Gwynn and Johnson take intercollegiate posts

Tony Gwynn, a 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) veteran, and Davey Johnson, former MLB player and manager, have accepted positions within intercollegiate athletics.

Gwynn was named as head baseball coach at San Diego State, effective June 1, 2002. Gwynn will succeed Jim Dietz, who announced plans to retire after the upcoming season, his 31st as head coach.

Gwynn was a two-sport standout at San Diego State. He competed with the baseball team from 1979 to 1981, earning recognition as an all-American in 1981. As a point guard on the basketball team for four seasons (1977 to 1981), Gwynn established the school's single-season and career assists records with 221 and 590, respectively.

Johnson, meanwhile, has been hired as special assistant to the director of athletics at Rollins. He spent 13 seasons as a second baseman with MLB's Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs. He helped the Orioles capture two World Series championships in addition to earning three Gold Glove defensive awards and making four all-star appearances during his career.

In 1984, Johnson assumed responsibilities as manager of the New York Mets. His squads won one World Series championship and two division championships in six full seasons under his guidance. Johnson also completed managerial tenures with the Cincinnati Reds (1993-95), Baltimore Orioles (1996-97) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-00). In 14 seasons as a Major League manager, the Texas A&M graduate built a 1,148-888 record and was named American League manager of the year in 1997.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Worcester State's Kalyan K. Ghosh announced retirement plans, effective in the fall of 2002 ... F. King Alexander was named as president at Murray State after most recently serving as assistant professor of higher education at Illinois ... Alabama-Birmingham President W. Ann Reynolds resigned, effective in the summer of 2002. Reynolds will continue with the school as a professor of biology ... Dolores R. Spikes resigned as president at Maryland-Eastern Shore. The school named Jackie Thomas, executive vice-president and professor of English at the school, as interim president ... Jerome H. Supple announced plans to retire as president at Southwest Texas State, effective August 31, 2002 ... Louisiana-Monroe's Lawson L. Swearingen Jr. resigned as president, effective December 31.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Skidmore's Tim Brown announced plans to retire as athletics director, effective June 1, 2002 ... Bruce McCutcheon was named as director of athletics at Lafayette.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATORS

Linda Doran was named as senior woman administrator at Wilmington (Delaware) ... Judy Chivers was named as assistant to the athletics director for academics/senior woman administrator at Wright State. Chivers formerly served as an assistant business manager at the school.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

Hal Baird was selected as senior associate athletics director at Auburn. Baird, who most recently has been an associate athletics director at the school, joined the athletics administration in November 2000 after serving as Auburn's head baseball coach for 16 seasons ... Craig Cotton was hired as associate director of athletics for external affairs and executive director of the athletics foundation at Norfolk State. Cotton has been marketing manager at Howard ... Paul Newman was promoted to senior associate athletics director at Wright State. Newman has been an associate athletics director. The school also elevated Roderick Perry to associate athletics director for student and academic support and compliance, with sport supervising duties. Perry was an assistant athletics director for academics and student services.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

COACHES

Baseball assistants -- Bloomfield named Rahman Turner as an assistant coach ... Scott Friedholm was hired as pitching coach at Maine to replace Mike McRae. Friedholm has been pitching coach at Bryant for two years ... Lynchburg appointed Jon Martin as graduate assistant pitching coach. Martin is a 2001 graduate of the school ... Scot Sealy was hired as an assistant at South Alabama. Since January 2000, Sealy has been a scouting area supervisor with Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Devil Rays ... Shepherd elevated Ryan Sawyers to full-time assistant coach. Sawyers, who has served as part-time assistant coach since last fall, competed professionally in the Frontier League in 2000 ... Birmingham-Southern named Bob Keller as an assistant coach ... Jon Encarnacion was chosen as an assistant coach at Caldwell ... New Orleans appointed Joe Slusarski as pitching coach ... John Flanders assumed responsibilities as an assistant coach at Curry ... Anthony Sabatello was tabbed as an assistant coach at Concordia (New York) ... Evansville named Larry Shown as an assistant coach ... Craig Rapp was appointed as an assistant coach at Guilford. Rapp most recently has been an assistant varsity coach at West Forsyth (North Carolina) High School ... Iona named John Barone and Matt Passerelle as assistant coaches ... Dan Zuberbier and Andy Felder assumed responsibilities as volunteer assistant coaches at Edgewood. The school also chose Luke LeNoble as a student assistant coach ... Western Illinois hired Tom Radz and Adam Gawason as gradaute assistant coaches for the 2001-02 season.

Men's basketball -- Brandeis' Ken Still resigned as head coach ... Ron Hammye resigned as head coach at Wayne State (Michgan) to become a high-school athletics administrator. Hammye has been with the program for 19 seasons, including the last 13 as head coach ... Kenyon selected Dave Kunka as head coach. Kunka, who replaces Jamie Harless, has been an assistant at North Central for the past three years ... Framingham State chose Don Spellman as interim head coach to replace Peter Kelley, who resigned.

Men's basketball assistants -- Gerald Holmes was awarded duties as an assistant coach at Bloomfield ... Bryan McGraw was selected as associate head coach, and Corby Swan and Jim Atherton were chosen as assistant coaches at Wilkes ... Sam Houston State named Dwayne Kelley as an assistant coach ... Tom Schuberth was chosen as an assistant coach at Alabama-Birmingham ... Bill Perkins and William Bailey were added as assistant coaches at Chicago State ... Tod Murphy was hired as an assistant coach at UC Riverside. Murphy, who succeeds Rusty Smith, formerly played professionally in the National Basketball Association and most recently has been coaching at the high-school level ... Curry chose Brian Chapman as associate head coach and Brendan Monaghan as an assistant coach ... Teikyo Post named Phil Gamble as an assistant ... Christina Brame was selected as administrative assistant for men's and women's basketball at Wright State ... Northern Arizona appointed Curtis Condie as an assistant coach ... Coastal Carolina tabbed Ted Jeffries as an assistant coach ... Brian Pickering was named as associate head coach at Keene State. Pickering begins his sixth year with the program. The school also named Eric Simonelli and Mark Smith as assistant coaches ... Indiana (Pennsylvania) added Adam Collins as an assistant coach and Brian Kovalovsky as a volunteer assistant coach ... Chicago elevated Mark Coomes to associate head coach ... Armando Perez and Corey Brown were added as assistant coaches at Ramapo ... Worcester Polytechnic named David Olivieri and Thomas Joyce as assistants ... Robert Davenport was elevated to associate head coach at Texas-Pan American.

Women's basketball -- Carol Harrison was appointed as interim head coach at Humboldt State ... Ron Vlasin was hired as interim head coach at Northern Colorado to replace Erica Ledy, who resigned after one season as head coach. Vlasin most recently has spent 12 years as head coach at Arapahoe (Colorado) High School ... Wright State hired Bridgett Williams as head coach. Williams formerly coached at Chicago State ... Sherry Carter resigned as head coach at Furman, effective at the end of next season. Carter has guided the program to a 283-242 record since becoming head coach in 1982.

Men's and women's fencing -- Hunter chose Tiberiu Sala as head men's and women's coach to replace Max Catala. Sala spent the past season as an assistant coach with the program.

Field hockey assistants -- Regis (Massachusetts) named Betty Bradley as an assistant coach ... Diane Loosbrock was awarded duties as an assistant coach at Hofstra.

Football assistants -- Ryan Dobias accepted responsibilities as an assistant coach at Guilford. During the 2000 season, Dobias coached tight ends and defensive ends at the high-school level.

Men's and women's golf -- Lynchburg hired Chris Whelan as head coach for the remainder of the fall season. Whelan currently also serves as a men's basketball graduate assistant coach. The school announced Bill Hayward, head men's soccer coach, will take over in March as Whelan's successor as head golf coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistants -- Wentworth Institute hired Michael Filardo as an assistant coach. Filardo is a 2001 graduate of New Hampshire, where he was a four-year letter-winner on the men's ice hockey team ... Tom McDonald and Jarred Redford were selected as assistant men's coaches at Curry.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Stanford added Quinn Carney as head women's coach ... Johnson State added Jonathan Damm as head men's coach ... Nate Ostis resigned after two seasons as head men's coach at Plymouth State.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants -- Jason Jeffries and Brian Hemming were named as graduate assistant coaches at Lynchburg. Jeffries will work with the offense and extra-man units and Hemming will serve as defensive coordinator.

Men's soccer assistants -- Devin Jones assumed duties as an assistant coach at Wright State ... Edgewood added Derek Helmer and Nate Brawner as assistant coaches.

Women's soccer -- Keith McLoughlin was appointed as head coach at Regis (Massachusetts).

Women's soccer assistants -- Stefanie Schaffner and Joe Shokatz were awarded duties as assistant coaches at Edgewood.

Men's and women's squash assistant -- Dartmouth added Kirby Sinclair as an assistant men's and women's coach.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Jonathan Johnson was selected as diving coach at Army ... Randolph-Macon hired Dave Holland as head swimming coach to replace Matt Barany. From 1995 to 2001, Holland has served as head girls' swimming and diving coach at Saint Gertrude (Virginia) High School.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistant -- New York University named Nancy Stearns Bercaw as an assistant women's swimming coach.

Men's and women's tennis -- Jerry Montgomery announced plans to retire as head women's coach at Mississippi ... Arizona's Brad Dancer resigned as head women's coach to become head men's coach at Fresno State. Simon Thibodeau was selected as interim head women's coach at Arizona ... Saint Peter's appointed Terry McLaughlin as head men's coach and Bob Verga as head women's coach ... DePaul hired Jeff Kutac as head men's coach.

Men's and women's tennis assistants -- Natalia Alekhova was hired as a men's and women's graduate assistant coach at Armstrong Atlantic State. Alekhova is a 2001 graduate of New Mexico, where she competed on the women's tennis squad for four seasons ... Barbara Ruhs was selected as an assistant women's coach at Wellesley ... Stephen Pashley was hired as an assistant men's and women's coach at Oneonta State. Most recently, Pashley has been coaching girls' soccer and track and field at Nanuet (New York) High School.

Men's and women's track and field assistants -- Dan Waters was tabbed as an assistant coach at Georgia ... Rob Zand assumed responsibilities as assistant men's track and field and cross country coach at New York University.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Regis (Massachusetts) appointed Lauren Shropshire as an assistant women's coach ... Albany (New York) named Cathy Arnette as an assistant women's coach ... Edgewood selected Angie Adler as an assistant coach.

Wrestling -- Slippery Rock chose Chris Elliot as interim head coach ... Chris Horpel was appointed director of wrestling, and Steve Buddie was selected as wrestling coach at Stanford.

Wrestling assistants -- Steve Capoferri was awarded duties as an assistant coach at Millersville. Capoferri has been head coach at Elizabethtown since 1995.

STAFF

Academic services -- Illinois named Kristin Kane as academic counselor and promoted Tom Michael to head academics counselor. Since fall 1999, Kane has served as an intern, graduate assistant and an interim counselor at the school. Michael has been with the school since the 1996-97 academic year.

Assistant athletic trainers --Fordham hired Suzanne Miller as an assistant athletic trainer. Since 1998, Miller has been an athletic trainer at St. Joseph's ... Amos Mansfield was named as an assistant athletic trainer and Stephanie Rosehart was promoted to associate athletic trainer at Southern Mississippi ... Christine Mishalko was hired as an assistant athletic trainer at Philadelphia U. ... Akron hired Bill Droddy as an assistant athletic trainer. During 2000-01, Droddy worked with the Anchorage Aces, a minor league hockey team in Alaska.

Assistant business manager -- Marsha Moss was named as an assistant business manager at Wright State.

Communications -- Sacred Heart chose Don Harrison as coordinator of athletics communications. Harrison has served in various public relations positions with the school for the past 12 years.

Facilities assistant -- Brian Brewer was elevated to assistant director for facilities at Marietta. Brewer will continue to fulfill responsibilities as associate head baseball coach at the school.

Marketing/promotions -- Chris Weaver was selected as director of promotions at Wright State.

Marketing/promotions assistant -- Maggie McGowan was named as assistant director of marketing and promotions at Miami (Ohio).

Media relations assistant -- Laura Remia was awarded responsibilities as media relations intern at Albany (New York).

Sports information assistants -- Fordham selected Scott Kwiatkowski as assistant sports information director. Kwiatkowski, a 2001 graduate of Fordham, has worked as a student assistant in the school's sports information office for the past four years ... Lisa Helgeson and Geoff Wiswell were chosen as assistant sports information directors at Cincinnati. The school also named Shawn Sell as a sports information intern ... Carlton White and Brett Fujisaki were added as sports information assistants at George Mason ... Jeff Conrad was selected as assistant sports information director at Houston to replace John Sullivan. For the past two years, Conrad has been sports information director at Louisiana-Lafayette.

CONFERENCES

The Mid-Continent Conference added Chad Hawley as director of institutional services. Hawley has served as compliance services coordinator at North Carolina State since July 2000 ... The Ohio Valley Conference selected Ryan Altizer as director of communications and Lee Moses as director of compliance ... The Northeast 10 Conference elevated Jonathan Harper to assistant commissioner. Harper has been director of media relations since September 1999 ... The Big East Conference named Joyce Harris as the first Aéropostale/Big East administrative fellow. Harris, who currently serves as an assistant track coach at Tulsa, is a 1998 graduate of Seton Hall, where she captured six conference indoor and outdoor NCAA titles as a middle distance runner. Aéropostale, a clothing and accessories retailer, is the official branded apparel sponsor of the conference and has been sponsoring the league's academic awards program since 1999. The relationship was extended through the 2003-04 academic year ... Ron Barker was hired as assistant commissioner for governance and enforcement at the Pacific-10 Conference ... The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference chose Mark Mentone as sports information director to replace Steve Lenderman, who resigned after one year, but will continue as sports information director and head volleyball coach at Wilmington (Delaware). Mentone will retain responsibilities as sports information services coordinator at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

NATIONAL OFFICE

Daniel Nestel resigned as assistant director of federal relations at the NCAA's Washington, D. C., office.

ETC.

CORRECTION

An article in the September 24 issue of The NCAA News incorrectly stated how the start date of the Division II basketball season is determined. That date is determined by counting back 136 days from the final game of the Division I Men's Basketball Championship. The dates noted in the article for first permissible contests for the 2002, 2003 and 2004 seasons were correct.

DEATHS

Former Alabama basketball player Jerry Harper died September 16 after a long illness. He was 67. Harper, who was a member of Alabama's 1955-56 Southeastern Conference championship team, still holds the school record for the most rebounds in a season with 517 during the 1955-56 season.

Paul Cummings, a former runner at Brigham Young, died in a boating accident on September 17. He was 48. Cummings, who competed in the 1984 Olympics, won an NCAA championship in the mile run in 1974.

Former Minnesota basketball player Ollie Shannon died recently of pancreatic cancer. He was 53. Shannon led Minnesota in scoring at 20.5 points per game during the 1970-71 season.

Connor Senn, an Ohio State freshman men's soccer player, died of an unspecified cardiac event September 27, after collapsing during the second half of a soccer game against Akron the previous evening.