CRAWLEY MOVES ON TO BOSTON COLLEGE
Sylvia Crawley, the head women's basketball coach at Ohio University since 2006, is the new women's cage coach at Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Crawley succeeds Cathy Inglese, who resigned April 10 after 15 years with the Eagles who were 21-12 this past season, and fifth in the ACC. Crawley led Ohio University to a 20-13 record this past winter, and her team advanced to the Mid-American Conference championship for the first time since 1986. She has been an assistant at Fordham and her alma mater, North Carolina, where she played on the Tar Heels' 1993-94 national championship team. Crawley also played professionally for Portland and San Antonio in the WNBA.

BARMORE JOINS BAYLOR STAFF
Hall of Fame coach Leon Barmore has come out of retirement to join the Baylor women's basketball team as an assistant coach. Barmore joins head coach Kim Mulkey who was an assistant for Barmore at Louisiana Tech for 15 seasons. Barmore, the fastest coach in women's basketball history to reach 500 wins, retired Aug. 22, 2002, after 20 years at LA Tech, posting a career record of 576-87. His .869 winning percentage is the best in women's college basketball history.

TENNESSEE ALLEGES UCONN VIOLATIONS
The University of Tennessee alleges the Connecticut women's basketball program had a pattern of violating NCAA rules according to a complaint the school filed nearly two years ago. Tennessee officials asked the Southeastern Conference in July 2006 to investigate the UConn program, alleging eight incidents involving as many as 11 NCAA rules violations taking place over a period of years. UConn released a statement on April 25, saying, "The allegations received from the SEC produced only one highly publicized result. The NCAA and UConn both consider the matter closed and that has been shared with the SEC."

MANNING HIRED AT ARIZONA
Brandy Manning, an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Central Florida this past year, has joined the University of Arizona coaching staff as the recruiting coordinator. One of Manning's top recruits at UCF is 2008 Conference USA Freshman of the Year Tia Lewis.

UNLV HIRES KATHY OLIVIER
Kathy Olivier, who resigned last month at UCLA, has returned to her alma mater, UNLV, as its new head women's basketball coach. She is the eighth head coach in the Lady Rebels' 33-year history, replacing Regina Miller, who was removed after 10 years at the helm with a 175-125 record. Olivier had a 232-205 record at UCLA, winning a Pac-10 regular season championship in 2006. Olivier has also coached at UC Irvine and USC.

LADY VOL COACH GOES TO WEST COAST
Nikki Caldwell, an assistant coach at Tennessee the past six seasons, is the new head coach of women's basketball at UCLA. The Lady Vol recruiting director played at Tennessee from 1991-94 when the team was 118-13. Before joining her alma mater's staff, Caldwell was an assistant coach at Virginia for three seasons.

NIKE TO NAME BUILDING FOR STRINGER
Nike has announced it will name a new development center on its 177-acre campus in Oregon after Rutgers head women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer. The 35,000-square-foot C. Vivian Stringer Child Development Center will open in June at Nike World Headquarters. Stringer becomes the third woman, the second coach, and the first African-American woman to have a building named after her on Nike's campus.

GREEN BAY STAR CAGER RETURNS TO THE FOLD
Amanda Leonhard, a former four-year standout and three-year starter on the Green Bay women's basketball team, has returned to the campus as an assistant coach. Leonhard was recently an assistant at North Dakota State, where she stayed for three years. During her four years at Green Bay as a member of the women's basketball team, Leonhard helped the team post an 86-35 record, four conference championships, and three NCAA tournament appearances. She finished her collegiate career ranked 25th in NCAA history in free throw percentage at .847.

CLEMSON ASSISTANT TRAVELS TO TEXAS
Former Clemson assistant coach Shanice Stephens is now the new head basketball coach at North Texas State. She is the youngest head coach in the Sun Belt Conference. As the recruiting coordinator at Clemson, Stephens brought in Lele Hardy, who made the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Rookie team this past year. Prior to coaching with the Tigers, Stephens was at Rice for nine years. The Owls won at least 20 games and qualified for the postseason six times in the nine seasons. Stephens played on two NCAA tournament teams at Oklahoma State in the 1990s, after starting her college career at Austin Peay.

CULLOP TO EVANSVILLE
Toledo has a new women's head basketball coach in former Evansville mentor Tricia Cullop. The new coach comes to Toledo after eight years at Evansville, where she compiled a 73-48 record over the past four years, including 21-8 last season with a berth in the WNIT.

MILTON-RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES
DeLisha Milton-Jones is returning home to the Los Angeles Sparks after spending three seasons with the Washington Mystics. Milton-Jones played six years in LA before being traded to Washington in 2005. Last season she averaged 13.4 ppg., and 6.4 rpg. Los Angeles will send veteran forward/center Taj McWilliams-Franklin and the 2009 first-round draft pick to the Mystics to complete the trade. McWilliams-Franklin averaged 11.1 ppg. and 5.9 rpg. in her one season on the West Coast after being traded there by Connecticut.

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