Kate Ryan Reiling, captain of Macalester's 1998 national championship women's soccer squad, will return to her alma mater as the new head women's soccer coach. Ryan Reiling replaces John Leaney, who retired from coaching after a long career at Macalester.

Other transactions

Chancellors and presidents – Stevens Institute of Technology President Harold J. Raveché resigned as part of a settlement resulting from a lawsuit filed last year by the New Jersey attorney general seeking reforms of the school's governance structure. Raveché will remain a Stevens consultant until 2014 under the settlement.

Senior woman administrators – Rensselaer designated Associate Athletics Director for Business and Finance Operations Karen Hansen as the athletics department's senior woman administrator.

Coaches

Men's and women's cross country and track and field – Karen Godlock has been named to lead the new men's and women's track and field program at Barton.

Football – Liberty extended head football coach Danny Rocco's contract through the 2014 season … Longtime Texas Tech assistant coach Ruffin McNeill was hired as head coach at East Carolina. McNeill takes over at his alma mater after 10 seasons in Lubbock, including the last two and a half as defensive coordinator.

Football assistants – Youngstown State chose Tom Sims as defensive line and assistant head coach. Sims, who played in the NFL from 1990-96, has spent the last nine years coaching defensive linemen at Minnesota, Illinois and most recently at Kansas in 2009. Youngstown State also announced that Rick Kravitz, who has 20 years experience as a defensive coordinator, will fill that role for the Penguins. Kravitz spent the past two seasons coaching the safeties at Western Michigan. Kravitz also has coached at Clemson, North Carolina State, South Florida, West Alabama and Florida A&M.

Men's and women's soccer – Melissa (Missy) Price is the new head women's soccer coach at Nevada. She has spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at the school.

Men's and women's soccer assistants – Army named Dan Driscoll as an assistant coach/goalkeeper coach for the Black Knights. Driscoll joins the Army staff after spending the last three years as the coach and manager of City FC, a soccer club for urban youth in Washington, D.C., and serving as the men's soccer coordinator at Gallaudet for the last year.

Softball – Sheryl Neff, who has coached Barton's cross country teams since 2001, will devote her full coaching efforts to the Bulldogs' softball team.

Men's and women's swimming and diving – Nicole M. Rose, an all-conference performer as a student-athlete at Wheeling Jesuit, has been named the first swimming and diving coach at Lake Erie.  The Storm men's and women's swimming and diving teams, as well as wrestling, will begin varsity competition during the 2010-11 school year, joining the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference at that time. Most recently, Rose was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at her alma mater

Men's and women's tennis – Edgewood announced that women's tennis coach Ben Oestreich will also coach the men's tennis program, which will return to Edgewood this fall after a 10-year absence … Paul Huch has been named head women's tennis coach at Meredith after eight seasons as head men's and women's coach at Connecticut College.

Men's and women's volleyball – Central Michigan head women's volleyball coach Erik Olson agreed to a four-year contract extension.

Deaths

Former Weber State tennis coach Keith Cox died January 20 at the age of 63. Cox served as head coach of the men's team for 29 seasons and of the women's team for 24, compiling a 697-594 record … Tulane football student-athlete Sule Osagiede died January 21 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. Osagiede, a linebacker, played in nine games as a true freshman during the 2008 season and registered seven tackles. He missed the 2009 campaign after he was medically disqualified due to a neck injury sustained during preseason camp last August.