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Tennessee promotes Pavon to golf post

Tennessee has promoted Judy Pavon to head women's golf coach. Pavon replaces Lori Brock, who resigned.

Pavon joined the program as an assistant during the 1997-98 season. After assuming interim head coaching duties May 3, she led the squad to a fourth-place finish in the NCAA East Regional. The team's fifth-place finish at this year's Division I Women's Golf Championships was the program's best.

Before coming to Tennessee, Pavon won two Montana state women's amateur titles in 1987 and 1989. She also spent 1991 and 1992 on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.

Collegiately, Pavon competed at Alabama. She earned all-academic recognition three times in addition to capturing all-Southeastern Conference honors and all-America status as a senior.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Theodore A. Bickart announced plans to retire as president at Colorado School of Mines, effective August 1 ... Ferrum President Jerry M. Boone announced his retirement, effective June 30, 2002 ... Frederick G. Fidura was appointed as interim president at Fairmont State. Fidura has been serving as provost and vice-president for academic affairs at the school ... Loras President Joachim W. Froehlich resigned, effective May 31, 2001 ... Michael J. Graham was named president at Xavier, effective in January. Graham has been executive assistant to the president of the school ... Neil L. Rudenstine announced retirement plans as president at Harvard, effective July 30, 2001 ... Southwest State selected Dennis N. Nielsen as interim president. Nielsen has been serving as interim president at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota ... David A. Rubino resigned as president at Gannon, effective August 26 ... College of Charleston President Alexander M. Sanders announced plans to retire, effective October 2001.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Santa Clara appointed Cheryl Levick as director of athletics ... Timothy M. Hofferth resigned as director of athletics at Villanova.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

South Dakota State promoted head women's basketball coach Nancy Neiber to senior woman administrator. Neiber will relinquish head coaching duties after leading the program for 16 years.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Stonehill named Jim Seavey as associate athletics director for external affairs and communications ... Georgia's Dick Bestwick announced retirement plans as senior associate athletics director, effective June 30.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Long Beach State chose Steve Janisch as assistant director of athletics for media relations/broadcast services ... Trinity (Texas) selected Jeff Mueller as assistant athletics director for facilities and event management ... David Hardee was appointed as assistant athletics director for media relations at New Mexico State ... Mike Laprey was chosen as assistant athletics director for athletics communications at Iona ... Clare Hunter was hired as assistant athletics director at Edgewood. Hunter, who also will fulfill duties as head women's basketball and head women's golf coach, has been associate athletics director at Georgetown College in Kentucky ... Villanova promoted Kim Rampone to assistant athletics director for corporate sponsorships ... Mark Sherburne accepted responsibilities as assistant athletics director for student-athlete services at Penn State, succeeding Bob White. For the past eight years, Sherburne has served as an academic counselor/football support services coordinator at the school ... Redlands chose Rachel Johnson as assistant athletics director for sports information. Johnson, who has been facility and events manager and assistant volleyball coach at the school since August 1999, will retain coaching duties.

COACHES

Baseball -- Mike Bianco was appointed as head coach at Mississippi ... St. Francis (Indiana) chose Doug Coate as head baseball and assistant football coach ... Scott Gines resigned as head coach at VMI, effective June 30 ... Redlands head baseball coach Scott Laverty was promoted to full-time status and accepted additional responsibilities, including supervising the fitness center, game and event management and assisting in the sports information office.

Baseball assistants -- Southern Mississippi's Dan Wagner resigned as assistant coach ... Manhattan selected Tom Sowinski as pitching coach for the 2000-01 season.

Men's basketball -- Oliver Jones was appointed as head coach at Tuskegee ... Cal State Stanislaus hired Mike Terpstra as head coach. For the past three seasons, Terpstra has been head coach at Modesto Junior College ... Jim Datka was chosen as head coach at Concordia-St. Paul ... Florida awarded head coach Billy Donovan a five-year contract extension ... Mike DeGeorge was selected as head coach at Eureka, replacing Dennis Dighton, who was released. DeGeorge spent last season as associate head coach at Grinnell ... Long Beach State awarded head coach Wayne Morgan with a three-year contract extension through the 2003-04 season ... Joel Hopkins was added as head coach at Shaw ... George White resigned as head coach at Ursinus ... Scott Hicks was hired as head coach at Loyola (Maryland). Hicks has been head coach at Albany (New York) for the past three seasons and replaces Dino Gaudio ... David Macedo, an assistant coach at Virginia Wesleyan, was appointed as head coach. Macedo, who has been interim head coach, also has fulfilled additional duties as head men's tennis coach, a position he will retain for the upcoming season.

Men's basketball assistants -- Auburn added Michael Wilson and Charlton Young as assistants ... Terence Greene, an assistant at Michigan State, was hired as an assistant coach at Michigan. Greene succeeds Lorenzo Neely, who became an assistant at Western Michigan ... Valparaiso awarded assistant coaching duties to Jay Spoonhour ... Troy Weaver accepted an assistant coaching position at Syracuse, succeeding Louis Orr. Weaver spent last season as an assistant at New Mexico. Syracuse also promoted Bernie Fine to associate head coach. Fine has served as an assistant with the program for 24 years ... Randy Lee was added as an assistant coach at Centenary ... Charleston Southern awarded assistant coaching duties to Jermaine Scott ... Scott Trost was promoted to associate head coach at Michigan. Trost has been an assistant coach ... Southwest Texas hired Greg Young as an assistant and elevated Dionne Phelps to full-time assistant coach ... Desmond Oliver accepted the position of assistant coach at St. Bonaventure. Oliver has been an assistant at Cornell for the past two seasons ... Arizona named Josh Pastner as an undergraduate assistant coach ... Bret Bargen was selected as an assistant coach at Long Beach State ... Northwest Missouri State appointed Darren Vorderbruegge as an assistant coach ... Portland hired Brad Huse as an assistant coach and elevated Kirk Crawford to full-time assistant. Huse has been assistant athletics director, head men's basketball and head men's golf coach at Jamestown College, an NAIA school in Jamestown, North Dakota, for the past four years ... Bradley's Pat Donahue resigned as associate head coach. Donahue has been with the program since the 1991-92 season ... Tom Spencer was chosen as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern ... La Salle appointed Mike McCarron as an assistant coach ... St. Francis (Pennsylvania) awarded assistant coaching duties to Rob Krimmel.

Women's basketball -- Saginaw Valley State selected Angela Jackson as head coach ... Carolyn Jenkins was named as head coach at Sacramento State ... Kelli Kronberger was chosen as head coach at Northwest Nazarene. Since 1997, Kronberger has been an assistant at Gonzaga ... Adrian Wiggins was chosen as head coach at Cameron ... Drexel appointed Candace Crabtree as head coach ... Tina Martin, head coach at Delaware, accepted a five-year contract extension. Martin has led the program for four seasons ... North Carolina-Wilmington will not renew the contract of head coach Bernie Flax. The school chose associate head coach Stephanie McCormick as interim head coach ... Samford signed Janet Cone to a four-year contract extension as head coach ... Missy Sharer was selected as head coach at Spring Hill ... Suzanne Smith was named head coach and sports information director at Saint Mary's (Indiana). Smith most recently was a graduate assistant basketball and volleyball coach at DePauw ...Fort Lewis hired Patty Patton Shearer as head coach to replace Jeff Goldstein. For the past seven years, Shearer has been head coach at Catalina Foothills (Arizona) High School.

Women's basketball assistants -- Evansville appointed Bobbie Kelsey as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator ... Lauren Rice was added as an assistant coach at South Alabama ... Becky Tibbetts was chosen as an assistant coach at St. John's (New York) ... Tufts selected Kristen Morwick as an assistant coach ... Zenarae Pieters was added as an assistant coach at College of Charleston ... Florida named Matthew Mitchell as an assistant ... Jody Adams accepted duties as an assistant coach at Missouri-Kansas City. For the past three seasons, Adams has been an assistant at Minnesota ... Texas-San Antonio named Todd Clark as an assistant coach ... Southern California selected Colleen Matsuhara and Shannon Perry as assistant coaches. Matsuhara, who replaces Traci Nemechek, most recently has been an assistant with the Women's National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Sparks. Perry, who succeeds Erika Lang-Montgomery, was an assistant at Iowa for the 1999-00 season. Southern California also announced the appointment of Patrick Auerbach as director of operations and marketing for the program. Since May Auerbach has been senior account manager at Bridge Communications and formerly was director of public relations for the WNBA's Detroit Shock and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

Men's and women's cross country -- Branwen Smith-King resigned as head women's cross country and track and field coach at Tufts to accept an administrative role in the athletics department ... Jenny Breuer was hired as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at Trinity (Texas). Breuer, who has served as an assistant with the programs for the past season, succeeds Johnny Gonzales.

Field hockey -- Laurie Kerr resigned as head field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at Muhlenberg.

Football -- McNeese State head coach Kirby Bruchhaus resigned. The school selected Tommy Tate as interim head coach.

Football assistants -- John DeFilippo accepted responsibilities as quarterbacks coach at Fordham ... Middle Tennessee State appointed Kacy Rodgers as assistant head coach and awarded Steve Bird, wide receivers coach, with additional duties as special teams coach ... Jon McLaughlin resigned as an assistant coach at Muhlenberg. An assistant since 1996, McLaughlin has been offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for three seasons and was head baseball coach for two seasons ... Clarion appointed Barry Fagan as offensive coordinator ... Ryan Carfley was added as an assistant offensive coach and Kevin Kelly was added as an assistant defensive coach at Rutgers.

Men's and women's golf -- Cal Poly chose Tom Moos as head men's and women's coach ... Melissa McNamara accepted head women's coaching duties at Tulsa ... Ian Thompson accepted head women's coaching responsibilities at Samford after serving as a men's assistant golf coach at the school last season ... High Point selected J.B. White as head men's coach.

Men's and women's gymnastics -- Cal State Fullerton awarded head coach Julie Knight with a three-year contract. Knight, who was associate head coach in 1999, has been interim head coach and succeeds Lynn Rogers, who retired.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Princeton named Len Quesnelle as head coach ... Northland hired Dan Huntley as head men's coach. Most recently, Huntley has been coaching at Shattuck-St. Mary's School, a college preparatory boarding school, and at Rainy River Community College, which Huntley guided to the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship in 1999 ... Margot Page accepted a contract extension as head coach at Niagara through the 2001-02 season ... Fairfield head men's coach Mark Dennehy resigned to become an assistant men's coach at Massachusetts.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Curry selected Caitlin Roberts as head women's lacrosse and assistant women's soccer coach ... Ben Wineburg was appointed as head men's coach at Brockport State ... John Haus resigned as head men's coach at Johns Hopkins to become head men's coach at North Carolina. Haus succeeds Dave Klarmann.

Men's and women's rowing -- Vassar hired Michael Alton as head men's and women's coach. Alton, formerly an assistant at Temple and Drexel, succeeds interim head coach Nancy LaRocque, who became head coach at West Virginia.

Men's and women's rowing assistant -- Matt Imes was named as an assistant coach at Oregon State.

Men's soccer -- Scott Frey, head men's soccer and assistant track and field coach at Alma, resigned to become head women's soccer coach and sports information director at Messiah.

Men's soccer assistant -- Marcus DiBernardo was named as an assistant coach at Central Connecticut State.

Women's soccer -- Deborah Raber was hired as head soccer and head softball coach at Massachusetts Liberal Arts, effective August 31. Raber, who succeeds Chris Flint, has been a graduate associate and head junior varsity coach at Springfield ... Lycoming named Katherine Roberts as head women's soccer and lacrosse coach ... Darren Ambrose was chosen as head coach at Pennsylvania to replace Andy Nelson. Ambrose spent last season as an assistant at Florida State ... Ohio named Stacy Strauss as head coach ... Tamie Grimes was promoted to interim head coach at San Jose State after fulfilling assistant coaching duties for the past two seasons. Grimes replaces Philippe Blin ... Virginia Wesleyan awarded head coaching duties to Jeffrey Bowers. Most recently, in addition to being an assistant at Messiah, Bowers has been head coach at the high-school level for three years ... Thomas Skoglund was named head coach at Clark (Massachusetts). Skoglund, who succeeds Andy Schechter, has been an assistant girls' varsity coach at the high-school level.

Women's soccer assistant -- Montana moved Erik Snyder from volunteer assistant to full-time assistant coach.

Softball -- San Jose State released Connie Miner as head coach. Miner has been head coach for four seasons ... Cyndi Raymond resigned after two seasons as head coach at Northern Colorado, effective June 30 ... Cal State Fullerton signed Michelle Gromacki to a three-year contract as head coach. Gromacki, who succeeds Judi Garman, was an assistant with the program for five years before assuming interim head coaching duties in January.

Men's and women's swimming -- Kevin Thornton was chosen as head women's coach at Greensboro. Thornton, a former head coach at Florida from 1996 to 1998, will continue to fulfill head coaching duties with the Greensboro Swim Association.

Men's and women's swimming assistants -- Seth Williams was selected as men's and women's assistant swimming and diving coach at Syracuse. The school also elevated Ellie Walker to men's and women's assistant swimming and diving coach.

Men's and women's tennis -- Jacqueline Bunting was named as head women's coach at Towson, replacing Denis Rende. Bunting has been an assistant women's coach at Auburn for the past season ... Stanford head women's coach Frank Brennan resigned, effective September 1. In 21 years, Brennan built a 510-50 record and captured 10 NCAA championships. The school announced associate head coach Lele Forood has been chosen as head coach. Forood has been with the program since 1988 ... Sheila Bush accepted duties as head men's and women's coach at Messiah ... Sam Houston's Vicki Markowsky resigned as head women's coach.

