Neil Sedgwick has been hired as the second women's head soccer coach at the University of Montana, taking over the Grizzlies following three seasons on USC coach Jim Millinder's staff.

Sedgwick, a Canadian national team staff coach, replaces Becky Duerksen, who resigned in November after 10 years as head coach.

Sedgwick, who played at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was head coach at the University of North Dakota before moving to Los Angeles. He was promoted to associate head coach at USC before the 2003 season.

Other postseason hirings in NCAA Division I women's college soccer:

— Minnesota hired former Golden Gopher captain Mikki Denney Wright to replace Barbara Wickstrand, whose contract wasn't renewed after a 6-10-2 campaign left her 26-43-4 in four seasons. Wright arrives from Missouri, where she was the Tigers' top assistant. She previously coached with Colorado Rush and served as an assistant at D2 power Nebraska-Omaha,

— Morehead State has hired former A-League and indoor pro Greg Sheen to replace Leslie Faber, who was 21-82-3 in six seasons, 2-13-1 last fall. Sheen, a former assistant at the University of Dayton, was the director of the Dayton Soccer Academy. The former North Texas standout also served as coaching director at the Atlanta TopHat Soccer Club.

— Georgia Southern has hired Ashley Hart to replace Tom Norton, who resigned following a 5-14-1 campaign last fall. Hart was an assistant last season at Conference USA champion UAB. The former UNC Asheville standout previously was an assistant at Samford and at Briarwood Christian High School near Birmingham, Ala.

— Arkansas hired Gordon Henderson to replace Alan Kirkup, whose contract was not renewed. Henderson arrives from Idaho State, which he guided to three NCAA tournament appearances in six years. He formerly was head coach at North Dakota State and an assistant at Sonoma State.

— Tulsa hired Rena Richardson to replace Damon Gore, who resigned following a 5-12-1 campaign in his fifth season as coach. Richardson was an assistant the past three seasons at Alabama following stints as head coach at Louisiana-Monroe and Hardin-Simmons and as assistant coach at Texas A&M.

— San Jose State hired to replace Cris Gilmore, who went 2-16 in his first year as Spartans coach. Siracusa has been an assistant for San Diego State's men's team the past three seasons after serving as head men's and women's coach at Cal State Stanislaus and as an assistant at Sonoma State.

There are openings in six programs:

— George Mason, where Jac Cicala resigned on Jan. 21 for ''family reasons,'' after 12 seasons as head coach. Cicala was 139-93-22 during his tenure, with four NCAA berths. The Patriots were NCAA runners-up in 1993, falling to North Carolina in the title game, and Cicala was voted national Coach of the Year. He has accepted a teaching a coaching position at Centreville High School in Clifton, Va.

— Holy Cross, where Mary Curtis resigned on Jan. 5 following 12 seasons as head coach. Curtis was 81-113-16 at Holy Cross, 1-14-1 last season.

— Idaho State, which is looking to replace Henderson, who left Pocatello for the Arkansas position.

— Mercer, where Jodie Smith resigned on Jan. 13 following a 5-11-3 campaign last fall. He posted an 18-49-6 record in four seasons at Mercer.

— Nevada, where Dang Pibulvech's contract wasn't renewed after a 4-14-0 season in 2003. The former Colorado College, Washington and Texas head coach was 12-58-2 in four seasons in Reno.

— San Diego State, where Chuck Clegg retired following 29 seasons as a player, assistant coach and head coach. Clegg was 122-81-8 in 12 seasons as the Aztecs' women's head coach and 194-134-39 as men's head coach, a tenure that closed following the 1999 season.