Love named director at Arizona State

 Love, a member of the NCAA Division I Management Council, succeeds Gene Smith and interim athletics director Christine Wilkinson effective July 1. Her official title will be vice-president for university athletics.

Since 2002, Love has served as senior associate athletics director at Southern California. Before assuming that post, she had fulfilled responsibilities as an associate athletics director at the school since 1991. In addition, she was head women's volleyball coach for the Trojans from 1989 to 1998. During her tenure, Love, the 1997 Pacific-10 Conference co-coach of the year, guided teams to a 205-93 record and nine NCAA tournament appearances. Love came to Southern California from Texas-Arlington, where she coached teams to five Southland Conference titles and four NCAA tournament appearances in seven years. She also earned national coach of the year recognition. In addition, she spent five years coaching at the high-school level.

Love earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Texas Tech, where she was a four-year starter on the women's volleyball team. She earned a master's degree in education administration at North Texas.

Influential former Michigan AD dies at 87

Don Canham, a Michigan high jumper whose 1940 NCAA victory in that event was the prelude to a 45-year involvement with the school that saw him became one of the most influential athletics directors in intercollegiate athletics, died May 3 at age 87.

Canham, who returned to his alma mater in 1946 as an assistant track coach after serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, later served for 20 years as head track coach, then replaced Fritz Crisler as athletics director in 1968.

During the next 20 years, he won renown for his techniques for the marketing and promotion of intercollegiate athletics. Among his innovations were the first major direct mail and advertising program to sell football and other sports' tickets. His efforts were a major factor in making the Wolverine football program the nation's leader in attendance in 30 of the past 31 years, averaging more than 100,000 fans per game.

He also was an important voice in the governance of athletics in the Big 10 Conference and the NCAA, serving on the Association's Television Committee during the 1970s. Shortly before becoming athletics director, he served as meet director for the first NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Detroit, and succeeded in returning revenue in the meet's second and third years to competing schools.

Later in his career, Canham advised numerous intercollegiate athletics programs around the country, and was honored upon his retirement in 1988 with induction into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics' hall of fame.

Among other honors, his alma mater named its new natatorium for Canham shortly after his retirement.

Since retirement, Canham had dedicated himself to a family-owned business, School-Tech Inc., specializing in marketing instructional films and recreational, educational and athletics equipment.

The University of Michigan Hospital attributed his death to extensive internal bleeding resulting from an abdonimal aortic aneurysm.

TRANSACTIONS

Chief executive officers

Samford President Thomas E. Corts announced plans to retire in 2006 ... Harry J. Courniotes announced his retirement, effective in June, as president at American International. The school selected Vincent M. Maniaci as Courniotes' successor. Maniaci has been vice-president for institutional advancement ... Stephen M. Jordan was named as president at Metro State, effective July 1. Most recently, Jordan has been president at Eastern Washington ... Drew President Thomas H. Kean announced retirement plans, effective June 30. The school chose Robert Weisbuch as Kean's successor, effective July 1. Weisbuch has been president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation ... Robert A. Kennedy was appointed president at Maine. Kennedy has been filling the position on an interim basis ... Olgethorpe named Lawrence M. Schall, vice-president for administration at Swarthmore, as president, effective July 1 ... Bluffton's Lee F. Snyder announced plans to retire as president, effective July 31, 2006 ... Catherine R. Gira will retire as president at Frostburg State, effective June 30, 2006 ... Robert L. Niehoff was selected as president at John Carroll. Niehoff has been vice-president for planning and budget and associate provost for academic affairs at San Francisco.

Directors of athletics

Alan Verlander was named as director of athletics at Jacksonville. For the past five years, Verlander has worked as associate athletics director for external operations at Samford ... Mount Olive appointed Jeff Eisen as director of athletics, effective July 1, to replace Mac Cassell. For the past seven years, Eisen has served in the same capacity at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) ... William J. Weidner resigned as athletics director at Weber State to become deputy athletics director at Central Florida. Weber State announced Jerry Graybeal, formerly head football coach at the school, as interim athletics director ... South Carolina named Eric Hyman as director of athletics. Hyman, who takes over for Mike McGee, has been athletics director at TCU for the past eight years ... Dave Diles was hired as director of athletics at Case Western. Diles, who succeeds David Hutter, has been athletics director at Eastern Michigan since 1999.

Senior woman administrators

San Jose State appointed Kellie Elliott as senior woman administrator and associate athletics director. Most recently, Elliott has worked as a project manager in the athletics department at Stanford ... Corrinne Wright was selected as senior woman administrator and associate athletics director at Richard Stockton. For the past four years, Wright has been an assistant commissioner at the Northeast Conference.

Associate directors of athletics

Mark Harlan was named as senior associate athletics director for external operations and Geoff Von Dollen was elevated to associate athletics director/chief financial officer at San Jose State. Harlan has been an associate athletics director at Northern Colorado for the past year. Von Dollen has been with the school since July 2001 and has been an assistant athletics director since 2003 and chief financial officer since last year ... Samford chose Jay Roberson as associate athletics director for external operations. Since 2002, Roberson has worked as an assistant commissioner with the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Assistant director of athletics

Dick Sapara was promoted to assistant athletics director for ticket sales at Miami (Florida). Sapara has been director of ticket sales since 2001.

Coaches

Men's basketball ­ Tom Penders, head coach at Houston, was awarded a five-year contract extension through 2010 ... Cabrini chose Matthew Macciocca as head coach. Since 2001, Macciocca has been an assistant at Merchant Marine ... Hugh Durham, head coach at Jacksonville for the past eight seasons, announced his retirement. Durham, formerly head coach at Georgia and Florida State, also served as athletics director at Jacksonville from 2001 to 2004. The school announced Cliff Warren as Durham's successor. For the past five years, Warren has worked as an assistant at Georgia Tech ... Florida Atlantic hired Matt Doherty as head coach. Doherty, formerly head coach at Notre Dame and North Carolina, takes over for Sidney Green ... Virginia tabbed Dave Leitao as head coach to succeed Pete Gillen. For the past three years, Leitao has led the program at DePaul ... Hunter chose Nick Plevritis as head coach. Plevritis was an assistant with the program for five seasons ... Heath Schroyer stepped down as head coach at Portland State to become associate head coach at Fresno State. Schroyer guided Portland State to a 35-47 mark in three seasons ... Bill Herrion, head coach at East Carolina for the past six years, was tabbed as an assistant coach at Arkansas ... Nichols elevated head coach David Sokolnicki to full-time head coach. Sokolnicki has been in charge of the program on a part-time basis for the past six seasons ... Rollie Massimino was named as head coach at Northwood. The program is scheduled to begin competition in 2006. Massimino guided Villanova to a national championship in 1985 ... Jerry Wainwright was hired as head coach at DePaul to replace Dave Leitao. Wainwright went 50-41 in three seasons as head coach at Richmond ... Portland State awarded head coaching duties to Ken Bone to succeed Heath Schroyer. Bone has been an assistant at Washington.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Fred Litzenberger announced plans to retire as an assistant at Oregon. Litzenberger, formerly head coach at Western State, spent six seasons as an assistant women's coach at Oregon before fulfilling responsibilities as an assistant men's coach with the school for the past four years ... Florida Atlantic added Rex Walters as an assistant coach. For the past two years, Walters has worked as an assistant at Valparaiso ... Steve Snell and Nate Dixon were added as assistant coaches at Louisiana-Monroe. Snell has been an assistant at Tulane for four years and Dixon has been assistant head coach at Florida.

Women's basketball ­ Joanne P. McCallie was awarded a five-year contract as head coach at Michigan State. McCallie, who has been in charge of the program for five seasons, led the Spartans to their first Big Ten tournament championship last year and to an appearance in the national championship game this year ... California selected Joanne Boyle as head coach. Boyle, who has been head coach at Richmond for three seasons, replaces Caren Horstmeyer ... Oregon State appointed LaVonda Wagner, an assistant at Duke for the past three seasons, as head coach to replace Judy Spoelstra ... Bill Fennelly, head coach at Iowa State, was awarded a contract extension through 2011. In 10 years with the program, Fennelly has led the Cyclones to a 215-97 record, Big 12 tournament championships in 2000 and 2001 and seven NCAA tournament appearances ... Miami (Florida) hired Katie Meier as head coach to succeed Ferne Labati. Most recently, Meier went 76-45 as head coach at Charlotte ... Cristy McKinney was tabbed as head coach at Clemson to succeed Jim Davis. For the past 12 years, McKinney has guided the program at Rice to a 216-139 mark and two NCAA tournament appearances ... Bryn Mawr's Kathryn "Katie" Tarr accepted additional responsibilities as head women's basketball coach. Tarr will continue as head lacrosse coach and physical education instructor at the school ... Cindy Fisher was hired as head coach at San Diego. Fisher, formerly head coach at Wyoming from 1998 to 2003 and top assistant coach at Nebraska for the past two seasons, replaces Kathy Marpe ... Tom Griffith was tabbed as head coach at Misericordia. Griffith served as interim head coach last season and formerly was an assistant men's basketball coach with the school for three seasons ... Saint Louis chose Yeshimbra "Shimmy" Gray as head coach. For the past two seasons, Gray has worked as an assistant at Arizona and formerly was an assistant at Washington and a volunteer assistant with the WNBA's Seattle Storm ... Jamees Wright accepted responsibilities as head coach at CCNY. Wright was an assistant at Bernard Baruch ... San Jose State awarded Janice Richard a two-year contract extension through the 2006-07 season. Richard has led the program to an 80-91 record in six seasons as head coach ... Lynne Cinella was hired as head coach at Nichols. For the past three years, Cinella has worked as co-head coach at Amherst ... Rene Hanebutt was hired as head coach at Texas Woman's University. Hanebutt has most recently coached at Tarleton State and Decatur (Texas) High School ... Colorado tabbed Kathy McConnell-Miller as head coach to replace Ceal Barry. In six seasons at Tulsa, McConnell-Miller compiled a 91-88 record ... Morehead State named Matthew Mitchell as head coach. For the past two seasons, Mitchell, who succeeds Laura Litter, has been an assistant at Kentucky.

Women's basketball assistants ­ E.C. Hill and Molly Murray were added as assistants at Northern Illinois. Hill formerly was head coach at Robert Morris and Murray formerly was head girls' basketball coach at Culver (Indiana) Girls Academy ... Tito Addison was added as an assistant at San Jose State. Addison, who replaces David Reichner, has been head coach at Mission College for the past three years.

Football ­ Larry Lewis, head coach at Idaho State for the past six years, was awarded a four-year contract extension ... West Texas A&M head coach Ronnie Jones resigned. The school announced Lee Hays, an assistant with the program, as interim head coach ... Robert Morris awarded head coach Joe Walton with a four-year contract extension through November 2009. As head coach since 1993, Walton has led the Colonials to a 73-37-1 record and five Northeast Conference titles.

Football assistants ­ Jacksonville added Thomas Wagers as tight ends coach and Ryan Silverfield as quarterbacks coach. Wagers, quarterbacks coach at Wolfson (Florida) High School last season, replaces Luther Price, who moved to wide receivers coach. Silverfield, head coach at Memorial Day (Georgia) High School during the 2004 season, succeeds Luke Ewalt. Jacksonville also tabbed Jason DesJarlais as secondary coach, recruiting coordinator and special teams coach to replace Adam Borrell. DesJarlais has been defensive coordinator at San Diego ... Derrick Jackson was selected as defensive interior line coach at Northern Illinois. For the past two seasons, Jackson, who succeeds Levern Belin, has been defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois ... San Jose State added Bill Hall as director of football operations and Charlie Camp as outside linebacker coach. Hall has been director of team services for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers for the past three seasons. Camp was an assistant coach at Oregon State in 2003 and 2004.

Men's and women's golf ­ John Kennaday was chosen as head men's coach and John Dormann was selected as head women's coach at San Jose State. Kennaday, who has been head men's coach at Santa Clara for the past six seasons, and Dormann, an assistant men's and women's coach with the program, succeeds Nancy Lewis, who was head men's and women's coach from 1998 to 2005.

Men's and women's ice hockey ­ Dave Poulin resigned after 10 years as head men's ice hockey coach at Notre Dame. Poulin will assume responsibilities as a special assistant for athletics development at the school ... Northeastern hired Greg Cronin as head men's coach. Cronin has been head coach of the American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers since 2003 and also has been director of player development for the NHL's New York Islanders since 2002.

Men's soccer ­ Montana State-Billings chose Dan McNally as head coach. Most recently, McNally has worked as an assistant coach at Nova Southeastern ... Maine Maritime hired David Patterson as head men's soccer coach and sports information director. For the past five years, Patterson has worked as communications director for Soccer Maine, the state's youth soccer association, and formerly was head women's soccer coach at Maine.

Women's soccer ­ James Moore was named as head coach at Georgian Court to succeed interim head coach Kristen Kowit. For the past six years, Moore has been an assistant women's coach at Bryant ... Heidi Moccia resigned as head coach at Westminster (Missouri). Moccia has been in charge of the program since 2002 ... Loyola (Illinois) announced Frank Mateus as head coach. Mateus has been president and director of coaching for the Rockford Raptors and Dactylis F.C. since 1997.

Women's soccer assistant ­ Stephen F. Austin tabbed Tara Schuling as an assistant coach.

Softball ­ Doug Spears announced plans to retire as head coach at Lander. Spears, who established the program in 1982, has guided the Bearcats to an 803-474 record and was named as Peach Belt Athletic Conference coach of the year in 1994.

Men's and women's swimming and diving ­ Richard Quick, head women's swimming coach at Stanford for the past 17 years, announced plans to retire after the summer season. Quick, who also coached at Auburn and Iowa State, guided the Cardinal to seven NCAA team championships during his tenure and also captured five national titles as head coach at Texas.

Men's and women's tennis ­ Dave McCain was appointed as head men's and women's coach at Greensboro. McCain currently serves as director of tennis at Precision Golf and Tennis Academy in North Carolina ... Lander's Joe Cabri retired as head men's coach. Cabri took over the program in 1974 and has guided the school to eight NCAA Division II national championships and 11 Peach Belt Athletic Conference titles.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Seattle Pacific's Kellie Ryan resigned after five seasons as head coach.

Staff

Academic services ­ San Jose State selected Cindy Kato as director of student success services. Kato has been at Minnesota for the past 15 years and most recently was assistant director for learning in academic counseling and student services for intercollegiate athletics.

Sports information assistant ­ Josh Underwood was named as a sports information specialist at Jacksonville State. Underwood has been assistant director of athletics media relations at Troy since 2003.

Strength and conditioning ­ San Jose State elevated Derek Duncan to head strength and conditioning coach. Duncan has been with the school since 2000.

Strength and conditioning assistant ­ Kenwich Thompson was named as associate head strength and conditioning coach at San Jose State. Thompson was an assistant coach with the program during the 2000-04 seasons.

Conferences

The North Eastern Athletic Conference appointed Candice C. Poiss as commissioner. Poiss, who succeeds David Sweet, has been head women's tennis coach and director of athletics at Russell Sage.

Correction

The April 11 End Zone stated that there was only one known husband and wife serving as head men's and women's basketball coaches at an NCAA institution. Melissa Lamie has been head women's basketball coach at Grove City for 12 seasons and her husband, Steve, has been in charge of the men's program for seven seasons.

DEATHS

Former Winston-Salem State head men's basketball coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines died April 18. He was 81. Gaines retired at the end of the 1992-93 season after compiling an 828-447 record in 47 seasons. A 1982 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Gaines guided the school to the 1966-67 NCAA Division II national championship.

Bobby Gage, a former football student-athlete at Clemson in the 1940s, died recently. He was 77. Gage, who threw for 2,448 yards and 24 touchdowns in his career, led the Tigers to a Gator Bowl victory and an undefeated season as a senior in 1948.

Former Oswego State athletic trainer John "Doc" Rice died April 15. Rice served as athletic trainer at the school for 25 years.

Michael Brim, a former football student-athlete at Virginia Union, died April 19. He was 39. Brim was a cornerback at Virginia Union and went on to compete professionally in the NFL for eight seasons.

Cliff "Monty" Montgomery, former football quarterback at Columbia, died April 21. As captain of the 1934 Columbia squad, Montgomery helped the school capture the Rose Bowl that season. The 1963 College Football Hall of Fame selection was a college football official for more than 25 years.

Former Miami (Florida) football student-athlete Stanley Shakespeare died in a boating accident April 26. He was 42. Shakespeare was a starting wide receiver for the 1984 Hurricanes team that won the Orange Bowl. He also played professionally with the NFL in 1987.

Donald J. Howell, Jr., a former football student-athlete at Cornell, died April 29. He was 42. Howell was a four-year member of the team.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra