Wu named FAR at Wayne State (Michigan)

Wayne State (Michigan) has selected Frank H. Wu as faculty athletics representative.

Wu, who succeeds Mel Small, has been dean of the law school since this spring. Before accepting the post at Wayne State, Wu spent nine years at Howard, where he was a professor of law. He also has taught law at Michigan and Columbia and was a fellow at the Stanford School of Law.

Author of "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White" (2002) and co-author of the textbook "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" (2001), Wu most recently has served on the Board of Professional Responsibility for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and chair of the D.C. Human Rights Commission.

Wu is a 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He earned a bachelor's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins.

Chief executive officers

Robert J. Birgeneau was named as president at California, effective in October. Birgeneau has been president at the University of Toronto ... Cal State Stanislaus President Marvalene Hughes retired. Hughes will serve as interim president during the 2004-05 academic year ... Philip A. Smith, president at Providence, will step down in the spring.

Directors of athletics

Rob Colbert was named as interim director of athletics at Keene State. Colbert, who will continue as head men's basketball coach at the school, succeeds John Ratliff ... Chicago State chose Albert Avant as athletics director. Avant has been with the school since 1988 ... Western Kentucky extended the contract of Athletics Director Wood Selig through 2007-08.

Senior woman administrators

Iona promoted Jamie Fogarty to senior woman administrator and associate athletics director for student-athlete services and compliance ... Amy Weeks was chosen as senior woman administrator at Oklahoma State ... Texas-Arlington selected Debbie Garcia as senior woman administrator ... Kim Whitestone was appointed as senior associate athletics director for internal affairs and senior woman administrator at Charlotte. Whitestone has been associate athletics director with the school ... Dawn Abernathy-Fassbinder was promoted to senior woman administrator and assistant athletics director for internal affairs at Upper Iowa.

Faculty athletics representative

Marcia Seivert Entwistle was appointed as faculty athletics representative at Augustana (South Dakota). Entwistle, an assistant professor of computer science, replaces Mel Klein.

Associate directors of athletics

Charlotte named Darin Spease as senior associate athletics director for business affairs. The school also promoted Dan DeVos to associate athletics director for marketing and ticket operations and Tom Whitestone to associate athletics director for media relations. Spease most recently was an associate athletics director. DeVos and Whitestone have been assistant athletics directors ... Iona elevated Mike Laprey to associate athletics director for athletics communications, Michael Barry to associate athletics director for internal affairs and Nigel Roberts to associate athletics director for academics ... John Morris was hired as senior associate athletics director for compliance at Washington, effective September 1. Morris has worked as assistant athletics director for compliance and student services at Sacramento State for the past two years ... Upper Iowa elevated Kent McElvania to associate athletics director for compliance.

Assistant directors of athletics

Charlotte promoted John George to assistant athletics director for ticket operations and Les Goodall to assistant athletics director for compliance and championships. George has been with the school for six years and most recently has worked as ticket manager. Goodall has been at Charlotte for three years and has served as director of compliance and special projects for the past two years ... Mark Doman resigned as assistant athletics director for marketing at Oakland ... Jason Yellin was chosen as assistant athletics director for media relations at Massachusetts ... Roy Brown was named as assistant director of athletics for marketing and public relations at Southeastern Louisiana ... Upper Iowa elevated Mike Powicki to assistant athletics director for external affairs ... Texas-Arlington chose Bill Petitt as assistant athletics director of sports information/marketing and named Tony Burken as assistant athletics director for facilities and operations ... Tanya Spishak was selected as assistant athletics director for operations at Regis (Massachusetts). Most recently, Spishak has been an assistant softball coach at North Carolina State.

Coaches

Baseball -- Casey Dunn accepted responsibilities as head coach at Samford ... Centre hired Mike Pritchard as head baseball coach and sports information director ... Calvin chose Jim Timmer Jr. as head coach, replacing Jeff Pettinga, who resigned after 27 years as head coach. Timmer will continue as an associate professor for the health, physical education, recreation, dance and sport department, and as head men's golf coach at the school ... Fredonia State selected Matt Palisin as head baseball coach and assistant sports information director ... George Washington hired Steve Mrowka as head coach.

Baseball assistants -- Tennessee selected Mike Bell as pitching coach ... Karl Nonemaker was tabbed as an assistant coach at Auburn ... Birmingham-Southern named Doug Kovash as an assistant coach ... Texas-Arlington appointed Jay Sirianni as an assistant coach ... Jelani Arnold was hired as a graduate assistant coach and Mike Caulfield was tabbed as an assistant at New York Institute of Technology. Arnold succeeds James Arrante ... Quincy tabbed Chris Martin as an assistant coach. Most recently, Martin has been a graduate assistant at Eastern Illinois ... Alex Marconi was named as an assistant coach at North Carolina ... Dallas assistant coach Brandon Smith resigned ... Scott Foxhall was elevated to associate head coach at College of Charleston ... Oral Roberts selected Todd Shelton as an assistant.

Men's basketball -- Lincoln (Pennsylvania) hired Garfield Yuille as head coach ... Andy DeStephano was chosen as head coach at Centenary (New Jersey). Last season, DeStephano worked as an assistant at Plymouth State ... Mike Donovan was elevated to associate head coach at Bridgewater State. Donovan has been an assistant coach with the program for seven seasons ... Army named Mike Blaine as director of operations to succeed Ben Wierzba. Last season, Blaine was director of basketball operations at James Madison ... Luke Strege was selected as an assistant coach at Quincy. Strege, who replaces Jay Driscoll, has been an assistant at Towson since September 2003 ... Indiana hired Donnie Marsh as an assistant coach. Marsh spent four seasons as head coach at Florida International before being released in March ... Louisiana-Lafayette appointed Robert Lee as head coach.

Men's basketball assistants -- Mike Blaine was appointed as director of men's basketball operations at Army ... Brian Stanchak accepted responsibilities as coordinator of men's and women's basketball operations at Pennsylvania ... Connecticut College named Sean Grant as an assistant coach ... Texas-Arlington appointed Larry Cordaro as an assistant coach ... Pete Vasil was added as an assistant at Bloomfield ... Middle Tennessee State appointed Matt Woodley as an assistant coach ... Mark Hughes assumed duties as an assistant coach at San Diego State ... Isaiah Cavaco was added as an assistant at Oberlin. Cavaco most recently has been an assistant at John Carroll ... Davidson named Landry Kosmalski as an assistant coach ... Jeremy Ballard accepted duties as an assistant coach at Colgate ... Rhode Island College hired Jonathan Gibbs as an assistant coach.

Women's basketball -- Rhode Island hired Tom Garrick as head coach. Garrick, who succeeds Belinda "Boe" Pearson, formerly was an assistant with the Rams' men's squad for three years and most recently was an assistant women's coach at Virginia ... Northwood's Kelli Parker resigned as head coach ... Bryn Mawr hired Jacqueline Hullah as head coach. Hullah formerly was head coach for the Seattle Reign of the now-defunct American Basketball League. She also formerly served as head coach at Arizona State and Dartmouth ... Jaime Hoffman was hired as head coach at Regis (Massachusetts) to replace Anthony Staffiere. Hoffman was head coach at Montclair State for three years ... Tennessee Tech awarded head coach Bill Worrell a six-year contract extension. Worrell has led the program for 19 years.

Women's basketball assistants -- Pennsylvania's Joe McGeever resigned as an assistant coach ... Debby Ghezzi and Kamilah Cunningham were added as assistant coaches at Colgate ... New York Institute of Technology appointed Tara Nelson as an assistant coach and Lindsay Klimkowski as a graduate assistant. Nelson replaces Cherese Hinckson and Klimkowski takes over for Christina Papadopolou, who will continue with the program as a volunteer assistant coach ... Melissa Jones was named as an assistant women's basketball coach and an assistant track coach at Monmouth (Illinois). Jones worked as a part-time track coach at the school last spring ... Ashland appointed Jennifer Nance and Michelle Irwin as assistants. Nance was an assistant coach at Franklin and Irwin spent last year as an assistant coach at St. Catherine College ... Rhode Island College selected Mary McConnell as an assistant coach. McConnell is a 2004 graduate of Bryant, where she was a four-year member of the women's basketball squad ... Christian Appleman was appointed as an assistant coach at Yale ... Merrilee Fazio was added as an assistant at Roger Williams ... Northern Arizona named Tony Perotti as an assistant coach. Most recently, Perotti has worked as the top assistant coach at San Francisco ... Jeff Laboe was hired as an assistant coach at Central Connecticut State ... Texas-Arlington chose Laura Skeen as an assistant coach.

Women's bowling assistant -- Eryn Cully was named as an assistant coach at New Jersey City. Cully, who will graduate from the school in January, was a two-year member of the women's bowling squad.

Men's and women's cross country -- Eastern Illinois selected Geoff Masanet as head men's and women's coach ... Dana Richter resigned as head women's cross country coach and assistant women's basketball coach at South Carolina-Aiken ... Bloomfield awarded Jerry Wimberly with additional duties as head men's cross country coach. Wimberly will continue as head women's basketball coach ... Valmore Holt was hired as head men's and women's coach at New York Institute of Technology ... Montclair State named Joel Pasternack as head men's and women's coach ... Fredonia State tabbed Nolan Swanson as head men's and women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach ... Eileen McAllister was chosen as head men's and women's cross country coach and assistant men's and women's track and field coach at Southern Illinois. McAllister replaces Darryl Frerker.

Field hockey -- Sharon Sweger was hired as head coach at Elizabethtown. Since 1999, Sweger, who formerly was an assistant at York, has worked as United States Field Hockey Association's regional coaching director for Pennsylvania.

Field hockey assistants -- Saint Joseph's named Colleen Quinn as an assistant coach. Quinn has been head coach at Archbishop Carroll (Pennsylvania) High School for the past three seasons ... Stacey Blue was tabbed as an assistant coach at Muhlenberg ... Notre Dame (Maryland) added Ashley Foreman as an assistant coach. Foreman, a January 2004 graduate of Towson, was an assistant coach at Harford (Maryland) Community College this spring ... Jessica Rickershauser was appointed as an assistant coach at Manhattanville ... Washington and Lee selected Linda Jack as an assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach.

Football -- Gettysburg named defensive coordinator John Campo as interim head coach to take over for Barry Streeter, head coach for the past 26 years, who took a leave of absence for the season ... Jay Thomas was promoted to head coach at Nicholls State to replace Daryl Daye, who was released. Thomas has been assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.

Football assistants -- Kutztown named Al Holcomb as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach to replace Rod Plummer. Holcomb has worked as linebackers coach and special teams coach at Bloomsburg for the past six years ... Tim Hauck was hired as safeties coach at Montana. Hauck played professionally in the NFL for 13 seasons. Montana also announced that defensive coordinator Jeff Hammerschmidt will coach cornerbacks after overseeing the safeties last season. Ty Gregorak, cornerbacks coach last season, will move to linebackers coach. Previous linebackers coach Kraig Paulson, who was elevated to assistant head coach, will move to defensive ends coach ... Upper Iowa appointed Greg Davis as offensive line coach and Tom Shea as defensive coordinator. The school also elevated Chris Hutchings to offensive coordinator and Jeff Engel to assistant head coach ... Kevin Titus was chosen as an assistant at Centre ... Westminster (Missouri) promoted Kevin O'Neal to full-time assistant football coach and assistant baseball coach. O'Neal has been a part-time assistant football coach at the school for the past two years ... Assumption added Peter Leonard as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, Jon Bussey as recruiting coordinator, Todd Roberts as special teams coordinator and wide outs coach, Ron Hawn as defensive line coach and video coordinator, Ryan Mattison as secondary coach, Dominique Jacques as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Craig Kopka as running backs coach and Bill O'Neill as secondary coach ... Millsaps quarterbacks coach Romaro Miller resigned. The school announced Fred McNair as Miller's successor ... Luke Harris was tabbed as offensive line coach at Delaware State. Harris, who replaces Max Glowicki, has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Mansfield for one season ... Washington and Lee tabbed T.J. Kohler as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's golf -- Louisiana-Monroe chose Chris Wilson as head men's coach ... Ben Thompson was named as head women's coach and Oliver Drake was selected as head men's coach at Wartburg. Thompson, who worked as an assistant men's coach at the school for the past two seasons, and Drake, who also will serve as an assistant men's basketball coach, succeed Mark Franzen ... Patti Rizzo was announced as head women's coach at Barry ... Mario Bellomo was hired as head men's coach at Muhlenberg.

Men's and women's gymnastics assistants -- Ohio State chose William Lorenz as an assistant women's coach ... Katie Teft accepted duties as an assistant coach at Michigan State.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistants -- Renssealear appointed Frank Bretti as an assistant men's coach and named Sarah Youlen as assistant women's coach.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Lars Tiffany was selected as head men's coach at Stony Brook... Temple tabbed Jennifer Ulehla as head women's coach ... Pat Cullinan was promoted to head men's coach at Saint Joseph's to succeed Paul Perdue. Cullinan, formerly an assistant coach and head coach at West Chester, spent last season as an assistant at Saint Joseph's.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants -- Meredith Simon accepted duties as an assistant women's coach at Towson ... New York Institute of Technology added Tim Tuttle as an assistant men's coach ... William Smith named Sarah Queener as interim assistant women's coach and Brighde Dougherty as a part-time assistant women's coach. Queener was a part-time assistant with the program last season. Dougherty is a 2004 graduate of William Smith, where she was a four-year member of the women's lacrosse squad ... Roger Williams selected Sean Kelley as an assistant men's coach. Kelley is a 2004 graduate of the school, where he was a four-year member of the men's lacrosse squad ... Washington and Lee named Andrew Delaney as an assistant men's coach.

Men's and women's rowing -- Wellesley chose Megan Nichols as novice rowing coach. Last year, Nichols worked as an assistant rowing coach at the school ... Jen Dufek assumed responsibilities as head men's and women's rowing coach at Iona.

Men's soccer -- Nansha Kalonji was hired as head men's coach at Rutgers-Newark. Kalonji has been an assistant coach at Greensboro and also played professionally with the United Soccer League ... Centenary (New Jersey) named Keith O'Connor as head coach. O'Connor has been an assistant coach at Delaware for the past three seasons.

Men's soccer assistants -- Brad Wilby was appointed as an assistant at Hobart. Wilby, who succeeds Danny Gilbertson, is a 2004 graduate of Plymouth State, where he was a member of the men's soccer team ... New Hampshire appointed Marc Hubbard as an assistant coach ... Peter Gail was selected as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount ... Michael Piranian was chosen as an assistant coach at Washington and Lee ... Oberlin tabbed Chad Riley as an assistant coach. Riley is a 2004 graduate of Notre Dame, where he was a member of the men's soccer team.

Women's soccer -- Diana Niland was tabbed as head coach at Troy State ... Jose Monroy Jr. was awarded additional responsibilities as head women's soccer coach at Bloomfield. Monroy will continue to serve as head men's soccer coach ... Jay Hoffman was appointed as head coach at Centre ... Chapman promoted Courtney Hall to head coach to replace Craig Bennett. Hall has been an assistant with the program since 2001.

Women's soccer assistants -- Cleveland State selected Kesha Christoph as a volunteer assistant coach ... Pepperdine named Twila Kaufman as an assistant ... Lindsay Gamble was selected as an assistant coach and Colleen Darge was selected as a graduate assistant at New York Institute of Technology. Gamble succeeds Carisa Smithson and Darge takes over for Margeau Okner ... Heather Kasparek was hired as an assistant coach at Colorado College. Kasparek has been coaching at the high-school level for the past year ... Central Michigan tabbed Sarah Peters as a graduate assistant coach ... Tiffany Williams was added as an assistant coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology ... High Point tabbed Stephanie Moenter as an assistant coach ... B.J. Callaghan was selected as an assistant coach at Saint Joseph's. Callaghan worked as an assistant men's coach at Ursinus during the 2003 season ... South Alabama named Ben Madsen as an assistant ... Jennifer Perkins was appointed as an assistant coach at Oakland.

Softball -- Amy Tudor was appointed as interim head coach at Ohio Wesleyan ... Monmouth (Illinois) awarded Kari Shimmin with additional duties as head softball coach. Shimmin will continue as head volleyball coach ... Erin Schwada was named as head softball coach and sports information director at Westminster (Missouri). Most recently, Schwada was an assistant coach at Central Missouri State ... Francis Marion named Stacey Johnson as head coach to succeed Jack Byerley. Johnson has been an assistant at Saint Leo for the past four seasons ... Loyola (Illinois) hired Yvette Healy as head coach. Healy has been an assistant coach at DePaul for the past two seasons ... Leigh Podlesny accepted responsibilities as head coach at Middle Tennessee State ... Adams State hired Cari Boe as head coach. For the past two years, Boe has guided the program at Mayville State University.

Softball assistants -- Ohio Wesleyan tabbed Heather Alexander as an assistant coach ... Lindsay Horvath was added as an assistant at Longwood. Horvath most recently has been an assistant coach at East Kentwood (Michigan) High School ... Ed "Buster" Mass was chosen as an assistant at New York Institute of Technology. Mass replaces Kari Barry ... Upper Iowa selected Jen Redlinger as an assistant ... Hank Shimmin, an assistant volleyball coach at Monmouth (Illinois), accepted additional duties as an assistant softball coach ... Morehead State appointed Gina Ramacci as an assistant. Ramacci, who takes over for Heidi Freitager, was a student assistant at DePaul last year ... Eastern Illinois named Jaime Rasmussen as an assistant coach ... Jack Byerley was selected as an assistant coach at Auburn ... Ohio promoted graduate assistant Clarisa Crowell to full-time assistant coach ... Kristine Himes was chosen as an assistant at George Washington. Himes, a 2003 graduate of Ohio State, was a member of the Buckeyes' softball squad.

Men's and women's swimming and diving -- Ron Kontura accepted responsibilities as head men's and women's diving coach at California ... Pennsylvania named Julie Van Deusen as head diving coach and recreation supervisor ... Loyola Marymount chose Bonnie Adair as head women's coach. Adair, who has been with the program since 2002, formerly was head men's and women's coach at Santa Monica College and an assistant at UCLA ... Keene State hired Al Rozzi as head men's and women's coach to take over for Gene Leonard. Rozzi has been an assistant women's coach at Plymouth State for the past five years ... Lauren Smith assumed responsibilities as head women's coach at New York University.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants -- Sarah Weitze Holman was named as an assistant at Centre ... Grand Valley State tabbed Andy Boyce as an assistant coach ... Heather Rennebohm was appointed as an assistant coach at Davidson.

Men's and women's tennis -- Dennis Mann assumed additional responsibilities as head women's tennis coach at Monmouth (Illinois). Mann will retain duties as head women's basketball coach ... Phil Hammond was hired as head men's and women's coach at Mount St. Mary's ... Evelyn Alfaro was named as head coach at Kean ... North Carolina-Greensboro chose Thomas Mozur as head men's coach.

Men's and women's track and field -- Southern Illinois promoted Ben Beyers to head women's track and field coach and men's assistant track and field coach. The school also elevated David Astrauskas to head men's track and field coach and assistant women's coach. Beyers and Astrauskas have been assistant track and field coaches at the school for two seasons ... Brad Moore resigned as head track and field coach at Pacific Lutheran, but he will continue as head cross country coach. Moore has guided the programs for the past 24 seasons. Pacific Lutheran announced Heather Kreier and Jerry Russell as co-head coaches for the 2004-05 season. Kreier has been with the school for one season and Russell has been an assistant for the past 15 years ... Steven Royster was elevated to head men's and women's coach at New Jersey City. Royster, who takes over for Mark Griffin, has been associate head coach of the programs and formerly was head coach of the school's women's cross country team.

Men's and women's track and field assistants -- Texas-Arlington selected Mishael Bertrand as an assistant coach ... Brad Parris was added as an assistant coach and Jerrod Cook was added as an intern assistant at McMurry. Parris replaces Luke Hurst.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Trifinia Ashmon was appointed as head women's coach at Lincoln (Pennsylvania) ... Missouri-St. Louis selected Josh Lauer as interim head women's coach ... Shawn Ganter was tabbed as head women's coach at Ursinus ... Ryan McNeil was appointed as head men's coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology. For the past two seasons, McNeil has served as an assistant men's and women's coach at Lewis ... Concordia (New York) hired Craig Boston as head women's volleyball coach and sports information director. Boston, who most recently has been at Sacred Heart, takes over for Kris Zeiter ... Bloomfield tabbed Patrick Dietz as head women's coach. Dietz has worked as head men's coach at Mt. St. Vincent since December 2001.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Pepperdine chose Tim Nollan as an assistant women's coach ... Liz McCaslin was hired as an assistant coach at Centre ... Tim Hess accepted duties as an assistant coach at Notre Dame (Maryland) ... Texas-Pan American named Stephanie Doran as an assistant women's coach. Most recently, Doran has served as a graduate assistant coach at Kent State ... Jerry Hulla was selected as an assistant coach at Louisiana-Monroe ... Susan Kelly was announced as an assistant women's coach at Yale ... Texas-Arlington selected Heather Hoy as an assistant coach ... Oakland tabbed Alison Fields as an assistant coach ... Darren Baptiste was announced as an assistant women's coach at New York University ... Guilford named Jaime Kutz as an assistant coach. Kutz is a 2004 High Point graduate, where she was a member of the women's volleyball squad ... Ray Costa was appointed as an assistant coach at Washington and Lee. Men's and women's water polo -- Erik Farrar was selected as head men's and women's coach at Harvard. Farrar formerly was head men's and women's coach at Brown, where she spent the 2004 season as an assistant women's coach.

Men's and women's water polo assistant -- Princeton named Derek Ellingson as an assistant coach.

Wrestling -- Joe Sabol was appointed as head coach at Montclair State ... Wabash chose Brian Anderson as head wrestling coach and director of wellness.

Wrestling assistants -- Pennsylvania's Josh Henson resigned as an assistant coach ... Bridgewater State promoted Brian Borkowski to assistant head coach. Borkowski enters his third season with the Bears.

Staff

Academic services -- Missouri-Kansas City appointed Robert Greim as director of student-athlete services. Most recently, Greim has worked as assistant director of the office of academic support at Wyoming.

Academic services assistant -- Loyola Marymount tabbed Amanda Clemens as an athletics academic assistant.

Administrative -- Clark (Massachusetts) named Stacy Kelly as an athletics department intern ... Matt Belford, head baseball coach at Bloomfield, was chosen as full-time recruiting coordinator for the athletics department.

Athletic trainers -- Eddie Benion was tabbed as head athletic trainer at Cleveland State. Since 1998, Benion has worked as head athletic trainer at Alabama A&M ... Joe Kanefsky was promoted to head athletic trainer at Barry. Kanefsky has been an assistant athletic trainer ... Natalie Senese was named as an athletic trainer at Princeton.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Eastern Illinois selected Jen Tymkew as an assistant athletic trainer ... Jerry Weniger was hired as assistant athletic trainer at Longwood. In 2003-04, Weniger worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Virginia ... New York Institute of Technology added Juan Bovell and Selena McLaren as graduate assistant athletic trainers ... Angie Leete was hired as an assistant athletic trainer at Upper Iowa ... Leslie Barsotti was elevated to associate athletic trainer at Centre ... Barry chose Jennifer Branchcomb as an assistant athletic trainer. Branchcomb has spent the past 10 years as head athletic trainer at Columbus State ... Erica Shaya was hired as an assistant athletic trainer at Wellesley. For the past two years, Shaya has been a graduate assistant athletic trainer at James Madison ... St. Mary's (Maryland) added Wendy Wheeler as an assistant athletic trainer. Wheeler was an assistant athletic trainer at Fairmont State for two years ... DePaul appointed Nichole Adams as assistant director of sports medicine ... Iona selected Rebecca Gorthy as an assistant trainer ... Gary Dygoi was added as an assistant athletic trainer at Loyola Marymount ... Troyce Solley assumed duties as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Texas-Arlington.

Equipment manager -- New Orleans chose Michael Parsons as equipment manager.

Facilities -- Centre promoted Sonny Evans to director of athletics and recreational facilities.

Marketing/promotions -- Texas-Pan American hired April Cupp as athletics marketing coordinator. Cupp, who replaces Craig Pintens, has been with the promotions department of the Coastal Bend Aviators, an independent minor league baseball team.

Marketing/promotions assistants -- Kristy Fletcher and John Toppel were added as marketing-ticket interns at Pennsylvania.

Operations assistant -- Pennsylvania named Rick Romyn as an athletics operations intern.

Public relations -- Jason Hanchar was selected as corporate manager at Loyola Marymount.

Sports information -- Caldwell hired Matt McLagan as sports information director. McLagan has been assistant sports information director at Virginia Commonwealth ... Brian Thiessen was promoted to director of sports communication services at Upper Iowa ... Cal State Stanislaus chose Brian Blank as sports information director. Blank, who succeeds Hung P. Tsai, has been assistant director of media relations at UC Riverside for the past year.

Sports information assistants -- Kristen DiChiaro was selected as assistant director of sports information at Brown ... Rhode Island College added Ryan Griswold as a media relations intern ... Army tabbed Brendan Payne as media relations assistant. Payne is a 2004 graduate of Springfield and most recently has been an intern with the media relations department for the United States Olympic Committee ... UC Riverside hired Mark Dodson as assistant media relations director. Dodson, who replaces Brian Blank, has been a graduate assistant for sports information at Redlands ... Carolyn French was named as an assistant sports information director at Loyola Marymount ... Jeff Kelly was hired as a sports information intern at Roger Williams ... Rhode Island College appointed Ryan Griswold as athletics media relations intern. Griswold is a 2004 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State, where he was an assistant in the sports information department ... Karen Auerbach was hired as an assistant media relations director at Northern Arizona. Auerbach has been an athletics communications assistant at Connecticut ... Washington and Lee named Chris Hodgson as an assistant sports information director ... Ted Leshinski and Ian Hofler were added as sports information graduate assistants at George Washington ... Mike Christie was hired as a media relations assistant at Rhode Island College. Christie, who also will serve as publicist for the Little East Conference, most recently has worked as a media relations intern at the school ... UMKC named Kylee Davis as an assistant sports information director. Last year, Davis served as an assistant sports information director at Emporia State.

Strength and conditioning -- Pennsylvania's Rob Wagner resigned as director of strength and fitness ... Bruce Seidman was selected as strength and conditioning coach at Temple ... Wayne Cunnings was selected as strength and conditioning coach at Texas-Arlington.

Strength and conditioning assistants -- Loyola Marymount added Jeffrey Elford as an assistant strength and conditioning coach ... Daryl Gardener, who formerly played football professionally in the NFL, was hired as an assistant strength coach at Texas Southern.

Ticket operations assistants -- Lennon Cooper was chosen as a tickets and marketing assistant and Carla McAloney was chosen as a ticket office assistant at Loyola Marymount.

Conferences

The Southland Conference announced Randy Moffett, president at Southeastern Louisiana, as chair of the board of directors, and chose James Gaertner, president at Sam Houston State, as chairman-elect. The league also announced LaRon Black as associate commissioner for compliance and Lurline Hamilton as coordinator of softball umpires ... Kelly Gilligan was promoted to director of championships and Brian Young was named as coordinator for strategic marketing and business development at the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Gilligan has been coordinator of championships for the league since September 2003 and Young was an intern with the ECAC during the 2002-03 academic year ... Conference USA named Keisha Dunlap as assistant director of championships ... Mark Simpson was chosen as director of public relations at the Big South Conference ... The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association tabbed Natasha Oakes as an intern. Oakes is a 2004 graduate of Emporia State, where she was a member of the track and field team.

National office

Russ Yurk was named as manager of promotions and events at the national office.

School name changes

Bluffton College has officially changed its name to Bluffton University, effective immediately ... Shepherd College changed its name to Shepherd University, effective immediately.

Deaths

North Texas football student-athlete Andrew Smith died in an automobile accident August 7. He was 21. Smith started 16 games at quarterback for the Mean Green and threw for 1,393 yards and eight touchdowns for his career.

Stephanie Meinig Rosfeld, an assistant volleyball coach at Cincinnati, died August 10. Rosfeld, who had been with the program for the past three years, graduated from the school in 2001. Rosfeld finished her career as the all-time leader in blocks for the school and for Conference USA. She also established the school record for the most games played in a career and ranks 10th on Cincinnati's career kills list.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra