Stanford's Leland announces resignation

 Ted Leland announced plans to step down, effective January 1, 2006, to become vice-president for university advancement at the University of the Pacific.

Leland has been in charge of the Cardinal athletics department since June 1991. During his tenure, the school has claimed the United States Sports Academy Directors Cup 11 straight times and collected 50 national team championships and 173 conference titles. Before joining the Cardinal, Leland served as athletics director at Pacific from 1989 to 1991 and at Dartmouth from 1983 to 1989. In addition, he has been a key member of the athletics administrations at Northwestern and Houston.

An eight-year veteran and two-year chair of the NCAA Division I Management Council, Leland also is a member of the Division I Committee on Infractions. In 2002, he was chosen to co-chair the United States Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunity on Athletics, a 15-member panel charged with studying Title IX.

Selected as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal Athletics Director of the Year in 2001, Leland earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Pacific in 1970 and 1972. He also earned first-team all-conference recognition at defensive end there in 1969. He earned a doctorate from Stanford in 1982.

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Directors of athletics

Mercy chose Kevin T. McGinniss as director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation. McGinniss, who succeeds the retired Neil Judge, has been director of athletics development at Quinnipiac since 2001 ... Lawrence "Bubba" Cunningham was hired as athletics director at Tulsa. Cunningham has spent the past three years as director of athletics at Ball State.

Deputy director of athletics

David Hansen was elevated to deputy director of athletics at Southern Mississippi. Hansen has been a senior associate athletics director at the school.

Associate directors of athletics

Wofford named Steve Shutt as associate athletics director for media relations. For the past six years, Shutt has been with the Southern Conference, most recently serving as associate commissioner for public affairs ... Southern Mississippi promoted Sonya Varnell to senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator. Varnell was associate athletics director for Olympic sports ... Mike Dunn was promoted to associate athletics director for marketing at Xavier to replace Greg Amodio, who became athletics director at Duquesne. Dunn has been with the school for eight years and most recently has served as assistant athletics director for marketing.

Assistant director of athletics

Robert Constant was tabbed as assistant athletics director for marketing at Seton Hall. Since 2003, Constant has worked as assistant director for marketing and sponsorship sales at Virginia.

Coaches

Baseball assistants ­ Montevallo chose Jeff Smith as an assistant coach. Smith has been head coach at Volunteer State (Tennessee) Community College for the past six seasons ... Jeff Cohen was announced as volunteer assistant coach and Tony Mellaci was named as director of baseball operations at Fordham. Cohen has been an assistant at C.W. Post for five years and Mellaci has been an assistant at Fordham for the past 19 years.

Men's basketball ­ Michael Murphy was appointed as interim head coach at Mount St. Vincent. Murphy formerly has completed coaching tenures at Geneseo State and at the high-school level ... Lake Erie's Jim Dolan resigned as head coach after five seasons. The school named Cliff Hunt, an assistant with the program during the 2004-05 season and a former head high school basketball coach for 24 seasons, as interim head coach ... Bob Semling was elevated to head coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Semling, who takes over for the retired Jack Bennett, has been top assistant coach with the program for the past two seasons.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Ryan Mee was named as an assistant at Hilbert ... Bernard Baruch hired Bill Healy as an assistant coach. Healy, formerly an assistant with the school during the 1998-99 season, has been head coach at Hunter for the past six years ... Guilford chose Erik Uhlinger as an assistant. Uhlinger has been head freshman basketball coach and assistant varsity basketball coach at Pioneer (Michigan) High School ... Anthony Leonelli was hired as an assistant at Wentworth Institute. Leonelli, who takes over for Brian Chapman, has been a student assistant coach at Dayton.

Women's basketball ­ William Smith head coach Olympia Scott resigned. In one season with the Herons, Scott guided the program to Liberty League regular-season and tournament titles and an appearance in the NCAA regional semifinals. The school announced Lindsay Drury, an assistant with the program for three seasons, will serve as Scott's interim successor ... Maggie Dixon was hired as head coach at Army. Dixon has been top assistant and recruiting coordinator at DePaul ... Ed Ryder was selected as head coach at Mount St. Vincent. Ryder formerly has been an assistant coach at Cornell, Adelphi and Oneonta State.

Women's basketball assistants ­ Bill Gould accepted assistant coaching responsibilities at Bentley. Gould has been an assistant coach at Boston College for the past eight years ... Northern Colorado chose Gail Gagne as an assistant. Gagne is a 2005 graduate of the school, where she was a three-year member of women's basketball team.

Men's and women's lacrosse ­ Trinity (Connecticut) chose Jim Finlay as head men's coach. Finlay, who replaces Brian Silcott, has been an assistant coach at Brown for the past seven years ... Angela McMahon was hired as head women's coach at Bentley. McMahon was a 2004 graduate of Northwestern, where she was a two-time captain of the women's lacrosse team.

Men's soccer ­ Evansville's Dave Golan announced plans to resign at the end of the season. Golan has been in charge of the program for three years.

Women's soccer ­ Marine Cano resigned as head coach at UC Irvine, effective December 31. In 12 seasons as head coach, Cano has guided the Anteaters to an 111-94-27 record.

Softball assistant ­ Roger Williams tabbed Kim Warrington as an assistant coach. Warrington was a volunteer assistant at Community College of Rhode Island during the 2005 season.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants ­ Michelle Kellerman was selected as an assistant men's and women's coach at Roger Williams. Kellerman is a 2005 graduate of New Hampshire, where she was a four-year member and co-captain of the swimming team ... Delaware appointed Rory C. Coleman as an assistant men's and women's coach. Coleman has been head coach at Morningside for the past two seasons.

Men's and women's track and field ­ Seattle Pacific hired Karl Lerum as head men's and women's coach. Lerum, who takes over for Jack Hoyt, formerly was an assistant at the school in 2000 and 2003 as well as at Trinity (Connecticut) from 2000 to 2002.

Men's and women's track and field assistants ­ Gerry Lindgren was tabbed as an assistant track and field and cross country coach at Hawaii. Lindgren replaces Andy McInnis ... Army appointed Brandit Copper as an assistant coach. Copper has been a volunteer assistant at Florida for the past nine months ... South Dakota State chose Greg Binstock as an assistant coach. Binstock was interim head coach at St. Olaf from 2003 to 2004 and also spent five seasons as head coach at Saint Catherine.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ East Stroudsburg announced Dustin Wood as head men's coach to succeed Peter Viteritti, who will continue as head women's coach at the school. Wood has been an assistant with the men's and women's programs at East Stroudsburg for two seasons.

Men's and women's volleyball assistant ­ Anne Marie Shaughnessy was added as an assistant women's coach at Roger Williams.

Wrestling ­ Mike Duroe was selected as interim head coach at Cornell College to succeed Drew Pariano. Duroe was head coach of the 2005 U.S. Freestyle World Team and has been head coach of the wrestling club at Iowa since 2003.

Wrestling assistants ­ Roger Williams added Jon Egan and Danny Davis as assistant coaches.

Staff

Administrative ­ Seton Hall appointed Jamison Hannigan as director of athletics sales. Hannigan has been director of marketing at Host Communications/MAAC Properties ... George Plevritis was named as athletics information technology consultant and Victor Flores was appointed as pool coordinator and sports information aide at Hunter.

Assistant athletic trainers ­ Lee Slagle accepted duties as an assistant athletic trainer at Montevallo. For the past two years, Slagle has worked as a trainer with the Boston Red Sox Baseball organization ... Seton Hall added Heather Worthy as an assistant athletic trainer. Worthy has been associate head athletic trainer at Hampton ... Casey Chambers was selected as an assistant athletic trainer at Ball State. Chambers, who replaces Jenn Herod, has been an assistant athletic trainer at Chattanooga for the past year.

Facilities ­ Joe Madden was hired as athletics facility manager at Hunter. Madden formerly has been manager of facilities and operations at Wagner.

Sports information ­ Campbell hired Robert Harper as director of athletics broadcasting. For the past four years, Harper has worked with Kindred Communications and International Sports Properties ... Bryan Miller was appointed as director of marketing at Texas State. Miller, who formerly was an athletics marketing and promotions associate at the school from 2000 to 2002, has spent the past year serving as manager of strategic alliances partner services at Maloof Sports and Entertainment ... Wisconsin-Green Bay tabbed Nick Brilowski as sports information director to succeed Brian Nicol. For the past two years, Brilowski has been an assistant in the athletics communications office at Wisconsin ... Pittsburgh-Greensburg tabbed Kevin Conlon as sports information director, assistant women's basketball coach and assistant women's softball coach. Conlon, who replaces Mark Katarski, is a 2005 graduate of the school, where he was a four-year member of the men's basketball team.

Sports information assistants ­ Steve Wilson was promoted to assistant director of media relations and Renee Felton was chosen as media relations assistant at Texas State. Wilson has been media relations assistant since February of this year, and Felton is a May 2005 graduate of Regis (Colorado), where she worked in the athletics and public relations departments, and completed an internship with the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush.

Conferences

The Pacific-10 Conference hired Bri Niemi as assistant public relations director, Theresa Collins as championships program manager, and Alisa Brandle and Katie Cavender as public relations interns. Niemi has been an administrative assistant in championships for the league from 2003 to 2005 and Collins most recently has been an assistant development officer at UC Davis. Brandle and Cavender are 2005 graduates of Washington and Nevada, respectively ... Gothard Lane was named as director of championships at the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Lane was vice-president for intercollegiate athletics at St. Bonaventure from 1999 to 2003 and most recently has been president of ICA Consulting in Maryland.

Associations

Bill Hancock, former NCAA national office staff member and current consultant to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, was selected as the first full-time administrator for the BCS. Hancock was a member of the national office championships staff from 1989 through 2002 and also formerly worked at the Big Eight Conference.

Corrections

A graphic in the Funding College Sports series that appeared in the October 10 NCAA News contained the wrong date on the home page of one of the Web sites cited to illustrate institutions considering increases in student fees. The date on the home page of The Alestle, the student newspaper at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, should have been June 16, 2004.

The position Mike Paolini most recently held before being hired as head men's soccer coach at Wells was incorrectly identified in the Record section of the October 10 issue of The NCAA News. Paolini was an assistant men's coach at LeMoyne just prior to joining the athletics department at Wells.

DEATHS

Former Saint Joseph's sports information director Andy Dougherty died October 4. Dougherty's tenure as sports information director at the school began in 1972 and spanned 11 years until his retirement in 1983. He also served as a manager for the basketball program as an undergraduate at Saint Joseph's in the 1940s and was a sportswriter for the Catholic Standard and Times.

Former New Jersey City track and field student-athlete John D. Bateman died September 12. He was 62. Bateman competed in the long jump and triple jump for then Jersey City State College and was captain of the 1971 team.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra

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