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May Transactions

HEAD COACHES - Fordham promoted Ed Foley to head coach to replace Dave Clawson, who resigned after five seasons to take over the program at Richmond... Kent State’s Dan Pees resigned after six seasons as head coach to become linebackers coach for the New England Patriots... Mike Lazusky was elevated to head coach at Hiram to succeed Mike Meyer, who resigned... Doug Martin was promoted to head coach at Kent State... LaSalle’s Archie Stalcup resigned as head coach... Bowie State named Michael J. Lynn Jr. as head coach to replace Henry Frazier.

ASSISTANTS - Arlington Nunn was selected as running backs coach at Mississippi... Southeast Missouri State named Rob Likens as offensive coordinator... Scott Lakatos was awarded responsibilities as defensive backs coach at Connecticut... James Madison tabbed Jeff Durden as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Chip West as defensive backs coach. The school also reassigned George Barlow as defensive coordinator and Eddie Davis as special teams coordinator and tight ends coach... Mike Cassity was selected as defensive coordinator at Louisville... Rutgers appointed John McNulty as wide receivers coach and Chris Demarest as defensive backs coach. The school also promoted Darren Rizzi to assistant head coach, Joe Susan to recruiting coordinator and Phil Galiano to linebackers coach... Jeremy Cameron was selected as quarterbacks coach at Wagner... New Mexico State appointed Clint Brown as defensive backs coach... UCLA hired Jim Svoboda as quarterbacks coach... South Carolina receivers coach Rick Stockstill assumed additional responsibilities as recruiting coordinator... James Joseph was named as running backs coach at Troy State... Wisconsin-Stout hired Bret Diersen as a defensive assistant coach... Illinois State chose Jim Williams as an assistant coach... Baylor named Bill Bradley as defensive coordinator to replace John Goodner... Pittsburgh appointed Pete Carmichael as wide receivers coach... Chris Clopton was selected as a graduate assistant coach at Purdue... Buffalo named Tom Jones as defensive coordinator, Roy Istvan as offensive coordinator, Doug Socha as recruiting coordinator, Andy Rondeau as assistant defensive coordinator and safeties coach, Scott Pethtel as special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach, Allen Mogridge as running backs coach, Ryan Groneman as assistant strength and conditioning coach and Dan Lindsay as a graduate assistant coach... Tim Albin was hired as offensive coordinator at North Dakota State... Southeast Missouri State named Damon Bradford as defensive coordinator... Wayne State (Michigan) added Mark Elder as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, E.J. Henderson as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator and Keith Uecker as offensive line coach... Orlando Mitjans was elevated to defensive coordinator at Towson... Northwestern State awarded additional responsibilities to Johnny Nagle as passing game coordinator, Chris Truax as running game coordinator and Brad Laird as assistant head coach. Nagle will continue as running backs coach and Truax will retain duties as offensive line coach. Laird will remain defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. The school also moved tight ends coach Broderick Fobbs to wide receivers coach and shifted Ben Beasley to tight ends coach... LSU selected Mike Collins as linebackers coach... Northern Illinois tabbed Levern Belin as defensive interior coach, John Bond as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and Marquis Mosely as wide receivers coach. The school also elevated Sam Pittman to assistant head coach and offensive line coach and shifted Greg Bower to tight ends coach from defensive interior coach...

Courtesy of NCAA News