Cal State L.A. athletics director to retire

 Carol M. Dunn, former NCAA Council member, announced plans to retire as director of athletics at Cal State L.A., effective December 31.

Dunn has been in charge of the Cal State L.A. athletics department for the past 17 years. She joined the school as head women's basketball coach beginning with the 1981-82 season and guided the program for four seasons. Dunn also served as an associate athletics director for the Golden Eagles for six years. She was elevated to athletics director in July 1988.

In addition to overseeing Golden Eagles athletics, Dunn has served on numerous NCAA and conference committees. She completed a five-year term on the NCAA Council from 1995 to 2000 and also formerly was chair of the Division II Amateurism Project Team and the Initial-Eligibility Waiver Committee. Dunn has been a member of the NCAA Membership Growth Project Team as well as the Division II Budget and Finance, Student-Athlete Reinstatement, Academic Requirements and Division II Steering Committees. At the conference level, she has fulfilled two one-year terms as president of the California Collegiate Athletic Association and currently serves as chair of the league's legislative committee. She also is a member of the CCAA Executive Council Board of Directors.

Dunn earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at Frostburg State.

TRANSACTIONS

Chief executive officers

Massachusetts-Boston named Michael F. Collins as chancellor. Collins has been clinical professor of internal medicine and senior fellow at the University College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts ... Wisconsin-Whitewater appointed Martha Dunagin as chancellor. Most recently, Dunagin has served as vice-president for academic affairs at Columbus State ... J. David Arnold was chosen as president at Eureka, effective in July. Arnold has been vice-president for academic and student affairs at Missouri Western State ... Kathleen Gill Bowman announced plans to retire as president at Randolph-Macon Woman's, effective at the end of the 2005-06 academic year ... Robert Morris selected Gregory G. Dell'omo as president, effective August 1. Most recently, Dell'omo has been vice-president for external affairs at Saint Joseph's (Pennsylvania) ... Wabash President Andrew T. Ford announced plans to retire, effective at the end of the 2005-06 academic year ... Corlis A. McGee, rector at European Nazarene College in Switzerland, was named as president at Eastern Nazarene, effective July 1 ... Colby-Sawyer President Anne Ponder was appointed as president at North Carolina-Asheville, effective October 1 ... Betty L. Siegel announced plans to retire as president at Kennesaw State, effective January 2, 2006.

Directors of athletics

Eastern Kentucky selected Mark Sandy as athletics director. Sandy, who replaces John Shafe and interim athletics director Robert Bell, has been associate athletics director at Richmond ... Harry Birdwell, director of athletics at Oklahoma State, resigned, effective December 31. Birdwell has been with the school for the past 16 years and has been in charge of the athletics department since July 2002. Cal State Chico named Anita Barker as director of athletics. Barker, who has been with the school since 1990, was an associate athletics director from 1997 to 2002 and has been interim athletics director for the past three years.

Senior woman administrators

Xavier promoted Kim Powers to senior woman administrator. Powers, who has been with the athletics department since 2003, will continue as athletics academic advisor ... Terry M. Prouty was appointed as senior woman administrator at Southern New Hampshire. Prouty, who has served as head softball coach and head women's soccer coach at the school for the past six years, will continue as head soccer coach but will relinquish responsibilities with the softball program ... LaRee Sugg was elevated to senior woman administrator and assistant athletics director at Richmond. Sugg has been head women's golf coach for the past three seasons.

Deputy director of athletics

David Walsh was promoted to deputy athletics director at Richmond. For the past two years, Walsh has served as senior associate athletics director for internal operations.

Associate directors of athletics

Heather Mac Culloch was elevated to associate athletics director at Bloomfield. Mac Culloch has been an assistant athletics director at the school ... Michael Veley, associate athletics director for external affairs at Syracuse, was chosen as director of the sport management program at the school. Veley has been with the athletics department since 1995 ... Florida elevated Mike Hill to associate athletics director for external affairs, Chip Howard to associate athletics director for auxiliary services and Mike Spiegler to associate athletics director for compliance support services ... Chris Ritrievi was hired as associate director of athletics for external relations at Utah. Ritrievi has been senior associate athletics director and director of development at Michigan State for six years.

Assistant directors of athletics

Texas-San Antonio hired Eric Buskirk as assistant athletics director for marketing and community relations. Buskirk has been athletics administration/marketing coordinator at Lynn since 2003 ... Ann Martin was appointed as assistant athletics director at Regis (Colorado). Most recently, Martin has been assistant commissioner and senior woman administrator with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference ... Massachusetts-Dartmouth elevated Brian Baptiste to assistant athletics director. Baptiste has served as head men's basketball coach at the school since the 1983-84 season ... Bowling Green hired Jason Horn as assistant athletics director for marketing and corporate relations. Horn has been assistant general manager for the New Haven (Connecticut) County Cutters baseball team.

Coaches

Baseball ­ Len VandenBoom retired as head coach at Milwaukee School of Engineering. VandenBoom, who has been in charge of the program for nearly 20 years spanning two separate tenures and also served as the school's first athletics director, will continue with the school on a part-time basis as director of institutional reporting.

Men's basketball ­ Western Oregon elevated Craig Stanger to interim head coach. Stanger, who takes over for Tim Hills, has been an assistant with the program since 1994-95.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Cary Cochran was chosen as director of men's basketball operations at James Madison to replace John Babul, who accepted responsibilities as an assistant coach at Jacksonville ... UC Irvine tabbed Steve Chen as an assistant coach. For the past three seasons, Chen has completed tenures as head manager, video coordinator and administrative assistant with the program ... Richard Thornton was promoted to associate head coach at Bard. Thornton, who was an assistant coach, enters his fourth year at the school ... North Carolina-Greensboro selected Rod Jensen as an assistant coach. Jensen formerly has been an assistant coach at Virginia, Penn State and Redlands as well as an assistant and head coach at Boise State ... Oregon State announced John Saintignon as director of operations for men's basketball. Saintignon taught and was head boys' varsity basketball coach at Desert Edge (Arizona) High School for the 2004-05 season ... Tusculum tabbed Jeromy Yetter as an assistant. Most recently, Yetter has been top assistant at Slippery Rock ... Don Holst was selected as an assistant coach at Utah. Holst formerly was head coach at Montana from 1999 to 2002 ... Wichita State added Alvin Williamson as an assistant coach. Williamson, formerly an assistant at Washington State, Illinois State, Tulane, most recently has been an assistant at Tulsa, where he also was interim head coach this past season.

Women's basketball ­ Renee DeVarney was hired as head coach at Swarthmore to replace Adrienne Shibles, who resigned after nine seasons. DeVarney most recently has been head coach at W.T. Woodson (Virginia) High School and formerly was head coach at Duquesne ... Pfeiffer named Heather Macy as head coach ... Greg Williams was hired as head coach at Rice to replace Cristy McKinney. Williams formerly was head coach at Houston and Colorado and also was head coach of the WNBA's Detroit Shock from 2000 to 2002 ... Boise State appointed Gordy Presnell as head coach. Presnell has spent the past 18 years as head coach at Seattle Pacific, where he guided the school to a 396-127 record, six conference titles and an appearance in the 2005 NCAA Division II women's basketball national championship game.

Women's basketball assistants ­ James Madison added Jackie Smith as an assistant. Smith succeeds Nadine Morgan, who became an assistant coach at Indiana ... Kelly Morrone was announced as third assistant coach at Buffalo. Morrone was an assistant girls' varsity basketball coach at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in South Carolina during the 2004-05 season. Buffalo also announced Evelyn Thompson will continue as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Thompson has been with the program for three seasons ... Niagara chose Eva Cunningham as an assistant coach. Cunningham was a four-year member of the school's women's basketball squad and was named the 2004-05 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the year ... South Carolina-Aiken named Mary Perry as an assistant coach. Perry formerly was an assistant at Seton Hall ... Jami Cornwell was appointed as an assistant at Pfeiffer ... UC Irvine added Daniel Prince, Chris Ellis and Leilani Estavan as assistants ... Ashley McElhiney was chosen as an assistant at Alabama. Most recently, McElhiney became the first female head coach for a men's professional team when she took over duties with the American Basketball Association's Nashville Rhythm.

Men's and women's cross country ­ Texas Lutheran appointed Alicia Mein as head women's cross country and track and field coach. Mein, who spent the past year as an assistant cross country and track and field coach at MacArthur (Texas) High School, replaces Kandice Holamon Erwin ... James McCowan was selected as head men's and women's coach at Vassar. McCowan, an assistant at the school last season, replaces Ron Stonitsch, who will continue with the program as an associate head coach.

Field hockey ­ T.J. Bathras was hired as head coach at Notre Dame (Maryland) to replace Allison Fordyce, who became head field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at York. Bathras has been a head field hockey coach at the high-school level for the past three years.

Football assistants ­ Butch Reynolds was selected as a strength and conditioning assistant for football at Ohio State. Reynolds, a 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the 1,600-meter relay, formerly was an assistant track coach at the school from 1996 to 1998 ... Peter Vaas, a head coach with NFL Europe for the past six years, was named as quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame. Vaas, who replaces David Cutcliffe, formerly served as an assistant coach with the Irish in 1990 and 1991.

Men's and women's golf ­ Cory Wilson was tabbed as head women's coach at Carthage.

Men's and women's golf assistant ­ Carol Green accepted duties as an assistant coach at James Madison. Green succeeds Duff Meyer, who resigned.

Men's and women's ice hockey ­ Chatham appointed Lainie Wintrup as head women's coach. Most recently, Wintrup has been an assistant coach at Maine.

Men's and women's lacrosse ­ Vassar named Joe Proud as head men's coach. Proud formerly has coached at California, Cornell, Vermont and Plattsburgh State.

Women's soccer ­ Mount Holyoke chose Jennifer Seferiadis as interim head coach. Seferiadis has spent the past year as an athletics administration intern at Boston College ... Marci Miller was hired as head coach at Northern Illinois. Miller replaces Frank Horvat, who resigned ... Swarthmore chose Todd Anckaitis as head coach to succeed Amy Brunner, who resigned after seven seasons. Anckaitis has been head coach at Lewis and Clark.

Women's soccer assistants ­ Lauren Sciocchetti was appointed as an assistant coach at Centenary (New Jersey). Sciocchetti coached at Widener last season ... Paul Jobson was hired as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois. Jobson has been executive director of the Atlanta Youth Soccer Association since March and also served as head junior varsity and assistant varsity coach at Milton (Georgia) High School during the 2005 season.

Softball ­ Deb Robitaille was promoted to head coach at Southern New Hampshire. Robitaille, who succeeds Terry M. Prouty, has been top assistant women's soccer coach and top assistant softball coach at the school for six years ... Holly Van Vlymen was announced as head coach at Western Illinois. Van Vlymen formerly spent four seasons as pitching coach at Iowa and coached at Augustana (Illinois) this past season.

Men's and women's swimming and diving ­ Matt Barany resigned as head men's and women's coach at James Madison to become head women's coach at Richmond. James Madison selected co-head coach Samantha Smith as Barany's successor.

Men's and women's tennis ­ John Jay named Peter Castillo as head men's coach and selected Amy Rowland as head women's coach. Castillo has been an assistant men's and women's coach at the school for the past three years. Rowland most recently has been head coach at Randolph-Macon Woman's ... Simpson promoted Pat Heller to head women's coach to succeed Bob Nutgrass, who will continue with the school as head of tennis operations and head men's tennis coach. Heller has been an assistant men's and women's coach at the school since 2003.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Wisconsin-Whitewater appointed Stacy Boudreau as head women's coach. For the past three seasons, Boudreau has been head coach at Iowa Wesleyan.

Men's and women's volleyball assistant ­ Tucker Short was tabbed as an assistant coach at Buffalo. Short was women's junior varsity head coach and men's varsity graduate assistant at Springfield in 2004.

Staff

Academic services ­ Beth Bridger was named as an academic advisor at James Madison to replace Kurt Johnson, who became assistant athletics director for compliance at the school.

Administrative services ­ Xavier promoted Kelly Brooks to director of student-athlete development. Brooks has been CHAMPS/Life Skills coordinator since.

Compliance assistant ­ Melissa Boettger resigned as assistant director of compliance at James Madison.

Ticketing services ­ Richmond hired Joseph Foley as director of ticket sales and marketing ... Christi Williams was chosen as athletics ticket manager at South Dakota State. Williams, who takes over for Erin Breczinski, has been a graduate assistant women's basketball coach at the school for the past two seasons.

Conferences

Bud Austin, president at LeTourneau, was elected president of the American Southwest Conference executive committee. East Texas Baptist President Bob Riley was named as vice-president and Tim Summerlin, president at Schreiner, will continue with the committee as past president ... The Peach Belt named Daniel Ball of Lander as president of the league for 2005-06. The conference also selected Armstrong Atlantic State's Thomas Jones as president-elect and Dorothy Leland of GC&SU as vice-president. Thomas Harden of Clayton State will continue with the executive committee as the immediate past president of the league ... Siena President Kevin Mackin was chosen as chair of the Council of Presidents for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Joseph Levesque, president at Niagara, was named as vice-chair. Saint Peter's Director of Athletics William Stein was selected as chair of the committee on athletics administration, and Jamie Fogarty, associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Iona, will serve as vice-chair ... The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference elevated Julie Byron to assistant commissioner of women's basketball operations. Byron has been with the league since 2000 and most recently has served as director of women's basketball.

Correction

A story in the June 6 issue of The NCAA News about hardship waivers incorrectly reported that Division II student-athletes can apply for the waiver if a season-ending injury or illness occurs in the first half of the season. Actually, the season-ending injury or illness can occur at any point in the season, not just the first half, for a Division II student-athlete to be eligible to apply for a hardship waiver.

Notables

Marv Dunphy, head men's volleyball coach at Pepperdine, was chosen as the 2005 Tachikara/American Volleyball Coaches Association Divisions I-II men's national coach of the year. This season, Dunphy earned his 400th collegiate victory and guided the Waves to the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship.

DEATHS

Jose "Joey" Longoria, video coordinator and administrative assistant for men's basketball at Texas-San Antonio, died of leukemia May 28. He was 25.

Former Notre Dame men's basketball standout Leo Klier died June 4. He was 82. Klier averaged 15.4 points for the Irish during the 1943-44 season. After missing the next season to serve in World War II, he returned for the 1945-46 season. Klier, who established single-season scoring records at Notre Dame both seasons, went on to play professionally in the National Basketball League from 1946 to 1950.

Former Clemson football student-athlete Banks McFadden died of cancer June 4. He was 88. McFadden was a three-sport standout for the Tigers in football, basketball and track. He led the men's basketball team to the Southern Conference basketball tournament championship in 1939 and guided the football squad to its first bowl appearance, a 6-3 win over Boston College at the 1940 Cotton Bowl. A 1959 selection to the College Football Hall of Fame, he coached defensive backs coach at Clemson in 1941 and from 1955 until his retirement in 1969.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra