SPRING 2008 Community College Magazine - Northampton ...

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Although Bill Bearse left big cleats to fill, a capable team will provide both continuity
and new direction for NCC’s athletic program:
Troy Tucker will succeed
Bill as director of athletics, bringing
with him 15 years of experience
in athletic administration at NCAA
Division I and Division III colleges
and at two community colleges.
Along the way, he has served as
an associate dean of academic
affairs, taught physical education
classes on the college level,
and garnered Coach of the Year
honors as a head coach in both men’s basketball and women’s softball.
Tucker holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the State University
of New York at Geneseo and a master’s in education with a concentration
in sport management at Springfield College in Massachusetts. Tucker will
be relocating to the Lehigh Valley from Maryland. “I am thrilled to be part
of the Northampton Community College family,” he says. “I look forward to
interacting with students and being involved with the campus as a whole.”
Sheri Bollinger
has been helping NCC
students, faculty and staff
get fit for almost 20
years, first in the cramped,
windowless weight
room in the lower level
of the College Center,
and more recently in the spacious state-of-theart
fitness facility in the Spartan Center. Sheri
earned both a bachelor’s degree in health and
physical education with a concentration in exercise
physiology and a master’s degree in education with
a concentration in sport management from East
Stroudsburg University. In addition to managing
the fitness center, she has taught weight training,
contemporary health, and Fitness I and II at NCC.
Adrian Yaguez ’02 is the
new assistant director of athletics.
Adrian knows NCC and the local
sports scene well. A graduate of
NCC’s sports management program,
he went on to earn a bachelor’s
degree in sports management from
DeSales University. He served as head coach for the Lehigh Valley Catz, part
of a summer baseball league that is a proving ground for top college athletes,
some of whom go on to play in the major leagues. Adrian has worked at
NCC for five years. In his new position, he will continue to manage the
Spartan Center, teach one course a year in the sport management program,
and work closely with coaches and with students involved in intramural and
intercollegiate sports. He will also take on more planning and supervisory
responsibilities and assist with publicity.
Mardi McGuire-Closson, vice president for student affairs and
dean of students, is pleased with the team. “All three of the staff
members have a commitment to student success,” she promises.
“Student athletes are going to be amazed not only at the quality
of athletic opportunities provided to them, but also at the
support they’ll receive in their academic endeavors.” u
NCC ● SPRING 2008 TOP LEFT AND RIGHT-PHOTOS BY PHILIP STEIN/BOTTOM-PHOTO BY HUB WILLSON