Men's and women's track and field -- Brad Hackett was appointed coordinator of cross country and track and field at Muhlenberg. Hackett, who will oversee all running programs, will continue to serve as head track and field coach and Linda Andrews will continue as head men's and women's cross country coach ... Gina Procaccio was elevated to head women's track and field and cross country coach at Villanova.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Alan Knipe was elevated to head men's coach at Long Beach State after serving as associate head coach with the program ... Shannon Elliot accepted head women's coaching duties at Delaware.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Oregon selected Anna Reznicek as women's assistant coach ... Irene Renteria was added as an assistant women's coach at Virginia. From 1996 to 1999 Renteria has served as an assistant coach at Michigan ... Southern Methodist appointed Cris Martin as an assistant women's coach.

Men's and women's water polo -- Long Beach State awarded Rick Azevedo the position of head women's coach.

STAFF

Athletics communications assistants -- Syracuse chose Brian Gunning as assistant director of athletics communications. For the past year, Gunning has fulfilled duties as associate director of sports information at Marshall ... Craig Sachson was added as assistant director of athletics communications at Cornell. Sachson has been with the office of athletics communications at Princeton for the past two years.

Athletic trainer -- Austin named Staci Slater as head athletic trainer. Slater, who joined the athletics department as an athletic training fellow in August 1999, has been serving in an interim capacity since February.

Athletic training assistants -- Sharon Lower was promoted to assistant athletic trainer at Syracuse. Lower has been a graduate assistant athletic trainer since 1998. Syracuse also appointed Bradley Pike as associate athletic trainer. Pike most recently has been managing five outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation centers for Sports Physical Therapy of New York.

Business services assistant -- Evansville chose Darian Westerfield as business and event management assistant.

External operations -- David Jackson accepted responsibilities as director of external operations at Appalachian State after most recently fulfilling the position on an interim basis.

External relations -- North Carolina-Greensboro appointed Tim Clever as external relations director for athletics to succeed Seth Bennett, effective June 1. Clever has been director of promotions and media relations for the Greensboro Bats baseball club since 1997.

Facilities assistant -- Villanova promoted Jim Belzer to assistant director of facilities.

Media relations assistant -- St. John's (New York) awarded assistant director of media relations duties to Adrienne Mullikin.

Sales -- Ryan Fannon was promoted to director of sales and broadcasting at Villanova.

Sports information -- Justin Parker was hired as sports information officer at Trinity (Texas) ... Kelby Siler, assistant sports information director at Appalachian State, was elevated to sports information director.

Sports information assistants -- Bradley named Scot Latek as sports information intern. Latek, who replaces Brian Borkovec, most recently worked as a graduate assistant in the sports information office at Western Illinois ... Brett Swick resigned as assistant sports information director at Seton Hall ... Creighton hired Amy Wilson as assistant sports information director. Most recently, Wilson has been media and public relations coordinator for USA Rugby ... Evansville added Thomas Benson as sports information intern.

Sports medicine -- Syracuse named Tim Neal as coordinator of sports medicine, replacing Don Lowe. Neal has been with the school's sports medicine staff for 18 years.

Strength and conditioning -- William Hicks Jr. was appointed as head strength and conditioning coach at Syracuse. Hicks, who succeeds Mike Gerber, has been assistant athletics director for football operations at North Carolina State since March 1999. Syracuse also announced the promotion of Corey Parker to associate head strength and conditioning coach.

Strength and conditioning assistant -- Hal Luther was chosen as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Syracuse.

Assistant ticket manager -- Drake hired Nate Pokrass as assistant athletics ticket manager.

CONFERENCES

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference appointed the following individuals for 2000-01: James A. Liguori, president; Dennis J. Murray, vice-president; Joe Boylan, chair, committee on athletics administration; and Barbara Green, vice-chair, committee on athletics administration. The conference also awarded Commissioner Richard Ensor with a contract extension through June 30, 2003.

The contract of Craig Thompson, commissioner at the Mountain West Conference, was extended through 2004.

The Sun Belt Conference appointed Judy Willson as assistant commissioner, effective July 1. The conference also announced the resignation of Kevin DeRamus, who had been service bureau director.

ASSOCIATIONS

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America hired Allison Koester as assistant director of communications. Koester was an intern with the organization in 1999-00.

Sandra L. Vivas, executive director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, announced her resignation, effective July 31. Vivas, who has been with the organization since July 8, 1983, will continue in an interim capacity through December 31.

Charles Nagle, former assistant athletics director at Eastern Michigan and associate athletics director at Bowling Green, was chosen as director of executive placement at General Sports and Entertainment, a sports marketing and management company in Rochester, Michigan.

NATIONAL OFFICE

Enforcement representative Shawn Moore resigned.

Sherry Neeb resigned as training/commuications specialist.

ETC.

CORRECTIONS

The headline for the Division I Women's Tennis Championships in the June 5 issue of The NCAA News incorrectly stated that Georgia won its second consecutive team title. Georgia has won two team championships in tennis, but Stanford was the champion in 1999.

One of the conferences where Carl McAloose formerly served as an athletics administrator was incorrectly listed in the The Record section in the June 5 issue of The NCAA News. McAloose was associate commissioner of the Big South Conference from 1992 to1996.

In the Division III Softball Championship results listed in the June 5 issue of The NCAA News, the line score for Game No. 10 of the championship series appeared incorrectly. The correct version is as follows:

Col. of New Jersey

000 020 10--3 9 0

Alma

000 120 01--4 10 1

Mandy Schenck, Vickie Prevete (6) and Jennifer Kichula; Becky Pierce and Kathryn Nordin. W--Pierce. L--Prevete.

NOTABLES

The following individuals have been selected by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as Division I men's and women's national award winners: Men -- Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year -- Dick Gould, Stanford; Ted A. Farnsworth/ITA National Senior Player of the Year -- Ryan Sachire, Notre Dame; ITA National Rookie of the Year -- Matias Boeker, Georgia; ITA National Player to Watch -- Shuon Madden, Texas A&M; ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year -- Jack Frierson, Georgia; ITA/Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award winner -- Daniel Andersson, Virginia Commonwealth; John Van Nostrand Memorial Award winner -- Ryan Sachire, Notre Dame. Women's -- Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year -- Jeff Wallace, Georgia; ITA National Senior Player of the Year -- Zuzana Lesenarova, San Diego; ITA National Rookie of the Year -- Adria Engel, Wake Forest; ITA National Player to Watch -- Sara Walker, UCLA; ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year -- Rance Brown, UCLA; ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award winner -- Kia Asberg, Florida State.

The following 18 athletics administrators were selected for induction into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame: Paul Bogan, Westfield State; John Caine, Oregon; Rocco "Rocky" Carzo, Tufts; Jean Cerra, Barry; Howard Davis, Jackson State; Dean Ehlers, James Madison; Dave Gavitt, Providence; Catherine "Kit" Green, Washington; Jim Harvey, Miami-Dade Community College-North; Bill Hollinger, Hiram; Phyllis Howlett, Big Ten Conference; Joe Justice, Rollins; Ed Markey, St. Michael's; Bill Marshall, Franklin and Marshall; Bob Mason, Austin; Walter Reed, Florida A&M; Floyd Walker, Central Missouri State; and Frank Windegger, Texas Christian.

Jen Adams was chosen as the Honda Award winner as the top woman collegiate athlete in the sport of lacrosse for 1999-00. The program's board of directors voted last June to add lacrosse to the sports it considers for Honda Award and Collegiate Woman of the Year recognition. Selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, Adams helped Maryland earn its sixth consecutive national championship.

Stanford's Marissa Irvin was named as the Honda Award winner as the top woman collegiate athlete in the sport of tennis. Irvin, a sophomore, was this year's Pacific-10 Conference player of the year and runner-up in the Division I women's singles championship.

Keisha Spencer, a senior LSU track and field student-athlete, was named as the Honda Award winner as the top collegiate woman in her sport for 1999-00. Spencer earned the Southeastern Conference indoor and outdoor triple jump championships as well as the NCAA national indoor and outdoor triple jump titles. She also finished second in the long jump during the conference outdoor meet.

Jayne Even, the North Central Conference's basketball player of the year, was chosen as the Honda Award winner as the NCAA Division II Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. Even, a senior forward at North Dakota State, led the conference in scoring and helped the squad to an appearance in the Division II national championship game.

DEATHS

Texas A&M football player Terry Nichols died in a traffic accident May 27. Nichols, 21, was a reserve defensive lineman and competed in every game during his first two seasons.

Former Bradley basketball player, Mack Herndon died recently at the age of 61. Herndon helped Bradley win a National Invitation Tournament championship and later competed at the semi-professional level.

Gary Castaline, an athletics administrator at Rutgers, died of cancer May 13. Castaline, 45, joined the Rutgers athletics department in 1981 as head of ticket operations and most recently had been associate athletics director at the school and directed events and operations for all of Rutgers' athletics facilities.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra