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June 5, 2014
 
 
AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Auburn University Athletic Director Jay Jacobs has given a vote of confidence to Sunny Golloway, whose baseball team won just 10 of 30 SEC games in his first season as head coach of the Tigers. “The foundation which we built, it didn’t show up in wins or losses,” Golloway said after his team was swept by LSU. “I know what we’ve done, and I know what we’re building, and I know how we’re building it. If you want to be a really good program for years to come, you’ve got to build a foundation.”

 
MCNEESE STATE

Joanna Hardin, assistant coach on the McNeese Cowgirl softball program last season that won back-to-back Southland Conference championships, has been named the squad’s new head coach, Athletic Director Bruce Hemphill announced on Today. Hardin replaces Mike Smith who accepted a similar job at the University of Mississippi.

 

NCAA DIVISION I REVENUE

USA Today released information yesterday on Division I athletic department finances for 2013, with breakdowns of, TOTAL REVENUE, TOTAL EXPENSES, TOTAL SUBSIDY, and % SUBSIDY. Unsurprisingly, the University of Texas leads the nation in TOTAL REVENUE ($165,691,486), and TOTAL EXPENSES ($146,807,585). Rutgers University was honored with the “total subsidy award” receiving the highest TOTAL SUBSIDY ($46,996,697) in dollars from the state, beating out the next closest contender UNLV by more than $10 million, at ($36,163,296). Chicago State receives the highest percentage of state subsidy at 94.12%, TOTAL REVENUE ($6,617,545), TOTAL SUBSIDY ($6,228,485). Bringing up the anchor is Coppin State with TOTAL REVENUE ($3,445,532). The top ten in TOTAL REVENUE are in order 1-10 as follows: Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida, Oklahoma, LSU, Oregon, and Tennessee.

 
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Departing Director of Athletics, Gary Walters, has been conferred the title of Emeritus Director of Athletics by University President Christopher L. Eisgruber. The title was then approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees. Walters will be stepping aside from his position on June 30, at which point he will have been Princeton’s athletic director for exactly 20 years. Mollie Marcoux ’91, a former hockey and soccer player at Princeton, will be taking over for Walters as Princeton’s fifth Director of Athletics.

 
BYU

Brigham Young University director of athletics Tom Holmoe has been appointed to the Division I men’s basketball committee. Holmoe will serve out the remaining two years of the position held by West Coast Conference commissioner Jamie Zaninovich, who was appointed to the committee in 2011 but is leaving the post after he takes the position of deputy commissioner and COO of the Pac-12 Conference next month.

 
 
June 4, 2014
 
 
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Director of Athletics Mark Harlan has hired Mark Kingston of Illinois State as the sixth manager in USF Baseball history. The two-time Missouri Valley Coach Of The Year has won at least 30 games in each of his five seasons at ISU.

 
NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

The Riverhawks are hiring for a Media Relations Intern. Work is performed under the direct supervision of the Assistant AD for Media Relations. The deadline for application is June 10th, with a projected start date of July 1st. Apply here.

 

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Sources say that Paul Meyers is no longer in his role as associate athletic director for the Huskers athletic fund. Meyers, was with the Nebraska athletic department since 2000. He was responsible for an annual fund of $25 million. Meyers resigned from the position.

 

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Canisius President John J. Hurley has been voted Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference President, the MAAC Council of Presidents announced late last week. Hurley will serve as the MAAC President for the next two years. As the MAAC President, Hurley will work with MAAC Commissioner Richard J. Ensor on the oversight of the league, develop governance agendas for various governing bodies, serve as the chair of the executive committee which handles major business decisions between the Council of Presidents meetings and oversee and sign all major league contracts.

 
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

University of Alabama is looking for multiple intern positions. However, you must be a student and they’re unpaid opportunities. If you’re desperate enough to enroll at Alabama and work for free, check it out.

 
IONA COLLEGE

Athletic Director Rick Cole has been named Chair of the MAAC Volleyball Committee.

 
HORIZON LEAGUE

The Horizon League named Julie Roe Lach deputy commissioner, effective Aug. 4. Roe Lach founded JRL Consulting and was formerly vice president of enforcement for the NCAA but left the NCAA when It was determined that enforcement had overreached in paying a third-party attorney to obtain information outside the scope of the NCAA.

 
UIC

University of Illinois at Chicago Athletic Director Jim Schmidt announced the hiring of Tim Loeffler as UIC’s new head swim coach, pending Board of Trustees approval. Loeffler will oversee both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs after serving as an assistant coach at Army and Michigan State.

 
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

UT Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart announced on May 21 to not renew the contract of Director of Track and Field/Cross Country J.J. Clark. First-year assistant Rodney Stoker has been named interim coach, according to UT spokesman Jimmy Stanton.

 

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

The Pennsylvania State University invites candidates for the job of Assistant Ticket Manager. The position will report to the Athletics Ticket Manager and will have responsibility and accountability of ticket operations and service utilizing Ticketmaster Archtics Ticketing System for an assigned athletic venue including Bryce Jordan Center, Pegula Ice Arena, and/or Rec Hall. Apply here.

 

 
June 3, 2014
 
TULANE UNIVERSITY

Tulane interim baseball coach Jake Gautreau will interview with the university today for the permanent position, several sources confirmed to The Times-Picayune. Gautreau assumed the program’s head position duties in April, just a few games after head coach Rick Jones got sent home with health concerns.

 
WAYNE STATE COLLEGE

Wayne State College Director of Athletics Mike Powicki announced today that Ryan Hix has been hired as Assistant Athletic Director for Business Management. He replaces Mitch DeBoer, who stepped down April 1 to become comptroller at Wayne State College. Hix will begin his duties at Wayne State College on Monday, June 16th. Hix comes to Wayne State after working at Security Bank in Laurel, Nebraska as a loan officer since August, 2009.

 
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN

University of Tennessee at Martin Chancellor Tom Rakes and athletics director Julio Freire have announced the hiring of Rick Robinson as the 10th head baseball coach in Skyhawk program history. Robinson brings 17 years of head coaching experience to UT Martin, including the last 16 years transforming Young Harris College into a junior college and NCAA Division-II powerhouse. Robinson sports a 699-281 career head coaching record (.713 winning percentage) and boasts four 50-win seasons, eight conference championships, five Region XVII championships and one NJCAA World Series appearance.

 
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

NCAA chief operating officer Jim Isch, the hierarchical No. 2 in the organization behind president Mark Emmert, will depart the association in the coming months, multiple sources have told Yahoo Sports.

 
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO

The Tailgate Concert Series at UB home football games will be back in the fall with a lineup of performers that includes iconic rock band Three Dog Night and up-and-coming country singers Easton Corbin, Joe Nichols and Frankie Ballard. Each concert in the seven-concert series will begin two hours before kickoff.

 
TULANE UNIVERSITY

Tulane is looking for a Program Coordinator, Marketing to Plan, organize, coordinate and oversee all aspects of marketing, promotions and promotional budget activities for assigned sports, groups and events. Apply here.

 

TROY UNIVERSITY

Troy athletic director John Hartwell said in an interview with the Dothan Eagle that he “was not going to pursue” the athletic director position at fellow Sun Belt Conference school Georgia State. Hartwell was quoted as saying the job was “intriguing” in this Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but noted he is happy with Troy and has more goals he wants to accomplish at the southeastern Alabama school.

 
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer, EA Sports and the NCAA’s licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the NCAA alone to defend itself in the upcoming Ed O’Bannon antitrust trial. Lawyers for the plaintiffs filed the settlement agreement with a federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday night in an action that could deliver up to $4,000 to as many as 100,000 current and former athletes who appeared in EA Sports basketball and football video games since 2003.

 
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE

USC Upstate is looking for an assistant Softball Coach serves to assist with all functions of the USC Upstate softball program and is the primary pitching coach. Apply here.

 
DIVISION IV

Here are details on the idea of the power five conferences creating “Division IV”. We’re going to defer to other sources on this topic for the time being.

 
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

Holy Cross is looking for a Director of Athletics Marketing and Special Events responsible for the creation and the execution of athletic marketing plans with a focus on generating revenue and attendance for all Division 1 sport programs. Apply here.

 
 
June 2, 2014
 
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

John Rittman has resigned his position as the head softball coach at Stanford University, athletic director Bernard Muir announced today. The Cardinal missed the postseason for the first time in 17 years. Rittman took the Cardinal to 17 regionals during his 18 year coaching career at Stanford. Under Rittman, Stanford made two appearances in the College World Series (2001, 2004), five appearances in an NCAA super regional(2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011), 16 regional appearances and captured a conference title in 2005.

 
JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY

Jacksonville University announced that Dr. Donnie Horner has been appointed to serve as new Chief Athletics Officer effective immediately. Horner replaces Brad Edwards, who has accepted the position of athletic director at George Mason University just this morning. Horner graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a BS, and played quarterback for the Army football team. He received an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. A Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., Horner served as the Faculty Representative to the Naval Academy Athletic Association. He currently serves as Chief Government & Community Affairs Officer and Professor of Management in the Davis College of Business at JU.

 

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Longtime Texas A&M University athletics administrator Kevin Hurley has been promoted to senior associate athletics director for facilities and construction, Director of Athletics Eric Hyman announced today. Hurley, who has spent the past 21 years at Texas A&M, including the last seven as associate athletics director for facilities is currently helping coordinate the redevelopment of Kyle Field, a $450 million project that is recognized as the largest in the history of college football.

 
WAGNER COLLEGE

Brian Tracz became Wagner’s strength and conditioning director in May, 2014 following a one-year stint on the strength staff at Elon University. At Wagner, Tracz serves as the head strength & conditioning director for the Seahawk football program while overseeing the day-to-day supervision of a five-person staff in support of Wagner’s 20-sport athletic program.

 

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

Akron is looking for a Director Athletics Operations. The application deadline is
July 2, 2014. Apply here.

 

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

The contract of Billy Godwin, head baseball coach at East Carolina University since 2005, will not be renewed, according to an announcement by director of athletics Jeff Compher on Monday. Godwin recently completed his ninth season heading the Pirate program following East Carolina’s 3-1 loss to Southern Miss on May 23 during the Conference USA Tournament. He compiled an overall record of 317-215-1 (.596) at ECU, which includes five NCAA Regional appearances and recent marks of 31-26 and 33-26 in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

 
UCLA

UCLA is looking for an Associate Athletic Director for Development. Significant fundraising experience required. Apply here.

 
LOUISIANA TECH

Tech athletic director Tommy McClelland told The News-Star on Thursday that he’s made significant progress in the search, but has yet to narrow down his list of candidates. “We’re still continuing to search for our new baseball coach. We’re still getting resumes and applications,” McClelland said. “At this point, it’s just a process of collecting and narrowing. That’s all I can really say about it. We’re farther along than we were (last week), but I’m not in a position to name a head coach. We’re still moving things forward and doing our due diligence.”

 
MCMURRY UNIVERSITY

McMurry University director of Athletics Sam Ferguson has announced that longtime War Hawks’ head cross country coach and assistant track coach David Chandler has taken on the additional duties as the Director of Compliance for the school. Chandler will oversee athlete eligibility and adherence to NCAA guidelines as major components of his enhanced responsibilities

 
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

Graduate Assistantships are available in Women’s Volleyball, Softball, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Hockey, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Lacrosse and Athletic Training. For consideration send resume along with cover letter and references to: Julene Fisher Manhattanville College 2900 Purchase Street Purchase, NY 10577 Fax: 914-323-5322 e-mail:[email protected]

 
LIBERTY LEAGUE

The Liberty League, a 10-member NCAA Division III athletic conference with headquarters in Troy, New York, is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Commissioner. This position will emphasize communications and sports information. Interested applicants should submit (in PDF format) a letter of interest, resume, three professional references along with a writing sample to: Tracy King, Liberty League Commissioner at [email protected].

 
VIRGINA MILITARY INSTITUTE

VMI is looking for an Associate Director of Athletics for External Relations. This position is responsible for all external relations efforts in the department with a focus on revenue generation through sponsorship, advertising, merchandising, ticket sales, licensing and special projects.

 
 
June 1, 2014
 
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Clemson Athletic Director Dan Radakovich released the following statement Sunday on the state of the baseball program. “This baseball season did not end as we all had hoped. I will be speaking with Jack in the next few days to talk about the path ahead for our program. While we again advanced to the NCAA tournament, we can and will look to do more.” The Tigers’ season came to an end with a 36-25 record. The appearance was Clemson’s 27th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 28 years.

 
May 31, 2014
 
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Former LSU football All-American Marcus Spears has joined the lineup for the SEC Network’s two-hour traveling Saturday morning college football show – SEC Nation – the network announced. Spears will be joined on SEC Nation by host Joe Tessitore, analyst Tim Tebow, and college football enthusiast Paul Finebaum. The show will rotate among the 14 SEC campuses during the fall and will air from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. CT each week.

 
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

American Athletic Conference presidents and athletic directors finalized the league’s two six-team divisions Friday at the league meetings in Key Biscayne, Florida, as announced by the conference. The two divisions begin in 2015, when Navy joins the league as a football-only member. In 2015, the divisions will be split geographically, except Navy will in the AAC West along with Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa, a source said. The AAC East would consist of Cincinnati, UConn, UCF, East Carolina, South Florida and Temple.

 
PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke announced duty changes within the office of sports administration Friday. Senior associate AD Ed Howat will oversee baseball, soccer, as well as men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Senior associate AD Nancy Cross will oversee women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s tennis. Associate AD Calvin Williams will take care of men’s and women’s cross country, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, volleyball and wrestling. Burke will administer men’s basketball and football.

 
 
May 30, 2014
 
OLE MISS

Mike Smith, McNeese State head softball coach has been named the head softball coach at Ole Miss, athletics director Ross Bjork announced. Smith, who led McNeese State to back-to-back Southland Conference regular season championships in 2013 and 2014, its first since 1994, brings 16 years of head coaching experience to Oxford and a career record of 748-224.

WAYNE STATE COLLEGE

Wayne State College Director of Athletics Mike Powicki announced this afternoon that Wildcat head baseball coach Brian Disch has resigned his position, effective June 30. Disch compiled a 138-104 overall record while going 98-56 in the NSIC.

 
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE

Athletic Director Scott Farmer says the Ragin’ Cajuns Athletic Fund has raised a record $1.4 million in donations this year to supplement the school’s athletics budget. Farmer says the school’s athletic department does “so much with so little,” citing as one example last week’s softball victories against Arizona and Texas. The two schools dwarf the Cajuns $18 million athletics budget with $90 million and $170 million, respectively. The Ragin’ Cajun baseball team is outperforming as well, currently ranked #1 in the country in every poll. If you remember, we wrote an article on this success last month. Check it out.

 
RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Kyle Rhoads has been named the Assistant Director of Marketing at Radford.

 
MONTREAT COLLEGE

Jose Larios has been named Montreat College’s Director of Athletics as announced on Friday by Senior Vice President and Provost Dr. Marshall Flowers. Larios will return to Montreat College on July 1st after serving Emmanuel College as the Director of Athletics during a period of growth and development of the 23 NCAA sponsored sports. Larios has led the department through the NCAA Division II application process and through Candidacy Year One.

 
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Georgia State athletic director Cheryl Levick announced that she will transition to a new role as special assistant to university president Mark Becker. She will remain as athletic director until beginning her new role July 1. In a press release University president Mark Becker commented on the need for an athletic director committed to stay at Georgia State for the next five to seven years to assist in the advancement of Georgia State’s athletics program involving Georgia State’s recently announced proposal for the future of Turner Field. Levick’s contract ran through May 2017 and she did not intend to ask for a contract extension.

 
BIG 12 CONFERENCE

The pool for conference payouts this year is expected to rise to nearly $220 million and the full shares to about $23.5 million, according to conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby. A year ago, eight of the league’s 10 schools received shares of approximately $22 million from a pool of $198 million. The majority of that money comes from the conference’s television contracts with Fox and ESPN for football and men’s basketball.

 
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Director of Athletics, Ray Anderson, confirmed that “There will certainly be a naming rights deal,” for Sun Devil Stadium once renovations to the 56-year old stadium backed by a $210 million university investment completes. The plans also included a campaign to raise an additional $50 million through private donations.

 
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI

Central Missouri is looking for an Athletics Equipment Manager. this person will maintain and coordinate athletic equipment for football, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and wrestling. Maintain uniforms for soccer, softball, bowling, and spirit groups. Apply here.

 
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE

Sweet Briar College is looking for a Sports Information Director responsible for the all aspects of media and sports information relating to the college’s intercollegiate sports.

 
NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE

the NAC is looking for an Assistant Commissioner to be responsible for all aspects of sports communications for the conference, including managing the NAC website, serving as the liaison with campus Sports Information Directors and NCAA Communications staff

 
INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Indiana is looking for an Assistant Softball Coach to assist with the overall coaching, supervision and organization of a Division I women’s softball program, including recruiting, coaching, scouting opponents, compliance with NCAA, Big Ten and institutional rules. Apply here.

 
 
May 29, 2014
 
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Collaboration between Central Michigan University athletics and the College of Medicine has resulted in the hiring of Dr. Jason Davenport as CMU Athletics’ medical director and head team physician. Davenport is a sports medicine-trained physician who has worked with both collegiate and professional athletic teams. He will be an assistant professor with the College of Medicine and coordinate the overall care of CMU student-athletes.

 

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

Southern Virginia University Director of Athletics Jason Lamb today named Kortny Hall as the university’s next head softball coach. Hall comes to Southern Virginia following a tremendous head coaching tenure at Liberty High School in Peoria, Ariz.

 
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

VCU Athletic Director, Ed McLaughlin received a 3-year contract extension and promotion to associate VP and director of athletics. His Extension runs through 2019.McLaughlin’s base salary raised from $210,000 to $271,000 a year. -Tim Pearrell-

 
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

Colorado has extended its 29-year partnership with Paciolan, the leading provider of ticketing, marketing, fundraising and sales automation solutions in college athletics. Athletic Director, Rick George said, “We have had a long-term relationship with Paciolan and appreciate the level of expertise and services provided by their entire staff.

 
VIRGINIA TECH

Tim East and Jon Jaudon are still currently employed by Virginia Tech, however both will soon begin the transition process to other professional opportunities outside of Virginia Tech. Jaudon, Associate Director of Athletics for Administration has been responsible for the areas of sport administration, and student life, while also serving as the department’s liaison to the office of student conduct. Tim East, Associate Athletics Director oversaw the Hokies’ ticket office operations, marketing and promotions efforts, the athletics communications staff and the website staff.

 
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

Director of Athletics, Ben Jay announced that The University of Hawaii’s athletics department expects to post a $2 million loss when the fiscal year ends June 30. Jay asked teams in the athletic department to cut 5 percent to 10 percent of their costs. However, nearly 90 percent of the department’s expenses are fixed costs, including salaries, benefits, scholarships and travel. The department has profited only twice in the last 10 years. -AP-

 
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Arkansas is looking for an Assistant Communications Director to be a member of the Strategic Communications/Brand Messaging division of the office in order to Develop communications strategies that will broaden visibility and reach to enhance the brand of assigned sports. Apply here.

 

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Alison Silverio has been named head women’s tennis coach at the University of Oregon, Director of Athletics Rob Mullens announced. Silverio arrives in Eugene after spending the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech.

 
URBANA UNIVERSITY

Urbana University Athletic Director Doug Young appointed Rob Summers as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Summers comes to Urbana from NCAA Division I James Madison University where he spent the past year as the Dukes’ Director of Men’s Basketball Operations.

 
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

Wright State is looking for an Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities/Operations. Apply here.

 
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

Murray State is looking for a head baseball coach. Apply here.

 
 
May 28, 2014
 
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Arizona Director of Athletics Greg Byrne’s current contract expires Sept. 29, 2016. The proposed extension would increase his base annual salary of $500,000 to $625,000. The salary then would increase $25,000 each June 1 through 2018, when it would reach $725,000. Head basketball coach Sean Miller’s current contract expires April 30, 2018. Under terms of the new agreement, the basketball coach’s annual base salary would increase $100,000 to $1.6 million on June 1, 2018. Head football coach Rich Rodriguez’s current contract expires Nov. 30, 2017. The proposed extension would increase the football coach’s annual base salary of $1.33 million to $1.5 million. The salary then would increase $100,000 every June 1 through 2018. when it would reach $1.9 million. -AP-

 
HOPE COLLEGE

Hope College has appointed Melinda Larson to help lead its athletics program. As co-athletic director, Larson will join Tim Schoonveld in administering the college’s 20 varsity sports for men and women. Larson comes to Hope from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Larson has worked at Whitworth, her alma mater, since 1995. She served as Whitworth’s interim director of athletics during the 2013-14 school year and oversaw the school’s 20-sport varsity program.

 

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

Bringing more than 10 years of Division-I experience at several high-major institutions, Kelly Jean Brock has been named the Director of the FGCU Student-Athlete Learning Center, as announced by Director of Athletics Ken Kavanagh. Most recently, Brock spent three years as the Assistant Director of Academic Advising at Minnesota.

 

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

Director of Athletics Kent Haslam is actively overseeing the search for Montana’s next athletic director. At worst Haslam looks to have the hire in place before the July recruiting period. Helping Haslam sort through prospective candidates are four UM employees. The list includes associate athletic directors Greg Sundberg and Jean Gee along with Grizzly basketball trainer Justin Hunt and faculty athletics representative Dusten Hollist, a social science professor at UM.

 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Michigan is looking for a Director of Development, North Central Region to identify, cultivate and solicit individual donor prospects that live in the North Central Region, with a specific focus on Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. Apply here.

 

UMASS

The University of Massachusetts Department of Athletics has announced the creation of a consultative committee which will be involved with the search for a head softball coach. UMass Director of Athletics John McCutcheon will chair the committee which is also made up of Emily Bietsch, Kim Callicoatte, Rocko Deluca, Pam Hixon and Rebecca Spencer.

 
UTEP

four new video displays will be added to the Sun Bowl stadium over the summer months in order to have the project finished in time for the opening game of the season. The Don Haskins Center will also get two new displays as well as an updated display to the marquee outside the UTEP ticket center along Mesa Street. The university is spending $3.4 million in total for the displays.

 
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CROOKSTON

Minnesota Crookston is looking for a Head Women’s Softball Coach. Apply here.

 
 
 
May 27, 2014
 
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

New Mexico State Athletics Director Dr. McKinley Boston announced today that the NM State Athletics Department has terminated the contract of head baseball coach Rocky Ward, effective immediately. Ward served as NM State’s head baseball coach for 16 seasons (1997-00 & 2003-14) tallying a 455-458-2 overall record.

 
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

New athletic director Steve Card announced today that Steve Brummel has been named Associate Athletics Director for Facilities and Operations. Brummel is completing his 21st year as Director of Athletics Marketing. Dr. T.H. Kamena has been given the title of Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance and Academics. Kamena is completing his 12th year as compliance officer and academic advisor for athletics.

 
OHIO UNIVERSITY

Ohio University Athletics has named Michael Stephens as its Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations. His first official day will be on June 16. The announcement was made recently by Director of Athletics Jim Schaus.

 
MID EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

The MEAC is looking for a Marketing Director to direct, coordinate and implement sports promotions activities to achieve maximum ticket sales for all MEAC championships and the annual basketball tournament, including ticket books and individual ticket sales plans; direct and coordinate ticket sales campaigns, and group sales.

 
COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT

The College Of Saint Benedict is looking for an Athletics Media Relations Director to direct the athletic news and media relations functions. Apply here. Application review begins June 4th.

 
VASSAR COLLEGE

Vassar is looking for an Assistant Baseball Coach/Facilities Assistant. Apply here.

 
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY

FMU is looking for an Assistant Women’s Softball Coach. Send application materials to Dr. Charlene Wages, Vice President for Administration, Francis Marion University, PO Box 100547, Florence, SC 29502-0547 or FAX to (843) 661-1202.

 
 
May 26, 2014
 
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Director of Athletics Ray Anderson has recently hired Greg McElroy as associate vice president and chief business development officer for Sun Devil Athletics. McElroy served recently as senior vice president for sales and marketing for the Dallas Cowboys, McElroy is charged with growing revenue for Sun Devil Athletics and Sun Devil Stadium

 

VIRGINIA TECH

Whit Babcock made some interesting comments last week regarding the NCAA. “I believe by August we will have a different NCAA governance structure. That needs to happen. Just like everything, in due time it needs to change and modernize. Now that I’m on this side of the fence, I believe it’s the right model. I believe we should stay under the umbrella of the NCAA, but when a school with a budget of $5 million has the same vote as one with $100 million…” -The Roanoke Times-

 
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Arkansas is looking to fill two different positions in two different departments. Director of Equipment Operations, apply here, and Assistant Director, Marketing and Fan Development, apply here.

 
TULANE UNIVERSITY

Rick Jones’ 21-year tenure as Tulane’s baseball coach is over, a source close to the baseball program said. Jones, who stepped away in the middle of the spring because of health issues, will retire from coaching the Green Wave after lingering doubts about his ability to coach illness-free.

 
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

The search for Pacific University’s next softball coach ended. Liz Yandall has been named the fifth head coach of the program. Pacific athletic director Ken Schumann announced the hiring last Thursday. Yandall replaces Tim Hill, who retired this year after 12 seasons at Pacific, 14 years as a college coach and over four decades of coaching at all levels of the game.

 

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Eastern Michigan University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke announced, May 21, that Head Baseball Coach Jay Alexander will not be renewed for the 2015 season. Alexander spent six seasons at the helm of Eastern Michigan’s baseball program finishing with a 159-182 overall record and a 74-88 mark in Mid-American Conference play. Apply here.

 
EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

The ECAC is looking to fill up to three internships positions in championships, communications and athletic administration. To apply, send resume, cover letter, two letters of recommendation, and three references via email to [email protected]. Contact the same email for mor more information

 
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY

When asked recently how Old Dominion’s football team will fare this fall transitioning to Conference USA, athletic director Wood Selig offered a very straightforward answer. A great season for ODU football this fall very well could be 6-6 or even 5-7,” Selig said to Nick Cattles on ESPN Radio. “That would be an exceptional record for our first year of competition at the highest level.”