Wayne Edwards, a former athletics director at Divisions I and II member schools, named AD at Division III member Shenandoah. Edwards, who took early retirement at Towson in 2006 to work with the Camden Yards Sports and Entertainment Commission in Baltimore, also has served as AD at Massachusetts-Lowell and also served as associate AD at Yale during the 1980s. He oversaw Towson’s program for 11 years and served during that time as a member of the Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee.

Other transactions

Faculty athletics representative – Vince Benigni appointed faculty athletics representative at College of Charleston, where he is associate professor of communication and has been a faculty member for 10 years.

Coaches

Men’s basketball – Fordham released head coach Dereck Whittenburg from his contract. He had compiled a 69-112 record with the Rams, including a 1-4 start in his seventh season. He leaves the post with a career 136-162 record as a head coach. The school named assistant coach Jared Grasso as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Women’s basketball – Deb Patterson agreed to a new five-year contract at Kansas State, where she is in 14th season.

Football assistants – Georgia will not renew the contracts of defensive coordinator and secondary coach Willie Martinez, defensive co-coordinator and linebackers coach John Jancek, and defensive ends coach Jon Fabris.

Gymnastics – Jackie Ventre named assistant women’s coach at Rhode Island College.

Soccer – Sara Johnson selected as Wartburg’s first full-time women’s head coach, after assisting men’s and women’s coach T.J. Buchholz for the past three seasons. Johnson was a member of the 2004 Division III Women’s Soccer Championship-winning squad at Wheaton (Illinois). Buchholz continues as men’s head coach … Joy Boswell resigned after four seasons as women’s coach at Pacific (Oregon), where her teams compiled a 20-52-6 record.

Staff

Development – John Erck named director of development at Arkansas after serving since 2006 as director of major gifts and associate director of the National Commodore Club at Vanderbilt.