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Jacksonville chose Ryan Pratt to lead its men’s soccer program as head coach. Pratt comes from VCU, where he was an assistant for two seasons. Pratt’s coaching career began in 1997 and has contained additional stints at Montevallo, Alabama-Huntsville and UAB.

Other transactions

Coaches

Football assistants – Syracuse added Steve Morrison and Donnie Henderson to its football coaching staff. Morrison, most recently the linebackers coach at Eastern Michigan, will hold the same role at Syracuse. Henderson was the secondary coach last year for Southern and will coach the Orange’s defensive backs … Wagner hired Tom Masella as associate head coach. Masella, the former Fordham head coach, will also serve as special teams coordinator and secondary coach.

Conferences

The Northeast Conference named Joseph A. Machnik coordinator of women’s soccer officials. Machnik spent the last 15 years with Major League Soccer.

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