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#10: Palm Beach Atlantic parts ways with Women’s Soccer HC Chris Gnehm after nine seasons. (link)

#9: West Georgia promotes Assoc. AD David Haase to Senior Assoc. AD for Student-Athlete Success. (link)

#8: Notre Dame College President Michael Pressimone has resigned to pursue new opportunities. (link)

#7: Morehouse Football HC Gerard Wilcher took to X (formerly Twitter) to state he is no longer leading the Maroon Tigers after eight months. Wilcher writing: “Please know that I tried every-day to uplift my beloved Morehouse. Statistically, we improved in almost every category. We played a challenging schedule with only 2 home games and even though we asked numerous times, we were not given the resources to have a strength and conditioning program. I was hired after the recruiting season and had no recruiting budget. However, the College has made the decision to no longer retain me rather than give us the support and resources we need in order to be successful. Overall, I would like to thank my team who fought through so many adversities and never wavered in their belief.” (link)

#6: Black Hills State names alumnus Tommy Donovan as Asst. AD for Compliance. (link)

#5: Last week, the DII Championships Committee considered a number of sport-specific changes. The committee supported an expansion of the Baseball squad size by one to coincide with an existing increase set to begin for the 2025 championship, further review of the baseball visible pitch clock implementation by 2025 and adjusting the minimum contest requirements for golf to 50 DII opponents or half of the total opponents in DII with at least 40 in-region DII opponents. More. (link)

#4: Check out Grand Valley State's new Center for Academic Success. (link)

#3: Lynn Men’s Basketball HC Jeff Price will step down after 17 total years with the Fighting Knights. Interim AD Kathy Kroupa: "Jeff is an exceptional coach, mentor and colleague and I will miss him not just as our men's basketball coach, but also as an incredible person. Jeff has mentored and developed hundreds of young men during his time here and he has had a tremendous impact on the men's basketball program and Lynn University. Stepping away to watch his daughter play the sport he has dedicated his career speaks volumes about who he is as a person.” (link)

#2: Thomas Jefferson AD/Women's Basketball HC Tom Shirley will step down as AD in August 2024, but remain on the sideline for the Rams. Shirley: “I have witnessed ‘the three names’ of the University during my career to date. Each one brought a different vantage point and a different mode of operation, but all three brought fulfillment and satisfaction. The common denominator was always the student-athletes and what an outstanding group they have been. [...] While I will pass the torch as director of athletics, I am extremely excited to continue at the University as the head coach for women’s basketball. It’s been a terrific experience. If I was able to do it again, I would do it at the same institution, in the same career. I had the opportunity to do something I thoroughly enjoyed. My best wishes go out to my successor and know that you will have my steadfast support.” (link)

#1: Regional Rankings:

+ The final Football regional rankings are led by Slippery Rock, Benedict, Harding and Colorado School of Mines. (link)

+ The latest Volleyball rankings have Gannon, Wayne State (NE), Bentley, Missouri-St. Louis, Tampa, West Texas A&M, Lander and Chaminade leading their respective regions. (link)

+ The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship participants have been unveiled. (link)

+ Charleston, Washburn, Saint Rose, Ashland, Embry-Riddle, Dallas Baptist, Lenoir-Rhyne and Seattle Pacific sit atop their respective regions in the latest Women’s Soccer rankings. (link) 

+ The final Men’s Soccer regional rankings are led by Franklin Pierce, Florida Tech, Illinois Springfield and Midwestern State. (link)

+ The six-team Field Hockey bracket is set, with first round games set to begin on November 11. (link)

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