Dartmouth has named Jeff Cook, a former assistant for the Big Green (1994-95), as its new head coach, replacing Fran O’Leary, who left to take the George Mason job. Cook spent five years as the head coach at Cincinnati, leading the Beacats to their first NCAA tournament berth in 1998. He had a 43-42-13 record at UC. St. Mary’s named UCLA assistant Steve Rammel as its new head coach. Rammel scored 14 goals for D.C. United in 1996. The Rutgers product spent the 1997 MLS season at Colorado before retiring to go into coaching.
| School | Old Coach | New Coach |
| Butler | Todd Bramble | Joe Sochacki |
| Cincinnati | Jeff Cook | TBA |
| Creighton | Brett Simon | Bob Warming |
| Dartmouth | Fran O’Leary | Jeff Cook |
| George Mason | Gordon Bradley | Fran O’Leary |
| Lafayette | Tim Lenahan | Dennis Bohn |
| Liberty | Bill Bell | Jeff Alder |
| Manhattan | Danny Lazo | Billy Walsh |
| Northwestern | Michael Kunert | Tim Lenahan |
| Notre Dame | Chris Apple | Bobby Clark |
| Saint Louis | Bob Warming | Dan Donigan |
| St. Mary’s | Mark Talan | Steve Rammel |
| San Francisco | Stephen Negoesco | Erik Visser |
| Stanford | Bobby Clark | Brett Simon |