Notre Dame (Maryland) named Wayne Smith softball coach, effective immediately. Smith coached at Towson Catholic High School for three seasons, leading the team to a 47-6 record. He has also coached several club teams in Maryland, finishing among the top teams nationally for those age groups.

Other transactions

Athletics director – Rick Hazelton will retire from Trinity (Connecticut) on June 30. Hazelton came to Trinity as a physical education professor, track and field coach, and assistant football coach in 1974. He took over as athletics director in 1982.

Associate athletics director – West Alabama promoted longtime softball coach and administrator Janet Montgomery. She has served as the department’s senior woman administrator for 19 years and recently was named as chair of the Division II Championships Committee.

Assistant athletics director – Greensboro promoted Sports Information Director Bob Lowe, who joined the Pride in 1999. In the last 10 years, Lowe has spearheaded the creation of PrideNet/PrideTV and upgraded Greensboro’s Web site.

Coaches

Baseball assistant – Holy Cross hired former Northwestern assistant Gabe Ribas. Ribas also coached at Bowdoin and was a pitcher in the San Diego Padres system.

Women’s basketball – Norwich tabbed Mark Zacher, former associate head coach at Bethune-Cookman. Zacher also spent 10 years as an assistant at Mount St. Mary’s.

Men’s and women’s golf – West Chester selected Doug Hendricks for its women’s program.

Softball – Bridgeport tabbed former Mitchell assistant Dawn Stearns. Stearns also has high school and club coaching experience.

Staff

Athletic trainer – Mount Holyoke hired Charity Sweeney. Sweeney, who succeeds Peter Olsen, will also serve as fitness center director. Olsen took a position as vice president of sports and competition for the Special Olympics of Montana.

Development – Gale Sayers will return to Kansas as director of fund-raising for special projects. A former Jayhawk football all-American, Sayers played for the Chicago Bears. He was athletics director at Southern Illinois for a time in the 1970s and 80s. He launched a computer business in 1984.

Miscellaneous – The National Football Foundation will rename its Draddy Trophy for William V. Campbell, chair of Intuit, former coach and student-athlete at Columbia and 2004 recipient of the foundation’s Gold Medal. A postgraduate scholarship will continue to be named for Draddy. The Campbell Trophy will honor a senior or graduate student in the final year of eligibility with a grade-point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, outstanding football ability and demonstrated leadership. Winners receive a $25,000 scholarship.