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#10: Saint Leo selects West Virginia State HC Charles Marshall as its new Women’s Basketball HC. AD Marcal Lazenby: “Having worked alongside Charles at Glenville State, I know firsthand the passion, energy, and commitment he brings to a program. He has a strong track record of developing student-athletes both on and off the court, and I am confident he will lead our women's basketball team to new heights.” (link)
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#9: Mansfield unveils plans for a $4M renovation to Karl Van Norman Field that will include new turf, stadium seating and a resurfaced track. Construction is set to begin next spring. AD Peggy Carl: “This multi-million-dollar project will be a benefit to every Mountaineer student-athlete and shows the university's commitment to the success of Mansfield athletics. The chance to showcase the Mansfield campus to our community partners will result in enhanced opportunities for recruitment, a level of student-athlete satisfaction that is unparalleled and provides us a path to an enhanced fan experience.” (link)
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#8: Saginaw Valley State selects Aquinas (NAIA) Assoc. AD for Internal Operations Liz Lerczak Lee as its new Deputy AD/SWA. (link)
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#7: UT Tyler names Abilene Christian (DI) Assoc. VP/Deputy AD for Revenue Generation Sam Ferguson as its new AD, starting April 7. President Julie Philley: “His proven leadership and dedication to student-athlete success are a great fit for our fantastic program. I'm confident that under his guidance, our student-athletes will continue to excel.” Parker Executive Search assisted with the process. (link)
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#6: Trevecca Nazarene Women’s Basketball HC Karen Booker will no longer lead the Trojans after three seasons. (link) |
#5: Grand Valley State will battle Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday night for the Women's Basketball national title (link); Nova Southeastern will face Cal State Dominguez Hills for the Men's Basketball crown on Saturday afternoon. (link)
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#4: Missouri Western Women’s Basketball HC Ashton Feldhaus is headed to Morehead State (DI) after one season leading the Griffons. (link)
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#3: Indianapolis AD Kim Pate sits down with D2.ticker’s Anthony Grassi at the 2025 NCAA Convention to dive into her move to UIndy and more. Part of Pate’s aspiration to lead the Greyhounds came from her familiarity with their success as the AD at Illinois-Springfield, as she notes: “When I took the Lenoir-Rhyne job, my goal was to make LR into the type of school I viewed UIndy as being, just an all-around program of excellence. So when the UIndy job opened up, I thought, wow, this is too good to be true. Of course, deep respect for [former AD] Dr. Sue Willey, but I thought I want to go there and put my own stamp on it. For me, it's about going somewhere where you feel you can sustain success, sustain excellence, and I felt like UIndy could do that in many ways.” With an excitement to continue to build up UIndy, Pate believes the greatest opportunity is “operational excellence in the sense of the things that I think set the tone for your culture – how you approach game day and the fan experience, how you approach the student-athletes, development and support around them whether it's athletic training or nutrition or sports performance and really elevating all those things. It starts to set the tone and reinforces the culture that we're about excellence and doing things at a high level. My goal and vision would be that we would aspire to operate more like an FCS program in our operations, and your athletes feel it, your coaches feel it. They feel the support of the administrative staff and certainly the university.” After being one of the few DII departments to roll out a collective at Lenoir-Rhyne, Pate says the Greyhounds have some work to do before potentially doing the same. The key for doing so at LR: “Having the right leadership alumni-wise and being at a point maturity-wise from an external revenue standpoint that you're able to take that next step because the reality is there are only so many dollars to go around.” Tons more on BOSCA. (link)
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#2: Since the basketball transfer window opened, over 1,100 DI and nearly 1K DII Men’s Basketball student-athletes have entered the portal. (link) |
#1: Chadron State has received a public reprimand and fine following disparaging comments made by a student-athletes during the Eagles’ Softball game against New Mexico Highlands last month. The student-athletes involved have received “appropriate sanctions.” (link)
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