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The PresidentThe President

The University of Memphis is proud to be a memberinstitution of the State University and Community CollegeSystem of Tennessee, which is governed by the TennesseeBoard of Regents. The system includes six universities, 14two-year institutions, 12 community colleges and 26 areatechnology centers and was established by the GeneralAssembly in 1972.

TENNESSEEBOARD OF REGENTS

Dr. Shirley C. Raines is the

11th president of The University of Memphis. Sheassumed the office July 1, 2001. She had previously

been vice chancellor for academic services and deanof the College of Education at the University of Ken-

tucky in Lexington.She is the first woman to hold the presidency of

the University, which was founded in 1912. She isalso the first woman to be named president of a major

public university in the Mid-South.Dr. Raines earned her doctorate in education

from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, as

well as her master of science degree. Her bachelorof science degree is from the University of Tennes-

see at Martin. She also completed the ManagementDevelopment Program from the Harvard Graduate

School of Education and the Executive EducationProgram from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton

School.She is the author or co-author of 11 books and

numerous journal articles, and is widely regardedas an expert in early childhood and teacher educa-

tion. She is the past president of the Association forChildhood Education International, a 108-year-old

education organization with members in 72 differentnations. She serves on the selection committee for

the National Teacher of the Year and has receivedhonors for her leadership in teacher education, in-

MEMPHIS

1912-13 Dr. Seymour A. Mynders

1913-18 Dr. John Willard “J.W.” Brister

1918-24 Dr. Andrew A. Kincannon

1924-39 Dr. John Willard “J.W.” Brister

1939-43 Dr. Richard C. Jones

1943-46 Dr. Jennings B. Sanders

1946-48 Dr. J.M. Jack Smith

1949-50 Lamar Newport (acting)

1950-60 Dr. J.M. Jack Smith

1960-72 Dr. C.C. Humphreys

1972-73 Dr. John Richardson (interim)

1973-79 Dr. Billy M. Jones

1979-80 Dr. Jerrry Boone (interim)

1980-91 Dr. Thomas Carpenter

1991-99 Dr. V. Lane Rawlins

1999-00 Dr. Ralph Faudree (interim)

2001- Dr. Shirley Raines

Uof M PresidentsDr. Shirley C.Raines

PresidentUT-Martin, 1968

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cluding a Phi Delta Kappa Chapter Award for Distin-

guished Service to Education, and two distinguishedpaper awards from the Eastern Educational Re-

search Association.Before her appointment at UK, Dr. Raines was

professor and department chair of Childhood/Lan-guage Arts/Reading at the University of South Florida

in Tampa, and associate professor of education atGeorge Mason University in Fairfax,Va., where she

received the Distinguished Faculty Award. She alsoheld higher education academic appointments at

Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, NorthCarolina Wesleyan, and the University of Alabama.

She was founder and director of the Child CareCenter at Roane State Community College in

Harriman, Tenn., and director of the Knox CountySchools Head Start in Knoxville, Tenn. Early in hercareer, Dr. Raines was a teacher in Louisville, Ky.,

and Sellersberg, Ind.Dr. Raines is known for her effective work with

legislators on public policy issues related to highereducation, literacy projects, and community initiatives.

Major themes of her higher education leadershiphave been interdisciplinary research; improving

teaching, retention, and graduation rates; and build-ing partnerships on and off the campus. Described

in the Memphis Commercial Appeal as “powerful,prepared, and personable,” she is a much sought

after speaker at conferences, schools, and civic or-ganizations.

A native of Bells, Tenn., about an hour’s driveeast of Memphis, she is married to retired professor

Dr. Robert J. Canady. In his retirement, Bob is astained glass artist and a private pilot. Bob and Shirley

are the parents of four adult children and threegrandchildren.

Dr. Raines and her husband Dr. Robert Canady

Athletic DirectorAthletic Directorings with the Memphis Park Commission toadd a greater presence for the Tigers in Lib-erty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Numerous signsappear in the Liberty Bowl indicating that thestadium is the "home of the Tigers."

At Temple, Johnson was responsible fordirecting a program with more than 500 stu-dent-athletes in 20-men's and women's inter-collegiate sports, including nationally visibleprograms in men's basketball and football. Hewas named Temple's director of athletics onMay 9, 1994, after a national search.

The former Temple athletic director en-joys a reputation for building private and cor-porate support for intercollegiate athletics andfor developing strong academic services forstudent-athletes. Highlights of his tenure atTemple include: the origination of a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee; the AthleticDirector's Honor Roll for student-athletes; thereorganization of the Athletic Department in-frastructure; chairing the Atlantic 10 Confer-ence Membership Committee and represent-ing the Big East Conference on the Gender-Equity Task Force.

Johnson was hired at Temple after nearlysix years as director of athletics at Miami(Ohio) University. During his tenure at Mi-ami University, Johnson was responsible fornumerous programs that enhanced the stat-ure and image of the Ohio institution.

A strong believer in a quality educationfor student-athletes, Johnson emphasizedacademic integrity and excellence during histime at Miami University. At the time he de-parted for Temple, Miami University had 15student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, 62student-athletes with a 3.50 or better GPA and191 student-athletes with a 3.00 GPA or bet-ter.

Before becoming athletic director at Mi-ami University, Johnson was athletic directorat Eastern Illinois from 1980-88. He was theassociate athletic director at Northern Iowafrom 1974 to 1980.

A former football coach himself, Johnsonserved as an assistant football coach atMankato State University from 1968-74. Hecoached at Youngstown State University dur-ing the 1967 and '68 seasons. Prior to joiningthe staff at Youngstown State, Johnsonserved as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa

for two years (1965-67) and the University ofIowa (1963-65).

A native of Ottawa, Ill., Johnson has hisbachelor's degree in sociology from the Uni-versity of Iowa and a master's in physical edu-cation from the University of Northern Iowa.

He is a member of the Football IssuesCommittee of the NCAA, the National Asso-ciation of College Directors of Athletics, theExecutive Committee of the Division I-A Ath-letic Directors Association, the C-USA Rep-resentative on the Board of Directors of theAFCA, and he serves on the Finance, Nomi-nating, Planning, Football Scheduling, andExpansion & Bowl Committees for Confer-ence USA. He is also a member of the ShelbyCounty Sports Authority.

Johnson and his wife, Melba, have threechildren and three grandchildren.

R.C. Johnson, whohas worked for 30 years

in athletic administration and served as ath-letic director at Temple University, was namedthe Director of Athletics at The University ofMemphis on December 29, 1995.

Johnson came aboard in February of 1996and immediately set forth in putting togetherone of the most renowned athletic staffs inschool history.

Since his arrival, Johnson has hired suchhigh-profile coaches as former Clemson headfootball coach Tommy West, former New Jer-sey Nets and UMass head basketball coachJohn Calipari and former Los Angeles Dodgershortstop Dave Anderson as baseball coach.

With his staff completed, the Iowa na-tive set his sights on revamping The Univer-sity of Memphis athletic facilities and thatgoal is now coming to completion.

Johnson initiated the start of a capitalcampaign to add a new 8,000-square-foot foot-ball and basketball office complex to the cur-rent Athletic Office Building, a new basket-ball practice facility and a complete renova-tion of the Murphy Athletic Complex on Mem-phis' south campus.

The eight million dollar campaign is thelargest fund raising effort in the history ofMemphis athletics and has brought the Ti-ger athletic facilities on-line with ConferenceUSA sister institutions.

During the spring of 1999, Johnson ne-gotiated one of the richest radio broadcastpackages in Tiger athletic history with WMC-AM 790 in Memphis. The three-year agree-ment called for WMC to pay the Universityapproximately $1.2 million for football andmen's basketball rights.

In his short tenure, Johnson has createdthe Athletic Director's Honor Roll, the TigerClubs Board of Directors and the athleticdirector's Ambassadors Club.

Johnson has conducted several meet-

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Athletic Director R.C. Johnson and his wife, Melba.

ATHLETIC STAFFATHLETIC STAFF Lynn Parkes is in her20th year as the seniorwomen's administrator

for the U of M. As such, she oversees eightintercollegiate sports of women's basketball,volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's andwomen's track and men's and women's tennis.Parkes also oversees the areas of complianceand student-athlete services.

Prior to devoting full-time to her role asassociate athletic director, Parkes spent 11years as the head women's golf coach at Mem-phis.

A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Parkesis a 1973 graduate of the University of Ala-bama. She was a member of the Crimson Tidewomen's golf team and competed in the Na-tional Collegiate Championship Tournamenther final three years of college.

Following graduation, she taught for twoyears at Loretto (TN) High School as a physi-cal education instructor. Parkes came to TheUniversity of Memphis in 1975 to completeher graduate degree in physical education andat the same time, started the women's golf pro-gram.

In addition to her administration of thewomen's sports programs, Parkes is compli-ance coordinator for the University of Mem-phis Athletic Department. As such, she is liai-son to Conference USA and the NCAA in ad-herence to the rules and regulations of thosetwo organizations. She also served on theNCAA Task Force which designed the recentlyapproved restructure of the NCAA. Sheworked as a member of the NCAA SelectionCommittee for Women's Basketball in 2002.

A former member of the LPGA, Parkesserved as chair of the NCAA Women's GolfCommittee. She has served as tournament di-rector of the 1995 NCAA East Golf Regionalhosted by Memphis, as well as the 2000NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast RegionalTournament.

Currently, Parkes sits on the NCAAWomen's Basketball Committee whose chargeis the selection and conduct of the NCAANational Championship.

AssociateAthletic Director

Kevin Grothe is in hisseventh year as associ-

ate athletic director forexternal affairs at The University of Memphis.He is responsible for overseeing the athleticdepartment’s external operations, includingfund raising, marketing and promotions, me-dia relations, ticketing, merchandising and li-censing, and the spirit squads.

The University of Memphis Tiger Clubshave set new records for gift giving five of thepast six years. During the past year, Tiger Clubgifts totalled nearly $4.5 million.

Grothe came to Memphis after spending twoyears as Assistant Commissioner for Corpo-rate Development at the Mid-America Con-ference in Toledo, Ohio. His responsibilitiesincluded coordinating and developing spon-sorship packages for the MAC television andradio networks.

The 40-year-old Grothe worked as Assis-tant Athletic Director for marketing and pro-motions at Miami University for four years,1989 through 1993. He coordinated marketingand promotions for 19 men’s and women’s in-tercollegiate sports programs at Miami andmanaged all activities for the Red and WhiteClub.

Prior to joining the staff at Miami, Grotheworked as the Assistant Director of SportsMarketing and Promotions at the Universityof Iowa for four years.

Grothe received his bachelor of arts degreefrom Iowa in 1985. He is a member of the Pub-lic Relations Society of America, the NationalAssociation of Collegiate Marketing Admin-istrators and the National Association of Ath-letic Development Directors.

Grothe is currently the chair of ConferenceUSA’s development directors committe.

AssociateAthletic Director

Bill Lofton came tothe Tiger athletic depart-ment in 1994 as associ-

ate athletic director/finance and management.He is responsible for overseeing the athleticdepartment budget and the day-to-day opera-tion of the department in the absence of theathletic director.

A graduate of Memphis, Lofton came tothe athletic department after serving for 10years as the manager of financial planning forthe University.

Lofton, who was named the University'sAdministrative Employee of the Year in 1990-91, has over 22 years of financial managementexperience in the areas of budget management,implementation of computer systems, cost ac-counting and auditing financial procedures.

A native of Memphis, Lofton graduatedfrom Trezevant High School in 1968 and en-rolled at Memphis. He received his B.B.A. inManagement and Marketing in 1972.

He began his business career with Interna-tional Harvester in 1972, starting as a cost ac-countant and advancing to senior cost ac-countant and office systems and proceduresanalyst.

In 1981 he left International Harvester tobecome vice president of Business Affairs forThe Memphis College of Arts. He was respon-sible for the budgeting, purchasing and fundraising, while supervising the financial opera-tion and facility management.

Lofton joined the staff at the University ofMemphis in 1984 as the manager of FinancialPlanning.

AssociateAthletic Director

KEVIN GROTHE LYNN PARKES BILL LOFTON

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Memphis with his family in 1963 and gradu-ated from Frayser HS in 1967.

Stewart entered the United States Navy in1968 and served for two years on the aircraftcarrier USS Kearsarge CVA-21.

He began working at International Har-vester in 1968 before joining the Navy andreturned to the company in 1970. Stewart en-rolled in The U of M while working at IH andreceived his BBA in accounting in 1978. Hemoved into the accounting office at Harvesterin 1978 and remained there for seven years.

Stewart was hired as Athletic BusinessManager at Memphis in 1986.

Murray Armstrong hasserved under eight headfootball coaches during

his 39-year tenure at the University of Mem-phis. He was hired by former head coach andathletic director Billy J. Murphy in 1962.

Armstrong has been involved with everyfacet of college football at Memphis. He hasbeen an assistant freshman coach, head fresh-man coach, varsity defensive end coach, kick-ing coach, special teams coach, academic ad-visor and administrative aid during his tenurewith the Tigers.

He serves as the coordinator of the Billy J.Murphy Athletic Complex.

A 1961 graduate of the University of Ten-nessee, Armstrong was a first team all-South-eastern Conference academic selection in 1961.Armstrong was a three-year letterman for theVolunteers. He received his degree in sociol-ogy and biology from Tennessee and hassince earned his master's degree at The Uni-versity of Memphis.

Armstrong and his wife, Joan, have twochildren Sterritt, a 1990 West Point graduate,and Brence, a 1997 graduate of Memphis.

Athletic Staff

Bob Winn, a native ofRoanoke, Virginia, is in his29th year with The Uni-

versity of Memphis athletic department. Forthe past 16 years Winn has served as Assis-tant Athletic Director/Media Relations.

The chairman of the Conference USASports Information Directors in 1995-96, Winnis a 1974 graduate of the University of Mem-phis, holding a B.A. degree in Journalism.

During his tenure with the Tigers, he haspromoted 26 football All-Americans, includ-ing national award winners Joe Allison, whoreceived the Lou Groza Award in 1993, andRyan White, who was named to the 2000 Play-boy All-American squad, 12 basketball All-Americans, five baseball All-Americans andthree track All-Americans.

In addition, Winn served as host for fourNCAA Regionals (1984, 1995, 1997, 2001), sixNIT Tournaments, five Metro ConferenceTournaments, one Great Midwest ConferenceTournament and two Conference USA Tour-naments. He also served as the official scorerfor the Women's NCAA East Regional GolfTournament in Memphis.

During the spring of 2003, he served asthe interim head golf coach for the Memphismen's team and witnessed his team placingsixth in the Coastal Carolina Tournament andseventh in the Conference USA Champion-ship.

Winn was inducted into the All-AmericanFootball Foundation Hall of Fame in May1998, receiving the Scoop Hudgins Award formedia relations.

In addition to his duties with the U of M,Winn has served as the media coordinatorfor the PGA Tour stop in Memphis, the FedExSt. Jude Classic for 29 years and has assistedwith the press box operation for the annualSt. Jude Liberty Bowl, which is played inMemphis in December.

A 1966 graduate of Patrick Henry HighSchool in Roanoke, Winn is a long time mem-ber of CoSIDA.

Assistant AthleticDirector

Melissa Moore, agraduate of The Univer-sity of Memphis, is in

her 18th year as a member of the athletic de-partment and her 15th with the Tiger Clubsstaff. She served as Tiger Clubs Coordinator

BOB WINN

Steven Stroud,who serves as the assis-tant athletic director for

annual giving, joined the Tigers in January2003. He is responsible for the Tiger Clubsannual giving campaign, which includes over-seeing the Tiger Clubs Fund Drive .

Stroud graduated from the University ofGeorgia in 2000, where he worked with ath-letic marketing and promotions. While at Geor-gia, he received his B.B.A. with a double ma-jor in marketing and finance. He went on toreceive his master’s degree in sports adminis-tration from St. Thomas University in 2001.

Stroud joined the U of M staff from the Uni-versity of Miami, where he served as the as-sistant director of annual giving. During histenure with the Hurricanes, annual givingdoubled over a three-year period.

Stroud and his wife, Deirdre, an interior de-signer, reside in Cordova.

Assistant AD/Annual Giving

STEVE STROUD

MURRAYARMSTRONG

Director of Facilities

AssistantAthletic Director

MELISSA MOORE

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for six years and has been an Assistant Ath-letic Director for the past eight years.

A 1985 graduate of the University of Mem-phis, Moore received her BBA with a major inaccounting. During her tenure as a student,Moore worked in the Athletic Academic Of-fice and moved to the Athletic Department,working the athletic director's office and thebasketball office before joining the staff of theTiger Clubs in 1986.

Moore oversees the operation of the TigerClubs, which includes contributions for thegeneral scholarship fund, gift-in-kind, the Ti-ger Clubs Auction and the Tiger Club GolfTournament.

As an undergraduate student, Moore re-ceived an early taste of athletics. She was afeatured majorette with the University ofMemphis band, the Mighty Sound of theSouth, from 1980-84. The band performed atall U of M football and basketball games.

She was named to the Outstanding YoungWomen of America in 1985.

The native Memphian is a graduate of Ger-mantown High School.

Fred Stewart is inhis 17th year as theAthletic Business

Manager at the U of M.A native of Bruce, MS., Stewart moved to

Assistant AthleticDirector/Business

FRED STEWARTAssistant Media

Relations Director

TAMMY DeGROFF

Tammy DeGroff entersher second year as a full-time member of the ath-

letic media relations’ staff.DeGroff who served two years as a gradu-

ate assistant SID at Memphis, spent a year asthe assistant SID at Campbell University.While at Campbell, DeGroff served as the pri-mary contact for volleyball, women’s basket-

ball and softball. She also was responsiblefor the day-to-day operations of the CampbellAthletic Department website, as well as as-sisting in various departmental projects.

In her earlier stint as a graduate assistantat Memphis, DeGroff was responsible for thepromotion of the volleyball, track and tennisteams. She also assisted at home footballgames, and was an instrumental part of thewomen’s basketball stat crew.

Prior to the U of M, DeGroff served as theassistant information director for the GulfSouth Conference where she was responsiblefor soccer, women’s basketball and softball.She has also served as an intern at the Mid-Continent Conference.

A native of Rio, Wis., DeGroff graduatedfrom Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1995 with a de-gree in journalism. She worked as a studentassistant in the SID office for two years whileworking on her bachelor’s degree.

Jennifer Rodriguesenters her sixth year asthe associate athletic me-

dia relations director at The University ofMemphis.

She is responsible for the publicity andpromotion of The U of M women's athleticprograms. The primary media contact forwomen's basketball, Rodrigues also assistswith game-day operations for football, and isresponsible for overseeing the work of theathletic media relations graduate and studentassistants. In the spring of 2000, Rodriguesserved as the media coordinator for theNCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Re-gional.

A 1995 graduate of the University of Loui-siana-Lafayette, Rodrigues joined The U ofM after serving two years as an assistant me-dia relations director at Mississippi Statewhere she was the primary contact forwomen's basketball and softball.She also as-sisted in the game-day operations for foot-ball, volleyball and men's basketball. Her 1998softball media guide was judged third in thenation by CoSIDA and her cover receivedthe Best In the Nation honor.

Prior to MSU, Rodrigues served as assis-tant SID for women's athletics at NorthernArizona University. She also served as in-terim SID at NAU and handled men's basket-ball and football prior to accepting the job atMSU.

The New Orleans, La., native received herbachelor's degree in journalism at ULL. Whileat ULL, she served as a student assistant inthe sports information office, where she wasthe media contact for volleyball and the na-tionally-ranked ULL softball team.

Rodrigues, and her husband Mike Rod-rigues, have one daughter, Alyssa, who wasborn in November 2002.

Ron Mears begins hissixth season as the pri-

mary contact for men’s basketball in the Of-fice of Athletic Media Relations after a 10-year stint as the director of sports informa-tion at Nicholls State University.

Mears, a 1986 graduate of Oklahoma StateUniversity, was named Nicholls State’s SIDin 1988 and received additional responsibili-ties as the assistant director of universityrelations in 1991.

While at the south Louisiana university,Mears produced the 1996 Nicholls State foot-ball media guide which was named Best inthe Nation by CoSIDA. The football publica-tion was named one of the top five nationally

Assistant MediaRelations Director

Sally Andrews, whoserved as women's golfcoach for the Lady Ti-

gers, is in her 12th year as Assistant Compli-ance Coordinator for the U of M.

A 1982 graduate of Christian Brothers Col-lege in Memphis, Andrews lettered for fouryears in basketball and volleyball.

A golfer who took up the game at an earlyage, the native Memphian established herselfas one of the top women players in the Mid-South. She was a six-time Memphis citywomen's champion.

Andrews was named as the head women'sgolf coach in 1987 and remained in that posi-tion for five years. Her 1988 team won the UABLady Blazer Tournament, the first victory everfor a Lady Tiger golf team.

RON MEARS

three times during Mears’ final four years atthe university. Mears was also honored in1995 by CoSIDA, penning the Best HistoricalFeature.

While at Nicholls State, Mears was involvedwith the Louisiana Sports Writers Associa-tion, coordinating the LSWA’s basketballplayer of the week program for five years aswell as various LSWA all-Louisiana teams. Heserved a two-year term as the LSWA’s trea-surer.

He has also assisted with media coordina-tion at several NCAA and amateur athleticevents including the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trackand Field Trials and two NCAA Final Fours.

Mears previously worked as a sports writerat the Bartlesville, Okla., Examiner-Enterprisecovering Big 8 and prep athletics.

Asst. Directorof Compliance

SALLY ANDREWS

SYRA THIBAULT

Al Brown is in his12th year as the Directorof The University of

Memphis M Club. The M Club is theletterman's organization for the institution.

A former letterman himself, Brown playedbaseball for the Tigers from 1947-48. Heplayed professional baseball and worked asa professional scout for the Chicago WhiteSox in the 1950s and returned to Memphis inthe 1960s as head baseball coach.

During his tenure as the Tigers baseballcoach, Brown compiled an overall record of156-118-4 in nine seasons. His 1964 and 1965teams won 21 games marking the first 20-winseasons in the school's history.

When he left The U of M in 1971, he joinedthe Memphis Park Commission and later wasnamed as the manager of Liberty Bowl Me-morial Stadium. He remained with the city ofMemphis until rejoining the staff at Memphisin 1991.

Director of M Club

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Director of Market-ing/Promotions

Syra Thibault, whoserved as the Marketingand Promotions Director

at the University of South Alabama for twoyears, is entering her third year as the Direc-tor of Marketing and Promotions for The U ofM.

Thibault joined the staff from the Univer-sity of South Alabama where she served inthe same capacity for three years.

Athletic Staff

Associate MediaRelations Director

JENNIFER RODRIGUES

She graduated from USA in 2000 with abachelor's degree in sports and event market-ing. She assisted in organizing such eventsas the GMAC Bowl, Sun Belt Conference Tour-naments, NCAA Regionals and Bay Fest.

A native of Baton Rouge, LA, Thibaultworked at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis andBiloxi, MS, prior to attending USA. From 1994-98, she worked with the marketing, sales andspecial events staff for both properties.

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DAVE ANDERSON, Baseball

Dave Anderson led his squad to one of the greatest turnarounds of any NCAAbaseball program in 2001. UM increased its win total from 15 in 2000 to 34 in2001. Junior Daniel Uggla was named to the all-C-USA first team and to threeall-America squads. Memphis jumped from a ninth-place finish in the C-USAstandings in 2000 to a semifinal appearance in the post-season tournament in2001. Anderson has completed three seasons as head coach with the Tigers.

TOMMY WEST, Football

The 21st head football coach at The U of M, Tommy West led his team to a 5-6

record in 2001 after serving as the defensive coordinator in 2000. His defensereceived national recognition in 2000 as Memphis ranked first in rushing de-

fense and sixth in total defense. Seven members of West’s defense were named

to the all-C-USA team in 2000, and three were drafted by the NFL. The Tigers

had eight players named to All-C-USA teams in 2002.

GRANT ROBBINS, GolfGrant Robbins, a former Tiger golf letterman and three-year all-conference

selection, has returned to The University of Memphis to take over the program.

For the past four years, Robbins has served as the head golf coach at UNC-

Wilmington and turned that program into a nation power, winning 11 tourna-

ments and advancing to the NCAA. Robbins played for the Tigers from 1991-94

and after receiving his master's degree, served as an assistant at Penn State.

SHERYL MAIZE, Women's Golf

Sheryl Maize has just completed her first season as the women's head golf

coach at The University of Memphis. Taking over the program in September of

2002, Maize led her team to the championship of the Memphis Women's Inter-collegiate and a three top five finishes in 2002-03. The Lady Tigers placed

second in the Spaulding/Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational and third in the Louisville

Lady Cardinal Cup.

BUTCH WOOLBRIGHT, RifleButch Woolbright has spent the last 11 years at the helm of the U of M rifle squad.He has been honored as Coach of the Year by both C-USA (1998) and the Great

Midwest (1993). Woolbright’s shooters have won three gold, two silver and one

bronze individual conference medals, and his squads have placed in the top tier

of league competition during his tenure as coach. This past season Beth Tidmore

received All-America honors.

JOHN CALIPARI, Basketball

John Calipari led UM to a National Championship at the 2002 NIT and the NCAAin 2003, and through 11 seasons has the fifth-best career start in wins in NCAA

Division I history. The Tigers won 23 games in 2002-03 and advanced to the

NCAA West Regional. Chris Massie was also named to the C-USA first-team and

Rodney Carney was named to the All-Freshman squad. Calipari has a three-

year record of 71-31 at the University of Memphis.

JOYE LEE-McNELIS, Women's Basketball

Joye Lee-McNelis has done wonders for Lady Tiger basketball. In 2001, she

led Memphis to their seventh straight post-season appearance and a 17-13overall record. She has coached 12 all-conference players and two WNBA

players, and has won five conference championships in her 12 years at Mem-

phis. A former Southern Miss basketball player, McNelis was inducted into the

USM Hall of Fame in 1997.

RICHIE GRANT, SoccerRichie Grant is in his fifth year at the helm of the men's soccer program

after guiding Memphis to a 10-7-1 record in 2002. Grant was named C-

USA Coach of the Year in 2000. Memphis finished fifth in the country inscoring and was rated the eighth most improved squad in NCAA Division 1-

A soccer during the 2000 season. In his tenure, Grant has coached 10

Conference USA all-conference honorees. He has a record of 37-33-1 at

Memphis and is 94-68-5 in his eight year career.

BROOKS MONAGHAN, Women's SoccerBrooks Monaghan is entering his fourth year as the head coach for Lady Tiger

soccer. He is no stranger to the program, having enjoyed a stellar goalkeeping

career at The U of M in the early 90s. Monaghan led Memphis to a 9-11 record

in his first year, which was the second-best finish by a UM squad in six years. Healso coached one all-C-USA performer, as Jessica Gjertsten was named the 2000

C-USA Freshman of the Year.

PHIL CHAMBERLAIN, Tennis

Phil Chamberlain has already made an impact at The U of M. This year, he guided

his squad to its second appearance in the ITA’s national-rankings in 26 years. The

last time the Tigers were nationally-ranked, Chamberlain was a senior on the

squad. Chamberlain has coached two individuals to all-C-USA honors. He was

inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001.

CHARLOTTE PETERSON, Women's TennisA member of The U of M women’s tennis program for over three decades as both

a coach and a player, Charlotte Peterson has seen much of Memphis’ tennis his-tory, including coaching the top two career singles victories leaders—Annika

Ewaldson and Christina Ladyman. The U of M sent three individuals to the ITA

Southeast Regionals for the first time in four years in 2000. Peterson played for

The U of M from 1970-72.

GLENN HAYS, TrackGlenn Hays has coached 7 all-Americans, 6 national champs, 1 world record

holder and 4 conference freshmen of the year in his 33 years. Since joining C-

USA, Hays has guided19 conference champs, including Larry Crawford’s win inthe 60-meter dash and the 100-meter dash in 2000. During the 2000 outdoor

season, Hays also coached Delvit Rogers to a qualifying distance in the triple

jump for both the NCAA outdoor championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials.

BRENDA CASH, Women's TrackThe U of M reinstated women’s track in 1985, and Brenda Cash has been building

the program ever since. The results are most obvious in the record book, where

all but six school records have been reset, including 13 during 2000. Keenan

Gibson made an impact during the 2001 season, earning C-USA Runner of theWeek honors after tying track and stadium records at Arkansas St. in the 200-

meter dash.

CARRIE YERTY, VolleyballCarrie Yerty begins her eighth season with Tiger volleyball. In the past five years,

she has guided two freshmen to C-USA all-freshman honors. In just her second

year, she helped a U of M team that finished 6-29 her first season to an impressive

turn-around, finishing 19-14 her second year. Yerty 's 2001 Lady Tiger teamposted a 22 win season marking the first 20-win campaign since the 1994 season.

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MILT WAGNERMen’s Basketball

SYTIA MESSERWomen’s Basketball

Assistant Coaches

Support Staff

SUSAN BLACKWELLBusiness Office

BARBARA CHAPMANOlympic Sports

Secretary

LAWSON CULVERComputer Specialist

ROBBIE ALLREDW. Basketball

Secretary

NATE SAMSBaseball

TONY BARBEEMen’s Basketball

RUSS HUESMANFootball

JOHN DOWDYRifle

JOHN FLOWERSFootball

CLAY HELTONFootball

RANDY FICHTNERFootball

JODI FISHERWomen’s Soccer

DEREK KELLOGGMen’s Basketball

RICK MALLORYFootball

LARRY OWENSBaseball

ED SCHILLINGMen’s Basketball

GEORGE HOLTBaseball

PAUL GOEBELMen’s Tennis

CRAIG BOLLERFootball

TIM KEANEFootball

TOM CROSSWomen's Basketball

JONAS HOLDEMANTrack & Field

JOE LEE DUNNFootball

ANGELA GRAZIANIVolleyball

JENNIFER HOOVERWomen's Basketball

CONNIE DIFFEETiger Clubs

DAVE ERWINBusiness Office

CAROL FREDERICKTicket Office

KEVIN ROBINSONTrack & Field

JENNI ROSELLIVolleyball

CHRIS RUMPHFootball

Reggie Barnes, Charles Burkett, Dr. Don Carson, Doug Collins, Bruce Demps, CurtisDillihunt, Wade Duke, Randy Fishman, Glenna Flautt, Dianne Fry, Alan Graf, KayKelly, Stillman McFadden, Jackson Moore, Dr. Robert Richardson, Van Weinberg,John Kelley - President, William N. Morris, Rick Spell, Harold Byrd, Jim Kelly, RickMasson, Tim Dulin, Dr, Larry Edwards, Beverley Dunn, Win Rainey and Joe Barkley.

BOARD OF VISITORS ATHLETIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Mike Rose - chairman, Dave Bronczek, Ben Bryant, Harold Byrd, Bridget Chisholm,Frank Flautt, James Harwood, John Kelley, William N. Morris, Rick Spell, Ron Terry,

Pat Kerr Tigrett and Tom Watson. Ex-officio: Willard Sparks and Jim Phillips.

AMBASSADOR'S CLUB:Ben Bryant, Hilliard Crews, William Dunavant, Frank Flautt, Janet January, WilliamN. Morris, Mike Rose, Elkan Scheidt, Fred Smith, Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, ElaineSpringer, John Stokes, and Tom Watson.

TIGER CLUB BOARDS

Athletic StaffAthletic Staff MEMPHIS

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DARIAN WESTERFIELDTiger Clubs

STELLA GREENOlympic Sports Sec.

RAY OLIVERStrength & Conditioning

ANGELA MCCARTERMarketing

KELLI SAMPSONTicket Supervisor

LOU STRASBERGTravel Coordinator

LETONIA WILLIAMSTicket Office

JENNIFER WALKERAdministrative Asst.

RONNIE VINSONBusiness Office

LISH TRICEAssistant to the AD

LUNETHA PRYORBasketball Secretary

THE U of M ATHLETIC COMMITTEEThe Athletic Committee at the U of M is comprised of a chairman, Dr. Rodney

Smith, professor in the Dr. Cecil C. Humphreys Law School and eight faculty andstaff members who serve four-year terms on a staggered basis. The committee alsoincludes two student voting members.

The purpose of the committee is to serve in an advisory capacity to the presidenton matters involving athletics. The committee assists in the development of broadprogram policies for the University men's and women's intercollegiate athleticprograms. The committee also reviews and approves the policies and procedures forawarding grant-in aid to student athletes. They certify, through the chairman, theeligibility of student athletes for intercollegiate sports.

The committee reviews proposed appointments to the coaching staff made bythe Director of Athletics and recommend to the President for appointment by hercandidates deemed qualified for the position. They review scheduling of intercollegiateathletic contests and proposed budgets prepared by the Director of Athletics and submitrecommendations through standard University budget review procedures.

Members of the U of M Athletic Committee include: Dr. Rodney Smith(chairman), Dr. Don Carson (non-voting ex-officio), John W. Cothern (non-voting ex-officio), Dr. David Cox, Dr. James Fickle, Roxanna Gee, Robert Koch, Dr. PhillipT. Kolbe, Dr. Gladius Lewis, Dr. Ronnie Priest, Dr. Nicholas White, Dr. Shelley White-Means, R.C. Johnson, Lynn Parkes, Dr.Shirley Raines (president), Dr. RalphFaudree and Dr. Joe Luckey. Student members include Abby More and Jimond Pugh.

CHERI GANONG-ROBINSONSpirit Coordinator

BETTY RUSSELLWomen's BKB Secretary

CHITRA RAMPERSADMen's BKB Secretary

DR. RODNEY SMITHFaculty Adviser

CAROL MURRRAYAthletic Director's Office

ELLIOT PERRYTiger Clubs

CAROL REEVESFootball Admin. Secretary

SHERRI SCHWARTZFTB Recruiting Secretary

ROSANNE WILLIAMSAthletic Director’s Office

KATIE RUMPAsst. Compliance Director

MARTHA WOODSSports Information Secretary

VANESSA SMITHBusiness Office

Support GroupsSupport Groups

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Tiger ClubsThe Tiger Clubs are The University of Memphis'

annual fund-raising program for intercollegiate ath-letics. The Tiger Clubs are managed in accordancewith the policies and procedures established by TheUniversity of Memphis, Conference USA, and theNCAA.

The governing body of the Tiger Clubs is the TigerClub Board of Directors. The president of this year'sorganization will be former First Tennessee Bankpresident John Kelley.

The main goal of the Tiger Clubs is to provide abase of fund-raising services for alumni and friendswho support the following University of Memphisathletic programs:

Baseball RifleMen's Basketball Men's SoccerWomen's Basketball Women's SoccerMen's Cross Country Men's TennisWomen's Cross Country Women's TennisFootball Men's Track & FieldWomen's Golf Women's Track &

FieldMen's Golf Volleyball

Annual contributions extend scholarship op-portunities to student-athletes, maintain and im-prove physical facilities, and advance Memphis' placein the national spotlight. Members of the Tiger Clubsplay a direct role in the success of Memphis athletics.

Annual gifts to the Tiger Clubs compliment andsupplement the reserves from ticket sales, radio andtelevision rights fees, corporate sponsorships andother sources of income. With more than 2,500members, the Tiger Clubs raises approximately $3million each year.

Contributors to the Tiger Clubs receive manybenefits, including priority seating for regular seasonhome athletic events and post-season games, auto-mobile decals, recognition in football game programs,newsletters, invitations to special functions, andother interesting items.

The Tiger Clubs areunder the direction ofAssociate Athletic Director Kevin Grothe, Assis-tant Athletic Director Melissa Moore, AssistantAthletic Director Steve Stroud, fund raiser DarrinWesterfield and Administrative Secretary ConnieDiffee.

Highland HundredOver forty years ago, several Memphis area

business men gathered one night on HighlandAvenue and formed the Memphis football boostergroup, the Highland Hundred.

At its inception in 1954, the group, now regardedas one of the most energetic organizations in thenation, had just eight members and set its initial goalat a membership of 100. The group membership nowtotals over 600. But their goal remains the same, topromote Tiger football.

The activities and projects of the Highland Hun-dred are many and varied. The group sponsors abarbecue contest, a preseason kickoff banquet, and agolf tournament. In addition, the Highland Hundredhas undertaken serveral major projects like the resto-ration of Murphy Athletic Training Center and thepurchasing of a Lexicon Video Sports Editing System.Recently, the club funded lights for Memphis' practicefacility. The club also sponsors the Senior Banquet.

The group, once featured in Sports Illustrated,received national attention in 1972, when it pur-chased a Bengal Tiger mascot, TOM (which stands forTigers-Of-Memphis). TOM I died in February 1992and the Highland Hundred purchased TOM II, who ishoused at Saint Nix Farms in his own 3,500 square-foot habitat.

Rebounders ClubThe Rebounders Club is entering its 30th year as

the support group for the University of Memphisbasketball program.

The organization consists of almost 500 mem-bers. Again this season, the Rebounders will maintaina special room at all home games that is available toall members and their guests.

The Rebounders promote the annual Blue-Grayscrimmage, the annual golf scramble, the end of theyear awards banquet, Midnight Madness, the clubroom on the arena floor and many special projectswhich the coach asks the group to assist him withthroughout the year. The group is also publishing amonthly newsletter that will be made available 10months of the year. The publication is available the15th of every month.

Other Support Groups

Bullpen Club ................................................ BaseballFriends of Soccer .............................................. SoccerFastbreak Club .......................... Women's Basketball

The new Tiger Clubs room at The Pyramid opened in December of 1997. The new room serves as the hospitality areafor Super, Scholarship and Platinum level donors.

MEMPHIS

Athletic DirectoryAthletic Directory MEMPHIS

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Name (alma mater, year) Office FaxALLRED, Robbie 678-4532 678-5912

Women’s Basketball Admin. AssistantANDERSON, Dave 678-4137 678-5952

Baseball CoachANDREWS, Sally (Christian Brothers, 1982) 678-4122 678-5952

Compliance CoordinatorARMSTRONG, Murray (Tennessee, 1961) 678-5230 678-1653

Coordinator of Athletic FacilitiesBARBEE, Tony (Massachusetts, 1993) 678-4110 678-5333

Asst. Men’s Basketball CoachBLACKWELL, Susan 678-4113 678-0282

Accounting ClerkBOLLER, Craig (Iowa State, 1970) 678-4125 678-4123

Asst. Football Coach/Defensive LineBRICKER, Jennifer (Anderson Univ., 1997) 678-2247 678-5622

Asst. Athletic TrainerBROWN, Al (Memphis, 1955) 678-4878 678-5952

Director of the M-ClubCALIPARI, John (Clarion State, 1982) 678-4904 678-5333

Men’s Basketball CoachCANTLER, Eddie (Memphis, 1974) 678-2847 678-5622

Head Athletic TrainerCHAMBERLAIN, Phil (Memphis, 1976) 678-2315 678-2162

Men’s Tennis CoachCHAPMAN, Barbara 678-2452 678-5952

Spring Sports Administrative AssistantCASH, Brenda (Arizona State, 1981) 678-4119 678-2162

Women’s Track CoachCLAIBORNE, George (Auburn) 678-4129 678-4123

VideographerCROSS, Tom (Texas, 1995) 678-3738 678-5912

Asst. Women’s Basketball CoachCULVER, Lawson 678-5319 678-0282

Computer SpecialistDIFFEE, Connie 678-2334 678-5038

Tiger Clubs Administrative AssistantDEGROFF, Tammy (Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1995) 678-5787 678-4134

Asst. Athletic Media Relations DirectorDOWDY, John (Christian Brothers, 1985) 678-2452 678-5952

Assistant Rifle CoachDUNN, Joe Lee (UT Chattanooga, 1968) 678-4131 678-4123

Asst. Football Coach/Defensive Coord.ERWIN, Dave (Memphis, 1999) 678-2468 678-0282

AccountantFICHTNER, Randy (Purdue, 1985) 678-4132 678-4123

Asst. Football Coach/Offensive Coord.FISHER, Jodi (Memphis, 1999) 678-2598 678-5952

Assistant Women’s Soccer CoachFLOWERS, John (Southern Illinois, 1976) 678-2090 678-4123

Director of Football OperationsGOEBBEL, Paul (MTSU, 1994) 678-2315 678-2162

Asst. Men’s Tennis CoachGRANT, Richie (Green Mountain, 1993) 678-4141 678-5952

Men’s Soccer CoachGRAZIANI, Angela (Memphis, 2000) 678-2312 678-2162

Asst. Volleyball CoachGREEN, Stella (Memphis) 678-4118 678-2162

Olympic Sports Administrative Asst.GROTHE, Kevin (Iowa, 1985) 678-5076 678-5038

Associate AD - External AffairsHAYS, Glenn (Rhodes College, 1962) 678-4138 678-2162

Men’s Track CoachHAYSLETT, Trece (Memphis, 1993) 678-1780 678-1653

Life Skills CoordinatorHELTON, Clay (Houston, 1994) 678-4127 678-4123

Asst. Football Coach/Running BacksHOHORST, Marc (UL-Lafayette, 1997) 678-2848 678-2719

Equipment ManagerHOLDEMAN, Jonas (Tennessee, 1985) 678-4295 678-2162

Asst. Track and Field CoachHOLT, George (Memphis, 1964) 678-5702 678-5952

Asst. Baseball CoachHOOVER, Jennifer (Wake Forest, 1991) 678-2313 678-5912

Asst. Women’s Basketball CoachHUESMAN, Russ (Chattanooga, 1982) 678-4128 678-4123

Asst. Football Coach/Recruiting Coord.JOHNSON, R.C. (Iowa, 1965) 678-2335 678-5078

Athletic DirectorKEANE, Tim (Arkansas St., 1967) 678-4312 678-4123

Asst. Football Coach/SecondaryKELLOGG, Derek (Massachusetts, 1995) 678-2627 678-5333

Asst. Men’s Basketball CoachLOFTON, Bill (Memphis, 1972) 678-2453 678-1653

Associate AD - FinanceLUCKEY, Joe (Dayton, 1991) 678-3467 678-4695

Director of Academic Services

MAIZE, Sheryl (Miami, 1990) 678-4121 678-5952Women’s Golf Coach

MALLORY, Rick (Washington, 1983) 678-4133 678-4123Asst. Football Coach/Offensive Line

McCARTER, Angela (Tennessee, 2000) 678-4324 678-4134Asst. Marketing Director

McNELIS, Joye Lee (USM, 1984) 678-4120 678-5912Women’s Basketball Coach

MEARS, Ron (Oklahoma St., 1986) 678-2349 678-4134Asst. Athletic Media Relations Director

MESSER, Sytia (Arkansas, 1999) 678-2123 678-5912Asst. Women’s Basketball Coach

MONAGHAN, Brooks (Memphis, 1994) 678-3427 678-5952Women’s Soccer Coach

MOORE, Melissa (Memphis, 1985) 678-2334 678-5038Assistant AD - Support Groups

MURRAY, Carole 678-2335 678-5078Athletic Director’s Office

OLIVER, Ray (Kansas, 1984) 678-5277 678-5333Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach

OWENS, Larry (Armstrong St., 1990) 678-4139 678-5952Asst. Baseball Coach

PARKES, Lynn (Alabama, 1973) 678-4117 678-1653Associate AD - Compliance/SWA

PETERSON, Charlotte (Memphis, 1972) 678-2328 678-2162Women’s Tennis Coach

PRYOR, Lunetha 678-4904 678-5333Men’s Basketball Office Coordinator

RAMPERSAD, Chitra (Shelby State, 1999) 678-2346 678-5333Men’s Basketball Admin. Assistant

ROBBINS, Grant (Memphis, 1994) 678-4136 678-5952Men’s Golf Coach

ROBINSON, Cheri Ganong (Memphis, 1978) 678-2317 678-5038Spirit Squads Coordinator

ROBINSON, Kevin (Memphis, 1998) 678-4295 678-2162Asst. Track and Field Coach

RODRIGUES, Jennifer (UL-Lafayette, 1995) 678-2397 678-4134Assoc. Athletic Media Relations Director

RODRIGUES, Mike (Florida, 1990) 678-2340 678-5622Asst. Athletic Trainer

ROSSELLI, Jenni (Memphis, 2000) 678-4232 678-2162Asst. Volleyball Coach

RUSSELL, Betty 678-4120 678-5912Women’s Basketball Office Coordinator

SAMPSON, Kelli (Memphis, 1993) 678-4111 678-4112Ticket Coordinator

SAMS, Nate (Memphis, 2001) 678-5702 678-5952Asst. Baseball Coach

SCHWARTZ, Sherri 678-5119 678-4123Football Recruiting Admin. Assistant

SMITH, Vanessa (Memphis, 1985) 678-4630 678-0282Budget Analyst

STARK, Mike (Memphis, 1972) 678-5027 678-2719Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

STEWART, Fred (Memphis, 1978) 678-4116 678-0282Assistant AD - Finance

STRASBERG, Lou (Memphis, 1968) 678-3856 678-2102Manager of University Travel

STROUD, Steve (Georgia, 2000) 678-4284 678-5038Assistant AD - Annual Giving

THIBAULT, Syra (South Alabama, 2000) 678-4142 678-4134Marketing Director

TRICE, Lish (Memphis, 1991) 678-3083 678-5078Assistant to the Athletic Director

VINSON, Ronnie 678-2461 678-0282Business Office Admin. Assistant

WAGNER, Milt 678-2878 678-5333Director of Men’s Basketball Operations

WALKER, Jennifer 678-2088 678-1653Admistrative Office Secretary

WEST, Tommy (Tennessee, 1976) 678-4140 678-4123Football Coach

WESTERFIELD, Darian (Lindenwood, 1997) 678-2334 678-5038Annual Giving Coordinator

WINN, Bob (Memphis, 1974) 678-4150 678-4134Assistant AD - Media Relations

WILLIAMS, Rosanne 678-5395 678-5078Athletic Director’s Office Coordinator

WOODS, Martha 678-2337 678-4134Athletic Media Relations Admin. Assistant

WOOLBRIGHT, Butch 678-2452 678-5952Rifle Coach

YERTY, Carrie (Washington St., 1992) 678-3570 678-2162Volleyball Coach

YERTY, Lee (Washington St., 1986) 678-5027 678-2719Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach