Conradt steps down as athletics director

Jody Conradt has resigned as women's athletics director at Texas to focus on responsibilities as head women's basketball coach. Conradt has fulfilled the dual role since 1992, when she assumed the women's athletics director post.

Conradt joined the Texas athletics department in 1976 when she took over as head women's basketball coach and head volleyball coach. Although she relinquished volleyball coaching duties after two seasons, Conradt has gone on to compile 745 career basketball wins. Her 1985-86 squad completed a 34-0 season to become the first undefeated Division I women's basketball national champions.

Texas announced Chris Plonsky as Conradt's successor on an interim basis in addition to being named senior associate athletics director for men's and women's athletics. Most recently, Plonsky has been senior associate athletics director for external services.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

James Bundschuh assumed responsibilities as president at Marymount (Virginia), effective July 1 ... Trinity (Connecticut) President Evan S. Dobelle was chosen as president of the Hawaii system, effective July 2 ... Norman Lamm resigned as president at Yeshiva, effective August 2002 ... Grand Valley State named Mark Murray as president, effective July 1. Murray has been treasurer of the state of Michigan ... Harvey Perlman, interim chancellor at Nebraska, was elevated to chancellor ... Sanford Ungar was appointed president at Goucher, effective July 1. Ungar has been director of Voice of America and formerly was dean of the school of communication at American ... Thomas More selected E. Joseph Lee II to replace William F. Cleves as president, effective June 1. Lee has been vice-president for student life at Manhattan ... Rex L. Cottle withdrew after accepting responsibilities as president at Southwestern Oklahoma State ... CCNY appointed Gregory H. Williams as president. Williams most recently has been law professor and dean of the school of law at Ohio State ... Sharon S. Brehm was chosen as vice-president for academic affairs for the Indiana University system and chancellor of the Bloomington campus, effective July 1. Brehm, who has been provost at Ohio, replaces Kenneth R. Gros Louis ... Eckerd selected Donald R. Eastman III as president, effective July 1. Most recently, Eastman has served as vice-president for strategic planning and public service at Georgia ... Richard R. Rush, president at Minnesota State-Mankato, was named president at California State University, Channel Islands ... Farmingdale State appointed Jonathan C. Gibralter as president, effective July 1. Gibralter has been interim president at Corning Community College ... Ronald J. Volpe, provost at Capital, was selected as president at Hood, effective July 1.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Canisius awarded Athletics Director Tim Dillon a contract extension through June 2006. Dillon has been athletics director since last June ... Robert H.J. Raines was selected as interim athletics director at Alcorn State ... Rick Villarreal succeeded Craig Helwig as athletics director at North Texas. Villarreal has spent the past three years as associate athletics director at Southern Mississippi ... Pittsburgh-Johnstown announced the retirement of C. Edward Sherlock as athletics director, effective September 28. Sherlock became the school's first athletics director in 1970 ... Mesa State appointed Clarence E. Ross as athletics director to replace P. Douglas Schakel ... Iona's Rich Petriccione was promoted to vice-president for advancement and external affairs, effective July 1. Petriccione most recently has been serving as director of athletics.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
OF ATHLETICS

Dino Mattessich assumed responsibilities as associate athletics director at Connecticut. Mattessich has fulfilled similar duties at Maine for the past five years.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
OF ATHLETICS

COACHES

Men's basketball -- Portland added Michael Holton as head coach ... John Beilein, head coach at Richmond, signed a contract extension through the 2008 season. Beilein has compiled a 78-39 mark in four seasons as head coach ... Alabama extended the contract of head coach Mark Gottfried. In the past three seasons, Gottfried has guided the school to a 55-42 record ... Buzz Peterson resigned as head coach at Tulsa to become head coach at Tennessee, replacing Jerry Green. Peterson was head coach at Tulsa for one season and led the program to the postseason NIT championship ... Henry Dickerson was awarded a contract extension as head coach at Chattanooga ... Drexel hired James "Bruiser" Flint as head coach to succeed Steve Seymour. Flint recently resigned as head coach at Massachusetts after leading the program since 1996 ... Kentucky agreed to terms with head coach Tubby Smith on a four-year contract extension through the 2006-07 season. Smith has built a 110-33 record since becoming head coach before the 1997-98 season ... Rod Barnes, head coach at Mississippi for the past three seasons, signed a four-year contract through the 2004-05 season ... Danny Nee resigned after one season as head coach at Robert Morris to assume head coaching duties at Duquesne. Nee replaces Darelle Porter ... Louis Orr was hired as head coach at Seton Hall succeeding Tommy Amaker. Orr has been head coach at Siena ... UNLV hired Charlie Spoonhour as head coach. Spoonhour formerly was head coach at Saint Louis and Southwest Missouri State ... Illinois Wesleyan hired Scott Trost as head coach to succeed Dennie Bridges. Trost was an assistant coach at Michigan for five seasons ... Billy Hahn assumed duties as head coach at La Salle. Hahn has been an assistant at Maryland for 12 years, including the past four as associate head coach ... Bryant hired Max Good as head coach, succeeding Edward Reilly. Good was interim head coach at UNLV .... Southern appointed Ben Jobe as head coach to replace Tommy Green. Jobe formerly was head coach at the school for 10 years before resigning in 1996 to become head coach at Tuskegee ... Rutgers named Gary Waters as head coach. Waters, who succeeds Kevin Bannon, has served as head coach at Kent for the past five seasons ... Ken Tyler was added as head coach at Shepherd. Tyler, who replaces Denny Alexander, has guided the basketball program at Albright for the last six seasons ... Northeastern chose Ron Everhart as head coach. Everhart, who takes over for Rudy Keeling, has spent the past seven seasons as head coach at McNeese State ... Jan van Breda Kolff was hired as head coach at St. Bonaventure, succeeding Jim Baron. For the past two seasons, van Breda Kolff has served as head coach at Pepperdine ... John Phillips was promoted to head coach at Tulsa, succeeding Buzz Peterson. Phillips has been an assistant with the program for the last four years ... Greg McDermott was appointed as head coach at Northern Iowa. McDermott, who has been head coach at North Dakota State, replaces Sam Weaver ... St. Mary's (California) hired Randy Bennett as head coach to replace David Bollwinkel. For the past two years, Bennett has served as an assistant at Saint Louis ... Dave Odom assumed duties as head coach at South Carolina, succeeding Eddie Folger. Odom closes a 12-year tenure at Wake Forest with a 240-132 mark ... Southwest State named Greg Stemen as interim head coach ... Minnesota State-Mankato chose Matt Margenthaler as head coach to succeed the retired Dan McCarrell. For the past six seasons, Margenthaler has been an assistant coach at South Dakota State. ... Rick Herdes was awarded responsibilities as head coach at Southern Indiana ... Southern Utah extended the contract of head coach Bill Evans through 2005 ... Bruce Pearl was hired as head coach at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Pearl, who succeeds Bo Ryan, has spent the past nine seasons as head coach at Southern Indiana ... Old Dominion added Blaine Taylor as head coach to replace Jeff Capel. Since 1998, Taylor has worked as an assistant coach at Stanford.

Men's basketball assistants -- Wisconsin named Rob Jeter as an assistant coach ... Derek Thomas and Jay Spoonhour were added as assistant coaches at UNLV. Thomas most recently was a player personnel scout for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, and Spoonhour served as an assistant coach at Saint Louis from 1996 to 1999. The school also added Deane Martin as an assistant coach and Dave Rice as director of basketball operations ... Rich Wold was appointed as an assistant at Portland ... Clark Maloney resigned after two seasons as an assistant coach at West Texas A&M ... Northern Illinois named Mike Shepherd as an assistant coach ... Tim Murphy was added as an assistant coach at Cal Poly ... Tennessee selected Chris Ferguson, Kerry Keating and Al Daniel as assistants. The school also appointed Ed Conroy as director of basketball operations ... Bob Beyer, Pat Knight and Les Fertig assumed duties as assistant coaches at Texas Tech ... Villanova chose Brett Gunning, Fred Hill and Joe Jones as assistant coaches.

Women's basketball -- George Mason signed head coach Debbie Taneyhill to a three-year contract extension ... Cheryl Littlejohn, head coach at Minnesota, was placed on an indefinite leave of absence ... St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania) released Stephanie Gaitley after 10 seasons as head coach ... Candace Crabtree, head coach at Drexel, was awarded a contract extension through the 2001-02 season ... Katie Meier was selected as head coach at Charlotte. For the past seven years, Meier has served as an assistant at Tulane, including the past two as associate head coach. ... Curry head coach Michael Barrett resigned ... Sandra Rushing was added as head coach at Henderson State after serving as head coach at Texas-El Paso for the last 11 seasons.

Women's basketball assistants -- Army chose Jessica Vanco as an assistant coach ... Denise Dillon was awarded responsibilities as an assistant coach at Drexel ... Marshall appointed Roxanne White as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's cross country -- Birmingham Southern added Elisa Bragga as head men's and women's coach. Bragga was an assistant coach at the high-school level last season.

Football -- Maine Maritime hired Christopher McKenney as head coach. McKenney has been an assistant coach at Springfield since 1991 ... Mike Farley was selected as head coach at Northern Iowa. Farley, linebackers coach at Kansas from 1997 to 2000, replaces Mike Dunbar.

Football assistants -- West Virginia hired Tony Gibson as an assistant. During the 1999 and 2000 seasons, Gibson was defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at West Virginia Tech ... Wingate announced the selection of Jim Gibbons as offensive coordinator, Rashaan Jordan as defensive coordinator, Mike Long as offensive line coach, Chet Henicle as defensive backs coach and Matt Durant as wide receivers coach ... Bill Salmon resigned as offensive coordinator at Kansas to become assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Northern Iowa ... Massachusetts added Sean Spencer as defensive line coach ... Alcorn State appointed John McKenzie as offensive coordinator ... Robert Rohan was chosen as quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Ashland ... Cornell named Rob Tattersall as wide receivers coach. For the past three seasons, Tattersall served as wide receivers coach at West Chester ... Kansas selected Johnny Barr as linebackers coach ... Robin Pflugrad was awarded responsibilities as offensive coordinator at Northern Arizona ... Dave Paffenroth was appointed as assistant head coach and offensive line coach at Arkansas-Monticello. Paffenroth, who replaces Darren Hiller, has served as offensive line coach at Southern Illinois for the past three seasons ... Akron named Brian Williams as assistant defensive coach ... Kevin Doherty was hired as defensive backfield coach and recruiting coordinator at Harvard. For the last two seasons, Doherty, who replaces Lou Anarumo, has fulfilled duties as the defensive backfield coach at Connecticut ... Sam Houston State added Thomas Herman as wide receivers coach and Clay Jennings as defensive secondary coach ... Kurt Barber was named as defensive line coach at Kent State. Barber, who replaces Paul Haynes, has been defensive line coach at Tennessee-Martin for two seasons. The school also announced defensive coordinator Greg Colby will serve as inside linebackers coach, and inside linebackers coach Ron Wright will move to outside linebackers coach ... Towson hired Mike McGlinchey as running backs coach. McGlinchey spent last season as tight ends coach at Princeton.

Men's and women's golf -- John Wiler was named as head men's coach at Miami (Ohio), effective July 1. Wiler, who succeeds Rodger Cromer, has spent the past four years as men's and women's assistant coach at Kent State.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants -- Courtney Lockhart was named as an assistant women's coach at Keene State. Lockhart, who currently works in the admissions office at New England, was an assistant women's coach at Salisbury State during the 1999 season ... Dave Kemmy assumed additional responsibilities as associate men's coach at Roger Williams. Kemmy also serves as head wrestling coach and assistant athletics director for administration and sports information. The school also named Ryan McDonald as an assistant men's coach.

Men's soccer -- Brian Kelley was hired as head coach at Defiance. For the past two years, Kelley has worked as an assistant coach and goalkeepers coach at Muhlenberg.

Men's and women's swimming -- Wingate added Kirk Sanocki as head women's coach. For the past three years, Sanocki has been an assistant swimming coach and assistant director of aquatics at Western Maryland ... New Jersey Institute of Technology named Tom Romano as head men's and women's swimming coach, succeeding Amy Brander, who resigned as assistant athletics director, compliance director and head men's and women's swimming coach. Romano, who serves as head women's soccer coach and intramurals director, was interim head swimming coach during the 2000-01 academic year ... Ray Bosse resigned as head men's and women's coach at Army.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Cal State Chico hired Jim Moore as head coach. Moore, who replaces Mary Wallmark, formerly was head coach at Texas for four years ... Andrew Palileo was named as head coach at South Dakota State. Palileo takes over for Mary Byrne after working as head coach at Bethel (Minnesota) for the past four seasons.

STAFF

Athletics communications assistant -- Bowling Green hired Kris Kamann as assistant director of athletics communications. Most recently, Kamann has been assistant director of athletics media relations at Indiana State.

Business manager -- Heather German was selected as senior business manager at Kent State. German most recently has fulfilled the position on an interim basis and previously served as an auditor in the school's auditing department.

Compliance -- South Dakota added Joshua Snyder as coordinator of compliance, student services and ticketing. Snyder has been a compliance assistant at Nebraska-Omaha since August 2000.

NATIONAL OFFICE

Richard McGlynn was hired as a student-athlete reinstatement representative. McGlynn has been commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.

Gail Dent was added as assistant director of public relations. Dent has been with the United States Olympic Committee since 1997 and most recently has been media and public relations programs manager with the organization.

ASSOCIATIONS

David Ward was selected as president of the American Council on Education. Ward, who succeeds Stanley O. Ikenberry, is chancellor emeritus at Wisconsin, director of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education and a visiting scholar at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at California.

The Orange Bowl Committee named Randy Messinger as assistant executive director for administration. For the past nine years, Messinger has fulfilled responsibilities as Kent State's assistant athletics director for business.

ETC.

Address change

The Mountain West Conference is located at the following address: 15455 Gleneagle Drive, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921. Phone: 719/488-4040; fax: 719/487-7240; media/communications fax: 719/487-7241; www.mountainwestconf.com.

SEMINAR

The Women's Sports Foundation is presenting its biennial conference on women's sports and fitness May 3-6, 2001, at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort and Villas in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to a benefit golf outing supporting girls' sports, the conference will feature sessions on marketing, media, grass-roots programming, coaching, health and advocacy issues. Call 800/227-3988 or visit www.WomensSportsFoundation.org to register for the conference and/or the golf outing.

NOTABLES

Misty Hyman, the 2001 NCAA champion in the 200-yard butterfly, was chosen as the Honda Award winner for swimming and diving as the top woman collegiate athlete in her sport for the 2000-01 year. Hyman, a senior all-American at Stanford, also won Honda Award recognition in 1997-98.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association chose Marco Baron, a senior at Mississippi State, and Ansley Cargill, a freshman at Duke, as players of the month for March. The association also named Southern California's Ryan Moore and Nick Rainey and Pepperdine's Paola Palencia and Ipek Senoglu as men's and women's doubles teams of the month.

Jeff Quinney, a senior at Arizona State, and Kelli Kamimura, a junior at Washington, were named as Rolex College Golfers of the Month for March.

DEATHS

Francis X. Cretzmeyer, former coach at Iowa, died April 2. Cretzmeyer guided the men's cross country and track and field programs from 1948 to 1978, leading squads to two Big Ten cross country championships, two outdoor track conference titles and a tie for an indoor track conference championship. He also coached at Grinnell from 1947 to 1948.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra