Darrel Akerfelds -- Bullpen Coach, San Diego Padres

(as of baseball season 2008) 2006 marked Akerfelds' fifth full season as Padres bullpen coach...opened 2001 as pitching coach at Triple-A Portland, but was named bullpen coach on June 11 when Greg Booker assumed the role of pitching coach... the winner of the Padres' 1998 Jack Krol Award for excellence in player development, Akerfelds coached at Triple-A Las Vegas in 2000 after serving at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga the previous two years...he joined the Padres at Single-A Clinton in 1997.

PLAYING CAREER
Retired in 1995 after 12 professional seasons in the Athletics, Indians, Rangers, Phillies, Pirates, Blue Jays and Angels organizations...Akerfelds made 125 Major League appearances (13 starts) with Oakland (1986), Cleveland (1987), Texas (1989) and Philadelphia (1990-91), posting a career 9-10 record and a 5.08 ERA...he also pitched in Taiwan in 1994.

PERSONAL
Darrel Wayne Akerfelds...attended the University of Arkansas, where he was a linebacker for the Razorbacks football team before moving on to Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO, where he concentrated on baseball...graduated from Columbine High School in Littleton, CO. Akerfelds is a Former Hog Great.

Joseph Anders -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Arizona State Wildcats

(as of basketball season 2007-08) For Joseph Anders, very little has ever come to him without hard work. His willingness to work hard has helped Anders to success at every stop in his career, which has spanned more than 20 years and included a six-year stint as the head men's basketball coach at Cal State Sacramento.
After graduating from Arkansas-Monticello with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1980, Anders took his first coaching position at his alma mater, spending one season as a student assistant for his college coach and adviser Doug Barnes.
From there, Anders moved on to Wilmar (Ark.) High School where he was the assistant coach of the boys' team in 1982. He was then hired as a full-time teacher and became athletics director and head coach of the boys' and girls' basketball teams and track and field teams. While at Wilmar, Anders was named Arkansas Class B Coach of the Year, helped guide the boys' team to the 1982 state title and led the girls to a runner-up finish at the 1984 state tournament.
After three years at Wilmar, Anders had the opportunity to return to the collegiate ranks and spent one season as an assistant coach with the women's basketball program at the University of Arkansas. From Arkansas, he joined the men's basketball staff at Sacramento State University in 1985. After one season as an assistant at Sacramento State, he was promoted to interim head coach in December of 1986.
After Sacramento State, Anders served two seasons at Northern Arizona as a men's assistant coach (1992-94). It was there where he met current ASU head coach Charli Turner Thorne, who served as the Lumberjacks' women's coach from 1993-96. During his tenure at NAU, the Lumberjacks posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in over a decade.
Following his stint at NAU, Anders returned to the women's game, spending two years as an assistant at Mississippi State from (1994-96), four seasons at New Mexico State (1996-00), and one year at East Carolina before coming to ASU.
When the call came from Turner Thorne about the opportunity to join her Sun Devil family, Anders says it was the culmination of something the two coaches had talked about for quite a while. Yearly men's bb coaching records.

Mike Anderson -- Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of Missouri Tigers

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Mike Anderson was named the head basketball coach at Missouri on March 26, 2006 after four seasons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In his first season at UAB, Anderson guided the Blazers to the best single-season improvement in school history. UAB finished last season with a 21-13 record overall and an 8-8 Conference USA record, which was good enough to finish second in the National Division. For his efforts he was named the Conference USA Ray Meyer Coach of the Year recipient for 2003-04.
After graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1982, Anderson tried his hand in the teaching profession as a substitute teacher while keeping his hand on his true desire - coaching basketball. He knew that he wanted to get back into the college basketball scene and that is when he called Richardson to inquire about a vacancy as the volunteer assistant coach at Tulsa. Richardson agreed and it was the beginning of a long tenure between the two coaches.
Anderson spent two years as the volunteer assistant coach. During his stint with the Golden Hurricane, UT had a combined record of 50-12 and made two NCAA tournament appearances.
When Richardson left Tulsa to become head coach at Arkansas, he quickly made the decision to keep Anderson on his staff.
It turned out to be a worthy decision for the both of them. For the next 14 years, Anderson was an assistant coach at Arkansas, and the final five as an assistant head coach.
Anderson quickly moved up the ranks within the Arkansas staff after initially joining the program as a volunteer assistant in 1985-86. After a year as a part-time assistant (1987), Anderson became a full-time assistant the following season.
During Anderson's 13 years as a full-time assistant coach, the Razorbacks posted an overall record of 338-129 (.724), won a national championship (1994), earned a national runner-up finish (1995) and advanced to the Final Four three times (1990, '94, '95). Yearly coaching records.

Dale Armstrong -- Assistant Women's Soccer Coach, University of Illinois

*No longer in coaching

(as of soccer season 2006) Dale Armstrong is entering his fifth season with the Illini in 2006. He works primarily with the goalkeepers at Illinois and was a big factor in the Illini defense recording 13 shuotuts, breaking countless records and winning the Big Ten Tournament title with three consecutive shutouts in 2003. Armstrong previously worked with head coach Janet Rayfield and fellow assistant coach Marcia McDermott in 1990 and '91 when they were both at the University of Arkansas.
Before coming to Illinois, Armstrong was very active in coaching in the state of Oklahoma. From 1999-2002, he coached the Cascia Hall Preparatory High School girls team. He was also the goalkeeper trainer for six competitive club teams in the Tulsa area and spent two seasons as the goalkeeper trainer for Oral Roberts University.
Armstrong attended the University of Arkansas and earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1991 and a master's of sports management in 1992. While there, he served as a student assistant coach and as a graduate assistant for the Razorbacks. At the same time, he was a keeper for the Arkansas Diamonds of the United States Indoor Soccer League in 1991 and '92. Armstrong has earned State, National, Advanced National and Premier level National Soccer Coaches Association of America diplomas.

Tom Aspel -- Head Women's Cross Country Coach, Arkansas Tech University

(as of 2007-08 school year)

Education:

High School:
De LaSalle High School (Waterford, Ireland) 1973

College:
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Bachelor of Science, 1978
Arkansas Tech University (Russellville, Arkansas), Master of Science, 1980

Coaching Experience:
Coach Aspel began his coaching career in 1978 at Arkansas Tech University as the head track coach. He served in that position from 1978-1986. Aspel took the reigns as head cross country coach at Tech in 1994. He also has experience within the United States Track and Field program and the Amateur Athletic Union track program.

At Tech:
Coach Aspel has worked to make the Arkansas Tech cross country program one of the best in the Gulf South Conference since Tech joined the league in 1995. In their first GSC Meet in 1995, the Golden Suns finished 10th. Since then, Tech has finished sixth in 1996, fifth in 1997, fifth in 1998, fifth in 1999, third in 2000 and third in 2001. In 2002, the Suns finished 10th in the GSC Meet. 

Brian Baker -- Head Track & Field Coach, Gardner - Webb University Bulldogs

(as of track & field seasons 2007-08) Brian Baker is in his second season as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Gardner-Webb University, and is in his fourth full season with the Gardner-Webb University Track and Field programs. Baker first drew attention in 1989, when he set Arkansas high school records in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, performances that made him the first homegrown distance runner actively recruited by Arkansas Razorbacks Coach John McDonnell. Baker ran the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 11.5 seconds. His 3,200 record of 9:09.8 still stands.
Baker was a three-time All American in cross country at Arkansas, twice in indoor and twice in outdoor track. Baker won at 5,000 meters at the 1994 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Boise, Idaho. Teammate Jason Bunston finished second.
Earlier, at the 1994 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Baker ran a leg on Arkansas' victorious distance medley relay.
Baker's best finish in cross country came in the 1991 nationals, when he finished third.
Baker made his best run at a U.S. Olympics team in 1996. He finished ninth in the 5,000 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta. But for a part of the summer before the Atlanta Games, Baker was one of only three athletes who had met the Olympic qualifying standard because the Olympic Trials race was not run under the qualifying standard. He was knocked off the team three days before the deadline by Jim Spivey.
Baker did not come close at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento, Calif. He made the final, but finished 12th in 13:58.72.
International travel provided Baker with some of his favorite memories. He competed in Italy, South Africa and in Winnipeg, Manitoba, winning the 1999 Pan American Games bronze medal in the 5,000 in 13:47.29.
Baker noticed an opening at Gardner-Webb for a cross country coach and an assistant in track before the 2001-2002 academic year.

Dave Barney -- Head (Men's and Women's) Cross Country & Track and Field Coach, Paradise Valley Community College Pumas

(as of track & field seasons 2007-08) David Barney is the first and only cross country and track and field coach at Paradise Valley Community College. He has developed those programs into some of the most successful programs in the country. Since 1996, his men's and women's cross country teams have combined to win an impressive 4 national championships, been runners up 5 times, were 3rd once and 4th once. Three PVCC runners have captured Individual National Championships, 31 have earned All-American honors. The Puma cross-country teams have claimed 12 of a possible 14 Region I Championships.
Since it's inception in 1999, the PVCC Track and Field program, has also had a vast amount of success. Barney's Pumas have 8 times been in the top 10 at the NJCAA National meet. Numerous PVCC athletes have excelled individually, capturing 15 Individual National Championships and 75 All-American awards.
Coach Barney grew up in Arizona and has strong ties to its running community. He was a state cross country and track and field champion, as well as junior college national champion. Following his days as an All-American athlete at the University of Arkansas, he returned to Arizona. He competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials four times and twice represented the U.S.A. in the world championships as a member of the U.S. National Team. He has twice been named NJCAA Cross Country National Coach of the Year and was last March was named Indoor Track and Field National Coach of the Year.

Fleur Benatar -- Head Women's Soccer Coach, Texas Woman's University Pioneers

(as of soccer season 2007) Fleur Benatar enters into her third season (2004) as head coach of the Texas Woman's University soccer team.
Benatar led the Pioneers to a 5-10-2 record in their inaugural season and the team has placed eighth out of 10 Lone Star Conference teams each of its first two seasons. One highlight of 2003 was a 1-0 victory at 18th-ranked Central Oklahoma. The 2003 squad ranked sixth defensively and goalkeeper Sara Weaver and defenders Julie Hosek and Collette Parker all received all-Conference Honorable Mention recognition.
Before coming to TWU, Benatar spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of North Texas. She helped lead the 2001 Lady Eagles to the regular-season Sun Belt Conference Championship and a 13-5 record. At UNT, she assisted with several duties including on-field coaching, practices, travel, the spring season, recruiting, and many other administrative tasks.
Benatar joined the UNT staff prior to the 2000 season after a year of coaching in the high school ranks in California, where she served as the head coach of the boys' junior varsity soccer team at La Jolla (Calif.) High School. In her one season at La Jolla, Benatar led the team to a first-place finish in its district with an 8-1-1 record. Benatar also served as the coach of the Nomads Soccer Club, a boys' club team, and was a youth coach for the girls in La Jolla.
Benatar, a graduate of Richardson (Tex.) High School, competed for two seasons at the University of Arkansas before transferring to UNT in 1996. A midfielder during her playing career, Benatar competed for the Lady Eagles in 1996 and 1997.
She received her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from UNT in 1999 and her master's degree in Kinesiology in May 2002.

Missy Bequette -- Director of Basketball Operations, Seattle Storm (WNBA)

(as of basketball season 2007) Bequette served as an assistant for the ABL's Portland Power before joining the Seattle Storm in 2000 as an assistant coach.

A true native of Missouri basketball, Bequette was raised in Crystal City, Mo. While serving as the team's student manager, she received her bachelor of science degree from Missouri in 1985.
Bequette earned her master's degree in sports management from Arkansas in 1986. While at Arkansas (1985-86), she served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Lady Razorbacks program and coach John Sutherland. She also attended the University of Arkansas School of Law from 1986-87.
Bequette is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaching Association (WBCA) and the Missouri Coaches Association. She has also assisted at the University of Missouri (1988-97). Bequette was also the head coach at Southridge High in Beaverton, Ore. in 1998.

Gary Blair -- Head Women's Basketball Coach, Texas A&M University Aggies

*Won his 500th career game on February 21, 2008

Hired by Texas A&M in March, 2003. Named the National Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball News Service on March 28, 2006.

In 9 years at Arkansas, Gary Blair had several great achievements.
* - The 1998 Final Four
* - The 1999 Women's NIT Championship
* - seven postseason appearances
* - Five 20-win seasons

(as of basketball season 2007-08) His ability to work with athletes from the high school level through the postgraduate is proven. For example, Blair spent the summer of 1996 in the Far East as the assistant coach for the U.S. Jones Cup team. The 1996 team not only won the gold medal, it became the first in U.S. history to go undefeated at the Jones Cup tournament. Every one of the players from the Jones Cup team that Blair worked with are currently stars in the WNBA and four were members of the gold medal U.S. Olympic team.
In his first season at Arkansas, he turned the Lady Razorbacks around from a two-year losing slide with a 15-14 record. The two years prior to his arrival were the first back-to-back losing seasons in school history. Next, Blair molded a team loaded with youth - five freshmen and four sophomores - into a 23-7, NCAA second-round team.
In his eight years at Stephen F. Austin prior to joining Arkansas, Blair's "worst" season was his first at 16-12 in 1985-86. The year prior to his arrival, the Ladyjacks were a miserable 3-24. The next year, SFA went 25-6, and started a seven-year run of conference championships, 25-win seasons and NCAA appearances.
Blair also ranks among the top 15 on the list of winningest active Division I women's basketball coaches.
At Arkansas, Blair was named national women's basketball coach of the year by Basketball Times and Women's Basketball News Service in 1995, and by his peers in the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association who voted him the Converse Coach of the Year in District VI.
Counting his 1995 award at Arkansas, Blair earned Converse District VI Coach of the Year five times. He was Southland Coach of the Year five of the six years. He was twice Gulf Star Conference Coach of the Year.
In addition to working as the Jones Cup assistant in 1996, Blair served as the North coach at the 1994 United States Olympic Festival.
At SFA, Blair posted a 210-43 record for eight seasons with seven straight conference championships and NCAA playoff appearances. Blair's SFA teams were ranked for his last six years in the Associated Press women's basketball poll.
Starting with his second season as a college coach (1986-87), Blair chalked up seven 25-plus winning records. For his last six years in Nacogdoches, the Ladyjacks ranked in the top 12 Division I teams in home attendance.
Blair's teams claimed six consecutive SLC titles and as many SLC postseason tournament titles and NCAA trips. The Ladyjacks won a record 46 consecutive SLC games with only four conference losses under Blair.
Prior to SFA, Blair was an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech during the Lady Techster glory years. During his five years as an assistant, Tech won two national championships in four Final Four appearances. Yearly coaching records.

Kelly Bond -- Associate Head Women's Basketball Coach, Texas A&M University Aggies

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Kelly Bond, who spent the previous three seasons as an assistant women's basketball coach at Arkansas, was named an assistant coach at Texas A&M on April 10, 2003.
A standout college player at Illinois who is quickly becoming a top recruiter, Bond continues her association with Blair as a member of his A&M staff.
Bond's other ties to the midwest and east coast have proved valuable for Blair as his last three Arkansas recruiting classes were nationally ranked.
At Arkansas for three seasons from 2000-2003, Bond coached the guards, and focused on national recruiting and the team's academics.
Prior to joining Blair's staff at Arkansas, Bond was an assistant coach for Jim Jabir at Providence College.
At Providence for two seasons from 1999-2000, Bond administered the individual workouts program and initiated the summer skill and conditioning programs. She was the program's on-campus recruiter, working with prospective student-athletes during their campus visits. Bond also coordinated the correspondence efforts with recruits.
A four-year letterwinner at Illinois, Bond helped the Illini achieve several milestones. During her sophomore campaign, the Illini recorded its first win over a ranked opponent by topping Florida, 67-53.
Then, as a junior and senior, the Illini reached the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Tournament and posted 20-win seasons.
Bond played point guard at Illinois and led the squad to the 1997 Big 10 Championship as a starter. The Illini also made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Sweet 16. She graduated from Illinois in 1998 with a degree in sociology.
Bond played her high school basketball for legendary Chicagoland coach Arthur Penny at Whitney Young High School.

Elisha Brewer -- Assistant Track & Field Coach (Sprints / Hurdles), University of Kansas Jayhawks

(as of track and field season 2007-08) The Kansas athletic department announced the hiring of Elisha Brewer as assistant track and field coach in September of 2004. Brewer joined head coach Stanley Redwine's staff and directs the sprints and hurdles for the Jayhawks.
Brewer comes to KU from the University of Cincinnati where she served as assistant coach for the last three seasons, focusing on sprints and hurdles. In her time at Cincinnati, Brewer saw her athletes break all but one women's sprint and hurdle school records and coached the men's team to school records in the 100m, 200m, 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles.
Brewer graduated from Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in communications and served as a graduate assistant strength coach for the next two years while competing professionally as a Reebok-sponsored athlete. Earning her master's degree in counselor education from Arkansas in May 2001, she served as an academic counselor for a year.
At Arkansas, Brewer had an outstanding college track career. Her senior year, she was named an All-American in the 55m dash and was the runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the SEC championships. She went on that year to finish fifth in the 100m hurdles at the USATF Championships.

Steve Brooks -- Head Women's Tennis Coach, East Tennessee State University Buccaneers

(as of tennis season 2007-08) Entering his third season (03-04) as ETSU Head Women's Tennis Coach, Steve Brooks looks to continue his team's standing both in the Southern Conference and in the NCAA Southeast region.
In July of 2001 Brooks took over the head coaching duties. His fall 2001 team consisted of two scholarship and one walk-on players. In the spring the team grew to three scholarship and three walk-on players. His 2001-2002 season ended with a 1­21 record. With a solid recruiting class the 2002-2003 campaign showed great improvement. Brooks's squad went 12-17. Seven of those losses came to NCAA Nationally Ranked opponents and seven were narrowly lost by the score of 4-3. All of the 2002-2003 squad is returning with more confidence and maturity.
Brooks comes to ETSU after serving as the men's tennis head coach at The Citadel where he led the 2000-2001 Bulldogs to a 10-13 record. He brought more than 10 years coaching experience to the position at ETSU, including stints at nationally ranked University of Tennessee (1987-1990), University of Arkansas (1986), and Carson-Newman, his alma mater, in 1985.
Brooks has also coached on the WTA tour and USTA National junior circuit. He coached four WTA players ranked in the top 120; one of them was No. 30. During the five years previous to coaching at The Citadel, his junior players won four USTA National singles championships along with more than 10 sectional and 30 state titles.
Brooks was named to the CN Men's Tennis Team of the Century. He was inducted along with his brother Chip (1999 USPTA National Pro of the Year). He was undefeated in both singles and doubles in conference season play all four years of college. Brooks was ranked as high as eighth nationally in college.
A native of Jefferson City, Tenn., Brooks earned a bachelor of science in business from Carson-Newman. He then earned a master's degree in administration/recreation from the University of Tennessee.

Bill Brown -- Head Men's Basketball Coach, California University Vulcans

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Brown has served in every facet of the game; as a player, a coach, and an administrator. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Brown coached at Kenyon College (OH) before moving on to Cal. He compiled a 103-95 record over eight seasons. Coach Brown guided the Lords to their first ever 20 win seasons 1993-94 and 1994-95, when both of his teams advanced to the NCAA Division III national tournament. The 94-95 squad reached the "Sweet 16." Brown's 1993-94 team also won the North Coast Atlantic Conference tournament championship and finished with a school record 24-4 record. Before his impressive stint at Kenyon, Brown was the head basketball coach at Sacramento State University from 1985-87. From 1980 through 1985, Brown was the top assistant coach at the University of Arkansas under legendary head coach Eddie Sutton. His duties included serving as recruiting coordinator, assisting with on-floor coaching, academic counseling, scouting, serving as the liaison between faculty and the basketball program, and directing the Razorback Basketball Camp. He also hosted his own weekly television show. Aided by Brown's contributions, Arkansas made five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1981-1985, won two Southwest Conference Championships, and remained in the top twenty rankings for five consecutive years. In 1984 and 1985, Brown was rated as one of the top five assistant coaches and recruiters in the nation by the Basketball Times. Yearly coaching records.

Tony Brown -- Assistant Coach, Milwaukee Bucks

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Tony was hired by Toronto in August 2003 after two years with the Detroit Pistons. He was let go by Toronto after the '03-'04 season and was hired by Boston in May of 2004. He moved to Milwaukee in June 2007, after three years in Boston. A veteran of seven years in the NBA as a player, he spent four seasons as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers and three seasons as an advance scout of NBA teams and a collegiate talent evaluator for the Milwaukee Bucks. Brown saw his last NBA action as a player in 1991-92 where he split time between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Seattle Supersonics. He also played with the Nets, Pacers, Bulls, Rockets, Bucks, Jazz and Lakers. In 359 career NBA regular season games, Brown had averages of 6.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 16.7 minutes.

Michael Bumpers -- Head Baseball Coach, University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff Golden Lions

(as of baseball season 2008) Michael has been at UAPB for eight years (as of 2008). He was named interim head coach in 2007 and became the head coach for the 2008 season. He came to UAPB in 1998 and spent the next year-and-a-half finishing up his degree in sociology, while volunteering with the Golden Lions baseball team. In 2000 Bumpers got a job in the office of recruitment at UAPB and a full-time assistant coaching job. Michael, an outfielder, played at Arkansas from 1990-93 under Coach D. Yearly coaching records.

Augie Busch -- Assistant Men's & Women's Swimming and Diving Coach, University of Arizona Wildcats

(as of 2007-08 school year) Entering his third year (05-06) as assistant coach of the Wildcats is Augie Busch. He is the program's recruiting coordinator and works primarily with middle distance and distance freestyle events.
Busch came to Arizona after a two-year stint as an assistant women's swimming coach at the University of Arkansas.
Prior to his time at Arkansas, Busch served as the head swimming coach at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson from 1999-2000. He got his start in coaching in 1996 as an assistant coach for the Hillenbrand Aquatics club team, now called Ford Aquatics. Busch was also a volunteer assistant with the University of Arizona swimming program from 1998-2001, and he was head of a summer league program, Sabino Vista Hills, during the same years.
Busch began his collegiate studies at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where he was a two-year letterwinner on the men's volleyball team in 1995 and 1996. He then returned to Tucson and completed his degree at the UA.
A native of Tucson, Busch was an all-state volleyball player and swimmer at Salpointe Catholic HS, where he also played basketball.

Michelle Byrne -- Assistant Cross Country / Track & Field Associate Head Coach, East Tennessee State University Buccaneers

(as of track & field seasons 2007-08) Michelle Byrne enters her fifth year at East Tennessee State. Byrne is responsible for assisting with all programs including: the men's cross country team, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams; and heads up the women's cross country program. She is also responsible for recruiting. After spending the five years as an assistant women's track and field coach at Illinois, Michelle Byrne came back to Johnson City (2002-03). Prior to her stint with the Lady Illini, Byrne served as the head women's track and field coach at East Tennessee State University for two seasons.
During that time period Byrne led ETSU to the school's first-ever Southern Conference Indoor Championship in 1995 and the conference outdoor title in 1996. She also guided the Lady Bucs to second-place finishes at the 1996 Southern Conference Indoor Championships and the 1996 conference cross country championships. Byrne earned Southern Conference Outdoor Coach of the Year honors in 1996 and was the conference's Co-Coach of the Year for the 1995 indoor season. Before being named head coach, Byrne was an assistant track coach for men and women at East Tennessee State from 1992-95.
Byrne graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.S. in Administrative Management in 1989. She was a member of the Razorbacks' nationally ranked cross country squads from 1984-88. Byrne played a major role as her team finished ninth at the 1987 NCAA Cross Country Championships, 10th at 1986 championships and 13th at the 1984 meet. She also competed on the Arkansas soccer team in 1986 and 1988.
Following graduation, Byrne worked as an assistant coach for Arkansas from 1989-92. While in Fayetteville, Byrne helped coach the distance runners and was involved with recruiting. Byrne joined with Lady 'Back head coach Lance Harter in guiding the Arkansas cross country team to a NCAA second place finish in 1991 and a sixth place finish in 1990. The squad also won the SEC title in 1991.
A native of Dublin, Ireland, Byrne was ranked as one of the top Irish junior cross country runners and ran for the Irish national distance team from 1981-83.

