Tothe to coach golf at Texas-San Antonio

Texas-San Antonio has hired Holly Tothe as head women's golf coach. The school is scheduled to begin varsity competition during the 2005-06 season.

Most recently, Tothe has worked as a golf instructor for Transview PTE Ltd. in Singapore. She also has served as a golf instructor in Toronto, Canada. Tothe completed a stint as an assistant women's golf coach at Arizona, where she helped the Wildcats capture the 2002 Pacific-10 Conference championship and earn a second-place finish in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships.

Tothe competed on the women's golf squad at Southern California from 1994 to 1996 before transferring to Texas, where she closed out her collegiate career in 1998. The 1999 Texas graduate has played professionally on the Futures, Players West and Ladies Challenge Tours.

Chief executive officers

Marshall President Dan Angel announced plans to retire, effective December 31 ... Whitman selected George S. Bridges as president, effective July 1. Bridges has been a professor of sociology, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at Washington ... William G. Cale Jr. was named as president at North Alabama. Most recently, Cale has worked as chief executive officer and dean at Penn State-Altoona.

Directors of athletics

Dick Tharp resigned as director of athletics at Colorado. Tharp has been a part of the school's athletics administration for 25 years, including serving as athletics director for the past nine ... Roachel J. Laney resigned as director of athletics at Appalachian State, but will continue with the school in an academic capacity. Laney joined the school as an assistant football coach in 1976 and has been athletics director since 1990 ... District of Columbia chose Kelly J. Higgins as interim athletics director. Higgins, who most recently was athletics director at South Dakota from 1998 to 2004, currently serves as president and owner of KJH Sports Services in Nebraska.

Senior woman administrator

Apryl Guisasola was selected as interim senior woman administrator at Northern Arizona. Guisasola currently works as an academic services coordinator at the school.

Faculty athletics representative

Westminster (Missouri) named Karen Tompson-Wolfe as faculty athletics representative. Tompson-Wolfe, who replaces Bob Hansen, has been on the faculty since 1995 and teaches economics and statistics and works in the Learning Opportunities Center.

Assistant director of athletics

Rhode Island College chose Mike Morrison as assistant athletics director for athletics development. Most recently, Morrison has worked as assistant director of the Lobo Club at New Mexico.

Coaches

Men's basketball ­ David First was hired as head coach at Lesley. The program is scheduled to begin varsity competition in the 2005-06 season. Most recently, First has been an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Ed McKee was announced as director of operations for men's basketball at North Carolina Greensboro. McKee has been a graduate assistant coach at College of New Jersey for the past two seasons ... Rhode Island College added Dwayne Pina as an assistant coach. Pina currently is a special education resource teacher with the New Bedford (Massachusetts) Public School Department ... Margaret Ellis was named as director of men's basketball operations at Fordham. Ellis has served as a student advisor/adjunct advisor with the school's academic advising center for the past year.

Women's basketball ­ Franklin & Marshall tabbed Erika Linnander as interim head coach. Linnander takes over for Beth Elbon, who went on maternity leave ... DePaul head coach Doug Bruno signed a contract extension. Bruno is entering his 19th year in charge of the program.

Women's basketball assistants ­ North Carolina-Greensboro appointed Jon Hines as an assistant. Hines has been an assistant coach at Greensboro for the past two seasons ... Heather Sharp and Scott Foulis were added as assistants at Springfield.

Men's and women's cross country ­ Holly Stagliano was tabbed as head coach at Philadelphia U.

Football ­ Iowa awarded head coach Kirk Ferentz a three-year contract extension through 2012. Ferentz has guided the Hawkeyes to three straight bowl game appearances and three consecutive 10-win seasons ... Lou Holtz stepped down as head coach at South Carolina. Holtz took over the program in 1998 and led the Gamecocks to two Outback Bowl victories. South Carolina announced former Florida head coach Steve Spurrier as Holtz's successor. Spurrier's Gators captured six Southeastern Conference championships and the 1996 national title before he left to guide the NFL's Washington Redskins to a 12-20 mark in the 2002 and 2003 seasons ... San Jose State's Fitz Hill resigned as head coach after four seasons ... Ron Turner was released as head coach at Illinois. In eight seasons, Turner led the Illini to a 35-57 record, two bowl appearances and the 2001 Big Ten Conference championship ... Eastern New Mexico elevated Mark Ribaudo to head coach to succeed the retired Harold "Bud" Elliott. Ribaudo has been defensive coordinator for the past eight seasons ... Donavon Larson announced plans to retire as head coach at Hamline. Larson has been in charge of the program for the past four seasons ... New Mexico head coach Rocky Long was awarded a contract extension through 2009. Long has guided the Lobos since the 1997-98 season ... Van Nickert resigned as head coach at Kalamazoo, but will continue as an assistant. Nickert took over the top spot in February after working as an assistant for the Hornets' program for 21 seasons ... Millersville will not renew the contract of head coach Kevin Kiesel, who has been in charge since 2001 ... David Dunn was hired as head coach at Becker. Most recently, Dunn has been running backs coach at Florida Atlantic ... Henderson State head coach Jesse Branch resigned after four seasons ... East Carolina's John Thompson resigned as head coach. Thompson has guided the Pirates since December 2002 ... Jerry Graybeal resigned as head coach at Weber State. Graybeal, who has been head coach for seven years, was reassigned as a special assistant to the athletics director ... Bob Bierie retired as head coach at Loras. Bierie, who will continue with the school for the next two years assisting the athletics development staff, has been in charge of the program for 25 seasons ... Stanford released head coach Buddy Teevens after three seasons ... Notre Dame announced it will not retain Ty Willingham as head coach. Willingham compiled a 21-15 record in three seasons.

Football assistants ­ South Carolina added Steve Spurrier Jr. as receivers coach, Mark Smith as strength coach and Jamie Speronis as director of football operations. The school also announced assistants Rick Stockstill, David Reaves and Ron Cooper will continue with the program.

Men's and women's lacrosse ­ Elizabethtown named Mike Faith as head women's coach. Most recently, Faith has been first assistant women's coach at UMBC.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants ­ Jen Valore was tabbed as an assistant women's coach at Temple. Valore, a former four-year lacrosse starter at James Madison, has been director of marketing for Tri-State Lacrosse and Major League Lacrosse's New Jersey Pride ... Cole Gelrod was selected as an assistant men's coach at Franklin & Marshall. Gelrod, a 2004 graduate of Roanoke, most recently coaches with the Glenelg Club Team in Australia and formerly served as a volunteer assistant men's soccer coach at Annapolis (Maryland) High School from 2000 to 2003.

Men's soccer ­ Elon's Mike Reilly resigned after nine years as head coach.

Women's soccer ­ Susie Foster was promoted to head coach at Carthage. Foster, most recently an assistant with the program, takes over for Steve Domin, who will continue as head men's soccer coach and director of soccer operations at the school.

Men's and women's squash ­ David Tedeschi was hired as interim head men's and women's coach at Wesleyan. Tedeschi, who replaces David Cukierman, has been coaching and teaching at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India, for the past two years.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistant ­ Ed Halloran was chosen as an assistant coach at Misericordia.

Men's and women's track and field ­ Northern Illinois hired Condinitha "Connie" Teaberry as head women's track and field coach. Teaberry, who takes over for Shantel Twiggs and interim co-head coaches Gretchen Folck and Dave Jennings, has been an assistant at Ohio, Arizona State, Toledo and Kentucky. Folck and Jennings will remain with the program.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Lesley named Adam Zilcoski as head men's coach. The program is set to begin varsity competition in 2006. Zilcoski has been an assistant women's coach at the school during the 2004 season ... Gina Chambers was elevated to head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. Chambers, who takes over for Tom Symons, was interim head coach this past season.

Men's and women's water polo assistant ­ Siena tabbed Brett Sarsfield as an assistant women's coach.

Staff

Marketing/promotions ­ Georgia State hired Kory Burke as director of sports marketing and promotions. Since January 2003, Burke has served as a sponsorship services coordinator for Philips Arena Sports Marketing.

Operations ­ North Carolina-Greensboro selected Michael Smith as interim external operations director. Smith has spent the past three years as an account executive with Learfield Communications.

Sports information assistant ­ Mark Kimmel was named as an assistant sports information director at North Carolina-Greensboro. For the past year, Kimmel has worked as an assistant sports information director at Saint Rose.

Conferences

The Southern Conference announced Kyocera Mita America as the official title sponsor of the league's 2005 basketball championships set for March 2-5 in Chattanooga, Tennessee ... Darcy Couch was appointed as assistant information director and Julian Temblador was chosen as information intern at the Big West Conference.

Associations

The American Volleyball Coaches Association named Jean Lojko, Penny Lucas-White and Terry Liskevych as members of the board of directors. Lojko has been head women's coach at Greensboro for 23 years and formerly was a member of the board from 1994 to 2002. Lucas-White has led the program at Air Force for nine seasons and formerly spent five years in charge at Memphis. Liskevych, co-founder of the AVCA and current president of Total Sports, Inc., a marketing and consulting company, formerly was head women's coach at Pacific, head men's coach at Ohio State, and head coach for the U.S. Women's National and Olympic Volleyball Teams from 1985 to 1996.

DEATHS

Ruth Marie Adams, president emeritus at Wellesley, died November 10. Adams, 90, also formerly was a vice-president at Dartmouth.

Dick Snider, a longtime newspaper columnist and former sports editor who was responsible for starting NCAA Films, died November 20. He was 83. In the 1960s, Snider produced College Football, a highlights show for ABC. It was the first Sunday morning program to feature highlights of major college football games nationwide. NCAA Films later became NCAA Productions.

Former Charleston Southern president, John A. Hamrick, died October 24. Hamrick was 88.

Al Onofrio, former head football coach at Missouri, died November 5. He was 83. Onofrio was a football student-athlete at Arizona State in the early 1940s and was an assistant for the Sun Devils from 1955 to 1957. He joined Missouri as an assistant coach in 1958 and went on to serve as the Tigers' head coach for seven years.

Larry Williams, a former men's basketball student-athlete at Louisville, died in November. He was 48. Williams played at the school from 1975 to 1979 and went on to play in the Continential Basketball Association and in Europe.

Sara Helen Cree, professor emeritus and former chair of the health and physical education department at Shepherd, died October 28. Cree, 97, started the women's athletics department at the school during a career that spanned from 1940 until her retirement in 1972.

Former California head men's water polo coach Peter J. Cutino died Stepmber 19. He was 71. Cutino joined the school as water polo coach and swimming coach in 1963, a dual appointment he held until relinquishing his responsibilities with the swimming program in 1974. The four-time NCAA and Pacific-10 Conference coach of the year guided the Bears to eight NCAA national championships and a 519-172 record before retiring in 1989. In addition, Cutino collected 13 U.S. national championships as well as served as head coach for the U.S. Men's National Team from 1972 to 1976 and as head coach of the 1976 Olympic team.

Tim Rowe, who organized the lacrosse program at St. Mary's (Maryland), died November 19. Rowe established a lacrosse club at the school in 1971 and helped the program earn varsity status by 1974.

Former Florida head men's golf coach Bernays Emery "Buster" Bishop died November 19. He was 84. In 15 years in charge of the program, Bishop, a three-time Southeastern Conference coach of the year, led the Gators to national championships in 1968 and 1973 and conference titles in 1973, 1974 and 1975.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra