Martinez-Connor named head lacrosse coach

Mount St. Mary's has named Courtney Martinez-Connor as head women's lacrosse coach.

Martinez-Connor is a 2001 graduate of Maryland, where she competed on the women's lacrosse squad. The five-time letter-winner was a member of five national championship teams. She earned most-outstanding-player recognition during the 2001 national championship tournament. In addition, Martinez-Connor was named as first-team all-American and was chosen as first-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference. She also was named to the all-ACC tournament team and was selected as a national defender of the year.

Martinez-Connor is a member of the USA Developmental Team and has served as a coach and counselor for numerous lacrosse camps.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

J. Timothy Cloyd was appointed as president at Hendrix. Cloyd has been vice-president for college relations and assistant professor of politics at the school ... Catawba's J. Fred Corriher Jr. announced plans to retire, effective September 1, 2002 ... Kathryn Mohrman resigned as president at Colorado College, effective in the summer of 2002 ... Thomas D. Aceto announced retirement plans as president at Massachusetts Liberal Arts, effective August 2002 ... Donald W. McNemar resigned as president at Guilford, effective June 30, 2002.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

American named Tom George as athletics director, effective November 5 ... Steve Newton announced plans to retire as athletics director at Southern Indiana, effective December 31. Newton has served as athletics director since 1995 and formerly was an assistant athletics director at South Carolina.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

Edgewood promoted Tim Alexander to associate athletics director. Alexander has been an assistant athletics director ... Adam Hertz was appointed as associate athletics director at Swarthmore. For the past five years, Hertz has been athletics director and head men's soccer and golf coach at Alvernia.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF ATHLETICS

COACHES

Baseball -- Geoff Zahn, head coach at Michigan, resigned after six seasons. The school named assistant coach Chris Harrison as interim head coach for the next season ... Steve Nadeau was selected as head coach at Nichols to replace John Dristilaris.

Baseball assistants -- Hawaii-Hilo added Joseph "Butch" McNally and John "Bud" Bailey as assistant coaches. The program also tabbed Kenn Wakakuwa as a volunteer coach.

Women's basketball -- Rosemont appointed Andrew McGovern as head coach ... Olivet hired Deanna Richard as head coach. Richard succeeds Audrey Seymour, who resigned. From 1999 to 2001, Richard served as an assistant coach at Wayne State (Michigan).

Women's basketball assistants -- Rutgers-Camden named Crystal Brown as an assistant coach ... Heather Schaffner was selected as an assistant coach at Bernard Baruch. Schaffner replaces Joe Keelin, who accepted responsibilities as head coach at SUNY Purchase ... Delaware hired Cindy Johnson as an assistant coach to succeed Christine Koren. Johnson was a four-year starter on the women's basketball team and was named as the 2001 NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Delaware .... Vickie Henson was chosen as an assistant at Mars Hill. Most recently, Henson has coached at Butler ... Akron elevated Marla Cleveland to first assistant and recruiting coordinator. Cleveland spent the 2000-01 season as third assistant with the program. The school also hired Cara Pearson and Freeman Blade as assistant coaches to replace Nancy Beatty and Cindy Sperry. Pearson served as an assistant at Minnesota during the 1996-97 season and also has played professionally in Spain, Luxembourg, Finland and Switzerland. Blade has been head girls' basketball coach at Twinsburg (Ohio) High School since 1994.

Men's and women's fencing -- Janusz Mlynek and Witold Rak were chosen as co-head coaches at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Mlynek is a senior coach at the National Fencing Academy in Clark, New Jersey. Rak, an exercise physiologist in Copaigue, New York, is the founder and director of the Woodside Fencing Center in Queens, and co-founder and co-director of the East Harlem International Fencing Club.

Football -- Chowan announced Lou Saban as interim head coach to succeed Steve Lee, who resigned. Lee will continue as athletics director at the school through May. Saban, who had been consulting with the football program and helping to raise funds for a football stadium, formerly coached at nine colleges and universities, including Central Florida and NAIA-member Peru State College (Nebraska) ... Stan McGarvey, head coach at West Texas A&M, was reassigned to assistant to the president for special projects, effective at the end of the season.

Football assistants -- Adam Raymond was added as video coordinator for football at Buffalo (New York). Raymond has been an assistant video coordinator at Texas Christian.

Men's and women's golf -- Kerry Sahms assumed responsibilities as head coach at Cincinnati. Sahms has worked as a teaching pro for the past 15 years.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Jack Parker, head men's coach at Boston University, signed a five-year contract extension through 2011-12. In 28 seasons as head coach, Parker has guided the program to national championships in 1977-78 and 1994-95.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Limestone chose Scott Tucker as head women's coach ... Patrick Scarpello was hired as head men's coach at Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison. For the past two seasons, Scarpello has been an assistant at Delaware ... Lee Richardson was hired as head women's coach at Nichols to succeed Felicity Smith ... Bill Dirrigl was named as head men's coach at Loyola (Maryland), succeeding Dave Cottle, who was appointed as head coach at Maryland. Dirrigl, who was head coach at Rutgers during the 2001 season, spent from 1994 to 2000 as an assistant and associate head coach at Loyola (Maryland).

Men's soccer assistants -- Greg Esposito and Keith O'Connor were added as assistant coaches at Delaware. Esposito was an assistant at Wilmington (Delaware) last season and O'Connor has spent two seasons as head coach at Ridgewood (New Jersey) High School ... Dave Kreger and Dave Hesch were appointed as assistants at Buffalo (New York). Kreger has been head men's coach at Canisius for four years and Hesch spent the 2000 season as head coach at Lake Erie.

Women's soccer assistants -- Mary Morgan was elevated to full-time assistant at Buffalo (New York). Morgan spent last year as a student assistant with the program ... Mike Johnston was selected as an assistant soccer coach at Guilford.

Softball -- Juniata chose John Houck as head coach.

Softball assistants -- Vonya Olachnovitch was chosen as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa ... Coppin State selected Erica Miller as an assistant. Miller, a 2001 graduate of Bloomsburg, was named the 2001 Division II National Fastpitch Coaches Association player of the year ... Akron added Mickey Dean as an assistant coach to replace Sue Kunkle. Last season, Dean guided Lake City (Florida) Community College to the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Karen Lunkovsky was awarded duties as head women's swimming coach at Limestone.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistant -- Buffalo (New York) named Scott Vanderzell as an assistant women's coach. For the past six years, Vanderzell has guided the Tonawanda Titans Club team.

Men's and women's tennis -- Michel Turner was hired as head women's coach at Agnes Scott. Turner succeeds Constantine Ananiadis ... College of Charleston promoted Phil Whitesell, men's and women's assistant since 1998, to head men's coach. Whitesell succeeds Angelo Anastapoulo, who was elevated to director of tennis and who will continue as head women's coach ... Todd Chapman accepted duties as head men's and women's coach at Texas-Pan American. Chapman has been head coach at NAIA member University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

Men's and women's tennis assistants -- Budi Susanto was added as an assistant men's coach at Buffalo (New York). Most recently, Susanto completed his career as a member of school's men's team.

Men's and women's track and field -- Bev Buckley was awarded additional duties as head women's track coach at Heidelberg. Buckley, who replaces Bret Kimple, has been head women's cross country coach for 16 seasons and an assistant track and field coach for 14 seasons. Kimple will retain responsibilities as head men's cross country and men's track and field coach ... Cincinnati appointed Jim Schnur, an assistant coach with the program for 17 years, as head women's coach. Schnur replaces Bill Schnier, who has been head men's and women's coach for six years. Schnier will retain responsibilities as head men's coach.

Men's and women's track and field assistants -- Buffalo (New York) selected James Garnham Sr. as throws coach. Garnham has coached at the high-school level as well as at Buffalo State ... Elisha Brewer was named as an assistant women's coach and Allison Gray was named as an assistant men's coach at Cincinnati.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Swarthmore tabbed Tom Bosley as head women's coach. Bosley formerly fulfilled head coaching responsibilities at Eureka, Aurora, Western Illinois and Rock Valley College.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Matora Fiore and Karl Marston were added as assistant women's coaches at Keene State.

Wrestling assistants -- Central Michigan hired Casey Cunningham as an assistant coach. Cunningham was a graduate assistant coach with the program in 2000 and spent the past year training with the USA Wrestling developmental squad in Colorado ... Hofstra appointed Robert Anspach as a second assistant coach.

STAFF

Academic services -- Texas-Pan American chose Chris Uchacz as director of academic support and student services for athletics ... Irene Holohan-Moyer was added as student services coordinator for academic services at Buffalo (New York) ... Michael Davis and Jacqueline Ryder were added as athletics academic advisors at Cincinnati ... Hunter's Betsy Hipple accepted additional responsibilities as eligibility clerk and academic coordinator. Hipple will enter her second year as head softball coach at the school.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Garret Gianni and Melissa Cruice were named as graduate assistant athletic trainers at Delaware ... Buffalo (New York) selected Jim Mollosky and Paula Browning as assistant athletic trainers. Mollosky has been an athletic trainer, strength and conditioning specialist and director of rehabilitation at the University at Buffalo Sports Medicine Institute. Browning worked as an assistant athletic trainer at Niagara during the 2000-01 season ... Robert Roche was awarded duties as an assistant athletic trainer at Swarthmore. Roche was head athletic trainer for National Football League Europe's Berlin Thunder during the 2001 season ... Beth Raitz was named as an assistant athletic trainer at Cincinnati.

Communications assistants -- Coppin State appointed Kevin Paige as assistant director of athletics communications. Paige spent last year as a public relations intern with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens and has most recently been a freelance writer with the Gazette Newspapers in Lanham, Maryland ... Gregg Pastore was tabbed as assistant director of athletics communications at Buffalo (New York). Pastore has served in the office of sports information, marketing and promotions at Brockport State for the past five years.

Compliance -- Buffalo (New York) hired Charlie Donnor as compliance coordinator. Donnor was football offensive line coach at the school from 1977 to 1982 and offensive coordinator from 1995 to 2000.

Development -- Quinnipiac appointed Kevin T. McGinniss as director of athletics development.

Equipment manager -- Kenneth Broman was named as equipment manager at Hunter, succeeding Jim Lackner. Broman was an intern with the school's athletics department during the 2000-01 academic year.

Sports information assistants -- Delaware announced Jon Markle and Craig Everett as sports information interns. Markle was a 2001 graduate of North Carolina Wesleyan and Everett was a 2000 graduate of Salisbury State ... Idaho State selected Wendy Broker as assistant sports information director. Broker, who succeeds Reed Hollinshead, has been a member of the media relations department at Washington for the past year.

Strength and conditioning assistant -- Delaware chose Robert Taylor as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Ticketing services assistant -- Jason Amore was named as corporate/ticket sales associate and Bob Feidt was named as assistant ticket manager at Buffalo (New York). Amore has been working in the sports marketing department at General Motors and Feidt was admissions and membership coordinator at Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.

CONFERENCES

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference hired Ross Barlow as supervisor of baseball umpires. Barlow was the umpire crew chief during the 2001 NCAA Division II baseball national championship and has been an umpire assignor for the Colorado High School Activities Association ... Hilary Bergman was hired as assistant director of media relations at the Mid-Continent Conference. Bergman has been an assistant producer with the ESPN Internet Group ... The Colonial Athletic Association elevated Jerry Stone to senior associate commissioner for competition, Kathleen Hallock to senior associate commissioner for internal operations and Tripp Sheppard to senior associate commissioner for external affairs. Stone has been with the conference since 1990 and most recently worked as an associate commissioner. Hallock, who also is senior woman administrator for the conference, has been with the league since 1991, and Sheppard has been with organization since 1989. The conference also announced the selection of Rob Washburn as assistant commissioner for communications, Chris Powers as Internet intern and Brooke Martin as assistant commissioner for championships.

NATIONAL OFFICE

Tony Babcock resigned as a programmer analyst II at the national office ... Crissy Kaesebier was named as a communications coordinator at the national office. Kaesebier most recently was an intern at the NCAA and is a graduate of Drury.

ETC.

CORRECTION

A photo that accompanied a story in the September 24 NCAA News regarding licensing restrictions on wireless headsets in college football may have been misleading. The photo of a coach wearing a Porta Phone brand headset incorrectly implies that the Porta Phone wireless equipment requires Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval, which it in fact does not. The Porta Phone Digicom wireless uses a digital format designed so that coaches would not have to obtain a license from the FCC for home or away games. The article correctly states that the FCC is entitled to assess fines to institutions who do not obtain a license for equipment that requires one. However, since the Porta Phone equipment does not require a license, coaches who use that equipment need not request one from the FCC.

DEATHS

James H. Brickley, former president at Eastern Michigan, died September 29. Brickley was 72.

George Ireland, former head men's basketball coach at Loyola (Illinois), died September 14. He was 88.

JeKelcy Lee Johnson, a football player at Alcorn State, was shot to death October 8. Johnson was 20.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra