The NCAA Record

October 25, 1999

Moore named senior woman administrator

Delta State named Scottie Moore as senior woman administrator and assistant women's basketball coach. Moore succeeds Burnadette McDonald, who accepted head coaching responsibilities at Mississippi Delta Community College.

Moore spent the 1998-99 season as a graduate assistant with the Delta State women's basketball program. Prior to her stint as a graduate assistant coach, Moore competed on the squad for four seasons. During her career, Moore helped capture the Gulf South Conference title three times and made two Elite Eight appearances between 1994 and 1998.

A 1998 graduate of Delta State with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education, Moore earned a master of science degree from the school this past spring.

GENERAL

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Jim Weaver, athletics director at Virginia Tech, was awarded a five-year contract extension ... Russell Sage hired Candice Poiss as director of athletics and compliance coordinator. Poiss has been at Trinity (District of Columbia) ... Saint Joseph's (Indiana) promoted Bill Massoels to athletics director to succeed Marty Smith, who resigned to become director of development at Ottawa University. Massoels has served as assistant athletics director and head men's and women's cross country and track coach since 1997.

SENIOR WOMAN
ADMINISTRATORS

New York City Tech appointed Brenda Alexander as senior woman administrator ... Greensboro College promoted Jean Lojko to senior woman administrator and assistant director of athletics.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF
ATHLETICS

Utah State elevated Ken Peterson to senior associate athletics director for business operations and promoted Mary Ellen Cloninger to senior associate athletics director for internal operations ... LSU promoted Debbie Corum to associate athletics director. Corum has been assistant athletics director.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF
ATHLETICS

Jessica Cormier hired as assistant athletics director at Lasell. Cormier most recently has been a sales representative for CranBarry Sporting Goods ... Michael Zapolski named as assistant athletics director for communications at Pepperdine ... Butler elevated Jon Hind to assistant athletics director for internal operations. Hind will relinquish duties as head men's lacrosse coach, a position he has held since 1991 ... Edward L. Haas appointed as assistant athletics director for sports information at Alvernia. Haas has been an intern with Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina.

COACHES

Baseball -- Manhattanville chose Joseph Ferraro as interim head coach. For the past three years, Ferraro has served as head coach of the Yardley Western Post 317 American Legion baseball team in Bucks County, Pennsylvania ... Joe Schaly hired as head coach at Thiel ... Nichols elevated Rick Smith to head coach. Smith was an assistant with the program last season.

Baseball assistants -- Scott Power, assistant coach at Keene State for the past three seasons, was appointed head coach at Northern Essex Community College ... Ed Lyons added as pitching coach at Bloomfield. Lyons has been pitching coach at Seton Hall for eight seasons ... Oklahoma appointed Jim Shaw as an assistant ... Michael Donnelly and William Johnson added as assistant coaches at Teikyo Post ... Cincinnati named Brad Meador as an assistant coach.

Men's basketball -- New York City Tech named Ray Amalbert as head coach ... Darin Archer, assistant coach at Southwest Baptist, appointed as interim head coach to succeed head coach Lynn Nance, who resigned. Nance has been head coach since 1996 ... Ward Lambert, head coach at Salisbury State, announced plans to retire following the 1999-00 season ... Fran Satalin Jr. was selected as head coach at Cazenovia ... Karel Jelinek accepted responsibilities as men's basketball and men's tennis coach at Thiel. Jelinek has been an assistant basketball and soccer coach at Allegheny for four years.

Men's basketball assistants -- Albright named Dan Handerhan as basketball intern assistant ... Todd Widrick added as an assistant coach at Cazenovia ... Stevens Tech appointed Scott Kleppisch and Rich Lee as assistant coaches ... Allentown named Matt Geschke as an assistant coach ... Peter Quinn appointed as an assistant coach at Southampton ... Bill Sullivan added as an assistant at Barry. Sullivan has been head coach at St. Thomas (Minnesota) since 1997.

Women's basketball -- Wheelock hired Wanda Lukehart as head coach ... Bernard Baruch appointed Robert DiNardo as head coach ... Bryn Mawr hired Jim Buckley as head coach. Buckley has been an assistant coach at University of the Sciences ... Sue Johnson, head coach at New Hampshire, awarded a contract extension through the 2003 season.

Women's basketball assistants -- Frank Simpson chosen as an assistant coach at New York City Tech ... Frank Martin and Jean Prioleau added as assistant coaches, and Shay Berry named director of basketball operations at Fordham ... St. Scholastica hired Kelly Behnke and Jeff Bussell as assistants. Behnke has been head boys' varsity coach at Ellsworth (Minnesota) High School for two seasons, and Bussell has been coaching at Casa Roble (California) High School for five years ... Andrew F. DeStephano selected as an assistant at St. Joseph's (New York) ... Brian Mik added as an assistant coach at Hartford ... Texas A&M appointed Kerrie Patterson as an assistant coach ... Jose Fernandez hired as an assistant coach at Barry. Most recently, Fernandez has been head coach at Lourdes Academy in Miami.

Men's and women's cross country -- Glen Jusczyk added as head women's coach at Wheelock.

Field hockey -- Laura Gingrich added as head coach at Alvernia. Since 1998, Gingrich has been a Wellness for Life instructor at the school.

Field hockey assistant -- Wellesley hired Sherry Sebesta as an assistant coach.

Football -- Joe Kimball was awarded a two-year contract extension as head coach at Mercyhurst. Kimball has been head coach for seven years ... Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden was awarded a five-year contract ... Mike Williams resigned as head coach at Jacksonville State. The school selected Jeff Richards as Williams' successor ... Sacred Heart released Tom Radulski as head coach. The school selected Walt Czejak as interim coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistant -- Michigan promoted Mel Pearson to associate coach of men's ice hockey.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Plattsburgh State hired John Combs as head men's coach. For the past four seasons, Combs has been head coach at Holy Cross ... Craig Kahoun named head men's coach at Butler to replace Jon Hind, who was promoted to assistant athletics director for internal operations. Kahoun has been an assistant with the program for the past year ... Saint Mary's (California) hired Diane Whipple as head women's coach. The program was upgraded to Division I status, effective in the 1999-00 academic year. Whipple has been coaching at The Menlo School.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants -- Irene Permut appointed as an assistant lacrosse coach and assistant field hockey coach at Wellesley ... Manhattanville added Michael Spinner as assistant men's coach. Since the spring, Spinner has been an assistant coach at the high-school level ... Delaware added Greg Carroll and John Grant as men's assistants ... Swarthmore added Marc Schaffer as an assistant men's coach.

Men's and women's rowing assistant -- George Mason selected Pamela Besteman as assistant women's coach ... Laura Douglas accepted assistant coaching responsibilities at Wellesley.

Men's soccer -- Thomas J. Gosselin Jr. chosen as head men's coach at Alvernia. Gosselin has been head women's soccer coach at the high-school level since 1994 ... Jacksonville named Steven Lennon as interim head coach. Lennon has been an assistant with the program ... Gary Wakeman selected as men's volunteer coach at Southampton.

Men's soccer assistants -- Mike Grudge awarded assistant coaching duties at New York City Tech ... Jerry Owenburg chosen as an assistant at St. Joseph's (New York).

Women's soccer assistants -- Wellesley hired Betsy Woods as an assistant ... St. Joseph's (New York) hired Donna Hall as an assistant coach.

Softball -- Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis appointed Julie Bias as head coach ... Frank Kafka retired as head coach at Quinnipiac after 13 seasons. Kafka closes his tenure as the school's winningest softball coach ... Colleen Nasis elevated to head coach at Nichols after two seasons as an assistant.

Softball assistants -- Patti Raduenz added as an assistant coach at North Carolina ... Nichols hired Mindy Robinson as an assistant ... Southampton named Tom Liguori as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's squash -- Bowdoin named Sharon Bradey as men's and women's head coach.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Dana Hodges selected as men's and women's swimming and diving coach and the director of aquatics at Clark. Since 1992, Hodges has been head swimming coach at the high-school level ... Bradley hired Karen Adkins as head diving coach and assistant swimming coach ... Chris Waters chosen as diving coach at Connecticut College ... Metropolitan State appointed Jeff Fisher as diving coach. Fisher most recently coached at the high-school level ... Kim and Karen Brouillette selected as co-head swimming and diving coaches at Wheelock.

Men's and women's swimming assistant -- Kieth Frostad added as an assistant coach at Wellesley.

Men's and women's tennis -- Manhattanville selected Jeffrey Greene as head men's and women's coach. Greene has been head men's tennis coach at Seton Hall for two years ... Vincent DeCerbo appointed as head men's coach at Southampton ... Washburn head coach Peg Marmet announced plans to retire, effective December 31.

Men's and women's tennis assistants -- Kristen Downing hired as an assistant coach at Wellesley ... North Carolina-Wilmington awarded men's and women's assistant coaching duties to John Galascione ... Southampton awarded women's assistant coaching duties to Lizette Santiago.

Men's and women's track and field -- Eureka appointed Rick Crawley as head men's and women's track coach. Crawley most recently has worked as a data processing specialist at the school.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Colleen Frohlich named interim head women's coach at Montana to replace Dick Scott, who has been placed on a leave of absence for the rest of the 1999 season. Frohlich has been an assistant with the program since 1996 ... Jennifer Euring added as head coach at St. Joseph's (New York) ... UC San Diego selected Ron Larsen as men's coach.

Men's and women's volleyball assistant -- St. Joseph's (New York) named Nicole Gick as an assistant coach.

Wrestling -- The Citadel hired Rob Hjerling as head coach to succeed Tom Herring. Hjerling spent the 1998-99 season as an assistant at George Mason.

Wrestling assistant -- Tolly Thompson chosen as volunteer assistant coach at Northern Iowa ... Willie Stravino selected as an assistant at the Citadel. Stravino has been an assistant at George Mason.

STAFF

Academic services -- David Rhoades added as director of athletics academic services at Pepperdine.

Administration -- Sean Simmons added as an administrative assistant for athletics at Seton Hall. For the past two years, Simmons has been an assistant track coach at James Madison.

Advancement -- Pepperdine appointed Barbara Kuhl as assistant director of athletics advancement.

Athletic trainers -- New York City Tech chose Eric Pflum as trainer ... Robert J. Lawton named as head athletic trainer at Maine. Lawton, who replaces Charlie Thompson, has been been an athletic trainer at Navy ... Wheelock added Heidi McCahan and Marco Thornton as athletic trainers.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Ohio State added Angie Beisner as an assistant trainer, appointed Jen Fice and Bob Burns as graduate assistants and chose Matt Schatzke as an intern.

Business manager -- Yolanda Velasquez promoted to athletics business manager at Pepperdine.

Development -- Nebraska promoted Paul Meyers to director of athletics development to replace Jack Pierce. Since 1994, Meyers has been a development officer, and he has served as senior development officer and interim director since June.

Facilities -- Tim Elson, women's swimming and diving coach at Pepperdine, accepted additional duties as director of athletics facilities.

Marketing/promotions -- Mark Walpole replaced Chris Denari as director of sports marketing and promotion at Butler. Walpole has been assistant director of media relations for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds.

Media relations assistants -- Stanford named Kyle McRae as assistant media relations director.

Recreation -- Stefan Charles-Pierre selected as director of recreation and intramurals at New York City Tech.

Sports information -- Matt Aug selected as sports information director at St. Joseph's (New York) ... Everett Hutto selected as women's sports information director at Samford ... San Diego's Ryan McCrary resigned as assistant sports information director, effective October 17.

Sports information assistants -- Al Barba elevated to associate sports information director at Pepperdine ... North Carolina-Wilmington named Tom Riordan as assistant sports information director ... Angela Russo selected as sports information associate at Ohio State. Russo has been an assistant sports information director at Toledo for the past year.

Ticket operations -- Joe Simon added as database/ticket manager of the Seahawk Club at North Carolina-Wilmington.

CONFERENCES

Conference USA selected Richard Fetchiet as coordinator of baseball umpires. Fetchiet currently serves as supervisor of baseball umpires for the Big Ten and Mid-American Conferences as well as the Collegiate Baseball Umpire Alliance. Additionally, since 1991 he has been director of development and external relations for the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

The Sun Belt Conference promoted Tom Burnett to associate commissioner.

NOTABLES

Luke Donald, a junior at Northwestern, and Miriam Nagl, a freshman at Arizona State, were selected as Rolex College Golfers of the Month for September. Donald won individual medalist honors at the Ping/Golfweek Preview and Nagl won the Oregon State -- SunRiver Fall Preview.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association named Virginia Commonwealth's Daniel Andersson and San Diego's Zuzana Lesenarova as national players of the month for September. The organization also selected Iva Pulferova and Martina Ondrejkova of South Alabama and Steve Huss and Tiago Ruffoni of Auburn as women's and men's national doubles teams of the month, respectively.

Sid Watson, former head ice hockey coach and athletics director at Bowdoin, was selected for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Watson, who also is a former chair of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee, captured Eastern College Athletic Conference championships in 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1978. He retired as athletics director at the school in 1998.

DEATHS