Matthew Stolberg was hired as associate athletics director for compliance and student-athlete services at Penn State. For the past nine years, Stolberg, who succeeds the retired John Bove, has been the assistant athletics director for compliance at Michigan and formerly was assistant compliance coordinator at Michigan State, compliance coordinator at Northwestern and coordinator of administrative services at St. Bonaventure.

Other transactions

Presidents and chancellors – Roger N. Casey was named as president at McDaniel, succeeding Joan Develin Coley, who will retire in June of this year. Casey currently serves as vice president of academic affairs and provost at Rollins … David P. Angel, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Clark (Massachusetts) since 2003, was selected to succeed John Bassett as the university's president.

Coaches

Men's basketball – Winston-Salem State head coach Bobby Collins was awarded a three-year contract extension to remain in charge of the Rams program through 2012-13. Collins is currently in his fourth season at the school.

Football – Ohio Dominican hired former Ohio State assistant coach Bill Conley as head coach. Conley coached tight ends, linebackers, defensive ends and special teams during a 17-year tenure with the Buckeyes before retiring in 2004 … Chuck Goldstein was elevated to head coach at Gallaudet after serving as offensive coordinator for one season, and also will take over compliance responsibilities … Jim Svoboda was named as the 28th head coach at Central Missouri. For the past three years, the former UCLA and Northwest Missouri State assistant has been assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at Montana State.

Football assistants – Arkansas-Pine Bluff tabbed Jerry Mack as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Vernon Dean as linebackers coach and Dennis Winston as defensive line coach … Dick Arbuckle was chosen as special teams coach and Rob Oviatt was appointed as strength and conditioning coach at Montana … Youngstown State added Frank J. Buffano as secondary coach. Buffano has been a defensive graduate assistant at Arizona for the past two seasons … John Davis, who enters his second season as defensive coordinator at Gallaudet, was promoted to assistant head coach.

Men's and women's lacrosse – Bethany (West Virginia) hired Todd Wolffrum as head men's lacrosse coach. The program will compete at the club level during 2010-11 before moving to varsity status for the 2011-12 academic year. Wolffrum, who played collegiately at Pfeiffer, has been a defensive coach at St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C., since 2008.

Men's and women's soccer – Gallaudet hired Luis Genedive as head men's coach. Genedive, who returns to the school after a three-year hiatus, coached the Bison from 2004-06.

Softball – Kitty Bottoms was selected as interim head coach at Gallaudet after spending the last four years as an assistant coach with the Bison.

Men's and women's volleyball – North Texas appointed Ken Murczek as the eighth head women's coach in program history. Murczek spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Kansas and formerly was an assistant at Virginia for two seasons.  

Staff

Sports information – Mercer appointed Dave Beyer as sports information director, replacing Robbie Burns. Beyer has held similar responsibilities at Benedictine (Illinois) since 2005 and formerly has been the sports information director at Rockford, Loras, Aurora and Cal State San Bernardino.