Former LSU coach Sue Gunter dies

 Sue Gunter died August 4 at the age of 66.

The third-winningest coach in women's college basketball history with 708 career victories, Gunter is perhaps most well known for the 22 seasons she spent guiding LSU teams. She came to the school in 1982 and under her direction, the Lady Tigers compiled a record of 442-221, earned 14 NCAA tournament appearances, one Final Four and three Elite Eight appearances, and two Southeastern Conference championships. Gunter, a two-time SEC coach of the year, stepped down as head coach during the 2003-04 season due to health concerns.

Before her run at LSU, Gunter was in charge of the women's basketball program at Stephen F. Austin from 1965 to 1980. She guided the Ladyjacks to a 266-87 mark in 15 years, in addition to coaching softball, tennis and track. Gunter began her collegiate coaching career in 1963 at Middle Tennessee State, where she led teams to back-to-back undefeated seasons in her two seasons at the school.

Gunter was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and will be inducted posthumously into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in September.

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Directors of athletics

Western Illinois Athletics Director Tim M. Van Alstine was elevated to assistant vice-president for student services, but will continue to serve as athletics director ... Cameron hired Jim Jackson as athletics director. For the past seven years, Jackson has worked as director of athletics at Pratt (Kansas) Community College. He also has served as head men's and women's golf coach at the school for four seasons ... Judy MacLeod resigned as athletics director at Tulsa to become associate commissioner for governance and national policy at Conference USA. MacLeod spent two years as interim athletics director before permanently being named to the post in 1997. Tulsa chose Kevan Buck, vice-president for business and finance for the university, as interim athletics director ... Nelson Schexnayder resigned after 12 years as athletics director at Louisiana-Lafayette ... Bryant's Dan Gavitt resigned as director of athletics to become associate commissioner for men's basketball at the Big East Conference. Gavitt has been in charge of the athletics department at Bryant for six years. The school chose John Ruppert, associate athletics director, as Gavitt's interim successor ... Montevallo selected Dennis Toney as director of athletics. Most recently, Toney has been associate director of athletics for administration and finance at VMI.

Associate director of athletics

Washington hired Kim Barger Durand as associate athletics director for student development. Since 1999, Durand has been assistant director of athletics for academic services at UCLA ... Vince Otoupal was named as an associate athletics director at San Jose State. From 1998 to 2000 and since 2002, Otoupal has filled various positions within the athletics administration at Stanford, including director of annual giving, major gifts officer and project manager ... Delaware State hired Ricardo A. Hooper as senior associate athletics director and selected Patrick O'Brien Hairston as an associate athletics director. Hooper formerly spent two years at San Jose State serving in various capacities, including assistant athletics director for student services, assistant athletics director for internal operations and associate athletics director for internal operations. Hairston has served as an assistant commissioner with the Western Athletic Conference since 1999.

Assistant directors of athletics

North Carolina-Asheville hired Mike Mitchell as assistant athletics director for corporate sales, marketing and promotions. Mitchell, who has been assistant athletics director for development at Longwood, replaces Ken Elder ... Dan Huntley resigned as assistant athletics director and head men's ice hockey coach at Northland to become athletics director at the University of Texas-Brownsville ... UMBC tabbed Kevin Gibbons-O'Neill as assistant athletics director for fund-raising. Gibbons-O'Neill has been a marketing executive for the past 15 years ... Ryan Wronkowicz was elevated to assistant athletics director for media relations at Valparaiso to succeed Bill Rogers, who resigned after 18 years as sports information director and assistant athletics director for media relations. For the past five years, Wronkowicz has worked as assistant director of sports media relations at the school ... San Jose State announced Ken McDonald as assistant athletics director for corporate sales and Erika Mares as assistant athletics director for business development and community relations. For the past 25 years, McDonald has held various sales, marketing, management and consulting positions with nonprofit and for-profit businesses in California. Mares has been an ambassador for stadium operations with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers for the past four seasons ... Adam Nelson was appointed as assistant athletics director and head men's basketball coach at Suffolk. Nelson, who replaces Dennis McHugh, has been head coach at Newbury.

Coaches

Baseball ­ Milan Rasic resigned as head coach at Ohio Northern to become head coach at Alderson-Broaddus ... Vassar elevated Jon Martin to interim head coach. Martin has served as an assistant with the program for two years ... Mike Wilson was named as head coach at Nichols. For the past two years, Wilson has been head coach at Anna Maria College.

Men's basketball ­ San Francisco State tabbed Bill Treseler as head coach. For the past five years, Treseler has been head coach at Dominican University in California ... Ferrum appointed Bill Tharp as head coach to replace Scott Shepherd. Tharp has been an assistant coach with the program since 2001 ... Alan J. Seretti accepted responsibilities as head coach at Penn State-Altoona. For the past three years, Seretti has worked as an assistant at Washington and Jefferson.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Miles Simon was hired as an assistant coach at Arizona. Simon formerly played professionally with the NBA, Continental Basketball Association and in Israel, Italy, Venezuela and Turkey ... Ferrum added Chris Cline as an assistant men's basketball coach and head men's and women's cross country coach. Cline spent the 2004-05 season as an assistant men's basketball coach at Greensboro.

Women's basketball ­ New Jersey City elevated Ashante Timoll to head coach. Timoll, who has been an assistant with the program for the past three seasons, succeeds Alice DeFazio ... UC San Diego tabbed Janell Jones as head coach. Jones guided the Oklahoma City University program to the 2001 and 2002 NAIA championships in five years as head coach ... Regis (Massachusetts) appointed Julie Plant as head coach. Plant, who most recently has been an WNBA advance scout for the New York Liberty and formerly was an assistant at Glendale (Arizona) Community College, succeeds Jaime Hoffman ... Jeannine Ruh resigned as head coach at Macalester ... Joaquin Wallace was selected as head coach at San Francisco State. Most recently, Wallace has been an assistant head coach at Contra Costa (California) Comm unity College and formerly was head girls' varsity coach at Albany (California) High School ... TCU awarded head coach Jeff Mittie a multi-year contract extension. Mittie enters his seventh year in charge of the program with a 133-60 record ... Darin Spence was awarded a two-year contract extension through the 2007-08 season as head coach at New Mexico State. Spence has led the Aggies to a 22-35 mark in two seasons ... Bryan Harvey was hired as head coach at Ferrum to replace Donna Doonan, who resigned. Since 1997, Harvey has been head girls' basketball coach at Glenvar (Virginia) High School.

Women's basketball assistants ­ Ron Anderson was chosen as an assistant coach at Missouri-Kansas City. Last season, Anderson was head girls' head coach at North (Oklahoma) High School ... Ferrum added Katrina Williams as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's cross country ­ Kyle Kepler was named as head women's cross country and track and field coach at Utah. Kepler has been head men's and women's cross country coach and an assistant track and field coach at Northern Iowa for the past two years ... Northland selected Dave Beeksma as head men's and women's coach to succeed Monica McCarter ... Tom Lyons was hired as head men's and women's coach at San Francisco State. For the past 10 seasons, Lyons has coached cross country and track and field at Redwood (California) High School ... Adrian named Jeff Webb as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach. Webb formerly was an assistant coach at Anderson (Indiana).

Men's and women's cross country assistant ­ Giannis Doulamis accepted duties as an assistant men's and women's coach at George Washington. Doulamis replaces Darrell Andruski.

Football ­ Wisconsin head coach Barry Alvarez announced his resignation as head football coach, effective at the end of the 2004-05 season, in order to focus exclusively on responsibilities as director of athletics. Alvarez, who has filled both roles since April 2004, has guided the football program to a 108-70-4 record and three Rose Bowl victories in 15 seasons. The school announced Bret Bielema, defensive coordinator for the Badgers since last year, as Alvarez's successor as head coach.

Football assistants ­ Rochester added Scott Greene as inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator, and Andrew Christ as defensive coordinator. Greene formerly coached at McQuaid Jesuit (New York) High School from 2002 to 2004, and Christ has been an assistant coach at Pennsylvania for the past three seasons ... Robert Hunt was chosen as an assistant coach at Ferrum. Hunt, a former professional football player in the NFL, most recently completed a coaching internship with NFL Europe's Amsterdam Admirals ... Heidelberg appointed Garry Fisher as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. Fisher has been a graduate assistant coach at Utah ... Upper Iowa tabbed Dave Barclay as tight ends coach. For the past 25 years, Barclay has been head coach at Starmont (Iowa) High School.

Men's and women's golf ­ Rockford appointed Kyle Truax as head coach. In 2004-05, Truax served as assistant men's soccer coach and assistant golf coach at the school ... Robert Miller was named as head men's coach at Santa Clara to replace John Kennaday ... Texas-Pan American selected Andrew Tredway as head men's coach. For the past two years, Tredway, who succeeds Drew Scott, has been a teaching assistant with Hank Haney Golf, Inc., in Texas.

Men's and women's lacrosse ­ Kiki Chesterton, most recently an assistant lacrosse coach at Montclair State, accepted responsibilities as head coach at Indiana (Pennsylvania). Chesterton takes over for Rutger Wiese, who has been in charge of the women's lacrosse and field hockey programs for the past two years and will continue as head field hockey coach ... UMBC hired Courtney Martinez Connor as head women's coach. Connor has been head coach at Mount St. Mary's since 2001.

Rowing assistant ­ Vanessa Sheehan was chosen as an assistant at William Smith to succeed Katie Gill, who became an assistant coach at Clemson.

Men's soccer ­ George Perry III was named as head coach at Rockford. For the past five seasons, Perry has been head coach at Wabash and formerly has been in charge of the programs at St. Bonaventure and Rochester.

Women's soccer ­ South Carolina-Aiken chose Susan Vodicka as head coach ... Kerri McCabe was named as head coach at Dowling. The program begins varsity competition this fall. McCabe has been playing soccer professionally with the Long Island Lady Rough Riders since 2000 ... New Jersey City appointed Kristin Spohn as head coach to replace Kevin East, who will continue as head men's soccer coach and coordinator of soccer operations. Spohn has been an assistant at Monmouth since 2002.

Softball ­ Steve Rianda assumed responsibilities as head coach at Santa Clara. Rianda takes over for Jaime Forman-Lau ... Montana State-Billings' Jeff Aumend resigned to become head coach at Charleston Southern. Aumend has been in charge of the program since 2000 ... Michelle Burke was promoted to head coach at Hiram. Burke, who also will serve as assistant to the sports marketing director, was an assistant women's soccer coach and assistant softball coach during the past year ... Rochester appointed Michelle Burrell as head coach. Since 2002, Burrell has worked as an assistant coach at Maryland ... Wendy Rochon was selected as head coach at Heidelberg. For the past three seasons, Rochon has been an assistant at Augustana (South Dakota).

Softball assistant ­ Siena tabbed Jeffrey Ellis as an assistant softball coach and intramural coordinator. Ellis was an assistant at Lynn from 2000 to 2004.

Squash ­ Rochester tabbed Martin Heath as head coach.

Men's and women's tennis ­ Paul Soliz resigned after one season as head men's and women's coach at Texas-Pan American to assume the same responsibilities at Charleston Southern ... Jerry Anderson accepted additional responsibilities as head women's tennis coach at St. Cloud State to replace Larry Sundby, who will become an assistant men's and women's coach at the school after 18 years as head women's coach. Anderson has been head men's coach for eight seasons ... Florida Southern announced Trish Riddell as head women's coach. Riddell, who has been an assistant women's coach at Rollins for the past six seasons, succeeds Vicky Martin.

Men's and women's track and field ­ San Francisco State appointed Terrence Burke as head women's coach. From 1994 to 2001, Burke served as head track and field coach at College of Marin ... Nolan Swanson was named as head women's coach at Fredonia State ... Carthage appointed Brett Witt as interim head men's coach. Witt succeeds Steve Ray, who became head men's and women's coach at Jacksonville State ... Abilene Christian's Jon Murray resigned as head men's and women's track and field and cross country coach to accept responsibilities as head men's and women's cross country coach and assistant men's and women's track and field coach at Texas Tech. Murray, the 2005 NCAA Division II coach of the year for men's and women's track, has guided Abilene Christian to four straight national championships.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Rockford chose Rodney Pritchett as head coach. Pritchett spent 2004 as an assistant with the program and formerly coached at the high-school level ... Nancy Castillo was tabbed as head women's coach at Ferrum. Castillo, who replaces Kelly Caputo, formerly was head coach at Franklin County (Virginia) High School from 1991 to 2003.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants ­ Ferrum added Mike Naff and Andy Flora as assistants. Naff spent two years as an assistant coach and also has been a head coach at the high-school level and Flora most recently has been assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach at Franklin County (Virginia) High School.

Staff

Academic services assistant ­ Amber Burdge was named as an academic counseling intern at Cleveland State.

Administrative ­ Cleveland State selected Linda Reynolds as an external affairs intern.

Athletic trainer ­ Dave Jager was hired as head athletic trainer at Ferrum. Jager has been a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Virginia Tech since August of last year ... Harvard promoted Stacie Barlow to head athletic trainer to succeed the retired Dick Emerson. Barlow has been with the school's sports medicine staff since last year.

Assistant athletic trainers ­ Michelle Pikor was tabbed as an assistant athletic trainer at Santa Clara. Pikor replaces Carrie Rubertino ... Syracuse selected Denny Kellington and Ann Greer as assistant athletic trainers. Kellington has been with Ohio Orthopedic Center of Excellence for the past year and Greer recently completed a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Wyoming ... Greg Beier and Laura Dillaman were added as assistant athletic trainers at Hobart and William Smith. Beier has been a graduate assistant at Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Wisconsin and Dillaman has been a graduate assistant at Washington & Jefferson ... Holy Cross chose Scott Gallon and John Ostrowski as assistant athletic trainers. Most recently, Gallon and Ostrowski have served as graduate assistant athletic trainers at Massachusetts and Kentucky, respectively ... A.J. Lukjanczuk was selected as an assistant athletic trainer at Elon. Lukjanczuk has been an assistant athletic trainer with NFL Europe's Berlin Thunder ... Vassar added Courtney Phillips as an assistant athletic trainer. Phillips has filled the same responsibilities at Otterbein for the past three years ... Melissa Kostel accepted duties as an athletic training intern at Cleveland State.

Compliance assistant ­ Catherine Walker was hired as assistant director of compliance at Elon. For the past two years, Walker has served as a graduate assistant in compliance at Campbell.

Development ­ Jim D'Arecca was announced as coordinator of the Panther Athletic Club at Florida International. D'Arecca has been with the school since 2002.

Equipment manager ­ Harvard elevated Alex Ferguson to manager of equipment operations. Ferguson, who has been associate equipment manager, succeeds the retired Chet Stone.

Marketing and promotions assistant ­ Amanda Brown was tabbed as marketing and promotions intern at Cleveland State.

Sports information assistants ­ Alabama tabbed Corey Hoodjer as an assistant media relations director. For the past three years, Hoodjer has been with Iowa State's sports information office ... James Allan was named as assistant sports information director at Missouri-Kansas City. Most recently, Allan has been a sports information intern at TCU ... Tusculum selected Kelly Harrison as an assistant sports information director. Harrison, who replaces Matt Horne, has been information coordinator at the Sunshine State Conference for the past three years ... Brian Wolff was appointed as a sports information assistant at Cleveland State.

Strength and conditioning ­ Elon added Aaron Walker as head strength and conditioning coach. Walker has been an assistant strength and conditioning coach at North Carolina ... Nathan Moe was hired as strength coach at South Dakota State. For the past three seasons, Moe, who replaces Lee Munger, has been head strength and conditioning coach at Eastern Illinois.

Ticket office assistants ­ Cleveland State added Brian Plona and Mike Wise as athletics ticket office sales associates.

Conferences

The New York Collegiate Athletic Conference announced Edward J. Manetta as commissioner. Manetta, formerly director of athletics at St. John's (New York) and DePaul, currently is chief executive officer of Worldwide Marketing and Media Group, an integrated marketing and media firm based in New York ... Kirk Reed was hired as assistant commissioner at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. Most recently, Reed has been assistant sports information director at Saint Rose ... The Big East Conference named Mia Brickhouse and Bobby Weygand as assistant directors of sport administration. Brickhouse has been an Aeropostale/Big East administrative fellow and Weygand has been a volunteer intern with the league's sport administration/championship department. The conference also promoted John Marinatto to senior associate commissioner. Since 2002, Marinatto has served as an associate commissioner ... Richard Wanninger was appointed as assistant executive director of external relations at the Patriot League. For the past four years, Wanninger has been director of communications and public affairs at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

Associations

Patrick L. Britz, senior associate athletics director for compliance and administration at Texas Tech, was named as Division I intercollegiate programs director for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Britz has been a member of the Texas Tech athletics administration since 2001 ... The Knight Commission selected Amy Privette Perko as executive director and Welch Suggs as associate director. Perko has been with the Commission since 2003 and succeeds Maureen Devlin, who will continue to work with the group as a consultant. Suggs most recently has been an editor and reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education ... The newly formed Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches elected the following officers: Larry Sanders, UC San Diego, president; Amber Drury-Pino, California, vice-president for women's programs; Ricardo Azevedo, Long Beach State, vice-president for men's programs; Kirk Everist, California, secretary; and Matt Anderson, Michigan, treasurer. Matt Lewis was appointed as executive director. The association's mission is to provide a collective voice for NCAA collegiate water polo coaches to the NCAA, and other relevant associations and federations; grow collegiate programs; and provide educational services ... The Outback Bowl announced a four-year extension of its partnerships with the Southeastern Conference and ESPN through the January 2010 game. The agreement ensures that the bowl will continue to feature a match-up between SEC and Big Ten Conference teams ... The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Archie Manning as co-chair of development and hired Margaret Mason as director of marketing. Manning was a standout football quarterback at Mississippi and is a 1989 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame. Mason is a 20-year marketing veteran.

DEATHS

Former Missouri-Rolla football coach Charlie Finley died July 18. He was 68. Finley, a two-sport standout in football and track and field at Southwest Missouri State, came to Missouri-Rolla in 1964 as an assistant football coach and assistant track coach. He was elevated to head track coach in 1968 and was named as head football coach at 1972. Finley, a former member of the NCAA Football Rules Committee, guided the football program to two conference championships before stepping down as head coach after the 1991 season.

Emmy Filetti Morrissey, former NCAA national office staff member, died of cancer July 25 in Naples, Florida. She was 55. Morrissey served as manager of finance and administration for the NCAA Foundation from 1990 to 1999.

Former Sewanee (University of the South) head football coach James Horace Moore Jr. died July 30. He was 78. Moore, a football student-athlete at Tennessee and Tennessee Tech, was in charge of the football program at Sewanee from 1978 to 1986. He also coached wrestling, track and field, tennis and golf at the school from 1956 to 1987.

_{--Compiled by Leilana McKindra}