Southern Arkansas names hoops coach

 Southern Arkansas has hired Eric Bozeman as head men's basketball coach. Bozeman replaces Brian Daugherty, who resigned.

For the past seven years, Bozeman has been an assistant at Mississippi. Before joining the Rebels, he was head coach at Henderson State. During a tenure that spanned from 1993 to 1998, Bozeman guided the Reddies to a 71-67 record. He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the school. From 1989 to 1991, Bozeman worked as director of athletics and head basketball coach at Shorter Junior College. He also coached at the high-school level for eight years.

A 1981 graduate of Arkansas Tech, Bozeman earned a bachelor's degree in education and served as captain of the men's basketball team for three seasons. He earned a master's degree in social counseling at Henderson State in 1986.

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Chief executive officers

Ashland President G. William Benz announced plans to retire at the end of the 2005-06 academic year ... Helen F. Giles-Gee was named as president at Keene State, effective July 1. Giles-Gee has been professor of education and formerly was provost at Rowan ... Bruce Halverson announced his retirement as president at Augustana (South Dakota), effective July 2006 ... Albright selected Lex O. McMillan III as president. McMillan formerly was vice-president for college relations at Gettysburg.

Directors of athletics

Canisius appointed Bill Maher as director of athletics, effective July 1, to replace Tim Dillon. Maher has been at Buffalo for the past seven years and has been interim athletics director there since 2003 ... North Dakota hired Thomas Buning as athletics director to succeed Roger Thomas. Buning has served as an associate athletics director at Army for the past four years ... Ken Schumann was promoted to director of athletics at Pacific (Oregon) to succeed the retired Judy Sherman. Schumann, who has been with the school since 1984, has been head men's basketball coach since 1992 and has spent the past year as interim athletics director ... Merrimack's Chris Serino stepped down as interim director of athletics and head ice hockey coach. Serino had been interim athletics director since 2002 and had been in charge of the ice hockey program for seven years ... Roger Ingles was elevated to director of athletics at Ohio Wesleyan. Ingles, who relinquished responsibilities as head baseball coach after 22 seasons, has been interim athletics director since July of last year.

Assistant director of athletics

Kirk Sampson was tabbed as assistant athletics director for media relations at Auburn. Since 1998, Sampson has been an associate media relations director at the school.

Coaches

Baseball ­ Larry Cochell resigned as head coach at Oklahoma. In 15 years, Cochell compiled a 534-354-1 record. The school selected assistant coach Sunny Golloway as interim head coach ... Reed Rainey resigned after three seasons as head coach at Lewis & Clark.

Men's basketball ­ Jim Boone was named as head coach at Tusculum. Boone, who replaces Duggar Baucom, has been head coach at Eastern Michigan for the past five seasons ... John Jay appointed Charles Jackson as head men's basketball coach. Jackson was head women's basketball coach at the school during the 2004-05 season ... Syracuse awarded head coach Jim Boeheim a four-year contract extension. Boeheim has compiled a 703-241 record since taking over the program in 1976 ... Western Carolina chose Larry Hunter as head coach to succeed Steve Shurina. Hunter has been an assistant at North Carolina State since 2001 ... Ray Harper resigned as head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan to become head coach at Oklahoma City University. Harper has been in charge of the program for nine years and has guided the school to a 242-45 record and NCAA Division II national championships in 1999 and 2001 ... Greensboro hired Bryan Galuski as head coach. Galuski, who succeeds Rusty LaRue, has worked as an assistant at Eckerd for the past seven seasons ... New Hampshire's Phil Rowe resigned as head coach after six seasons ... Chris Mooney resigned as head coach at Air Force to become head coach at Richmond. Mooney, who succeeds Jerry Wainwright, was in charge of the Falcons for one season ... Abilene Christian tabbed Jason Copeland as head coach. For the past seven seasons, Copeland, who replaces Klint Pleasant, has been an assistant at Lubbock Christian University.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Jay Hickson resigned as an assistant men's basketball coach and compliance officer at Francis Marion ... Washington added Paul Fortier as an assistant coach. For the past two years, Fortier, who succeeds Ken Bone, has been an assistant coach at Cornell ... Jon Babul and William Faulkner were chosen as assistants at Jacksonville. Babul was director of basketball operations at James Madison last season and Faulkner worked as an assistant coach at East Stroudsburg ... Clay McKnight, Mark Wade and Vonn Webb were added as assistants at UC Riverside. McKnight has been a basketball operations assistant at Southern California, and Wade formerly has coached at Florida Atlantic and St. Bonaventure. For the past two seasons, Webb has been at Fresno State ... Bradley's Al Biancalana resigned as an assistant to become head boys' basketball coach at Elmhurst (Illinois) High School. Biancalana has been with the program since 1999 ... Brent Davis, Donald Williams and Derrick Allen were chosen as assistant coaches at San Jose State. The school also appointed Andy Borman as director of basketball operations. Davis has been head coach at Bakersfield College for three seasons, and Williams formerly was an assistant with the program for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Last season, Allen worked as director of basketball operations at UC Santa Barbara. Borman most recently has been assistant director of player development for men's basketball at California ... North Carolina-Greensboro selected Brooks Lee as an assistant to replace Adam Chaskin. Lee was director of basketball operations at East Carolina last season ... Shaun Vandiver was added as an assistant at Wyoming. Vandiver, who formerly was a graduate assistant at the school, most recently has been an assistant at Northern Colorado ... Rhodes chose Rob Sabau as an assistant men's basketball coach.

Women's basketball ­ John Jay appointed Ron Goss as head women's basketball coach. Goss, who succeeds Charles Jackson, was an assistant coach with the program during the 2004-05 season ... Andrea Bertini was named as head coach at Westfield State, effective June 1. For the past four years, Bertini has served as head women's basketball coach and assistant director of athletics at Newbury ... Colorado State chose Jen Warden as head coach to replace Chris Denker. Warden has been in charge of the program at Boise State for the past three seasons ... Lander head coach Jonathan Norton resigned as head coach. The 2004 Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year, Norton led the school to a 50-37 record in three seasons ... Loras promoted Shauna Green to head coach. Green, who has been an assistant for the past three seasons, succeeds Larry Lawler ... Southern New Hampshire tabbed Karen Pinkos as head coach to replace Dennis Masi. Pinkos has served as an assistant coach at Northeastern since 1996 ... Cynthia Cooper, formerly with the WNBA's Houston Comets, was hired as head coach at Prairie View A&M to replace Bob Atkins. Cooper helped the Comets capture four WNBA championships and was twice named as the league's MVP ... Mount Holyoke chose Michelle Scecina as head coach. Scecina has served as interim head coach for the past year and also spent two years as an assistant with the program ... Pam Ruder was named as head coach at Southwestern to succeed Kerri Brinkoeter. Ruder has been in charge of the program at Wisconsin-Whitewater since 1996.

Women's basketball assistants ­ Monica Maxwell was hired as an assistant coach at Tulane. Maxwell, formerly a member of the WNBA's Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever, most recently has been an assistant girls' basketball coach at Pike (Indiana) High School ...CS&SU tabbed Shannon Reid as an assistant coach. Last season, Reid coached at South Carolina-Aiken ... San Diego added Mary Ann Falcosky, Aubrey Eblin and Niecee Nelson as assistants. Falcosky has been an assistant at Weber State for two years and Elbin spent the 2004-05 season as director of women's basketball operations at Nebraska. Nelson was an assistant at Indiana/
Purdue-Ft. Wayne last season.

Men's and women's cross country ­ Luther hired Steve Pasche as head men's and women's cross country coach and assistant women's track coach. For the past two years, Pasche has worked as an assistant at Williams.

Men's and women's cross country assistant ­ Yarrow Moench was added as an assistant coach at Luther. Moench has been an assistant at Williams for two years.

Football ­ Southwest Baptist hired Jack Peavey as head coach. For the past year, Peavey has served as offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator at Millsaps ... Robert Morris awarded head coach Joe Walton a contract extension through November 2009. Walton has been in charge of the program for 11 seasons and has led the Colonials to five Northeast Conference championships.

Football assistants ­ Wilkes added Tim McNulty as offensive coordinator and Joe Zabielski as defensive line coach ... Jason Rebrovich accepted responsibilities as defensive line coach and Ted Egger was added as defensive secondary coach and special teams coordinator at Ferris State. Rebrovich, who replaces Joe Curry, has been defensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator at Concord. Most recently, Egger, who replaces Amp Campbell, has been defensive backs coach and video coordinator at Lock Haven.

Men's and women's ice hockey ­ Jeff Jackson was named as head men's coach at Notre Dame to succeed Dave Poulin. Jackson, an assistant with the NHL's New York Islanders for the past two years, formerly was head coach at Lake Superior State, where he guided the school to NCAA national championships in 1992 and 1994.

Men's and women's lacrosse ­ Julia Bergofsky was hired as head women's coach at Wellesley. Bergofsky has been head coach at Goucher ... Guilford selected Andrew Rowe as head men's coach. Rowe was an assistant with the program during the 2004 season and has been interim head coach since January.

Men's soccer assistant ­ Michael Allen was chosen as an assistant men's and women's coach at Rhodes. Allen formerly was an assistant coach at Harding.

Women's soccer ­ Joel Wallace accepted additional responsibilities as head women's soccer coach at Westminster (Missouri). Wallace, who replaces Heidi Moccia, has been head men's soccer coach since 1997 ... Farmingdale State chose Chris Roche as head coach. For the past two years, Roche has worked as head coach at Briarcliffe College.

Softball ­ Frank Fiorino retired as head coach at Philadelphia U. The 1999 New York Collegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year, Fiorino closes his 13-year tenure at the school with 187 victories.

Men's and women's tennis ­ Lander tabbed Brett Simpson as head men's and women's coach. Simpson, who succeeds the retired Joe Cabri as head men's coach, has been head men's and women's coach at Anderson (South Carolina) since 1997. The Lander women's tennis program is scheduled to begin competition in the 2006-07 academic year after having been discontinued in 2000 ... Kate Malesevich resigned after two seasons as head men's and women's coach at Webster.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Mesa State announced Dave Fleming as head women's coach. For the past four years, Fleming has worked as an assistant at UCLA ... Christina Difani was tabbed as head coach at Cal State Stanislaus to succeed Cindy Nikkel. Difani has been an assistant at Sonoma State since 1999.

Men's and women's volleyball assistant ­ Kirstine Jensen accepted responsibilities as an assistant women's coach at Northern Illinois. Jensen, who takes over for Chrissy Smith, has spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Florida State.

Wrestling ­ Sebastian Amato announced his retirement after 19 seasons as head coach at Trinity (Connecticut). The school announced Michael Gaydos, an assistant with the program for the past four years, as Amato's successor.

Staff

Marketing and promotions ­ Dawn Ellerbe, a member of the 2000 U.S. National Track and Field Team that competed in Sydney, was appointed as director of marketing for Olympic sports at South Carolina.

Strength and conditioning ­ Delaware's Russell Barbarino resigned after six years as strength and conditioning coach to assume the same post at Tulane.

Conferences

The Atlantic-10 elected Michael J. Graham, president at Xavier, to a two-year term as president of the league's president's council. Graham replaces Stephen Joel Trachhtenberg, president at George Washington ... The Patriot League extended the contract of Carolyn Schlie Femovich through June 2009. Femovich has served as executive director of the league since 1999.

Associations

The American Volleyball Coaches Association appointed Jill Hirschinger, head coach at New Hampshire, to its board of directors. The AVCA also selected Brenda Williams, head coach at Olivet Nazarene University, and Craig Pazanti, director of the Golden West Volleyball Club, to the board.

National office

Jessica Krantz was selected as a brand management project coordinator at the national office.

Corrections

The number of starts credited to Denver's Peter Mannino was incorrectly listed in a story about the Pioneer's back-to-back NCAA men's ice hockey titles in the April 25 edition of The NCAA News. Mannino started 22 games for Denver this past season. The story also incorrectly stated the length of time it took Denver to collect its multiple national titles. This year, the Pioneers earned their seventh NCAA championship in 56 years of ice hockey at the school.

The Number Crunch in the April 11 issue of The NCAA News inadvertently omitted North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams as one of the Division I coaches to take at least two teams to the Men's Final Four. Williams also took four Kansas teams to the Final Four.

DEATHS

Former Delaware football student-athlete John Spahr was killed in action in Iraq in May. He was 42. Spahr was a two-year letter-winner at quarterback for the Blue Hens and helped the school to a national runner-up finish in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football championship.

Vince Cazzetta, formerly head men's basketball coach at Seattle, died May 4. He was 79. Cazzetta, who was named as head coach in 1959, led the school to a 96-39 record before resigning during the 1963 season. He also was an assistant coach at Rhode Island from 1963 to 1967.

Western Kentucky men's basketball student-athlete Danny Rumph died May 8. He was 21. Rumph, a junior guard, started 29 games and averaged nine points and three assists last season.

Former Detroit President Malcolm Carron died April 19. Carron was 87.

Former Duquesne head men's basketball coach John "Red" Manning died April 27. He was 76. As head coach from 1958 to 1974, Manning, who also completed a stint as director of athletics at the school, compiled a record of 247-138 and guided the Dukes to two NCAA tournament and four NIT appearances.

JoRuth Woods, a former women's basketball student-athlete at Texas, died April 24. She was 25. Woods played for the Longhorns between 1997 and 2000 and averaged 9.8 points.

Centenary (Louisiana) men's basketball student-athlete Chad Maclies died May 3. He was 22. Maclies, a senior double major in math and physics, led the team in scoring and rebounds this season.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra