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2007-2008 DRURY UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ALPHABETICAL 2 DIRECTORY Campus Phone: . . . . . . . . .873-7879 Name/Position 873- plus extension Pat Atwell Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7294 Michael Buono Faculty Athletic Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7596 Dr. Edsel Matthews Vice President for Athletic Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6896 Dan Cashel Asst. AD/NCAA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7222 Barbara Cowherd Asst. AD/Senior Women’s Adminstrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7363 Lawrence Anderson Asst. Women’s Volleyball Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7252 T. Bryan Beatty Assistant Swimming & Diving Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7422 Alf Bilbao Head Men’s & Women’s Soccer Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7449 Amine Boustani Head Men’s Tennis Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7439 David Burkett Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7297 Betsy Cannella Athletic Department Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7811 J.J. Carney Department Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7265 Jill Curry Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6810 Tommy Fulmer Graduate Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7830 Amy Gardner Head Women’s Volleyball Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6824 Richard Hackett Head Men’s and Women’s Diving Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . 6877 Byron Hagler Assistant Baseball Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7847 Steve Harold Head Women’s Basketball Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7853 Ja Havens Men’s Basketball Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7498 Steve Hesser Head Men’s Basketball Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7321 Graham Imming Graduate Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach . . . . . . . . . . 7878 Shelly Jones Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6995 Kristen Karanzias Softball Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6364 Erin Kineman Head Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6865 Kellen Mast Head Men’s Golf Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6362 Annie Medico Head Softball Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6364 Mark Millsap Assistant Cross Country Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7567 Scott Nasby Graduate Assistant Baseball Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7847 Amanda Newton Graduate Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach . . . . . . . . . . . 6810 Anthony Nguyen Graduate Assistant Tennis Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7439 Jeff Paden Assistant Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6354 Eric Pannell Intramural Director/Asst. SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7374 Scott Puryear Sports Information Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4097 Brian Reynolds Head Swimming/Diving Coach (M & W) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7293 Jen Simeck Graduate Assistant Coach Women’s Soccer . . . . . . . . . . 7847 Jarrod Smith Head Women’s Tennis Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6847 Summer Stewart Assistant Athletic Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7381 Mark Stratton Head Baseball Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6399 Ryan Swan Assistant Men’s & Women’s Soccer Coach. . . . . . . . . . . 7449 Will Thompson Intramural Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6929 Todd Timmons Graduate Assistant Swimming Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6953 Lisa Tinkler Head Women’s Golf Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7576 Jon Van Arkel Head Cross Country Coach (M&W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7567 James Winchester Graduate Assistant Swimming Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6953 Kevin Zimmerman Assistant Cross Country Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7567 Other Important Phone Numbers Athletic Department FAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7510 Sports Information FAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873-4098 Barber Fitness Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873-7402 Breech Aquatic Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873-7290 Drury University Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7400 Drury Panther Baseball 2008 DRURY HEAD COACHES AND ATHLETIC STAFF Pat Atwell Director of Athletics JJ Carney Administrative Assistant Steve Hesser Men’s Basketball Coach Jeff Paden Assistant Athletic Trainer Jarrod Smith Women’s Tennis Coach Alf Bilbao Men’s/Women’s Soccer Coach Amy Gardner Volleyball Coach Erin Kineman Head Athletic Trainer Eric Pannell Intramural Director/Asst. SID Lisa Tinkler Women’s Golf Coach Mark Stratton Baseball Coach Michael J. Buono Faculty Athletic Representative Richard Hackett Men’s/Women’s Diving Coach Kellen Mast Men’s Golf Coach Scott Puryear Sports Information Director Amine Boustani Men’s Tennis Coach Steve Harold Women’s Basketball Coach Summer Stewart Assistant Athletic Trainer Jon Van Arkel M/W Cross Country Coach Annie Medico Softball Coach Brian Reynolds Men’s/Women’s Swimming Coach
DR. EDSEL MATTHEWS VP FOR ATHLETIC AFFAIRS Drury Panther Baseball 2008 Dr. Edsel Matthews moved to a newly created position of Vice President For Athletic Affairs in June of 2007 after serving as Drury’s Director of Athletics since 2003. In his new position, Matthews serves as the primary fundraiser for the athletic department and oversees all aspects of Drury athletics while working closely with new AD Pat Atwell. While at Drury, Matthews has helped Drury make the switch to the Great Lakes Valley Conference and add new sports like the highly successful, first-year DU baseball program of last season and this year’s new entry, softball. Under his direction, the Panthers’ finished a best-ever ninth place in the Director’s Cup all-sports competition for NCAA Division II in 2006-07. Matthews, a Southwest Missouri State graduate, was a former basketball assistant and head coach of the Panthers before joining the Springfield R-12 Schools as their Director of Athletics/Activities Director for the next 25 years starting in 1978, where his tenure brought significant change and advancement for the city’s athletic programs. Matthews was recognized as the Missouri Athletic Director of the Year in 1984 and was selected in 1990 for the National Award of Merit, naming him one of the elite athletic administrators in America. Matthews is a member of the Drury Athletics Hall of Fame, the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. He and his wife of 42 years, Becky, have three married children (Beth, Cheryl and Mark) and five grandchildren. BARBARA COWHERD Assistant AD/Senior Women’s Administrator The Panther head volleyball coach for 20 years, Cowherd accepted the position of assistant director of athletics five years ago and is now largely responsible for event scheduling and assisting in promotions/marketing. The program’s Senior Women’s Administrator and assistant professor in the exercise and sport science department, Cowherd has been an invaluable part of the Drury athletic administration staff the past six yeaers. A 1979 graduate of Missouri Southern State College, she earned her master’s degree from Pittsburg (Kan.) State. Barb and husband Gene reside in Purdy. PAT ATWELL DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Pat Atwell was named Drury’s director of athletics on June 7, 2007, in a joint move when former AD Dr. Edsel Matthews was promoted to a newly created position, Vice President for Athletic Development. Atwell had spent the past 16 years at a fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference member school, Quincy (Ill.) University, where he had served as athletic director since 2001 and helped the Hawks not only become highly competitive in the GLVC, but construct several new facilities in his tenure. Atwell was also a highly successful head baseball coach with the Hawks from 1991 til he assumed the AD’s role. Atwell coached the Hawks to a record of 284-196-3 over the next 10 years, making him the all-time winningest coach in the history of the program. He led Quincy to Division II Tournament appearances in 1997 and 1999 and to back-to-back 40-win seasons in 1999 and 2000. Atwell was named GLVC Coach of the Year in 1997 and 1999 and produced six All-Americans, including first-teamer Josh Rabe, who was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 11th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball amateur draft, and pitcher Josh Kinney, who reached the major leagues in 2006 with the St. Louis Cardinals, serving as a key contributor on the World Series championship team. A native of Andover, N.Y., Atwell graduated from Salem-Teikyo (W.V.) University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in physical education in 1983. He also earned his Master’s of Arts degree in education from Salem-Teikyo in 1990. Atwell and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of two children. Melissa is a freshman at Catholic High School and Eric a sixth-grader at Immaculate Conception. DAN CASHEL Assistant AD/Compliance Coordinator A member of the athletic department since 1978, Dan Cashel began his affiliation with Drury in the fall of 1974 as a member of the college’s admission’s staff. A native of Springfield, he graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., in 1974. Since the fall of 1978, Cashel has handled numerous positions in the athletic department, including its intramural director and men’s tennis coach. He was Director of Sports Information from 1978-2005, and his sports publications won 30 national awards. As senior assistant athletic director, he handles a variety of tasks, in addition to his role as Drury’s NCAA compliance coordinator. Dan and wife Marti have one daughter, Malorie. 3
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