North Carolina State’s Hall of Fame head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow died Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 66. Yow, who was initially diagnosed with the disease in 1987, is one of only six women’s coaches to have won more than 700 career games (737). In addition to leading the U.S. women’s basketball national team to a gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, she guided the Wolfpack to four Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championships, 20 NCAA tournament berths and a 1998 NCAA Women’s Final Four appearance. Also known for her public fight against cancer, Yow raised both awareness and money for research of the disease in addition to continuing to guide her team during her own treatments. In 2007, North Carolina State dedicated Kay Yow Court in Reynolds Coliseum. Yow was a 2002 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee.

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Football assistants – New Mexico added Darrell Dickey as offensive coordinator and running backs coach, Doug Mallory as defensive coordinator, Toby Neinas as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach, George Barlow as defensive backs coach, Cheston Blackshear as offensive tackles and tight ends coach, Rubin Carter as defensive line coach, Mike Degory as centers and offensive guards coach, J.B. Gerald as receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, Tee Martin as quarterbacks coach and Troy Hatton as football strength and conditioning coach. Each assistant enters his first season with the program … Dan Werner was tabbed as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Northwestern State. Werner, who enters his 25th year in the coaching ranks, helped lead Miami (Florida) to three national championships and has been offensive coordinator at Miami and Mississippi.

Women’s volleyball – Former Montana State and Oregon State head women’s volleyball coach David Gantt was chosen as head coach at Gonzaga. He replaces Kip Yoshimura, who resigned after seven seasons. Most recently an adjunct professor at Montana State and a collegiate volleyball official, Gantt spent nine seasons in charge of the Bobcats’ women’s volleyball squad, compiling a 159-96 record to become the all-time leader in wins at the school. In addition, Gantt was the senior associate athletics director for external operations at Montana State from 2003-05 and served as director of athletics, intramurals and recreation at Montana State-Northern from 2005-07. He also formerly was head coach at Oregon State.