Walls to lead college football hall of fame

 The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame announced Rick Walls as executive director of the College Football Hall of Fame (NFF) in South Bend, Indiana, effective April 4.

Walls has been part of the NFF for more than 12 years and most recently has worked as director of operations. He also has fulfilled responsibilities as collections manager, special projects coordinator, East region coordinator and director of public relations.

A 1990 graduate of Ohio, Walls earned a bachelor's degree in sports sciences with a concentration in sports industry.

The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is a nonprofit educational organization that runs programs designed to use amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletics achievement in youth. The organization has 119 chapters and more than 13,000 members nationwide.

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Chief executive officers

Charles E. Bayless was named as president at West Virginia Tech, effective April 4. Bayless formerly was president and chief executive officer at Illinova Corporation ... Nazareth appointed Daan Braveman as president, effective July 1. Braveman was a professor and former dean of law at Syracuse ... Texas-Dallas selected David E. Daniel, dean and professor of civil engineering at Illinois, as president ... Sharon D. Herzberger was named as president at Whittier, effective July 1. Herzberger has been vice-president for institutional planning and administration at Trinity (Connecticut).

Directors of athletics

Florida A&M Director of Athletics Joseph Ramsey resigned. Ramsey, who has been in charge of the athletics department since July, will resume teaching at the school ... Idaho State elevated Paul A. Bubb to director of athletics ... Phil Harmeson was appointed as interim athletics director at North Dakota. Harmeson, who takes over for Roger Thomas, serves as senior associate to the president ... Brigham Young elevated Tom Holmoe, senior associate athletics director, to director of athletics.

Faculty athletics representative

D. Allen Clabo was chosen as faculty athletics representative at Francis Marion, effective May 1. Clabo, who replaces George E. "Eddy" Harding, is an assistant professor of chemistry.

Associate directors of athletics

Michigan State promoted Shelley Appelbaum, Mark Hollis, Greg Ianni and Chris Ritrievi to senior associate athletics directors. The school also elevated Karen Langeland, John Lewandowski and Jennifer Smith to associate directors of athletics ... Dominic Scianna was promoted to associate athletics director for external affairs at St. John's (New York). Scianna has been with the school for nine years and has worked as associate athletics director for communications since 2001 ... Gregg Fort was elevated to associate athletics director for external operations and Mike Garrity was promoted to associate athletics director for game management and promotions at Florida International. Fort has been associate athletics director for development and Garrity most recently was interim associate athletics director for external operations.

Assistant directors of athletics

Rick Atkinson and Chuck Sleeper were chosen as assistant athletics directors at Michigan State ... Northern Arizona elevated Steve Shaff to assistant athletics director for media relations ... George Wynn was named as assistant athletics director for football operations at Texas. Wynn, who replaces Arthur Johnson, has been director of football operations at Arizona State for six seasons.

Coaches

Baseball ­ Hanover's Dick Naylor announced plans to retire as head baseball coach, effective at the end of the 2005 season. Naylor, who has been with the school since 1966, has been in charge of the baseball program since 1970 and also has served as head cross country coach, assistant men's basketball coach, men's athletics director, athletic trainer and chair of the physical education department.

Men's basketball ­ Vermont hired Mike Lonergan as head coach to replace the retiring Tom Brennan. Lonergan, who most recently has been an assistant at Maryland, led Catholic to nine NCAA Division III tournament appearances as head coach from 1992 to 2004 ... Bart Bellairs, head coach at VMI, was reassigned within the athletics department. Bellairs has guided the team for 11 years ... Evansville awarded head coach Steve Merfeld with a two-year contract extension through 2009. Merfeld has been in charge of the Purple Aces program for three years ... Serge Debari was hired as head coach at Assumption. Debari formerly was head coach from 1995 to 1999 and most recently has been director of admissions at the school ... Centenary (Louisiana) head coach Kevin Johnson resigned after six years. The school announced Mike Smith, the program's top assistant, as interim head coach ... Herman "Buddy" Meyer announced plans to step down as head coach at St. Mary's (Texas), effective at the end of the season. Meyer has been in charge of the program since 1978 ... George Washington awarded head coach Karl Hobbs with a three-year contract extension. Hobbs has been head coach for four seasons ... Eastern Illinois will not renew the contract of head coach Rick Samuels ... Stony Brook head coach Nick Macarchuk announced plans to retire at the end of the season. Macarchuk, who formerly coached at Canisius and Fordham, will continue with the school as special assistant to the athletics director.

Women's basketball ­ Ceal Barry, head coach at Colorado, announced plans to step down, effective at the end of the 2004-05 season. Barry, who will continue with the school as an assistant athletics director, has guided the Buffaloes to 12 NCAA tournament appearances and 13 20-win seasons during a 22-year tenure ... Brad White resigned as head women's basketball coach, assistant football coach and assistant to the athletics director at Nebraska Wesleyan. White, a member of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee, has been at the school since 1996 ... Tricia Dornisch resigned as head coach at St. Thomas (Minnesota). Dornisch has been head coach since 1999 ... Indiana head coach Kathi Bennett resigned, effective at the end of the season. Bennett has been head coach for five seasons and guided the Hoosiers to the 2002 Big Ten Conference tournament championship ... Stacy Johnson-Klein was released as head coach at Fresno State ... Arkansas Tech elevated Todd Schaefer to head coach. Schaefer, who takes over for Carin Pinion-McNabb, will continue as head women's golf coach at the school ... Saint Louis released Jill Pizzotti after 10 years as head coach ... Dennis Mann resigned after 13 years as head coach at Monmouth (Illinois). The school announced Melissa Jones, an assistant coach and a 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year finalist representing Illinois, as Mann's successor.

Field hockey ­ Kimberly Hughes was appointed as head coach at Centre.

Football ­ Cheyney hired Kevin Faulkner as head coach. Faulkner spent last season as offensive coordinator for the Amarillo Dusters of the Arena Football League 2. He formerly has been an assistant at Cumberland, Lincoln (Missouri), Southern Illinois and New Mexico ... Benedictine (Illinois) chose Jon Cooper as head coach. Most recently, Cooper has worked as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Aurora ... Todd Mooney was named as head coach at LaGrange. The program is scheduled to begin competition in fall 2006. Mooney has been football defensive backs coach and assistant baseball coach at Rhodes ... Auburn awarded head coach Tommy Tuberville a seven-year contract. Tuberville has led the Tigers to a 51-24 mark in six seasons ... Charles Denune was selected as head coach at Bridgewater State. Denune has served as an assistant with the program since 1998 and succeeds the retired Peter Mazzaferro ... Upper Iowa hired Mike Knoll as head coach. Knoll formerly was head coach at New Mexico State and most recently has been an assistant at Bacone ... Guilford hired Kevin Kiesel as head coach. Kiesel, who replaces Mike Ketchum, has been head coach at Millersville since 2001.

Football assistants ­ Joe Austin was selected as offensive coordinator at Dubuque. Last season, Austin was offensive coordinator at Augsburg ... Oregon State tabbed Danny Langsdorf as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Most recently, Langsdorf has been assistant wide receivers and special teams coach for the NFL's New Orleans Saints ... Elon added Louis Clyburn as offensive line coach, Mark Collins as defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach and Nick Toth as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach. Clyburn has been offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Lenior Rhyne for the past year and Collins has spent the past two years as an assistant at Michigan. For the past two years, Toth has worked as an assistant at Ohio ... Craig Raye was chosen as tight ends coach and receivers coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff to replace Mike Armour. Raye has been teaching high school for the past three years and formerly was head track coach and an assistant football coach at Wesleyan (Connecticut) for 10 seasons ... Steve Dunlap was tabbed as defensive coordinator at North Carolina State. Dunlap, who replaces Reggie Herring, was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Syracuse during the 2004 season ... Shenandoah selected Steve Gill as defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator. Gill, who replaces Terrance Brooks, has been head coach at Chowan for two seasons. The school also announced that offensive backs coach and special teams coach Phil Martin moved to defensive coordinator ... North Dakota State hired Willie Mack Garza as defensive backs coach. Garza, who formerly coached at Texas Christian, Western Michigan and Tarleton State, takes over for Jimmy Burrow Jr. ... Michael Gray was appointed as defensive line coach at Oregon to succeed Steve Greatwood, who was named offensive line coach. Gray has been defensive line coach at Kentucky for two seasons ... Bob Simmons was chosen as special teams coordinator at Washington. Simmons, who was head coach at Oklahoma State from 1995 to 2000, was an assistant at Notre Dame for three seasons ... Minnesota elevated David Lockwood to defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach, named Kerry Cooks as defensive secondary coach and chose Carey Bailey as defensive line coach. Lockwood has been secondary coach for the program since 2002, and Cooks most recently was defensive backs coach and assistant special teams coach at Western Illinois. Bailey served as defensive line coach at Oklahoma State ... Gary Guthmiller was chosen as wide receivers coach and Tracy Grose was named as football operations coordinator at Northern Arizona ... Delaware's Kyle Flood resigned as assistant head coach, offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator to become offensive line coach at Rutgers ... Marc Lubick was hired as wide receivers coach at Colorado State. Lubick has been a scouting assistant with the NFL's St. Louis Rams since 2003 ... Jay Bubak was chosen as defensive coordinator at South Dakota State to succeed Karl Ballard. Bubak spent one season as defensive backs coach at Missouri Western State and has served as defensive coodinator there since 1999 ... Southern Mississippi added Fred Tate as defensive tackles coach ... Bryan Bossard resigned as passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Delaware to become receivers coach at Maryland. Delaware also announced Craig Cummings, part-time defensive assistant, and Dave Scott, part-time tight ends coach, will not return for the 2005-06 season ... Chris Wilson was tabbed as defensive ends coach at Oklahoma. Wilson, who replaces Bo Pelini, has been linebackers coach and defensive ends coach at Colorado for the past five seasons ... Stanford selected John McDonnell as offensive line coach for tackles and tight ends. For the past three seasons, McDonnell has worked as offensive line coach at Notre Dame ... Pete Hurt was hired as offensive line coach at Air Force. Hurt, who replaces John Reagan, has been head football coach and director of athletics at Clinton (Mississippi) High School for the past three seasons and formerly was head coach at Samford ... Illinois chose Tom Sims as defensive line coach and Dino Dawson as wide receivers coach. Sims has been defensive line coach at Minnesota for four seasons and Dawson most recently has worked as secondary coach at Tuskegee.

Men's and women's ice hockey ­ Assumption's Keith Hughes retired as head men's coach. Hughes has been in charge of the program since the 1998-99 season.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistant ­ Guilford chose Cayla Veach as an assistant women's coach. Veach formerly was an assistant at Gannon.

Men's soccer ­ John Campbell was named as head coach at Dominican. Most recently, Campbell has been an assistant men's coach at Bucknell ... Cal State San Bernardino elevated Noah Kooiman to head men's and women's coach. Kooiman was in charge of the programs on an interim basis during the 2004-05 season and previously was an assistant with the squads for three years ... Bill Brady was named as head coach at Greensboro to replace Rusty Scarborough. Brady has been head coach at St. Bonaventure since 1999.

Women's soccer ­ Chris Pfau was chosen as head coach at Evansville. For the past two years, Pfau has worked as an assistant at Princeton ... Texas-Tyler appointed Stefani Webb as head coach. Webb has been head coach at Dallas for seven years ... Campbell chose Matt Dillon as head coach to replace Pat Ferguson, who resigned to become head coach at Wright State. Dillon formerly was an assistant at Southern Methodist and has been an assistant at Central Florida for the past four years ... Morehead State hired Erin Aubry as head coach. Most recently, Aubry has worked as an assistant at Mississippi.

Softball ­ Idaho State hired Larry Stocking as head coach, effective July 1. The program is scheduled to begin competition in the 2006-07 academic year. Stocking has been head softball coach and director of athletics at Lake Land College.

Men's and women's tennis ­ Phil Baboulis was named as interim head men's coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology to succeed Frank Koe, who resigned after two seasons. Baboulis has been head women's coach for two seasons.

Men's and women's tennis assistants ­ New Jersey Institute of Technology tabbed Carlos Jiminez as an assistant men's coach and Keila Ravelo as an assistant women's coach.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Cole Tallman was hired as head women's coach at Dubuque. For the past two seasons, Tallman has been head women's coach at Gardner-Webb ... Embry-Riddle chose Joslynn Gallop as head women's coach, effective March 30. Gallop has been an assistant at St. Mary's (California) for two years ... Oberlin head women's coach Kristen Surovjak resigned after four seasons. The school announced Joey Chen, an assistant with the program for the past three years, as interim head coach ... Kristee Turpin was tabbed as head women's coach at Texas-Tyler. Turpin has been head coach at Wayland Baptist University for four years.

Staff

Marketing and promotions ­ St. John's (New York) added Sandy Rosenberg and Tim Roth to oversee corporate marketing initiatives. Most recently, Rosenberg and Roth have been with Professional Sports Publications.

Corrections

A chart detailing a sample calculation of a team's Academic Progress Rate in the February 14 NCAA News contained two errors in the student-athlete summaries. In the SA 1 example, it should state that the SA enrolls full time, earns eligibility and returns for the fall semester (not spring). In the SA 10 example, it should state that the student-athlete returns for the spring semester (not fall). The point calculations in each example are correct.

A photograph that appeared in the February 28 issue of The NCAA News incorrectly identified Ed Etzel, a sport psychologist from West Virginia University.

DEATHS

Former Southern California football student-athlete Lou Welsh died February 14. He was 73. Welsh was a three-year letter-winner at linebacker and center for the Trojans and served as captain of the 1952 squad that captured the Rose Bowl.

Former Hope President John H. Jacobson died February 8. Jacobson was 71.

Marjorie Crisp, former director of women's athletics at Wake Forest, died February 13. Crisp was 92.

Former Immaculata basketball student-athlete Maureen Mooney died in February. She was 53. Mooney was captain of the 1972 squad that captured the first ever women's national basketball championship. Immaculata went on to win three straight titles and was a national runner-up in 1975 and 1976.

Brandon Southward, a former football student-athlete at Colorado, died in February. Southward, 28, was a four-year letter-winner at inside and outside linebacker for the Buffs.

_{--Compiled by Leilana McKindra}