and Sites insert in the September 13 edition of The NCAA News. The first round of the 2001 Division III Women's Softball Championship will be played May 11-13 or May 11-14 at on-campus sites. The first round of the 2000 Division III Field Hockey Championship will be conducted November 1, and the second/third rounds will be played November 4-5. Additionally, in the "Next Availability for Championships" section, the following corrections should be noted: National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics -- April 4-6, 2002; Men's Final Four -- April 5 and 7, 2008; Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country -- November 17, 2001; and Division III Football -- December 18, 2004.

NOTABLES

Tom Osborne, former head football coach at Nebraska, was named recipient of the 2000 American Football Coaches Association's Amos Alonzo Stagg Award. The honor is presented to the "individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football." Osborne coached 25 seasons at Nebraska, amassing a record of 255-49-3 and capturing national championship titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997.

DEATHS