Jim Crews released after seven years as head men’s basketball coach at Army, where his teams compiled a 60-139 record. Army’s deputy athletics director, Gene Marshall, was named interim coach. Crews previously served for 17 years as head coach at Evansville and was an assistant at Indiana.

Other transactions

Presidents – Jehuda Reinharz is stepping down as president at Brandeis, effective at the end of the current academic year or upon selection of a successor. He has led the university for 15 years.

Coaches

Women’s basketball – Renee Drake named interim head coach at Geneva, where she is a former player and served from 2004 to 2007 as an assistant. She recently has coached at the high school level.

Women’s basketball assistants – Dee Bell and Bett Shelby appointed at Tennessee Tech. Bell previously was head coach at Martin Methodist College, and Shelby was recruiting coordinator and assistant coach at Stetson.

Football – Don Patterson resigned as head coach at Western Illinois, citing health reasons, but said he would continue to assist with the football program and in the athletics department as he continues to recover from cancer treatments. Offensive coordinator Mark Hendrickson was named acting head coach. Patterson led the Fighting Leathernecks to three appearances in the Division I Football Championship in compiling a 63-47 record through nine seasons.

Ice hockey – Ben Murphy selected as assistant men’s coach at Bentley. The former Maine hockey student-athlete previously was a graduate assistant coach at Castleton State.

Lacrosse – Stephen Brundage joined the men’s lacrosse staff at Princeton as assistant coach after serving on the staff at Drexel. He played at Loyola (Maryland).

Tennis – Andrew Darkow selected as men’s and women’s assistant at Westminster (Missouri), where he played. He is a member of the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Water polo – Marcelo Leonardi named interim head women’s coach at Cal State Northridge, where he has been assistant coach for four years. He replaces Molly Barnes, who resigned after eight years in the post.

Staff

Tickets – Ray Dixon resigned as athletics ticketing director at Delaware.

Deaths

Pete Von Allmen, assistant women’s basketball coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater since 2004, died September 25. He was one of the most successful coaches in Wisconsin high school basketball history, compiling a 454-154 record before moving into the college ranks, first as an assistant at Beloit.