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NCAA Division 1 Men & Women Coaching Changes

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[MAKING A LIST] Doug Hill, who has spent 13 seasons at Air Force, including last year as associate head coach, was named head coach of the Falcon men’s program, replacing Louis Sagastume, who retired earlier this year after 28 seasons as head coach at Air Force. Joseph E. Okoh, formerly the head coach at D2 Shepherd, is the new head coach at Howard, replacing Keith Tucker, who spent 26 years with the Bison. Duquesne women’s coach James Walker left to become a men’s assistant at Penn State. For all 2007 Division I coaching changes …

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Santa Clara gives Smith a seven-year deal

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Santa Clara gave women’s coach Jerry Smith a new seven-year deal, extending his contract through the 2013 season. Smith, 45, signed the seven-year agreement after leading the Broncos their ninth West Coast Conference title and collecting WCC Coach of the Year honors for the seventh time in his career. Over the course of his 20 years, Smith has led the Broncos to one national title (2001), one national runner-up finish (2002), 10 College Cup appearances, and 18 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. He has a record of 326-84-27.

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Fifteen collegians selected to play in Under-20 World Cup

by Paul Kennedy

Fifteen prospective ’07 U.S.-based collegians — seven for the USA, six for New Zealand and two for Canada — will be playing at the Under-20 World Cup, which starts Saturday in Canada. UCLA leads all teams with three players, and defending champion UC Santa Barbara and Dartmouth have two. Soccer America MVPs Julian Valentin (Wake Forest) and Sal Zizzo (UCLA) were among seven prospective ’07 collegians who were called up by U.S. under-20 men’s national team coach Thomas Rongen. Three other ’06 collegians — MVP Chris Seitz (Maryland), Anthony Wallace (South Florida) and Amaechi Igwe (Santa Clara) — signed with MLS clubs in January.

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SMU’s Mann dies unexpectedly a week after graduation

by Paul Kennedy

Jordan Mann, a member of SMU’s 2005 NCAA Men’s College Cup team, died unexpectedly May 26 at his home in Prairie Village, Kan. Mann, who had graduated from SMU a week earlier with a degree in finance, died of apparent natural causes according to the Prairie Village Police Department, pending an autopsy. Mann starred at Shawnee Mission East High School and for the Kansas City Legends and played at Furman for two seasons before before transferring to SMU in 2005. Mann played for the Mustangs 18 games in 2005 and 16 in 2006.

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Tom Stone named Texas Tech women’s coach

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Tom Stone, who led the Atlanta Beat to the inaugural WUSA championship in 2001, has been named the women’s head coach at Texas Tech, where he succeeds Neil McGuire, who left to become the California women’s coach. Stone, the first coach hired in WUSA, had the best winning percentage of any coach in the league and was selected as the WUSA All-Star Game coach in 2001 and 2003. Mostly recently, he was an assistant at Clemson and also worked as the technical director of the Top Hat Soccer Club in Atlanta.

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UCLA assistant Mallia is named Loyola Marymount women’s coach

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Two years ago, Joe Mallia came west from Loyola (Md.), which led to five consecutive MAAC women’s titles as head coach, to become the women’s assistant at UCLA. Now, Mallia is moving to nearby Loyola Marymount to become the head coach of one of the rising women’s programs. Mallia is replacing Gregg Murphy, who left the program in May. Murphy served as head coach of the Lions for 11 seasons. LMU advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2006.

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Marquette receives $1 million gift for new stadium

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Thanks to a lead gift of $1 million from KBS Construction, Inc., and its chairman, Dennis Klein, Marquette launched a campaign for a new soccer stadium to be named for the Klein family. The new stadium, to be constructed on the current home Valley Fields, will feature a top-quality natural-grass pitch, partially covered spectator seating, team locker and meeting rooms, concessions and restrooms. The cost of the new stadium, which will be funded through private gifts, will total approximately $5 million.

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Wake-Forest recruit Bone heads Parade All-America team

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Wake Forest-bound Corben Bone heads the 2007 Parade All-America High School Boys Soccer Team. Bone has starred for Dallas club Solar since 2001. Solar teammates Cameron Brown (who will attend North Carolina) and Kaoru Forbess (a junior who moved to the Dallas area from Arkansas) are also Parade All-Americans. For the complete 2007 Parade All-America High School Boys Soccer Team …

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BYU men earn spot in U.S. Open Cup

by Paul Kennedy

A college team has qualified for the first round of the 2007 U.S. Open Cup. Brigham Young University, which plays in the amateur PDL, hosts the California Victory of the USL-1 on June 14 in a first-round match at BYU South Stadium. With nine returning starters, the Cougars are expected to challenge for the PDL’s Northwest Division title. Going into Friday’s game at Ogden, BYU is in first place with a 4-1-0 record. The Cougars clinched their Open Cup berth with a 3-1 win at the Spokane Spiders last Saturday.

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Canada calls in four U.S.-based collegians for U-20 matches

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Four U.S.-based collegians remain in contention for berths on host Canada’s team for the Under-20 World Cup, which will begin later this month in six Canadian cities. Forwards Tosaint Ricketts (Wisconsin-Green Bay) and Alex Elliott (Portland) and defender Michael D’Agostino (Kentucky) were among the players named for Canada’s two-game series against the U.S. U-20s June 3-6. Goalie David Monsalve spent part of the 2006 season with NAIA power Mobile.Canada invited 21 players to the two-game series.

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Notre Dame’s Lapira debuts for Ireland national team

by Paul Kennedy

Notre Dame’s Joseph Lapira, Soccer America’s College Player of the Year and the Hermann Trophy winner in 2006, debuted for Ireland’s national team in a 1-1 tie with Ecuador on Wednesday night at Giants Stadium. Lapira, who hails from Lake Charles, La,, and qualified to represent Ireland through his mother, Kate , became the first amateur player to play for Ireland in 43 years. Lapira replaced Sunderland’s Daryl Murphy four minutes from the end of the game, the first of two on Ireland’s U.S. tour.

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Eketebi promoted to men’s head coach at FIU

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As expected, Munga Eketebi was hired as Florida International’s new men’s head coach. Eketebi, who becomes the fourth head coach in the 35-year history of the program, replaces Karl Kremser under whom he worked as an assistant for almost two decades. Eketebi took a short hiatus from FIU in 1996 when he served a one-year stint as the men’s head coach at Nova Southeastern, leading the NAIA Knights to an undefeated regular-season record in the Sun Conference.

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Duke assistant Serpone lands Amherst job

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Amherst named Duke men’s assistant Justin Serpone as its new men’s head coach, replacing co-coaches Peter Gooding, who is retiring, and his son, Milton, who was recently named the men’s coach at MIT. Prior to Duke, Serpone, a product of Division III Drew University, served as the assistant men’s coach at Northwestern from 2003 to 2006 and at Lafayette from 2001 to 2003.

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