Carleton selected Steven G. Poskanzer as its next president. Currently the president at New Paltz State, Poskanzer, 51, will assume his duties as Carleton's 11th president on August 2. He replaces Robert A. Oden Jr., who announced his retirement, effective June 30. Poskanzer, a 1980 graduate of Princeton, earned a J.D. degree from Harvard in 1983. Formerly chief of staff to the president at the University of Chicago for four years, Poskanzer has served for the past 12 years in the SUNY system.

Other transactions

Associate athletics director – Hofstra promoted Lauren Ashman to associate director of athletics for compliance. Ashman had been assistant director for athletics compliance.

Coaches

Men's basketball – Gardner-Webb named Chris Hoffman men's basketball coach. Hoffman spent the last two years as lead assistant at Ohio. Hoffman was an assistant at Gardner-Webb from 2003-08 and also has experience at Taylor and Geneva College (Pennsylvania) … Louisiana-Monroe selected Keith Richard as head men's basketball coach. Richard becomes the second head coach in program history to have also been a student-athlete and an assistant coach for the program … Newberry head men's basketball coach Steve DeMeo resigned … Stony Brook extended Steve Pikiell's contract through the 2014-15 season. Pikiell has been with the program for five years … Grambling State selected Bobby Washington to serve permanently. Washington had been serving as interim head coach for nearly seven months.

Men's basketball assistants – Clemson chose Mike Winiecki as an assistant men's basketball coach … Ryan Pedon was selected as an assistant at Toledo … Wagner hired Bashir Mason as assistant men's basketball coach … DePaul hired Ron Bradley, Billy Garrett, Kevin Nickelberry, Josh Postorino, David Booth and Andy Farrell. Postorino will serve as director of basketball operations; Booth as director of community, corporate and professional relations; and Farrell as video coordinator. In addition, Mac Calloway will serve as strength and conditioning coach for men's basketball and Brandon Bailey will be a graduate assistant director of basketball operations … East Carolina selected Tim Craft, Ken Potosnak and Kyle Robinson … Mark Pope joined the staff at Wake Forest. Pope had been operations coordinator at Georgia.

Women's basketball – Kentucky Wesleyan promoted assistant coach Nicole Nieman to head women's basketball coach. Nieman, who joined the Panthers staff last summer, served two seasons as an assistant and head junior varsity coach at Calvin … Maureen Smith has been named the head women's basketball coach at East Stroudsburg. Smith brings 17 years of coaching experience, including nine as an assistant at the Division I level, to her second stint with the East Stroudsburg women's basketball program. She takes over a program that was led by acting head coach Justin Potts during the 2009-10 season. Potts will return to his full-time position as assistant coach for the Warriors' men's basketball program … San Francisco selected Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and former Stanford All-American Jennifer Azzi as head women's basketball coach. Azzi's first appointment as a Division I head coach comes after stints with the USA National Team, five seasons in the WNBA and being a founding member of the American Basketball League.

Women's basketball assistants – Charlotte promoted former director of basketball operations Sabrina Gregory. Gregory was a student-athlete at Charlotte from 2005-08.

Football assistants – Alabama extended the contracts of offensive coordinator Jim McElwain, strength coach Scott Cochran, offensive line coach Joe Pendry, linebackers coach Sal Sunseri, tight ends coach Bobby Williams, defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and the rest of the football staff through 2012.

Men's and women's volleyball – Scott Hibbs has been selected as head women's volleyball coach at Holy Family. Hibbs is the program's third head coach since the women's volleyball team started in 2003. He takes over for Sue Kilian, who led the Tigers to three Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference tournament appearances.