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Schweitzer named as AD at Springfield

Springfield has named Cathie Schweitzer as athletics director.

Schweitzer, who has been acting director of athletics since January 1999, joined the school as associate athletics director and associate professor of health, physical education and recreation in August 1996. Before coming to Springfield, Schweitzer held teaching, coaching and athletics administration positions at Albion, Iowa, Grinnell, Oklahoma and Bowling Green.

In addition to earning a bachelor of science degree in physical education from Akron, Schweitzer also earned a master of education degree in physical education at Bowling Green and a doctor of philosophy with a specialization in athletics administration from Iowa.

Schweitzer is the first female named director of athletics in the 115-year history of the school.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Joe Anna Hibler, president at Southwestern Oklahoma State, announced retirement plans, effective June 30, 2001 ... Illinois-Chicago appointed Sylvia Manning as chancellor. Manning has been serving as interim chancellor ... Richard H. Wells was appointed as chancellor at Wisconsin-Oshkosh, effective October 1. Wells has been provost and vice-president for academic affairs at Indiana State ... San Francisco appointed Stephen A. Privett as president. Privett succeeds acting president James L. Wiser, provost and academic vice-president ... Teikyo Post selected Jon Jay DeTemple as president. DeTemple has been vice-president for administration and chief business officer at the school.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Thomas C. Baker was hired as athletics director at King's (Pennsylvania). Baker, who replaces the late John Dorish and interim athletics director Cheryl Ish, has been director of athletics at Jefferson County Community College in Watertown, New York ... Richard Cosby was chosen as athletics director at Stillman. Cosby has been athletics director at Clark Atlanta since 1993 and succeeds interim athletics director Donald Staffo ... Paul Kowalczyk was hired as athletics director at Southern-Illinois, effective June 1. Kowalczyk replaces interim athletics director Harold R. Bardo ... Julie Soriero, head women's basketball coach at Colorado College for the past two years, was named as interim athletics director at the school ... Gary Clark was promoted to athletics director at Furman, effective September 1. Clark, who replaces John Block, has been associate athletics director in charge of athletics fund-raising for the past two years ... Russell Rogers was appointed as director of athletics, physical education and recreation at Stevens Institute. Rogers has been with the school since 1995 and most recently has been assistant athletics director and sports information director ... Campbell chose Stan Williamson as director of athletics.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Sally Guerette, assistant athletics director and senior woman administrator at Vermont, announced plans to retire, effective August 31. Guerette, who joined the school as head softball coach in 1969 and was chosen as assistant athletics director in 1977, will remain as a consultant to the athletics department.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Colorado-Colorado Springs named Kathy Turpin as associate athletics director for fund-raising and development ... Ursinus named Brian Thomas as associate athletics director ... Humboldt State's Patrick Daly resigned as associate athletics director ... Jim Norris was elevated to associate athletics director for nonrevenue sports at Binghamton. Norris stepped down as head men's basketball coach in March and has been working in the marketing and development areas at the school.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

North Carolina-Charlotte elevated Darin Spease to associate athletics director for business. For the past two years, Spease has been assistant athletics director for business ... Chuck Mitrano was chosen as assistant athletics director at Rochester Institute. Since 1997, Mitrano has worked as the sports information director at the school ... Bill Stiles was selected as assistant athletics director at Ursinus ... Widener selected David Duda as assistant athletics director for events, Susan Fumagalli as assistant athletics director for communications and Jack Shafer as assistant athletics director for facilities. Duda will continue as head men's basketball coach. Fumagalli will retain duties as sports information director, and Shafer will continue to head the women's soccer program ... Worcester Polytechnic named Cherise Galasso as head women's basketball coach and assistant athletics director, effective August 31, succeeding Christa Champion. Most recently, Galasso has been associate athletics director and head women's basketball and head women's soccer coach at Regis (Massachusetts) ... Franklin and Marshall elevated Dave Webster, head men's lacrosse coach, to assistant athletics director. Webster will retain head coaching duties ... Terry Small was chosen as assistant athletics director and sports information director at Stevens Tech. Small, a member of the NCAA Division III Baseball Committee, has been associate athletics director and sports information director at John Jay ... Stony Brook appointed Rob Emmerich as assistant athletics director for media relations and Tim Kenny as assistant athletics director for promotions and marketing ... Darrell Walsh was chosen as assistant athletics director for facilities, game management and staff development at Central Arkansas. Walsh has been a compliance officer with the school ... Gracia Perilli was appointed as assistant athletics director at Allentown. Since 1993, Perilli has served as athletics director at Cedar Crest ... Vermont named Joseph C. Fischer as assistant athletics director for basic instruction in physical education. Fischer led the school's swimming program for 18 years, and he replaces Janice Lange.

Baseball --Washington State appointed Tim Mooney as head coach. Mooney has been head coach at Albertson College ... Dan Pepicelli was hired as head coach at St. John Fisher. For the past two seasons, Pepicelli, who succeeds Bob Simms, has been head coach at Hartwick ... Justin Cronk was hired as head coach and indoor facilities coordinator at Shenandoah. Last season, Cronk was head assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at North Carolina-Asheville ... Northern Kentucky hired Todd Asalon as head coach. For the past six years, Asalon has been head coach at Thomas More ... Robert Braddy announced plans to retire as head coach at Jackson State.

Baseball assistants -- Jason Gill and Pat Shine were added as assistants at UC Irvine. Gill was an assistant at Loyola Marymount for two years, and Shine spent last season as an assistant at New Mexico ... Army chose Fritz Hamburg as an assistant coach ... Tony Trumm accepted duties as an assistant coach at Troy State ... Don Hahn was named as an assistant baseball coach and field and events coordinator at Fairleigh Dickinson ... George Mason hired Evan Evans as an assistant coach. For the past three seasons, Evans has served as an assistant at UMBC ... Gary Adcock and Jason Green were added as assistant coaches at UCLA ... Wofford hired Brandon McKillop and Todd Whitehead as assistant coaches. McKillop, who also will serve as director of intramurals, has been an assistant coach at Newberry. Whitehead, who will work as pitching coach, has been an assistant at Volunteer State (Tennessee) Community College ... Minnesota-Morris named Todd Hickman as an assistant coach.

Men's basketball -- Le Moyne hired Steve Evans as head coach to replace Dave Paulsen. Evans has been an assistant coach at Northwestern and formerly served as an assistant at Le Moyne from 1994 to 1996 ... Beaver promoted Kevin McGeehan to head coach. McGeehan has been an assistant coach for the past two years and replaces Chris Mooney ... Ed Andrist was hired as head coach at Wisconsin-Stout. For the past 11 seasons, Andrist has been head coach at Mount Senario College ... Geneseo State added Steve Minton as head coach. Minton, who replaces Steve Holmes, has been head coach at Hiram for four seasons ... Oliver Purnell, head coach at Dayton, was awarded a contract extension through the 2004-05 season. Purnell has guided the program for six seasons.

Men's basketball assistants -- Eric Liebler was awarded duties as administrative assistant for men's basketball at Seton Hall ... Shippensburg selected Mike Nestor as an assistant coach ... Tom Conrad and Scott Wagers were chosen as assistant coaches at East Tennessee State ... Rutgers selected Rod Baker as associate coach and Bruce Dunfee as director of men's basketball operations ... Rob Burke was awarded the position of assistant coach at Limestone ... Notre Dame named Sean Kearney as associate coach, Anthony Solomon and Lewis Preston as assistant coaches and Rod Balanis as director of basketball operations ... Cory McClure was chosen as an assistant coach at New Hampshire ... John Searby succeeds Jason Gillespie as administrative assistant at Tennessee Tech. Searby was an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb last season ... Glynn Cyprien was selected as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State ... Valdosta State named Todd Sheppard as an assistant coach and Earnest Brown as graduate assistant coach. Sheppard has been an assistant coach at Hiwassee (Tennessee) College ... Eric Richardson was appointed as an assistant coach at Elon, replacing Joel Haskins. Richardson has spent the past three years as an assistant at Gardner-Webb ... Francis Marion promoted Scott Allen to assistant coach. Last season, Allen was a volunteer assistant for the program ... Illinois State named Anthony Beane as an assistant coach ... Duquesne's Josh Oppenheimer resigned as an assistant coach ... Billy Schmidt was selected as an assistant coach at Seton Hall.

Women's basketball -- Kevin Morris was chosen as interim head coach at Princeton ... Kentucky Wesleyan promoted Tandy Bradford to head coach.

Women's basketball assistants -- Christine Koren was chosen as an assistant coach to replace Cindy Carroll at Delaware ... Arkansas elevated Vic Schaefer to associate head coach ... Tennessee Tech promoted Roger Castle to full-time assistant coach. Castle was an administrative assistant for the program during the 1999-00 season, and he replaces Chrissy Roberts ... Bambi Ferguson and Brooks Donald were added as assistants at Arkansas-Little Rock. The school also promoted graduate assistant coach Johnnie Harris to assistant coach ... Bradley appointed Tasha McDowell as an assistant ... Suzy Venet was chosen as an assistant coach at Minnesota State-Mankato. For the past two seasons, Venet has fulfilled assistant coaching duties at Bowling Green ... New Mexico State added Niki Lowry as an assistant coach ... Natasha Jones accepted duties as an assistant coach at Carson-Newman ... St. Leo added John Edwards as an assistant. Edwards most recently was head coach at the high-school level for five seasons ... Brad Autry was hired as an assistant coach at Tulsa. Last year, Autry was administrative assistant/academic advisor for the school's men's basketball team ... Bradley chose Ty Margenthaler as an assistant coach. Since 1998, Margenthaler has been an assistant at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville ... Iona added Deb Reardon as associate head coach.

Men's and women's cross country -- Jeremiah Burns and Abidi Bouazza were appointed as men's and women's co-head coaches at Bard, replacing Steve Schallenkamp and Zach Watkinson ... Missouri selected Jared Wilmes as head coach ... Wingate selected Dennis Johnson as men's and women's head coach ... Jim Kane accepted additional duties as head cross country coach at Clarkson. Kane also serves as head baseball coach ... Joe Harlan was hired as head women's cross country and track coach at Wisconsin-Stout. Harlan has spent the past four years as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at Clark College, a community college in Vancouver, Washington.

Men's and women's cross country assistant -- Christi Ireland was selected as an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Yale.

Field hockey -- Geneseo State added Kristen Geissler as head field hockey and women's lacrosse coach. Geissler, who replaces Andrea Zurlo as field hockey coach and Aimee Canale as lacrosse coach, has been head women's lacrosse and field hockey coach at Elmira ... Carla Gasbarra was appointed as head coach at DePauw, replacing Judy George, who retired.

Field hockey assistants -- Connecticut hired Meredith Kirkpatrick as an assistant coach. Kirkpatrick, who succeeds Irene Horvat, has been a special education teacher and varsity field hockey coach at South Windsor (Connecticut) High School ... Linda Drapeau was named as assistant field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at Scranton.

Football assistants -- Hobart chose John Manley as running backs coach ... Bill Smith was appointed as defensive line coach at Northern Arizona ... Buffalo added Chuck Williams as tight ends coach. The school moved strength and conditioning coach Jim Gibbons to running backs coach and named John Opfer as strength and conditioning coach. Mark Maier switched from recruiting coordinator to director of football operations, and graduate assistant offensive line coach Tony Latona now will serve as administrative assistant. Buffalo also added Norman McCarter as football office business manager and hired Doug Socha as graduate assistant defensive coach ... Scott Lakatos was promoted to defensive coordinator at Maine after working as defensive backs and special teams coach for five seasons. Succeeding Neil McGrath, Lakatos also will be linebackers coach. The school also announced Jared Backus has accepted additional duties as special teams coach. Backus has been defensive line coach since the 1999 season ... Morningside appointed Lindsay Hughes as defensive coordinator and Mark Konopka as offensive line coach ... Ithaca chose Mike Wood as defensive backs coach and assistant lacrosse coach. Wood has most recently been defensive line coach and head junior varsity coach at Columbia ... Joe Viadella was chosen as offensive coordinator at Stony Brook ... Williams appointed Andy McKenzie as quarterbacks coach. In four years as an assistant at Northeastern, McKenzie has served as secondary coach, defensive line coach and most recently as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator ... Larry Treen was added as defensive backs coach at Albany (New York). For the past two years, Treen has been an assistant coach at Norwich ... St. Francis (Pennsylvania) selected Dino Kalis as defensive line coach, Chris Elliott as tight ends and halfbacks coach and Matt Balsavage as defensive backs coach ... Augustana (Illinois) added Brian Pottinger as quarterbacks coach, Jeff Lindmark as wide receivers coach, Kevin Wotkiewicz as defensive line coach, Jeff Weller as defensive backs coach, John Ebeling as kickers coach and Spencer Stevens as defensive line coach ... Damon Bradford was named as an assistant at Tennessee Tech, replacing Eric Roark. The school also added assistants Kraig Campbell to succeed Kevin Rogers, Daniel Bruce to succeed Andre Caballero and Jeff Hunnicutt as a student assistant ... Rowan named Tom Doddy as offensive coordinator ... Michael Dailey was added as defensive coordinator and departmental strength coach at Westminster (Missouri), succeeding Scott Lupori. Dailey has been defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Russelsheim Razorbacks of the German Football League South, and he also has served as defensive coordinator and head strength coach at Millsaps for the past three college football seasons ... California (Pennsylvania) added Jon Bolen as graduate assistant defensive line coach, David Commesso as graduate assistant linebackers coach, Travis Everhart as graduate assistant offensive line coach and Jason Ranone as graduate assistant wide receivers coach. The school also appointed Steve DeFelices as volunteer defensive backs coach ... Massachusetts-Lowell chose Pat Murphy as associate head coach, Skip Bandini as defensive line coach, Matt Adamo as defensive backs coach, Bill Manchester as quarterbacks coach and Scott Richardson as outside linebackers coach ... Emet Wade was appointed as assistant football and assistant track coach at Minnesota-Morris.

Men's and women's golf -- Michelle Bailey was selected as head women's coach at Morningside ... New Hampshire College tabbed Jozef Matson as head coach ... Rollins hired Julie Garner as head women's coach to replace Marla Weeks. Garner formerly served as head coach at the school from 1984 to 1987 and 1996 to 1997 ... Dana Perry was named head women's coach at Newberry ... Wingate hired Wally Moore as head men's and women's coach, replacing the late Ralph Hargett as men's head coach and Scott Hunsucker as head women's coach ... Ken Fike was selected as head women's coach at Hastings ... Kimberly Lapointe was hired as head women's coach at Wellesley. The program is scheduled to begin competition during the 2001-02 academic year. Lapointe has been a physical education golf instructor at the school ... Florida State hired Nicky Goetze as head men's coach. Goetze has been head coach at Mississippi State for two seasons.

Men's and women's golf assistants -- Jason Murphy and Erin Bradbury were selected as graduate assistant coaches at Wingate ... Texas chose KayLinda Crawford as assistant women's coach. Crawford succeeds Martha Freitag.

Men's and women's gymnastics -- Jeff Schepers was hired as head women's coach at Ursinus.

Men's and women's gymnastics assistants -- Carmine Giglio was appointed as an assistant coach at Army ... Missouri selected Kira Atkinson as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Massachusetts-Boston will not renew the contract of head coach Kevin McGonagle ... Heather Linstad was appointed as head women's coach at Connecticut. For the past eight years, Linstad has guided the women's program at Northeastern.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistant --Bruce Wolanin accepted the assistant men's coaching post at Yale.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Rhode Island College named Matt Coleman as head women's coach. The program is scheduled to begin its first season in the spring ... Brown added Scott Nelson as head men's coach. Nelson has led the Nazareth men's program for 15 years.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistant -- Merchant Marine hired Kevin Warne as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's rifle -- Army named Ron Wigger as head coach.

Men's and women's rowing -- Amy Osborne was hired as head men's and women's rowing coach at Lewis and Clark, succeeding Phil Busse. Osborne has been an assistant women's rowing coach at Southern California ... Louisville added Richard Ruggieri as head women's coach ... Wellesley hired Joan O'Hara as head coach. O'Hara is a former member of the U.S. Rowing National Team.

Men's and women's rowing assistant -- Laura Slice was appointed as an assistant coach at Clemson.

Men's soccer -- Greg Henschel was added as head men's and women's coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater. Henschel worked as interim head men's coach last year ... David MacWilliams was chosen as head coach at Temple ... Joel Harrison was named as director of soccer operations at Central Arkansas. Harrison, who has been head men's coach, will direct the men's and women's programs during the 2000 season ... Scott McKenzie was named coordinator of men's and women's soccer at Juniata. McKenzie has been head women's soccer coach at Southern Vermont since 1992 and assistant athletics director since 1997.

Men's soccer assistants -- Robert Morris hired John Larson as an assistant ... Longwood added Todd Crawford as part-time assistant coach. For the past year, Crawford has fulfilled duties as a volunteer assistant coach at VMI ... Wartburg hired Jason Woods as an assistant coach. Woods is a 2000 graduate of Loras ... North Carolina-Asheville awarded assistant coaching duties to Gregory Schmind ... Rensselaer chose Howard Charbonneau as associate head coach.

Women's soccer -- Raymond Joseph accepted responsibilities as head coach at King's (Pennsylvania). Since 1987, Joseph has been coaching at the high-school level ... Bard chose Jeff Dezago as head coach. Dezago succeeds Matthew Cunniff ... Ralph Aubuchon succeeds Jaime Vargas as interim head coach at Westminster (Missouri). Aubuchon has been an assistant coach with the program ... New York Tech's Tessa Payne resigned after four seasons as head coach ... Todd Bailess was named as head coach at Barton. Bailess replaces Scott Ginn ... John H. Gibson was added as head coach at Springfield. For the past six years, Gibson has taught in the department of physical education and sports science at University College of St. Mark and St. John in Plymouth, England. He formerly was head men's coach at Marshall ... Kara Gilligan was named as head coach at Coast Guard ... DePaul appointed John Wilson as head coach ... Greg Walter was chosen as head coach at MacMurray to succeed Josh Houston. Walter formerly was an assistant with the school's men's team in 1996 ... Tony Howard was selected as head coach at Clarion ... Clarkson hired Kelly Norman as head coach. Norman has been a head girls' coach at the high-school level ... Andy Williamson was awarded head women's coaching responsibilities at Ozarks (Arkansas). Williamson succeeds Dave De Hart, who will continue as head men's soccer coach.

Women's soccer assistants -- Corbin Stone accepted assistant coaching responsibilities at Iowa ... Seton Hall chose Kelly Smith as an assistant ... Melanie Wolters was appointed as an assistant coach at Concordia-St. Paul ... Christine Geske was added as an assistant coach at North Carolina-Asheville ... South Alabama appointed Daniel Brizard as an assistant coach ... Bill Cummins and Melissa Joseph were added as assistants at Juniata ... Minnesota-Morris appointed Michelle Just as an assistant coach.

Softball -- Defiance announced the selection of Kary Zimmerman as head coach and assistant volleyball coach. Zimmerman has been assistant softball and basketball coach at Bluffton for two years ... Megan Bryant was hired as head coach at Stony Brook ... Rochester elevated Kristine Shanley to full-time head coach and facility manager. Shanley has been part-time head coach for two seasons ... Bryant hired Lisa-Ann Wallace as head coach, succeeding Bob Reall. Wallace has been head coach at Fitchburg State for five seasons ... Missy Roggow accepted the head softball and assistant women's basketball coaching posts at Heidelberg. Roggow most recently served as event coordinator for the Findlay Country Club ... Clarion chose Ron Baum as head coach ... Jon Janssen accepted the head coaching post at Ozarks (Arkansas) ... Kim Worden was awarded head coaching duties at Kalamazoo ... Northern Iowa added Sara Hayes as head coach ... Patti Raduenz was chosen as head coach at Elon, replacing Julie Pharr. Raduenz has been an assistant at North Carolina.

Softball assistants -- Binghamton named Mollie Lehman as an assistant coach ... Nichole Bendt was selected as an assistant at Wisconsin-Whitewater. Bendt has been an assistant at Edgewood ... LSU selected James DeFayo and Lorrie Osterberg as assistant coaches.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Deborah Thompson was hired as head men's and women's coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater. Since 1993, Thompson has guided the men's and women's program at Geneseo State in addition to serving as aquatics director and physical education instructor ... Paul Eure was chosen as head coach at Augustana (Illinois), replacing Dave Thomas, who left after 15 years to take a position with United States Swimming ... Geneseo State hired Paul Dotterweich as head swimming and diving coach and aquatics director. Dotterweich has been head swimming and diving coach at Buffalo State for three years and replaces Deborah Thompson ... Kristen Noone was hired as interim head men's and women's coach at Trinity (Connecticut). Noone was an assistant with the programs in 1999-00.

Men's and women's tennis -- New Hampshire College added Brian Horan as head men's and women's coach ... Stu Schaefer was hired as head women's coach at Edgewood. Schaefer formerly coached at the school from 1992 to 1995 ... Canisius named Mike Scritchfield as head women's coach ... Gordie Ernst resigned as head men's coach at Pennsylvania ... Detroit Mercy added Daron Montgomery as head women's coach ... Betsy Somerville Purpura was appointed head women's coach at Seton Hall ... Texas Christian named Joey Rive as head men's coach ... Ann Parks accepted responsibilities as head women's tennis coach and assistant women's basketball coach at Clarkson. Parks was an assistant women's basketball coach at Potsdam State last year ... Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne hired Rox Ann Krahn as head men's and women's coach ... J. Webb Horton was named as head women's coach at Northern Kentucky. Horton has been head men's and women's coach at Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne.

Men's and women's tennis assistant -- Peter Angarola resigned as volunteer assistant men's and women's coach at Bard to become head women's coach at Marist.

Men's and women's track and field -- Dana Schwarting was hired as head men's and women's coach at Morningside ... Laurie Hedland accepted duties as head track and assistant cross country coach at Minnesota-Morris.

Men's and women's track and field assistants -- Morningside named Dave Nash as an assistant ... Duke selected Kevin Jermyn as men's assistant track and cross country coach ... James Cook was appointed as assistant men's track and field and cross country coach at Pennsylvania.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Bill Doyle accepted responsibilities as head women's coach at Bard ... Campbell selected Perri Hankins as head women's coach ... Robin Pietryk was appointed as head coach at North Carolina Wesleyan. Pietryk has been head coach at Defiance ... Trinity (Connecticut) added Renee Najerian as head women's coach ... Utica selected Darin Lynch as head women's coach. Lynch, who currently is head boys' coach at Mount Markham Senior High School, succeeds Lisa Vivacqua ... Bryn Mawr selected Diane Hagan as head coach. From 1997 to 2000 Hagan worked as head varsity volleyball coach at West Philadelphia Catholic (Pennsylvania) High School ... Christian Franklin was chosen as head women's coach at Assumption.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Wisconsin-Whitewater added Hugh Hernesman as assistant women's coach. Hernesman has been working as an assistant coach with the school in an interim capacity ... Eva Bodula was appointed as assistant women's coach at Bard ... Mississippi named Matt Ginipro as an assistant coach ... Jonathan Taylor accepted the assistant women's coaching post at Stetson ... Holly Horn-Gotshalk was added as an assistant at Lewis and Clark ... Clemson selected Cindy Stern as student assistant coach ... Becky Bauer, Brady Starkey and Stacey White were chosen as assistant coaches at Concordia-St. Paul ... Toledo named Kori Ermigarat as an assistant women's coach ... Yoko Nagao was hired as an assistant coach at California (Pennsylvania) ... Seton Hall chose Kinga Adamowicz as assistant women's coach ...Greg Leung was named as an assistant women's coach at Assumption ... Minnesota-Morris appointed Shawnda Johnson as an assistant ... Katie Almquist was chosen as a volunteer coach at Montana.

Wrestling -- Pat Marsh was named as head coach at Augustana (Illinois), replacing Kevin Puebla, who resigned after 13 seasons.

Wrestling assistants -- Wartburg selected Dave Malacek as full-time assistant coach ... Derek Mountsier was chosen as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa ... Wartburg hired Eric Keller as an assistant coach.

STAFF

Academic services -- Carole Walker was chosen as academic advisor for student-athletes at Miami (Florida) ... Stacey Willmott was chosen as athletics academic coordinator at New Mexico State.

Administrative -- Auburn chose Jimmy Perry as director of high school and NFL relations.

Athletic trainers -- Bard hired Jeff Carter to replace Melissa Manus as head athletic trainer and wellness director ... Kristen Agena accepted the co-head athletic trainer post at Wisconsin-Whitewater. During the 1999-00 school year, Agena was interim head women's athletic trainer at the school ... Greensboro appointed Michelle M. Lesperance as program director and assistant professor of the athletic training education program. Lesperance fulfilled similar duties at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas ... Heidelberg announced the appointment of Margo Greciar as program director for athletic training. The school also chose Julie Barton as head women's athletic trainer ... Paul Simmons was awarded duties as head athletic trainer at Geneseo State. Simmons has been interim athletic trainer at the school during the 1999-00 academic year ... Stevens Tech appointed Jeffrey Turner as head athletic trainer. Turner most recently has been assistant athletic trainer at Wagner ... Dan Fox was added as an athletic trainer at Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Pam Waller was elevated to assistant athletic trainer at Houston. Waller has been a graduate assistant with the program ... Wisconsin-Whitewater named Steve Hillmer as assistant athletic trainer. Most recently, Hillmer has been an interim assistant athletic trainer with the school ... Lisa Fells and Jennifer Moyer were selected as athletic trainers at Pennsylvania ... Loyola (Illinois) hired Bryan Yonka as assistant athletic trainer. Yonka has been a graduate assistant at Northern Illinois for two years ... Heidi Otterholt was awarded duties as assistant athletic trainer at Wisconsin-Stout ... New Paltz State named Jeanine Engelmann as an assistant athletic trainer. For the past two years, Engelmann has been a graduate assistant trainer at Kutztown ... Kansas State hired Derrick Fitts as an assistant athletic trainer. Fitts was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Northern Colorado last year ... Joseph Clayborne was added as an assistant athletic trainer at Drexel. Clayborne has been a part-time assistant athletic trainer at the school for the past year ... Minnesota-Morris selected Sarah Ronning as an assistant athletic trainer ... Kevin Joyce was named as athletic training intern at Merchant Marine. For the past four years, Joyce has been a student athletic trainer at Sacred Heart.

Broadcasting -- Jim Klapthor was named as a broadcaster for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi athletics. Klapthor, who replaces Mike Chisholm, has been director of media relations at Albion for the past two years.

Communications -- Ken Cerino was appointed as director of athletics communications at Western New England. For the last 14 years, Cerino has fulfilled sports information director responsibilities at Springfield.

Communications assistants -- Pennsylvania tabbed Jared Shank as athletics communications assistant ... Ray Naimoli accepted duties as sports communications graduate assistant at George Washington.

Compliance -- Ellen Braun was appointed as compliance coordinator at Albany (New York). Braun has been interim compliance officer for the 1999-00 academic year.

Compliance assistant -- Meg Kinney accepted the compliance assistant post at Pennsylvania.

Equipment manager -- Morningside added Steve Bates as equipment manager ... Michael Dent was chosen as coordinator of athletics equipment operations at Drexel. Dent has worked as director of operations at the United States Sports Academy.

Event management -- Michael Mercer was named as special events coordinator at Houston. Mercer has been working in the ticket operations and sales department for the NFL's New Orleans Saints.

Marketing -- Wisconsin-Whitewater hired John Vodenlich as director of marketing and game management, assistant baseball coach and assistant women's golf coach. During the 1999-00 year, Vodenlich fulfilled the same capacities at the school on an interim basis ... Kennesaw State appointed Felecia Mulkey as marketing/promotions director, succeeding Marica Merck. Mulkey, who has been marketing director and school health specialist for the American Lung Association, will continue as head coach of the school's cheerleading and dance teams.

Media relations -- Minnesota chose Bill Crumley as director of media relations for men's athletics to replace Marc Ryan, who was promoted to assistant athletics director for external relations. Crumley has been with the school's media relations department since 1989 ... Brian Kirschner resigned as sports media relations director at Temple.

Media relations assistants -- Wake Forest selected Joanna Sparkman as associate media relations director ... Illinois State added Andrew Knapick as assistant media relations director. Knapick, who succeeds Todd Kober, has been a graduate assistant at the school for the past two years ... Jim Stephan accepted the position of assistant director of sports media services at Ohio. Most recently, Stephan worked as director of media relations at North Dakota ... Steve Geller was added as assistant director of athletics media relations at Pacific (California). Geller, who succeeds Mike Dalgety, has been a sports communications assistant at Georgia ... Andy McNamara was added as assistant media relations director at Portland State.

Operations -- Chris Rogers was named as athletics operations and facilities assistant at Pennsylvania.

Recreation -- Franklin and Marshall named Jay Gallagher as coordinator of recreational sports.

Sports information -- Phil Roloson was named as sports information director/facilities and program coordinator at Bard. Roloson has been head men's basketball coach at the school ... Beaver hired Tom Carlin as sports information director ... Jim Miller was selected as sports information director at Susquehanna. Miller, who succeeds Michael Ferlazzo, has been interim sports information director at Lebanon Valley ... St. Edward's appointed Kevin Jannusch as sports information director. Jannusch has been assistant softball coach at the school ... Robb Dietrich was hired as director of sports information at Lycoming. Dietrich has been director of sports information at Thiel ... William Paterson's Joseph Martinelli resigned as sports information director ... Minnesota-Morris named Brian Curtis as sports information director.

Sports information assistants -- Seton Hall chose Tracy King as assistant sports information director. For the past three years, King has been sports information director at New Jersey City ... Marc Gignac was awarded duties as assistant sports information director at George Mason. For the past year and a half, Gignac has been assistant sports information director at Fairfield ... Rochester Institute appointed Michael Salvagni as assistant sports information director. Salvagni has been an intern in the school's sports information department ... Amy Abramczyk was hired as publications coordinator and assistant sports information director at Houston. For the past two years, Abramczyk has been manager of media relations for the Milwaukee Brewers professional baseball club. The school also promoted Dashawnda Mayberry to sports information assistant. Mayberry most recently worked as a student assistant ... Clemson selected Anne Miller as assistant sports information director ... Kevin Tritt was chosen as sports information intern at Delaware, replacing Kevin Linton ... Hampton selected Jamar Ross as assistant sports information director. Ross most recently worked at Southern Illinois ... Franklin and Marshall chose Erika Habersaat as assistant director of sports information. Habersaat succeeds Chris Wagonseller, who resigned ... Dan Surdam accepted responsibilities as assistant sports information director at Cortland State. Surdam has been a freelance writer and public relations specialist and succeeds Mark Coley ... Duke selected Art Chase as associate sports information director ... Bret Seymour was appointed as assistant sports information director at Northern Illinois ... James Kramer was selected as assistant sports information director at Merchant Marine. Kramer has been a sports information intern at Marshall for three years.

Sports medicine -- Sheila Noecker was elevated to director of sports medicine at Seton Hall. For the past nine years, Noecker has been an assistant athletic trainer.

Strength and conditioning -- UMBC chose Fred Cantor as head strength and conditioning coach. Cantor, who replaces Steve Michelotti, has been head strength and conditioning coach at Lafayette since 1996 ... Mike Robinson was appointed as head strength and conditioning coach at McNeese State. Replacing Ronald Motton, Robinson has been strength coach at Nevada.

Ticketing services -- Seton Hall named Sara Pinard as athletics ticket manager. Pinard spent last year as a graduate assistant in the school's athletics ticket office ... David Cope was selected as ticket manager and assistant director of marketing at Chattanooga.

CONFERENCES

Amy Turner resigned as assistant commissioner for communications at the Mountain West Conference.

The Atlantic 10 Conference elevated Suzanne DeFruscio to associate director of communications and named Steve Haug as assistant director of communications.

Kerry Van Malderghem was chosen as assistant director of media relations at the Northeast-10 Conference. Malderghem most recently has been an intern with the athletics media relations office at New Hampshire.

The Hockey East Association appointed Noah Smith as director of media relations. Smith, who has been a member of the sports information office at Northeastern for three seasons, replaces Ed Saunders.

The Midwest Conference named Chris Graham as assistant commissioner/sports information director. For the past four years, Graham has been sports information director at Ripon.

The Trans America Athletic Conference chose JoAnne Gonzalez as assistant director of media relations.

Hazo W. Carter Jr. was elected as president of the board of directors for the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Carter has been president at West Virginia State since 1987.

ASSOCIATIONS

The Orange Bowl Committee appointed Courtney Morrison-Archer as director of media relations.

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CORRECTION

The name and address for the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference were listed incorrectly in The Record section of the July 31 issue of The NCAA News. The correct address is: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Suite C, 2935 Horizon Park Drive, Suwanee, Georgia 30024-7220; voice: 678/546-3470; fax: 678/546-3471; Web site: SCAC-online.org.

REPRIMAND

The NCAA Men's Water Polo Committee has reprimanded co-head coaches Adam Krikorian and Guy Baker, University of California, Los Angeles, and the men's water polo team for inappropriate and unprofessional behavior during the 2000 National Collegiate Men's Water Polo Championship.

The committee has issued a public reprimand of Krikorian, Baker and the UCLA men's water polo team. Additionally, the committee will withhold the coaches' transportation and per diem payment to Krikorian and Baker. Since the NCAA already has reimbursed UCLA, the coaches must repay the NCAA the amount owed.

DEATHS

Former Colgate President Everett Needham Case died July 18. Case was 99.

Bobby Holloway, former head softball coach at Tennessee Tech, died July 28. Holloway, 66, led the program for 11 years and captured recognition as Ohio Valley Conference coach of the year in 1994.

Former Syracuse athletics director Lester Dye died August 11 after suffering a stroke. Dye, 84, served as athletics director at Syracuse from 1973 to 1978 and also was a former football coach at Clarkson. He played defensive halfback and offensive end at Syracuse before graduating in 1942 and competing with the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1944 to 1946.

Vern Wagner, former athletics administrator at San Jose State and Washington, died of leukemia July 27. He was 63. Wagner was athletics director at San Jose State and assistant athletics director for facilities and event management at Washington. Wagner had worked as director of the Kingdome in Seattle since 1994.

Former Pacific (Oregon) President Miller A. F. Ritchie died August 1. Ritchie was 91.

Preston Birdsong, a freshman Tennessee Tech football player, collapsed during practice and died. Birdsong was 18.

Former Texas Christian football player Clyde Eugene Flowers died August 15. Flowers, 78, competed on the team from 1940 to 1944 and led the school to a Southwest Conference championship as a player-coach in 1944.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra