Rutgers' head women's tennis coach retires

Marian Rosenwasser has announced plans to retire as head women's tennis coach at Rutgers, effective at the end of June. Rosenwasser will continue with the program as an assistant coach, and assistant coach Ben Bucca will take over as head coach, effective July 1.

Rosenwasser's tenure at Rutgers spans 22 seasons and includes more than 300 victories. Before coming to Rutgers, the 2003 Big East Conference coach of the year spent six years as athletics director, head tennis coach and physical education instructor at Barnard. She also was an assistant tennis coach at Massachusetts and formerly taught and coached tennis at the high-school level.

Rosenwasser was captain of the women's softball and basketball teams as a student-athlete at CCNY, where she earned a bachelor of science in health and physical education. She also earned a master's degree at Massachusetts and an MBA in marketing and management at Rutgers.

GENERAL

Judith Bailey was selected as president at Western Michigan. Bailey has been president at Northern Michigan ... Cortland State announced Erik J. Bitterbaum as president, effective July 1. Bitterbaum has been president at West Virginia ... Saint Benedict appointed Carol J. Guardo as interim president for the 2003-04 academic year. Guardo formerly was president at Rhode Island College ... Denver selected Marc Holtzman as president, effective this summer. Holtzman has been secretary of technology for the state of Colorado ... Hartwick chose Richard Miller Jr. as president. Most recently, Miller has served as vice chancellor and chief operating officer at the State University of New York system ... Hamline President Larry G. Osnes announced plans to retire May 31, 2005 ... Scott R. Pilarz was named as president at Scranton, effective July 1. Pilarz was interim university chaplain and assistant professor of English at Georgetown.

Minnesota-Duluth's Bob Corran resigned as athletics director to accept a position at Vermont ... Duke reappointed Joe Alleva as director of athletics ... Rutgers-Camden announced Jeffrey L. Dean as director of athletics and recreational services to succeed the retired Edward Cialella. Dean, who has been interim athletics director, has been with the school since 1993 ... Bob Arkeilpane resigned as athletics director at Buffalo (New York). The school named Bill Maher as interim athletics director ... Mark Linder was appointed as director of athletics at Missouri Western State. Linder, who replaces the late Pete Chapman, has been assistant director of athletics and compliance officer at the school since 1999 ... Marc Boehm resigned as interim athletics director at Pittsburgh to assume duties as executive associate athletics director at Nebraska, effective June 1.

Marita Hynes, associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Oklahoma, announced plans to retire, effective July 1.

Bucknell selected Mitch Chernin, a professor of biology at the school, as faculty athletics representative.

Mike Drummond was chosen as associate athletics director for operations at Winthrop ... Buena Vista awarded additional responsibilities to Marge Willadsen as associate athletics director. Willadsen will continue as head softball coach at the school.

Bucknell named Geoffrey Silver as assistant director of athletics for compliance and student affairs. Most recently, Silver has served as a compliance assistant at Michigan ... Kelley Sullivan was hired as assistant director of athletics for marketing and promotions at San Diego. Sullivan, who takes over for Renee Wiebe, has been a special events analyst for SG/SG Cowen.

Baseball -- Albion appointed Scott Carden as head coach ... Steve Jaksa accepted responsibilities as head coach at Central Michigan ... Justin Cronk resigned after three seasons as head coach at Shenandoah.

Men's basketball -- Gary Manchel assumed duties as head coach at Mercyhurst ... Wisconsin-La Crosse named Ken Koelbl as head coach. Since 1995, Koelbl has worked as an assistant at Wisconsin-Stevens Point ... Lee Glen was selected as head men's basketball coach and head men's and women's golf coach at Piedmont ... Western New Mexico hired Mark Coleman as head coach. Coleman, who has been head coach at Drew for eight seasons, replaces Joe Mondragon ... Southwest Texas signed head coach Dennis Nutt to a three-year contract ... Wayne Morgan was promoted to head coach at Iowa State to replace Larry Eustachy, who resigned. Morgan has spent one season as an assistant with the program ... Dereck Whittenburg was chosen as head coach at Fordham to replace Bob Hill. For the past four seasons, Whittenburg has been head coach at Wagner ... Danny Young was hired as head coach at Montevallo ... Columbia Union elevated Calvin Dunbar to head coach to replace Sandy Smith, who resigned. For the past six years, Dunbar has worked as an assistant coach at the school ... Terry Carroll agreed to a contract extension as head coach at Denver ... Boston U. awarded Dennis Wolff with a 10-year contract extension. Wolff, whose tenure stretches nine seasons, led the school to its second straight America East Conference regular season title and was named the 2003 America East Conference coach of the year ... Bloomsburg named Terry Conrad as head coach. For the past three seasons, Conrad has been head coach at Lycoming.

Men's basketball assistants -- Doc Sadler was added as an assistant coach at UTEP. Since 1998, Sadler has been athletics director and head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith ... UNLV named Vince Booker as men's director of basketball operations ... Jeff Bower was tabbed as an assistant coach at Penn State. Bower has spent the past six seasons with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, including the last two as general manager ... Notre Dame appointed Rod Balanis as an assistant coach ... Dwayne Stephens resigned as an assistant coach at Marquette to accept similar duties at Michigan State ... Illinois chose Chris Lowery as an assistant coach ... Cleveland State added Rick Albro, Sean Bledsoe and Luke Brown as assistant coaches ... Pittsburgh hired Joe Lombardi as an assistant ... Western Michigan named Cornell Mann as an assistant coach ... Ricky Stokes was hired as an assistant coach at South Carolina. Stokes, who succeeds Ernie Nestor, was head coach at Virginia Tech for four years, before being released in March ... Pittsburg State added Jeff Hafer as an assistant. For the past two years, Hafer, who replaces Corey Williams, has been a graduate assistant at the school ... Henderson State hired Mick Wilson as an assistant. Wilson, formerly a graduate assistant with the school in 1999-00, has spent the past two years as head coach at Independence Community College ... Byron Boudreaux resigned as an assistant at Arkansas.

Women's basketball -- Lou DiFeo was named as head coach at Montevallo to succeed Peggy Keebler. DiFeo spent the past season as an assistant at South Alabama ... St. Andrews Presbyterian selected Tim Thomas as head coach. Thomas has been head coach at West Virginia Tech for two years and also was interim head men's basketball coach last season ... Southwest Texas signed head coach Suzanne Fox to a three-year contract ... Columbia Union promoted Donna Polk to head coach to succeed Harold Landis, who resigned. Polk has been an assistant with the program for two years ... Dan Muscatell was hired as head coach at Sacramento State to replace Carolyn Jenkins. For the past four seasons, Muscatell has worked as an assistant at Oregon ... Pacific (Oregon) will not renew the contract of head coach LeeAnn Kriegh, who led the program for four seasons.

Women's basketball assistants -- Iowa State appointed Michele Roberts as director of operations for women's basketball ... Ed Baldwin was tabbed as an assistant coach at South Carolina ... Hofstra chose Elizabeth O'Brien as an assistant coach ... Tina Langley accepted duties as an assistant coach at Clemson ... Jonathan Tsipis was appointed as an assistant coach at Notre Dame ... Nebraska selected LaKale Malone as an assistant coach ... Ball State chose Duffy Burns as an assistant coach to take over for Tisha Hill. Since 1995, Burns has been head coach at Cleveland State ... Syracuse added Matt Luneau as an assistant. Luneau spent last season as an assistant at Vermont ... Dana McGraw assumed duties as an assistant coach at Boise State ... Missouri named Craig Wiginton as an assistant ... Texas-Pan American hired Jill Davis as an assistant. Davis, who has been an assistant at Texas Woman's University, succeeds Kate Galligan ... Ron Burgin was named as an assistant at Colorado. Burgin most recently has been a head coach at the high-school level ... Wyoming hired Jaime White as an assistant coach. For the past two seasons, White has worked as an assistant at Utah. The school also announced Blaine Patterson will continue as an assistant at the school.

Field hockey -- Centre named Tom Hobbs as head coach to succeed Deb Whitten.

Football -- Louisiana-Monroe hired Charlie Weatherbie as head coach. Weatherbie, who takes over for Mike Collins, formerly was head coach at Navy and Utah State ... St. Peter's named Scott Kochman as head coach ... Mike Shula was appointed as head coach at Alabama to replace Mike Price, who was released. Shula has been quarterbacks coach with the NFL's Miami Dolphins for the past three years ... Earlham chose Lawrence Livingston Sr. as head coach to replace interim head coach Gerry Keesling and former head coach Frank Carr, who was promoted to athletics director. Livingston has been co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Wyoming.

Football assistants -- Todd Cunningham was tabbed as quarterbacks coach at Presbyterian ... Alabama hired Dave Rader as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Rader, who replaces Eric Price, formerly was head coach at Tulsa from 1988-99 ... Wayne State (Michigan) named Fred Schultz as defensive line coach. Schultz was a graduate assistant coach at Toledo.

Men's and women's golf -- Fairleigh Dickinson's Joe Wisniewski resigned after three years as head men's coach ... Scott Allen was tabbed as head men's coach at Seton Hall ... Jag Ben Hannan, head coach at Charlotte for the last four years, was announced as head men's coach at South Alabama. Hannan succeeds T.J. Jackson, who was interim head men's coach and who will resume duties as head women's coach at the school.

Men's and women's golf assistants -- Notre Dame chose Chris Whitten as assistant men's coach and Ann Slater as assistant women's coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Jamie Russell was selected as head men's coach at Michigan Tech.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Randy Mercer resigned as head men's coach at Guilford. Mercer has led the program for 10 years ... Mars Hill head men's coach Andrew Gaunt resigned after three seasons.

Men's soccer -- Christopher Bianchi was hired as head men's and women's soccer coach at Wisconsin-Platteville. Bianchi, who succeeds Craig Smith, has been a teacher in the Pittsford Central (New York) School District and director of soccer player development at the Varsity Sports Academy in Rochester, New York.

Women's soccer -- Le Moyne named Matt Townsend as head coach. Townsend spent five seasons as head coach at North Dakota State ... Brandon Padgett resigned after two seasons as head women's soccer coach and head men's and women's tennis coach at Shenandoah.

Women's soccer assistants -- McNeese State chose Allison Holladay as an assistant coach ... Suzanne Willard was appointed as an assistant at Bucknell. Most recently, Willard served as an assistant at William Smith ... James Madison added Rebecca Lisack as an assistant to take over for Carrie Proost. Lisack has been as an assistant at South Carolina for two years.

Softball -- James Knight retired as head coach at Olivet. The school announced James Farnum as Knight's successor ... Bonnie Flynn retired as head coach at Furman ... Pennsylvania will not renew the contract of head coach Carol Kashow, which expires June 30 ... Jerry Stieger announced his retirement as head coach at Valparaiso. Stieger led the program for five seasons ... Rhonda Cooley resigned as head softball coach and assistant volleyball coach at Pittsburgh-Greensburg. Cooley has been head softball coach since 2001 ... Wheaton tabbed Melissa Hodgdon as head coach to replace Cheryl Aaron. For the past four seasons, Hodgdon has worked as the top assistant at Holy Cross.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Washington and Lee selected Joel Shinofield as head men's swimming coach ... James Madison's Rhonda Kaletz resigned as head men's and women's diving coach.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistant -- Stephanie Putzi was awarded responsibilities as an assistant swimming and diving coach at South Carolina.

Men's and women's track and field -- Cornell head women's coach Cindy Turley resigned after three seasons. Turley will continue with the school for one more year as an instructor in the physical education department. Lonnie Speidel was named as Turley's successor. Speidel also serves as head men's track and field coach at the school.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Ellie Tanner resigned as head women's volleyball coach and head softball coach at Shenandoah. Tanner has been with the school since January 2001 ... Pittsburgh-Greensburg head women's coach Janet Buchheit resigned. Buchheit, who also was assistant softball coach in 2002, has been head women's volleyball coach since 2001.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Ohio named Anne Botica as an assistant coach ... Alabama appointed Chris Redding as an assistant coach. For the past four years, Redding has been head coach at Appalachian State ... Katie Michalski was tabbed as an assistant coach at Buffalo (New York) to replace Joe Fisher. Michalski has been a graduate assistant for two years and an assistant coach for the past four years at Duquesne.

Wrestling -- Army selected Pat Popolizio as an assistant. Last season, Popolizio served as an assistant at Sacred Heart.

Adminstrative -- Steve Eddie accepted additional duties as assistant to the athletics director at Buena Vista. Eddie will retain head baseball coaching duties.

Compliance -- Fresno State added Christopher Moore as compliance coordinator. Most recently, Moore has worked as an compliance assistant at Southern Mississippi.

Development assistants -- Robert Shepard was reappointed to a five-year term as vice-president for development at Duke ... Erin Sheehan was selected as assistant director of development for athletics at San Diego. Sheehan has been the development officer for the San Diego Symphony.

Marketing/promotions -- Nikki Borges was tabbed as director of intercollegiate athletics marketing at Indiana.

Operations -- Santa Clara chose Josh Munk as manager of events and operations. Munk was a member of the athletics operations staff at Bradley.

Sports information -- Julie Lapomarda was chosen as sports information director at Portland.

Sports information assistant -- Portland appointed Jason Brough as assistant sports information director.

Strength and conditioning -- Mike Barwis was named as director of strength and conditioning at West Virginia to succeed Doug Elias. Barwis has been with the school's strength program for 11 years.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America elevated Steve Veal to associate executive director. Veal has been with the organization since 1993. The NSCAA also named Tanya Wright as communication coordinator.

ETC.

A story in the May 12 issue of The NCAA News about Lewis University's victory in the National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship contained two errors. The institution's mascot should have been identified as the "Flyers." Also, the coach's correct name should have been Dave Deuser.

The NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Committee has reprimanded Loyola Marymount University assistant soccer coach Matt Mennell for misconduct displayed during the first round of the 2002 Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Specifically, the committee determined that Mennell pushed California State University, Northridge, head coach Terry Davila to the ground after the first-round contest between the schools. The committee issued a public reprimand of Mennell and also required Mennell to sit out the next NCAA tournament game in which he otherwise would be a participant. In addition, the committee implemented a $300 fine. Ordinarily, the committee would have withheld transportation and per diem reimbursement to the institution, but since Loyola Marymount was the host team, transportation and per diem reimbursements were not applicable.

NOTABLES

The men's tennis team at Ouachita Baptist and the women's tennis team at Williams earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Sportsmanship award. This award is a new honor developed to recognize monthly one men's team and one women's team for exhibiting outstanding sportsmanship, character and ethical conduct in the true spirit of competition and college tennis.

DEATHS

Former Arizona basketball Al Fleming died of kidney cancer at the age of 49. Fleming was a power forward and a member of the 1976 Western Athletic Conference championship team.

Former Southern Arkansas coach and administrator W.T. Watson died after suffering a stroke. He was 71. Watson was athletics director from 1979 to 1998, when he retired. He also was head men's basketball coach from 1963 until the end of the 1979-80 season.

Franklin M. Loew, former president at Becker, died of cancer. He was 63. Loew has presided at the school since 1998.

Theodis "Trey" McMiller, a football student-athlete at Western Kentucky, died in a boating accident. McMiller, a wide receiver, played on the 2002 Division I-AA championship team.

David Woodley, former LSU football quarterback, died of liver and kidney failure. He was 44. Woodley went on to play professionally in the NFL.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra