Palm Beach Atlantic tabbed Gary Carter as head baseball coach. Carter, a catcher on the New York Mets team that captured the 1986 World Series, played on four teams in 19 years in the Major Leagues. In 2003, he launched a successful managerial career, leading teams to championships in the Florida State League and the Golden Baseball League. This past season, Carter managed the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League.

Other transactions

Presidents and chancellors – Joseph A. Chapman resigned as president at North Dakota State. Chapman has been the university’s president since 1999.  

Men’s basketball assistant – Former NBA player and scout Dennis Nutt was chosen as an assistant men’s basketball coach and fund-raising consultant at Coker. Nutt, who played professionally in the NBA, European Basketball Association and the Continental Basketball Association, most recently was a college scout for the Charlotte Bobcats and an assistant men’s basketball coach at Coastal Carolina.

Men’s and women’s golf – Gary Nelson was named as director of golf and assistant coach Rich Yokota was promoted to head men’s coach at San Francisco. Nelson has spent the past four seasons in charge of the men’s program, which earned the 2009 WCC championship, while Yokota has been a member of the Dons’ golf staff for the last three-plus seasons. 

Men’s and women’s swimming and diving assistant – Marc E. Christian, a decorated former swimmer at Kenyon, was selected as a graduate assistant coach at Delaware. Christian was a nine-time all-American, a member of three NCAA championship teams, and captured five NCAA relay titles.

Conferences

The ECAC hired Keith Clarke as the director of Division III governance and officiating.  Since 2001, Clarke has worked as founder and president of ‘Sports From the Neck Up,' an orientation program for Division I male and female freshman athletes. He also has been an official, working with the Southshore Basketball Officials Association, refereeing high school basketball, and the American Softball Association.