Creighton named Rev. Timothy R. Lannon as president of the university. Lannon has served as president at Saint Joseph's since 2003. He assumes the role vacated by Rev. John P. Schlegel, who resigned after 11 years as university president.

Other transactions

Associate directors of athletics – Jonathan Evans was appointed deputy athletics director at Army following four years as associate athletics director at College of Charleston.

Coaches

Women's basketball – Cindy Blodgett, head coach of the Maine women's basketball program, agreed to a contract extension through the 2012-2013 season. Blodgett was a basketball student-athlete at Maine in the 1990s and was named head coach of the program in 2007.

Women's basketball assistants – Illinois selected Usha Gilmore as an assistant coach. Gilmore spent the past season as an assistant coach at Niagara. She was a basketball student-athlete at Rutgers from 1996 to 2000.

Men's and women's golf – Missey Jones was named the first women's golf head coach in program history at Tampa. Jones was previously an assistant professional at a golf course and a coach at the high school level.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants – Rensselaer hired Doug McIver as assistant coach of the men's lacrosse program. McIver is a former lacrosse student-athlete from LeMoyne, and was a goaltender during the Dolphins 2008 and 2009 NCAA championship appearances.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants – Ashton Piers and Lindsay Bates returned to their alma mater St. Joseph's (Maine) as assistant coaches of the women's swimming program. Piers and Bates were among the first swimming student-athletes when the program began in 2007, and both graduated earlier this year.

Staff

Sports information – Massachusetts-Boston appointed Dan Campagna to the position of interim director of athletics communication after the departure of Alan Wickstrom. Campagna served as a graduate assistant in the sports information office the past two years.

Video coordinators – Jason Sweet joined the Illinois women's basketball staff as a video coordinator. Sweet was previously the director of football operations at Bucknell.

Committee vacancies

The NCAA is soliciting nominations for an immediate vacancy on the Division III Men's Tennis Committee. The appointee will replace Tracy King, Skyline Conference, who resigned from the committee. The appointee must be from the Northeast region. The committee has a strong preference for a coach. The deadline for submitting nomination materials is October 22, 2010. Nominations must be submitted online at: https://web1.ncaa.org/committees/selection.jsp (Division III access code: committee3; Division III password: 2006).

Information for submissions

Send transactions – including hiring announcements, contract extensions, retirements, milestones and deaths – to transactions@ncaa.org.