A.J. Stevens was named director of lacrosse and head men’s coach at Mesa State. Stevens has been head coach at Illinois since 2005 and formerly was director of lacrosse operations and an assistant coach for Major League Lacrosse’s Chicago Machine. He also has been head coach at Roger Williams and an assistant coach at Dartmouth.

Other transactions

Baseball –  Dan Pepicelli resigned as head coach at St. John Fisher to become pitching coach at Clemson. Pepicelli was St. John Fisher’s winningest head baseball coach, guiding the Cardinals to a 200-136 record and seven postseason berths including the 2007 NCAA Division III championship, in nine years in charge of the program. 

Men’s basketball – Penn State awarded head coach Ed DeChellis a three-year contract extension through 2013-14. Under DeChellis’ direction, Penn State posted a school record for victories, going 27-11, and captured the NIT Championship, the program's first-ever national postseason tournament title … Louis Orr has signed a two-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season to remain head coach at Bowling Green State. Orr led the school to the MAC regular season championship in 2008-09.

Men’s and women’s golf assistant – Mount Olive tapped former PGA Tour professional Clarence Rose as an assistant men’s and women’s golf. Rose, who spent 20 years on the PGA Tour and is in his second year on the PGA Champions Tour, formerly spent six years as boys’ head golf coach at Wayne Christian School in North Carolina, where he led the program to state championships in 2005 and 2007.