Joseph fills hoops post at Bernard Baruch

Machli Joseph, assistant athletics director of facilities and operations at Bernard Baruch, has been named as head women's basketball coach at the school.

Joseph, who joined Bernard Baruch in March 2002, has served as an assistant men's basketball coach for the past two years.

Before accepting the post at Bernard Baruch, Joseph worked as the operations manager at Seton Hall. He also has completed one-year stints as an assistant director for marketing and championships at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 1999-2000 and as an assistant men's basketball coach and intramural/recreation assistant at East Stroudsburg in 1998. In addition, Joseph was the head men's soccer coach and assistant men's basketball coach at Centenary (New Jersey) in 1997.

Joseph competed as a basketball student-athlete at Kemper Military Junior College before transferring to St. Mary's (California), where he completed his collegiate basketball career and earned a bachelor of arts degree in sports management in 1996. Joseph earned a master's degree in sports management from East Stroudsburg.

GENERAL

Chief executive officers

Louisiana College selected John Traylor as interim president ... Worcester Polytechnic named Dennis D. Berkey as president, effective July 1. Berkey has been provost at Boston U. ... Bethune-Cookman announced Trudie Kibbe Reed as president, effective August 16. Reed, who has been president at Philander Smith College, succeeds Oswald P. Bronson, who announced plans to retire, effective August 15 ... Marye Anne Fox, president at North Carolina State, was chosen as chancellor at UC San Diego, effective August 16 ... Notre Dame appointed John I. Jenkins as president to succeed Edward A. Malloy, who is stepping down, effective June 30, 2005. Jenkins currently serves as vice-president and associate provost at the school ... Concordia-Moorhead announced Pamela Jolicoeur as president. Jolicoeur has been provost and dean of the faculty at California Lutheran ... Ramapo selected William Sanborn Pfeiffer as president, effective July 1. Pfeiffer has been provost at the school ... Michael K. Young was named as president at Utah, effective in the summer. Young has been a professor of comparative law and jurisprudence and dean of the law school at George Washington.

Directors of athletics

Doug Woolard was hired as athletics director at South Florida. Woolard, who has been director of athletics at Saint Louis, succeeds Lee Roy Selmon ... Charles Harris was selected as director of athletics at Averett to replace the retired Vesa Hiltunen. Harris, who formerly served as commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and was athletics director at Pennsylvania and Arizona State, currently is a partner with Excel Development Systems, Inc., a private management and consulting firm based in North Carolina ... LeTourneau announced Duane Trogdon as director of athletics. For the past five years, Trogdon has served as athletics director, head men's golf coach and head football coach at Huntingdon ... Maine Maritime Athletics Director Bill Mottola retired after 36 years ... Jerry Larned was named as athletics director at McMurry to succeed Steve Keenum, who will continue as head football coach. Larned has been president of Avis Lube and vice-president at Kent Oil Company since 2000 and formerly has worked as a coach and athletics administrator at the high-school, senior college and junior college levels.

Associate directors of athletics

Loyola Marymount elevated Maria Behm to associate athletics director of business affairs and promoted Dan Smith to associate athletics director for compliance. Behm has been with the school for 10 years and has spent the past six years as assistant athletics director for business. Smith has been at the school since 1997 and has been assistant athletics director for compliance since 2000 ... Idaho State elevated Paul Bubb to senior associate athletics director. For the past eight months, Bubb has worked as assistant athletics director for development.

Assistant directors of athletics

John Shaffer was promoted to assistant athletics director for sports information and media relations at Loyola Marymount. For the past four years, Shaffer has worked as director of athletics media relations ... Towson hired Robin Truiett-Theodorson as assistant athletics director for compliance services. Truiett-Theodorson, who replaces Mark Rountree, has been senior woman administrator and assistant athletics director at Loyola (Maryland) for three years ... Rob Slavis was chosen as assistant athletics director for compliance and administration at Georgia State. Since 2001, Slavis has worked as assistant director of complaince at Jacksonville ... Birmingham-Southern promoted Bo Kerr to assistant athletics director for development and marketing.

Faculty athletics representative

Arizona State named Myles Lynk as faculty athletics representative, effective July 1. Lynk is a professor of law and the legal profession at the school.

Coaches

Baseball -- Lehman's Juan Reyes resigned as head coach ... Fran O'Brien retired as head coach at Holy Cross. The school appointed Craig Najarian as O'Brien's successor ... Scott Losche was appointed as head coach at City Tech ... South Dakota State head coach Mark Ekeland stepped down. Ekeland, who missed the 2004 season while on medical leave, has led the program to 561 victories and five North Central Conference championships in 20 seasons as head coach.

Men's basketball -- St. Mary's (Minnesota) chose Mike Trewick as head coach ... David Conrady resigned as head coach at Newberry ... Ball State awarded head coach Tim Buckley a contract extension through the 2008-09 season ... Ohio Dominican named Jeff Bridges as head coach ... Southern Mississippi hired Larry Eustachy as head coach ... Frank Ostanik was promoted to head coach at Alaska Fairbanks to succeed Al Sokaitis. Ostanik has served as top assistant coach for the past eight seasons ... Stillman hired Leon Douglas as head coach. Douglas formerly played professionally in the NBA for seven years and most recently has been working in the Oakland Intermediate School District in Michigan ... Louisiana-Lafayette hired Glynn Cyprien, an assistant at Oklahoma State since the 2000-01 season, as head coach ... Rhode Island College selected Jack Perri as head coach. Perri, who takes over for Michael Kelly, has spent the past six seasons as top assistant at Bentley ... Pat Kennedy was named as head coach at Towson to replace Michael Hunt. Kennedy has been head coach at Montana and formerly coached at Iona, Florida State and DePaul. Montana announced Larry Krystkowiak as head coach to succeed Kennedy. Most recently, Krystkowiak has been coaching for the CBA's Idaho Stampede ... Terry Dunn, an assistant coach at Colorado since 1996, was hired as head coach at Dartmouth. Dunn replaces Dave Faucher ... UC San Diego tabbed Bill Carr as head coach. For the past two seasons, Carr has been associate head coach at Long Beach State ... Gary Tuell was named as head coach at Nova Southeastern ... Bob Hoffman resigned after five seasons as head coach at Texas- Pan American to become an assistant coach at Oklahoma.

Men's basketball assistants -- Sam Alford, director of basketball operations at Iowa, announced plans to retire, effective August 1. Alford, who has been at Iowa since 1999, formerly was an assistant coach at Southwest Missouri State and compiled a 452-245 mark in 29 seasons as a high school head coach ... Chattanooga chose David Conrady as an assistant coach ... Evergreen selected Marty Burdick as an assistant coach ... Steve Barnes was named as associate head coach and Austin Norris was added as an assistant coach at Southern Mississippi ... Saul Phillips was tabbed as an assistant coach at North Dakota State to replace Craig Smith. Phillips has been director of basketball operations at Wisconsin ... Minnesota tabbed Jim Molinari as an assistant coach to replace Mike Petersen. Molinari has been a scout with the NBA for the past two seasons and formerly was head coach at Bradley for 11 years ... Gary Abner was selected as an assistant coach at Chattanooga. Abner has been an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State ... Florida hired Larry Shyatt as an assistant coach. Shyatt led the program at Clemson from 1998 to 2003. The school also announced that Tom Ostrom will assume responsibilities as director of basketball operations after most recently serving as an assistant coach at the school ... Darryl Sharp was elevated to assistant coach at Iowa State. Sharp has served as director of men's basketball operations ... Montevallo chose Adam Burgess as an assistant coach. Burgess has been at Georgia State ... Anderson (Indiana) appointed Jakob Nelp as an assistant coach ... Ben McDonald resigned as an assistant coach at Indiana ... Bill Dooley assumed responsibilities as an assistant coach at La Salle ... Missouri assistant coach Lane Odom resigned ... Abar Rouse was named as a graduate assistant at Midwestern State. Rouse formerly was an assistant at Baylor.

Women's basketball -- Melissa McFerrin was hired as head coach at American to succeed Shann Hart. McFerrin has spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Minnesota and formerly was general manager for the WNBA's Washington Mystics ... Rider chose Tori Elaine Harrison as head coach. Harrison has been an assistant coach at George Washington since 1999 and succeeds Eldon Price ... Tom Marryott was elevated to head coach at Navy. Marryott was interim head coach last season ... Ozarks (Arkansas) hired Kelly Stutz as head women's basketball coach and head cross country coach. Stutz has been an assistant women's basketball coach at Ashland ... Jeannine Ruh was named as head coach at Macalester. For the past seven years, Ruh, who replaces Mary Orsted, has been head coach at Earlham ... Hood selected Tracey Kelley-Franklin as head coach. Kelley-Franklin has worked as head girls' basketball coach at Catoctin (Maryland) High School for six years ... Clayton State announced Dennis Cox as head coach ... Jina DeRubbo was named as head coach at Washington and Jefferson ... Julie Rousseau was hired as head coach at Pepperdine to replace Mark Trakh. Rousseau has been an assistant coach at Stanford for the past four seasons and formerly spent one season as head coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

Women's basketball assistants -- Auburn added Kerry Cremeans, Sue Guevara and Carla McGhee as assistant coaches ... Wisconsin-Green Bay chose Autumn Rademacher as an assistant coach ... Mike Wells resigned as an assistant coach at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) to become head women's basketball coach at Frank Phillips College ... Kansas State assistants Kristin Becker and Sue Serafini resigned ... Cathy Bogh and Lindsey Foster were added as assistants at UC Riverside. Bogh has been the top assistant at Northern Arizona for six seasons and Foster was an undergraduate coach at Northern Arizona last season. Seton Sobolewski will continue as an assistant coach at the school and will assume additional responsibilities as recruiting coordinator ... Fordham chose Michael Bozeman as an assistant coach ... Southern California added Jody Wynn, Derek Wynn and Kai Felton as assistant coaches ... Saint Louis chose Zoey Artist as an assistant coach ... Tami Wilson was added as video coordinator for women's basketball at Texas Tech. Wilson has been head girls' basketball coach and track coach at Seagraves (Texas) High School for the past three years ... Jim Sexton and Tempie Brown were appointed as assistants at Northwestern. Most recently, Sexton and Brown were assistants at Lehigh ... Montevallo named Amber Deline as an assistant coach. Last season, Deline worked as a graduate assistant for the program.

Men's and women's cross country -- Dayton selected Ann Alyanak as head women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach ... Jason Childs was tabbed as head men's and women's coach at Limestone.

Football -- Wilmington (Ohio) chose Phil Dorn as head coach.

Football assistants -- Manchester added Ron Planz as defensive coordinator ... Scott Farison was named as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Robert Morris. Farison, who replaces Joe Nemith, has been a graduate assistant with the program for the past two seasons ... Mike Patterson was selected as offensive line coach and Joe Crousen was selected as defensive coordinator at McMurry. Patterson has been assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Abilene (Texas) Cooper High School for 12 seasons, and Crousen formerly has coached at Mississippi State and Sul Ross State.

Men's and women's golf -- Missouri's Tim Robyn resigned as head men's coach ... Quincy hired Brian Hendrian as head women's coach. Hendrian takes over for Troy Conover, who stepped down.

Men's and women's gymnastics -- Pat Panichas relinquished head coaching duties at Southern Connecticut State. Panichas, who will continue with the school as a member of the exercise science faculty, has guided the program for 28 seasons.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Guy Gadowsky was named as head men's coach at Princeton. Gadowsky has been head coach at Alaska Fairbanks since 1999. Alaska Fairbanks elevated former assistant coach Tavis MacMillan to head coach. MacMillan has been working in compliance at the school since last year ... Union (New York) named Tim Gerrish as head women's coach.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Melissa Michels resigned as head women's coach at Lafayette ... Butler head coach Craig Kahoun resigned ... Tara Caminiti-Raggett resigned as head women's coach at Guilford ... Delaware head women's coach Denise Wescott resigned. Wescott has led the program to a 104-86 mark in 11 seasons.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistant -- Farmingdale awarded Deana Ward with additional responsibilities as assistant women's coach. The program is scheduled to begin varsity competition in 2005-06. Ward will continue as senior woman administrator and sports information director at the school.

Men's soccer -- Bill Lawler was hired as head coach at Manhattanville to replace Chris Smith. Lawler formerly was an assistant at Babson and George Mason.

Men's soccer assistant -- Adrian Cox resigned after three years as an assistant coach at Bradley to become varsity boys' soccer coach at the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia.

Women's soccer -- Penn State Behrend hired Patrick O'Driscoll as head coach. For the past year, O'Driscoll has served as head men's and women's coach at Mercyhurst Northeast Junior College and formerly worked as an assistant women's soccer coach at Penn State Behrend during the 2001 and 2002 seasons ... Ohio Northern named Mark Batman as head coach ... Erin DeMarco accepted responsibilities as head coach at Oswego State. Most recently, DeMarco has served as interim head women's soccer coach as well as assistant men's lacrosse coach and as an athletics administrative intern at Vassar.

Women's soccer assistants -- Indiana State named Brock Thompson as an assistant coach ... Katie Kruse and George Cook were added as assistant coaches at Vermont ... Kristen Gay was chosen as an assistant coach at Indiana State to replace Rozie DeWeese, who resigned to become an assistant at UC Davis.

Softball -- Sharlene Peter announced plans to retire after 23 years as head coach at Quincy. Peter, formerly associate director and coordinator for women's athletics at the school, also formerly guided the field hockey, women's volleyball and women's basketball programs at Quincy ... Annette Hunt-Shepherd was named as head coach at Ohio Northern.

Men's and women's squash -- Pennsylvania will not renew the contract of head women's coach Jim Martel.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Valparaiso chose Bryan Morrison as head swimming and diving coach.

Men's and women's tennis -- Sheryl Sattler resigned as head women's coach at Bradley. Sattler was an assistant men's and women's coach at the school before taking over as head women's coach in December 2000.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Limin Jin resigned as head women's coach at Wayne State (Michigan) ... Bernard Baruch named Jennifer Manicad as interim head women's coach. Manicad, an assistant with the program for the past two years, replaces Krishna Dass ... Junior Garcia resigned as head men's and women's coach at Lehman ... Cindy Fredrick resigned as women's coach at Washington State to become head coach at Iowa ... Limestone named Tim Loesch as head women's coach ... Stetson will not renew the contract of head coach Becky Thyhsen, who has guided the program for three seasons ... Renee Arnold was hired as head coach at Delaware State to succeed Jane Hicks. Arnold was an assistant at Maryland-Eastern Shore during the 2003 season.

Men's and women's volleyball assistant -- North Dakota State's Jason Allen resigned after two seasons as an assistant to assume responsibilities as an assistant coach at Sam Houston State, effective June 1.

Wrestling -- Jim Harshaw resigned as head coach at Slippery Rock to become an assistant coach at Virginia.

Staff

The Development -- Hardee McCray was named as assistant director of development at the Longhorn Foundation at Texas. McCray has been football defensive ends coach and recruiting coordinator at the school for the past six seasons.

Conferences

West Coast Conference chose Jae Wilson as director of communications. Wilson has been a media relations assistant at Stanford.

School name changes

West Virginia State College officially changed its name to West Virginia State University.

Corrections

The school at which Bill "Doc" Hadley served as head athletic trainer was incorrectly listed in the May 10 edition of The NCAA Record. Hadley, who recently died, was head athletic trainer at McMurry for 20 years.

The school where Michelle Bedesem Linder was recently appointed head field hockey coach was not listed in the May 10 issue of The NCAA Record. Linder recently took over the program at Arcadia.

Notables

Emeka Okafor was named as the inaugural College Sports Television Student-Athlete of the Year. Okafor, a senior, led Connecticut to the 2004 Division I men's basketball national championship, earning recognition as the Most Outstanding Player for the Final Four. Okafor, the 2004 academic all-American of the year, completed his career with the Huskies with 53 career double-doubles and ranked first in career field goal percentage (59 percent) and career blocked shots (441).

Deaths

Connecticut College President Emerita Rosemary Park Anastos died April 17. Anastos was 97.

Paul W. Cook Jr., former president at Wabash, died April 7. Cook was 77.

Canisius (New York) men's basketball student-athlete Richard Jones died May 5 after collapsing in practice. He was 21. Jones, who had finished his junior season, started 47 games and played in a total of 88 games for Canisius, averaging 5.2 points and 4.3 rebounds for his career.

Former Pittsburgh men's basketball coach Robert Timmons died April 29 at the age of 92. Timmons led the Panthers to four postseason tournament appearances in 15 seasons from 1953-68.

Kenneth Boyce "Ken B." Jones, former Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association commissioner, died May 9. He was 74. Jones, the league's first full-time commissioner, guided the MIAA from 1981 until his retirement in 1997.

Former Louisiana Tech football offensive lineman Shannon Willie Babineaux died May 7 at the age of 25. Babineaux was a member of the football squad during the late 1990s and graduated in 2002. He had been teaching and coaching football and track at the high-school level.

Fred C. Davison, former president at Georgia, died April 28. Davison was 74.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra