Purdy has worked primarily with football. He succeeds retiring commissioner Stu Haskell , who became the conference's first full-time commissioner in 1988. Monasch will become commissioner-elect in February and oversee the conference headquarters' move from Orono, Maine, to Boston. He has been commissioner of the Northeast Conference since 1987. Both are part of the 1996-97 internship program at the national office.
Gentry has a law degree and a master's degree in sport management from Missouri.
She was a compliance representative for two years at Missouri and a graduate assistant women's basketball coach for a year. I men's and women's cross country district results in the November 25 issue of The NCAA News. The U.S. Olympic Committee named 1996 U.S. Olympic women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer of Stanford and Southern California diving coach Jeff Shaffer as its 1996 coaches of the year. VanDerveer took a sabbatical from Stanford to coach the women's Olympic team. A field of 20 candidates was trimmed to eight finalists in regional voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is awarded to the Division II football player of the year.