Allison Clark -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Allison Clark is the newest addition to the Blue Raider coaching staff after being hired in June of 2005. Clark, who was a four-year standout at Shelbyville High School, comes to Middle Tennessee after spending a year on Susie Gardner's staff at the University of Arkansas.
Clark's duties with the Blue Raiders will include recruiting and on-the-floor coaching in addition to the many responsibilities associated with being a full-time assistant at the Division I level. Insell believes Clark's dynamic personality and attitude are positives, which will lend to her enjoying success as a top-flight coach.
Clark played one season at North Texas before transferring to Tennessee Tech, where she was a three-year letterwinner. During her collegiate career, Clark, an All-OVC performer, established herself as the greatest 3-point shooter in Tennessee Tech history. She holds the career 3-point field goals made record with 205 and she also earned the Ed Steitz Award as the nation's top 3-point shooter in 2001.
Clark spent one season on the coaching staff at Tennessee Tech before taking a position as a graduate assistant on Gardner's Arkansas staff, where she earned her Master's degree in Sports Management. Her duties at Arkansas included coordinating film exchange and summer camps, as well as organizing the scout team, recruiting folders and supervising team managers.

Deron Clark -- Head Baseball Coach, Paris (TX) Junior College Dragons

(as of baseball season 2008) Coach Clark enters his 11th season as the Dragons' skipper. After taking his team to the Region XIV playoffs three of the last four seasons, Clark has his team aimed at another playoff birth. Clark continues to build tradition and pride in Paris Junior College baseball, which has developed into a tradition of success for the Dragons program.
Coach Clark began his coaching career as a Graduate Assistant to Norm DeBriyn with the University of Arkansas. Following the '88 season, Clark moved to Dallas, TX. where he became the pitching coach for Northwood University. After three successful seasons with the Knights, Deron moved to San Jacinto College in Houston before becoming the Head Coach at Texarkana College in the summer of 1995. His three year campaign with Texarkana saw the Bulldogs compete in one NJCAA Regional and finish in the top four in the conference all three seasons. The Dragons placed Clark on staff in May of 1997 which returned Clark to his Junior College Alma Mater where he was an '84 graduate and member of the '83-'84 baseball teams. Yearly coaching records.

Doug Clark -- Assistant Cross Country / Track & Field Coach (Distance), University of Kansas Jayhawks

(as of cross country / track season 2007-08) Doug Clark gears up for his second year (2001-02) at Kansas as assistant cross country coach and distance coach for the track team. Clark came to KU after six successful seasons at the University of Tulsa.
During Clark's tenure at Tulsa, he helped Fride Vullum qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in both 1998 and 1999. In addition, Tulsa's men's and women's teams achieved its highest finishes in school history at both the region and conference levels, while several individuals earned All-Conference and All-Region honors.
Prior to coaching at Tulsa, Clark was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Arkansas from 1987-1993. In that time Arkansas won several NCAA team championships and produced dozens of All-Americans. Arkansas won the NCAA Triple Crown (cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field) three consecutive times from 1992-1994. Clark was an All-American and NCAA qualifier athlete at Southwest Missouri State in the late 1970's. He also qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon with a time of 2:17.40. Clark was the top Masters runner in Oklahoma from 1996 to 2000, posting times of 14:58(5k), 31:41(10k) and 25:45(8k) during that period. Clark resides in Lawrence, Kansas.

Doug Clark -- Head Baseball Coach, University of Central Arkansas Bears

(as of baseball season 2008) Hired at UCA in August of 2002. Spent 25 seasons as an integral part of the Razorback baseball program. Arkansas' hitting instructor since 1976, Clark teamed with head coach Norm DeBriyn to provide 55 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Razorbacks. Clark joined the Arkansas program as a graduate assistant in 1976 and was named the program's first full-time assistant coach when the position was created in 1980. His mark on the Razorback offense over the years was been unmistakable. Every Arkansas team and individual hitting record was set during Clark's tenure, including the school's team batting average mark of .341 set in 1997 and the UA team home run record of 84 set in 1999. In 1997, the Razorbacks rewrote the school record book, setting 11 single-season offensive records including team marks in batting average, home runs, runs, RBI and slugging percentage. The Hogs finished in the top 15 in the nation in batting average, scoring, doubles, triples and slugging percentage. In addition, the Razorbacks set a new Southeastern Conference season record for doubles with 168. That same year, sophomore Ryan Lundquist smashed the school home run record with 24 round trippers and set single-season marks for total bases and slugging percentage in the process. Junior Jeremy Jackson captured the SEC batting crown with a .425 mark, becoming the sixth Razorback player to win a league batting title under Clark's guidance. Sophomore Eric Hinske led the SEC in runs scored on a way to a school-record total of 87.In 1998, the Razorbacks continued to put up impressive offensive numbers. Lundquist earned second-team All-SEC honors while Brent Caldwell, Joe Jester, Rodney Nye and Jack Welsh earned All-SEC Tournament honors while helping the Hogs to the SEC Tournament title game. Nye was named the tournament's most valuable player. In 1999, four Hogs tallied double-digits in home runs as the Razorbacks hit a school-record 84 homers en route to their first SEC overall and Western Division championships and a return to the SEC Tournament title game. Even more impressive than the numbers put up during Clark's tenure in Fayetteville is the list of hitters that have translated his instruction into all-star performances. Former Kansas City Royals first baseman Jeff King posted a career .372 batting average and swatted 42 home runs as a Razorback. For his efforts, King was selected as the top overall pick of the 1986 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Many other of Clark's pupils have gone on to successful collegiate and professional careers. Former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Tom Pagnozzi spent a season at Arkansas before going on to star at the major-league level. Former major leaguers Kevin McReynolds, Johnny Ray and Ronn Reynolds all parlayed their experience at Arkansas into major league careers.
An all-city baseball and football star at St. Mary's High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., Clark lettered one season at Arizona State before transferring to the University of Colorado. A two-year letterman at CU, he earned All-Big Eight honors in his senior season after hitting .403. Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals out of college, Clark spent six years in minor league baseball and reached the triple-A level in 1974. Clark was part of championship teams at three different levels, including single-A (Modesto, Calif.) and double-A (Tulsa, Okla.). Clark came to Arkansas as a graduate assistant in 1976.
UCA was 30-24 in 2003 and 33-24 in 2004. Yearly coaching records.

T.J. Cleveland -- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, University of Missouri Tigers

(as of basketball season 2007-08) T.J. Cleveland was named an assistant coach at Missouri on April 5, 2006. He had been named an assistant at UAB on May 24, 2005. Cleveland, who had been with the UAB program the previous three years, assumed his first assistant coaching position after coordinating video tape and film operations, including overseeing opponent film exchange, for the Blazers. The Birmingham, Ala., native and former Minor High School prep star also oversaw UAB managers and assisted with the day-to-day operations of the Blazer men's basketball program. Cleveland is a former Arkansas player.

Tom Cliff -- Head Women's Soccer Coach, Adams State College Grizzlies

(as of soccer season 2007) Tom Cliff is in his first year ('07) as head coach of the Adams State College women's soccer team.
Cliff, who had spent the past four seasons at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, is just the second head coach in the Grizzlies' relatively young soccer history that started in 2002.
In his four seasons at Northwestern, Cliff turned the Red Raider program around as they finished just two wins short of a berth in the NAIA National Tournament in 2006. Arriving after a 3-13 season in 2002, the Red Raiders went 5-12 in his first year (2003) and 8-10 in his second (2004) before setting a school record for wins (10) in 2005. They then matched that record by going 10-9-1 while advancing to the NAIA Region III semifinals.
His teams posted a combined 33-40-3 record during his tenure with the Red Raiders.
Known as a tremendous recruiter, Cliff also served as Northwestern's athletic recruiting director for all sports.
Prior to his arrival at Northwestern, Cliff was an assistant coach for the men's soccer team at Spring Arbor University of Spring Arbor, Mich. during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. He also served as the head coach for both men's and women's soccer at Greenville High School in Greenville, Ill. posting a combined 56-16-6 record in three seasons (1999-2001) with the Comets. He had also served as an assistant men's coach at Greenville College for the 1996 and 1997 seasons and has recorded 171 wins with just 76 losses and 16 ties while coaching youth teams in Arkansas, Illinois and Michigan.
Cliff, the oldest of five siblings, attended both Greenville College, where he was a member of the Panthers' varsity team, and Spring Arbor where he earned his bachelor's degree in social studies in 2003. Cliff also attended the University of Arkansas, where he played club soccer in 1992 and 1993, before serving as the co-captain from 1993-95 for the Team Americana, a semi-professional team in northwest Arkansas.
Cliff holds a "C" license from the United States Soccer Federation is a grade 6 referee for the United States Referee Federation. He is also active in summer camps and directed the Red Raider Soccer Camp along with his brother, Dan, who served as his assistant coach at Northwestern.

Charlie Corbell -- Pitching Coach, Jamestown Jammers (SS-A) -- Florida Marlins

(as of baseball season 2007) Charlie was named the pitching coach for the Florida Marlins' short season class A Jamestown Jammers (New York-Penn League) on December 14, 2006. He spent the 2005-06 seasons with New Orleans in the Nationals organization after spending 2004 with the Edmonton Trappers (AAA). Charlie moved to the Potomac Nationals on January 11, 2006. Pitching coach for the class AA Harrisburg senators in 2003. Spent 2002 season as a pitching coach for the class A Vermont Expos. Charlie spent four seasons at the helm of Galveston College after seven years as an assistant coach. Coach Corbell was the 2000 Region XIV South Coach of the Year and Galveston won their 5th Conference Championship. Charlie arrived in Galveston during the summer of 1991 with Dick Smith to reinstate and develop a nationally recognized baseball program. He had two years of NCAA Division I experience at Lamar University as pitching coach where he completed his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology. He coached professionally during the summer of 1997 for the Kansas City Royals organization where he served as a minor league pitching instructor.
Charlie was a successful pitcher throughout his playing career. He was a starting pitcher for Baytown Sterling HS state finalist team in 1979. He was awarded all-conference and all-region honors while pitching for Leroy Dreyer at Blinn College and was an All-Southwest Conference Pitcher for Norm DeBriyn at the University of Arkansas. Charlie was drafted and signed into professional baseball by the San Francisco Giants and played seven years as a professional, the last two years in the Pacific Coast League (AAA). He was on the New York Mets major league roster during spring training 1987 and participated as an invited player for 4 different major league spring trainings but never reached the major leagues. Charlie played two years of winter league baseball in Puerto Rico for the San Juan Metros. Yearly college coaching records.

Ron Cottrell -- Director of Athletics / Head Men's Basketball Coach, Houston Baptist Huskies

(as of school year 2007-08) After a three-year assistant coaching stint at Arkansas, Cottrell was hired by HBU President E.D. Hodo and then athletic director John Alexander. Cottrell's coaching philosophy includes a pressure defense and up-tempo offense. His teams are known for scoring a lot of points as evidenced by winning the NAIA National Scoring Title two of the last four years. He builds his program on Christian principles and promotes a family atmosphere among his players. He has coached an All-America each of the past seven seasons and is most proud of a 94% graduation rate. 
A native of Arkansas, Cottrell graduated from Houston's Westbury High School. He then attended the University of Arkansas where he was a volunteer coach for Richardson while attaining a degree in industrial engineering. Also, he served as sports director for Fayetteville, Arkansas ABC affiliate KTVP-TV. 
Cottrell then spent a year as an assistant coach for Rick McCormick at North Dakota State College of Science before returning to Arkansas and rejoining Richardson's staff as an assistant coach. During his years as an assistant at Arkansas, the Razorbacks won two Southwest Conference Championships and went to the NCAA Tournament three times, posting a record of 88-36.  His years at Arkansas culminated in the Hogs appearance at the 1990 NCAA Final Four. Yearly coaching records.

Donnie Craine -- Head (Men & Women) Diving Coach, Florida Gators

(as of school year 2007-08) Donnie Craine has spent 22 of the last 29 years as Florida's diving coach. Craine served as head coach of the U.S. Diving Team at the 22nd Annual Dive Canada in the summer of 1995. He also coached at the 1993 World University Games and the 1991 Pan American Games. At the 1991 Pan Ams, Craine helped 1989 NCAA women's one-meter champion, Alison Maisch, win two silver medals.
Craine, now in his second stint with the Gators, first served under former UF head coach Randy Reese from 1976-81. He returned to Florida in 1989 to revive an ailing Florida diving program.
In 1985 at Arkansas, Craine was named the NCAA Diving Coach of the Year. While at Louisiana State (1987-89), he was named SEC Women's Diving Coach of the Year in 1987, 1988 and 1989, as well as the 1988 SEC Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
As a competitor under coaching legend Dick Kimball, Craine earned third place finishes on both the one and three meter boards in the 1975 and 1976 NCAA Championships while at Michigan. He was also a 13-time finalist at the U.S. Nationals.
Craine was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. degree in physical education in 1976.

Glynn Cyprien -- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, University of Kentucky Wildcats

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Glynn Cyprien joined the Kentucky basketball coaching staff on April 16, 2007. He comes to UK after one season at the University of Arkansas.
Cyprien spent the 2006 season at New Mexico State University, helping the Aggies to a 16-14 finish for their first winning season since 2003 and the second-best turnaround in the nation.
From 2001-04, he was an assistant to Sutton at Oklahoma State. In his four years at OSU, the Cowboys were a combined 97-32. All four teams earned NCAA Tournament bids with the 2004 squad going 31-4 and reaching the Final Four.
Before going to Stillwater, Cypren was associate head coach at UNLV for five years from 1996-2000 where he oversaw UNLV's recruiting. UNLV's 1997 recruiting class was rated best in the nation by The Sporting News and Basketball Times, and the 1999 class second-best by Hoop Scoop.
In 1995, he was associate head coach at Western Kentucky when the Hilltoppers won Sun Belt Conference regular-season and tournament titles, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and ended the year ranked No. 21 with a 27-4 record. WKU's .871 winning percentage was second-best in the nation that season while the recruiting class was ranked No. 10.
Cyprien was also associate head coach at Jacksonville University from 1991-94. The Dolphins recorded the most improved winning percentage in the nation, going from .222 (6-21) to .607 (17-11).
A former assistant at Lamar and Texas-San Antonio, he helped Lamar improve from 7-20 to 15-12 in 1991. At UTSA, he helped the Roadrunners earn their first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament in 1988 (22-9) and followed with records of 21-8 in 1989 and 22-7 in 1990.
The New Orleans, La., native lettered two seasons as a player at Southern University-New Orleans. In 2004, he earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Texas-San Antonio.

Julie Davis -- Head Women's Soccer Coach, Jacksonville State University Gamecocks

(as of soccer season 2007) Julie Davis, head women's soccer coach at Virginia Military Institute since 2002, was named Jacksonville State University's head women's soccer coach on May 25, 2005.
Davis, who was named the head coach of VMI's first-ever women's sports team on July 1, 2002, became just the second soccer coach in JSU's 11-year history.
A 1997 graduate of Wright State University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology, Davis took a VMI program that competed at the club level in her first season to a four-victory season in the Keydets' first season at the Division I level in 2003. Just one season later, the Keydet soccer program became an official member of the Big South Conference.
Prior to her time at VMI, Davis served as assistant coach at the University of Arkansas from 1999-2002. During her time in Fayetteville, Ark., the native of Flower Mound, Texas, coordinated the Razorbacks' soccer recruiting, compliance and camps, while also assisting with the on-field coaching duties.
Prior to her stint at Arkansas, Davis was an assistant coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for two seasons and was part of a staff that began the Redhawks' women's soccer program.
While in Arkansas, Davis served as Region III staff age group coach for the Girls Olympic Development Program while also serving as head coach for the under-13 Girls Comets Soccer Club that won the 2001 State Cup Championship, helping her earn 2001 Female Classic Coach of the Year honors from the Arkansas State Soccer Association.

Todd Day -- Head Coach, Arkansas Impact (Premier Basketball League)

(as of 2008 season) Todd Day was named the head coach of the first year Arkansas Impact (Premier Basketball League) on December 5, 2007. Led the team to a 13-11 record and an appearance in the PBL Championship game. He is a HogNation Great.

Matt Deggs -- Assistant Baseball Coach, Texas A&M University Aggies

(as of baseball season 2008) Former Texarkana College head coach Matt Deggs was hired as the Arkansas baseball hitting coach and recruiting coordinator on June 26, 2002 and left for Texas A&M University on June 29, 2005.
Deggs amassed a 187-100 record in five seasons at Texarkana College and won back-to-back Texas Eastern Athletic Conference titles in 2001 and 2002. Deggs also led Texarkana to the school's first-ever Junior College World Series in 2001.
A native of Texas City, Texas, Deggs was an infielder at Alvin Junior College from 1991-92 and at Northwood University from 1993-94.
Deggs played professionally from 1994-96, logging time in the Texas-Louisiana Professional League (1994-95), the Mobile Bay Sharks (1995) and the Tennessee Tomahawks (1996) as a player/coach. While with the Bay Sharks, Deggs played for former Boston Red Sox manager and player Butch Hobson.
Deggs began his collegiate coaching experience in 1996 as a graduate assistant for Dave Van Horn at Northwestern State. Deggs spent the 1997 season as a full-time assistant as the teams' hitting coach and working with the infielders before taking over as head coach at Texarkana. Yearly coaching records.

Carie Dever-Boaz -- Manager, Washington Glory (National Pro Fastpitch)

(as of softball season 2008) Carie Dever-Boaz was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Virginia on July 27, 2005 after spending one season at the University of Florida. She spent two seasons at UVa. Prior to her stint at Florida, Dever-Boaz was the head coach at Arkansas.
Named the Manager of the expansion Washington Glory (National Pro Fastpitch League) for the 2007 season. Led the team to a 37-10 record and the NPF Championship. Also named the NPF Manager of the Year on August 23, 2007.
While serving as the leader of Arkansas' softball program, Dever-Boaz's teams compiled five Southeastern Conference Tournament appearances and two NCAA Regional berths. During the 1999 season, the SEC recognized Dever-Boaz as the Coach of the Year after directing the Razorbacks to a 46-29 record and runner-up finish in the conference tournament. While occupying the head coaching position, she coached eight All-SEC players, one all-region member and two all-regional tournament players. After only eight seasons at the helm, Dever-Boaz turned a newly established program into a premier SEC opponent.
The success of Dever-Boaz's coaching career stems from a prestigious collegiate softball resume compiled at Fresno State University. Before graduating with a bachelor's degree in health science, she reached the College World Series championship game in three consecutive seasons. While playing pitcher and third base for the Bulldogs, Dever-Boaz was selected to the All-America team three times. As a senior, she earned Big West Conference Player of the Year distinction by compiling a 25-6 record in the pitching rotation with 31 complete games and 155 strikeouts.
Dever-Boaz began her coaching career at Tulare Western High School in Tulare, Calif. As the head varsity softball and volleyball coach, she worked toward her teaching credentials by educating students in field of health and personal fitness.

James Dickey -- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Oklahoma State University Cowboys

(as of basketball season 2007-08) James Dickey, an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton for eight years at Arkansas and Kentucky, rejoined his mentor as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State on July 10, 2002.
Dickey, who assisted Coach Sutton from 1981-89, spent 10 years as the head coach at Texas Tech from 1991-2001. His most impressive season as a head coach came in 1996, when the Red Raiders won a school-record 30 games, advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in the program's history, and finished the year with a 30-2 record.
Coach Dickey had five players achieve NBA status in a four-year span, all since the 1995-96 season. Cory Carr, Tony Battie, Mark Davis, Darvin Ham and Jason Sasser all made an NBA roster, and Battie became the first Red Raider to be selected as a lottery pick in June, 1997, when the All-America center was taken as the fifth pick by the Denver Nuggets.
Academics are important to Dickey as well, as evidenced by his graduation of 17 seniors during his tenure at Tech.
Dickey, who played at Valley Springs High School, went on to Central Arkansas, where he played for four years. He earned his bachelor's degree from the Conway, Ark., school in 1976. He first got into coaching when he joined the staff at Harding College in Searcy, Ark., for the 1976-77 season. He earned his master's degree during that stint with the Bison program.
Dickey got his first head coaching job at Harding Academy in 1977, and two seasons later, took an assistants job at his alma mater. He joined Coach Sutton at Arkansas prior to the 1981-82 season, and moved with him to Kentucky in 1986. After Coach Sutton's departure from UK in 1989, Dickey sat out a year before being offered an assistant position at Texas Tech. Away from the players and coaching staff, Dickey does not have to look far to talk hoops. His wife, the former Bettye Fiscus, was a standout performer and the all-time leading scorer for the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks. Yearly coaching records.

Ryke Dismuke -- Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach, University of Central Arkansas

(as of golf season 2007-08) Ryke Dismuke came to the University of Central Arkansas as Assistant Golf Coach to Bunny Adcock in the fall of 2000. While in this position, Dismuke served to technically, mentally, and physically prepare the teams to play. At the conclusion of 2002-03 season, Adcock retired to become the State Bank Commissioner of Arkansas and Dismuke became the Head Coach. Raised in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, Dismuke won several U.S. junior tournaments including the Dallas/Fort Worth Junior Championship and High School Overall title.
Dismuke played for two years at Florida's Jacksonville University and then transferred to the University of Arkansas for the remainder of his college golfing career. While at the University of Arkansas, Dismuke was a member of the 1997 number 1 ranked Razorback Golf Team.
In 2003, Dismuke coached the Bears Golf Team to its second straight NCAA Regional Championship appearance and to a 2nd place finish in the Gulf South Conference Championship.
During the same season, the Bears won two regular season tournaments back to back. Under Dismuke's tutelage, senior Kent Manion won the 2003 Gulf South Conference Championship and received First Team All Conference Honors.
During the 2001-02 campaign, Dismuke coached the Bears to their first NCAA Regional Championship appearance where they led after the first round of play and successfully finished forth place overall.
On the road to the Regional Championship, Dismuke coached the Bears to a total of four second place finishes with senior Nick Simco winning the first collegiate tournament of his career. Dismuke helped lead the team from a national ranking of 64th in the country to a national ranking of 32nd by the conclusion of 2001-02 season.

Milan Donley -- Meet Director, Kansas Relays
 
(as of track & field season 2006-07) On Nov. 1, 2006, Milan Donley was named the new Meet Director for the Kansas Relays. Donley was the horizontal jumps coach for the Jayhawks for seven seasons.
For his efforts, the U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association named Donley the Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2005
Donley came to Kansas from East Tennessee State University where he was the head track and field and cross country coach. While at ETSU, Donley was Southern Conference Coach of the Year three times in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He guided 54 individual Southern Conference champions, 13 NCAA Qualifiers, two All-Americans and his teams set 25 school records. Donley was also coach of 13-time Southern Conference champion Taneisha Robinson, who competed in the long jump and triple jump. Robinson was also a two-time Southern Conference Athlete of the Year and two time NCAA qualifier.
Before his stint at ETSU, Donley was an assistant track and field and cross country coach at the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, Donley coached eight All-Americans and 15 SEC individual champions. Donley previously coached at the University of Illinois as an assistant.
Prior to Illinois, Donley coached at several other schools including Cal Berkeley, Southwest Texas State and Adams State College. While at these schools, Donley's athletes earned many accolades, including two All-American honors, one multiple national champion, an NCAA qualification and an NAIA indoor team championship in 1985.
Donley earned his level I and II instructor's certificates and was the USATF women's triple jump development coordinator from 1990-93. He has also directed several track and field camps while at Arkansas, East Tennessee State, Illinois and Adams State.
Donley coached the 1997-99 Canadian 800m champion and 2000 Canadian Olympic team member Zachary Whitmarsh. He has also received numerous coaching awards, including the Southern Conference men's and women's cross country Coach of the Year and the NAIA Women's Track Coach of the Year, for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Shohn Doty -- Associate Head Baseball Coach, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Lions

(as of baseball season 2008) Shohn Doty begins his first season (2005) at UAFS after two seasons (2002-03) as pitching coach & recruiting coordinator at Old Dominion University. Doty served as an assistant at UNC Wilmington for three years (1999-01) and was responsible for developing the pitching staff as well as coordinating recruiting. Prior to coming to UNC Wilmington, Doty spent two years working with Indiana State University's pitchers and catchers, and directing their junior college recruiting. He was previously an assistant coach at Arkansas Tech (1992-93), Arkansas (1994-95) and Pratt (Kansas) Community College (1995-96).
The veteran coach also managed the Manitowoe team in the Northwoods Collegiate Summer League to a franchise-record 39 victories during the summer of 1995.
As a player, Doty earned several honors during his career at Crowder Junior College in Neosho, MO., and Arkansas Tech. At Crowder, he held the school record of 31 doubles as a sophomore while also serving as the team's closer. At Arkansas Tech, he was a starting pitcher for two seasons and collected 17 victories during that span, earning NAIA District 17 honors and being named an NAIA District All-Star.
Following graduation, Doty, a native of Springdale, Ark., served as the pitching coach at Arkansas Tech. His staff led the conference in earned run average and had the lowest walks per innings pitched. Two of his hurlers were drafted and the team won one conference championship.

Chip Durham -- Head Baseball Coach, Nicholls State University Colonels

(as of baseball season 2008) Chip Durham was hired as head coach at Nicholls State on July 13, 2005. He spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Northeast Texas Community College Eagles before being hired for his first head coaching job at Crowder College (2003-05). Durham came to Northeast Texas Community College from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he had been an assistant coach since 1998. The Roadrunners qualified for the Southland Conference Tournament in 1999 with a third place finish. Prior to his two years at UTSA, Durham was an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas for two seasons. The Razorbacks qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1998 with a third place at Midwest Regional. Before going to Arkansas, Durham was a graduate assistant coach at Delta State University for two seasons, and made appearances in back-to-back Division II regional tournaments, with a third place finish in the 1996 Division II World Series. In 1992-93 he was an undergraduate assistant at Arkansas- Monticello. His playing career included two letter winning seasons at Arkansas-Monticello from 1990-92, in which he served as team captain and was a member of the Arkansas Intercollegiate All-Star Team. Durham's first two seasons of college baseball were played at Angelina Junior College in Lufkin, Texas.  A three sport letterman at Tioga (LA) High School, he played for back-to-back Louisiana High School 3-A State Championship Teams. Durham holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arkansas-Monticello, and a Masters Degree from Delta State University. Yearly coaching records.

Scott Edgar -- Head Men's Basketball Coach, Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Scott Edgar was named head coach at SEMO on April 13, 2006. He had spent the previous season at the Univeristy of Tennessee, after three seasons as an assistant coach at UAB.
His reputation began as a standout athlete at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. He played baseball and basketball while attending college and was one of the premier athletes during his time there. His play garnered him honors into the Penn Hills High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from Pittsburgh-Johnstown in 1978, Edgar took his first coaching job at the New Mexico Military Institute as an assistant coach to his college coach, Dave Campbell.
After a three-year stint Edgar was introduced to the Division I level when he joined Nolan Richardson at the University of Tulsa from 1980 to 1985. During that five-year span, Edgar was an important piece of the puzzle which resulted in three NCAA tournament appearances and an NIT Championship.
Edgar then followed Richardson to the University of Arkansas in 1986. During his six seasons with the Razorbacks, Edgar was again an instrumental part of building a successful program and a consistent winner, including a 1990 appearance in the NCAA Final Four.
Edgar's first head coaching opportunity came following the 1991 season when he was named the head coach at Murray State University. During his tenure, Edgar led the Racers to the postseason in each of his four years, including two NCAA Tournaments and an NIT appearance. He compiled an overall win-loss record of 79-40.
The Penn Hills, Pa. native returned to his roots when he accepted the head coach position at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa. The program had fallen on hard times; however, under Edgar's guidance, the Dukes returned to competitiveness in just three seasons.
From there, Edgar joined the staff of Conference USA member TCU where he was the head of basketball operations. He was with the Horned Frogs from 1999 to 2001. Yearly coaching records.

Charity Elliott -- Head Women's Basketball Coach, UC San Diego Tritons

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Charity Elliott was named head coach at UCSD on June 8, 2007. She spent the previous three season's (04-07) as Portland State's head women's basketball coach.
A former head coach at California Baptist University in Riverside, Calif., Elliott joined PSU after spending the 2003-04 season on Susie Gardner's staff at the University of Arkansas.
In only two years at the helm at Cal Baptist, Elliott guided the Lancers to their first .500 season in over a decade. Her 2002-03 squad, made up of 10 freshman and sophomores, went 16-16 and ended a run of 10 losing seasons.
She joined CBU after a year as the head coach for the South Adelaide Basketball Club in Adelaide, Australia. The Panthers are a member of the Australian Basketball Association, the highest amateur level of women's basketball in Australia.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Elliott served as an assistant coach at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., from 1997-99, and at her alma mater, Southwest Missouri State, from 1995-97. She spent the 1993-94 season at San Diego State before returning to SMS to coach under Cheryl Burnett, a legend in the women's college basketball game.
At Southwest Baptist, she was the recruiting coordinator as SBU reached the NCAA Division II Tournament in two of her three seasons, including a 21-7 finish in 1998-99.
As a player, Elliott, formerly Charity Shira, was an integral part of Southwest Missouri's first Final Four team in 1992. She ranked in the top 10 nationally in free throw percentage and was named SMS' Woman of the Year. Dubbed "Instant Offense" by Coach Burnett, she helped the Lady Bears go 57-8 during her two seasons in Springfield. A summa cum laude graduate of SMS, she spent her first two years as a student-athlete at Rice University, where she averaged 16 points per game. Yearly coaching records.

Chris Elliott -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Portland State University Vikings

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(as of basketball season 2006-07) Chris Elliott is in his first year as an assistant coach at Portland State after spending last season as the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Arkansas women's basketball program. While at Arkansas, Elliott worked with and contributed in the development of 2003-04 SEC Player of the Year Shameka Christon, who went on to become the No. 5 pick in the WNBA draft, signing with the New York Liberty.

Prior to Arkansas, Elliott served as an assistant to current Viking head coach Charity Elliott at California Baptist University from 2001 to 2003, where he was the recruiting coordinator and perimeter coach, and oversaw the strength and conditioning program. At Cal Baptist, Elliott helped guide the Lady Lancers to their first .500 season in over 10 years.

In the late 1990's, Elliott worked as an assistant with South Adelaide Basketball Club, which plays at the highest amateur level in Australia. South Adelaide is the club team of WNBA point guard Jae Cross.

Elliott also has experience as a college football assistant coach, coaching outside linebackers under Peter Shinnick at Azusa Pacific University from 2000 to 2001.

He coached basketball, football and baseball at Ozark High School in Ozark, MO, before entering the college coaching ranks.

As a student-athlete, Elliott was a defensive back for the 1983 National Champion Miami Hurricanes. In 1984, the 'Canes won the Orange Bowl and his teammates included Heisman Trophy winners Vinnie Testeverde and Alonzo Highsmith, and Heisman runner-up Bernie Kosar.

Dick Ellis -- Assistant Men's Golf Coach, Rice University Owls

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(as of golf season 2006-07) Dr. Dick Ellis is now in his second year as assistant golf coach after spending the past two seasons as the head coach for men's golf and the past nine years at Rice as special assistant to former athletic director Bobby May and former head football coach Ken Hatfield.
A 1968 Air Force Academy graduate, Ellis played golf as a cadet, lettered in football and track, and was selected to the intercollegiate All-American pistol team his senior year. He has an extensive coaching career in both golf and football.
After coaching college football for three years, he was head junior varsity and the varsity assistant golf coach at the Air Force Academy in 1973-76.
Ellis returned to football coaching in 1977 when he was selected as the head coach at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School. A year later, he joined Bill Parcells's Air Force staff. When Parcells left for the NFL, he became a member of Ken Hatfield's first Academy coaching staff. Later, he also worked five years under head coach Fisher DeBerry before moving into administration as the Academy's associate director of athletics.
Prior to his long tour of duty at the Academy, he served as a combat pilot in Vietnam. Ellis wore both Air Force pilot wings and Army Airborne parachute wings.
Col. Ellis retired from the Air Force after 21 years of service and rejoined Hatfield at the University of Arkansas in 1989 as the Razorbacks' recruiting coordinator and director of football operations. That year, the Hogs won the Southwest Conference championship with a 10-1 record. He then followed Hatfield to Clemson University where the Tigers won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in 1991.
With a chance to return to his native state of Texas, Ellis moved to Waco in 1992. He was Baylor University's deputy athletic director under Grant Teaff, who at the time was both head football coach and AD. A year later when Teaff retired, he was promoted to director of athletics. Following a change in Baylor presidents, Ellis left Waco and came to Rice in 1997.

Rena Faust-Holden -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Birmingham-Southern Panthers

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Rena joined the Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team on August 3, 2005 after two seasons (03-05) at the University of Arkansas.
Holden was at Division II West Georgia as an assistant coach starting in 1996, and during her seven seasons assisted the Gulf South Conference Eastern Division Braves to several top finishes. One of the Braves' best seasons came in 2001-02 as West Georgia went 16-10 and advanced to the GSC Tournament.
During her playing days at Southeastern Louisiana, Holden led the Lady Lions to their first consecutive 20-win seasons since the NCAA era began in 1982.
Playing two seasons at Wallace State, Holden had an immediate impact at SLU as the Lady Lions went 24-5 her junior season in 1994, and was voted to the Trans America Athletic Conference's newcomer team.
The leading scorer for SLU her senior season, she was first-team all-TAAC and all-TAAC tournament as SLU posted a 21-8 mark in 1995. She remains the SLU record holder for blocked shots in a game, and her two-year record of 23-5 was the best at the Hammond, La., university since the late 1970s.
Holden began her coaching career as a student assistant coach at Southeastern for one season before moving to Carrollton, Ga., and joining the West Georgia staff in 1996-97.

 

Rob Flaska -- Head Men's Basketball Coach, Centenary College Gents

 

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Rob Flaska was named the head coach at Centenary on March 31, 2005. Flaska is a former head coach who joined Stan Heath's staff at Arkansas following four years as an assistant under Billy Tubbs at TCU where the Horned Frogs.

Flaska, who earned a master's in business administration from Indiana State in 1984 and a bachelor's in business administration from Michigan Tech University in 1982, helped put together recruiting classes at TCU, which were ranked best in the Western Athletic Conference in 1999 and 2000 by Basketball News, Basketball Times, Street & Smith's, Sporting News and Dick Vitale's, while the '99 class was rated 13th-best and the 2001 class 34th-best in the nation by Hoop Scoop.

Before going to TCU, he was the head coach for three seasons (1996-98) at Florida Community College in Jacksonville, Fla. His teams were nationally ranked in '97 and '98 with the '97 club reaching the Region XIII finals and finishing second in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Mid-Florida Conference. While at FCC, Flaska had 10 players sign scholarships with Division I schools.

Flaska, who played at Michigan Tech and set school career records for steals and assists, began his coaching career as an assistant at Indiana State in 1983 and 1984, and as an assistant at Detroit Mercy in 1985 and '86. He was the head coach at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich., from 1986-91 with NJCAA Division I Michigan Eastern Conference championships and Michigan Community College Final Four appearances in 1989, '90 and '91. Mott won the state title in 1990, and was the Region XII champion and a national finalist in 1991. Flaska was voted conference Coach of the Year in '89, '90 and '91, and Region XII Coach of the Year in '91.

Flaska, who prepped at Glen Lake High in Maple City, Mich., and helped his team win the 1977 state title and earned all-state honors in 1978, also worked as an assistant at Texas-Pan American in 1991 and at Trinity Valley CC in 1994 and '95 before going to Florida Community College in 1996. Yearly coaching records.

Clyde Fletcher -- Assistant Basketball Coach, Arkansas Aeros (ABA)

 

(as of 2006-07 season) Clyde joined the Aeros for their inagural season in 2006. He lettered at Arkansas in 1991 & 1992.

Edrick Floreal -- Director of Track & Field / Cross Country, Stanford University Cardinal

(as of track & field season 2007-08) Edrick Floreal began his career with the Cardinal track & field program in 1999 and during his brief tenure on The Farm, he coached several athletes to championships and new school records. He was named the head women's coach in August of 2003 and was promoted to Director of Track & Field/Cross Country in August of 2005.
Prior to his stint at Stanford, Edrick produced 13 All-Americans and five Southeastern Conference champions in three seasons at the University of Kentucky. Coach Floreal also enjoyed successful coaching stints at Georgia Tech where Yellow Jacket sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers won six Atlantic Coast Conference championships from 1993-96. Edrick began his coaching career at the University of Nebraska.
Floreal also sports an impressive athletic record. As a world class triple jumper, Edrick has represented Canada in the IAAF World Championships and made the Olympic Team in 1988 and 1992. In 1989, Floreal was ranked 9th in the world in the triple jump.
A 1990 graduate of the University of Arkansas, Floreal helped the Razorbacks win four NCAA team titles during his career. He also made history by becoming the first athlete in NCAA history to win three consecutive NCAA triple jump titles. All totaled, Floreal won five NCAA jump titles both indoors and outdoors.
Floreal is married to LaVonna Martin-Floreal, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in the 100 meter hurdles. The Floreals reside in Palo Alto, CA.

Susie Gardner -- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, University of Florida Gators

(as of basketball season 2007-08) Former Arkansas head coach and University of Georgia player Susie Gardner joined the UF staff in April 2007. She spent the four previous seasons (2003-07) as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas.
A native of Tennessee, Gardner went to two Final Fours and was a part of three Southeastern Conference championships during her playing days at Georgia. She started her coaching career as a graduate assistant under Lady Bulldog head coach Andy Landers.
Gardner led APSU to 22 consecutive wins this season, giving the Lady Govs the nation's second longest winning streak which ended with one of the 2003 NCAA Tournament's most exciting games, a 72-70 decision to North Carolina. She guided the Lady Govs to three straight OVC Tournament titles and three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Named the OVC Coach of the Year in 2003, this season's team finished the year 27-4 overall.
Gardner became a head coach at Anderson College from 1988 to 1992, compiling a 60-48 record including a 24-4 record during the 1988 season. Her 1988 team was the co-champion of Region X in the juco ranks, with the 1991 and 1992 teams finishing as the regional runner-up. She became an assistant coach with San Diego State in 1992, helping the Aztecs reach three straight Western Athletic Conference titles and consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 1993, 1994 and 1995. During her tenure with SDSU, the Aztecs were ranked top 10 in the country in defense. Yearly coaching records.

Michael Garrison -- Assistant Women's Cross Country / Track & Field Coach, University of Hawaii

(as of track & field seasons 2007-08) Veteran cross country coach Dr. Michael Garrison joined the University of Hawai`i track and field and cross country coaching staff for the 2007-08 in September 2007.
Garrison was recently the head coach of the Atlantic Coast Conference's University of Maryland cross country team for three years from 2004-07. He was also the assistant men's and women's track coach. Garrison guided the women's cross country team to their first-ever national ranking (29th) in October 2005.
Before he arrived at College Park, Garrison made his mark in Fayetteville, Ark., where he was an assistant women's track and field and cross country coach at the University of Arkansas for six years. He designed workouts for the runners and assisted in the long term development for the team and was in charge on travel and preparing the team for upcoming meets.
At Arkansas, Garrison mentored 15-time All-American Amy Yoder-Begley, who was also a two-time national champion and 15-time SEC champion. In 2000, she was an U.S. Olympic Trails Qualifier. The following year she was named the NCAA Women of the Year and was the SEC Female Athlete of the Year.
Under Garrison's tenure, the Lady Razorbacks were SEC cross country champions five times and placed in the NCAA Top 17 five times. Besides Yoder-Begley, Garrison coached eight other runners who earned 32 All-American honors in their events.
In his collegiate career, Garrison ran cross country at the junior college level for Diablo Valley College before transferring to University of California, Davis, where he ran cross country and track for the Aggies. He was also on the UC Davis cycling team and later coached the team from 1996-97.
While studying for his masters in sport management at Arkansas, Garrison was a graduate assistant, where he was a student-athlete academic counselor and tutor coordinator.

Linda Garza -- Assistant Softball Coach, Purdue University Boilermakers

(as of softball season 2008) Garza, a four-year letterwinner at UNLV, is in her first year ('06) as an assistant coach after coming to Purdue from the University of Tulsa, where she was an assistant coach during the 2005 season.
During her time with the Hurricane, Garza worked as an outfield coach, co-director of camps and travel coordinator. Her position at Tulsa followed a two-year stint at the University of Arkansas, during which Garza worked with the Lady Razorback outfielders, emphasizing footwork, fielding and throwing. She was the team's base running coach, working with players on mechanics and decision making. She also coordinated scheduling, travel, camps and community service activities for the team.
Garza got her start in coaching during her playing days at UNLV. In addition to being an instructor at the Rebels' camps, she was an assistant coach for the Clovis Rockets Gold and 18 and under teams.
After finishing her playing career at UNLV, Garza worked for one season as a student assistant coach with the team.
During her playing career from 1998 to 2001, Garza was a four-year starter at second base, third base and in the outfield. She started the last 155 games of her career, earning All-Mountain West Conference honors at third base as a senior after leading the Rebels in triples, RBI and sacrifice hits. All told, the four-time academic all-conference honoree boasted a .262 career batting average, while laying down 45 sacrifice hits in her career, just five short of the UNLV record. Garza ranks among the UNLV and Mountain West single season and career top 10 lists in several categories. She ended her career among the UNLV career top 10 in doubles, walks, hits and sacrifice hits. She also owns three spots among the Mountain West single-season records lists: eighth in assists (151 in 2000), ninth in fielding double plays (14 in 2000) and 10th in sacrifice bunts (13 in 2000).

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