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    Athletic Department Staff Directory

    Area Code (312)
    University of Illinois at Chicago Athletic Department
    Flames Athletic Center
    839 W. Roosevelt Road
    Chicago, IL 60608

    Fax: (312) 996-8349


    University Administration
    Robert Easter President 217-330-2070
    Paula Allen-Meares Vice President and Chancellor 413-3350 pameares@uic.edu
    Athletic Director
    Jim Schmidt Athletic Director 996-2695 jschmidt@uic.edu
    LaWanda Solomon Assistant to the Athletic Director 996-4639 wandas@uic.edu
    Faculty Athletics Representatives
    Sylvia Furner Athletics Representative 996-5013 sefurner@uic.edu
    Matthew Lippman Athletics Representative 413-2477 lippman@uic.edu
    Associate Athletic Director/SWA
    Tonya McGowan Associate Athletic Director/SWA 996-3556 tmcgowan@uic.edu
    Development & Advancement
    Rick Harrigan Senior Associate Athletic Director 996-5633 rickhar@uic.edu
    Katie Kozak Assistant Director of Development & Special Events 996-5874 kkozak4@uic.edu
    Financial Management
    Bill Thomas Associate Athletic Director 996-8523 wthomas9@uic.edu
    Compliance
    Shannon Norkus Director of Compliance 413-9745 sbrett@uic.edu
    Travis Bluemling Compliance Coordinator 413-1064 tbluem2@uic.edu
    Denny Wills Special Assistant, Athletics 996-2032 dwills@uic.edu
    Internal Operations
    Eric Phillips Associate Athletic Director 355-0716 ericp@uic.edu
    Academic Services
    Sam Rush Assistant Athletic Director of Academic Services 413-4303 samrush@uic.edu
    Luis Silva Assistant Director 996-5011 lsilva1@uic.edu
    Corporate Sales
    Patrick Cogan Assistant Director of Corporate Sales 996-2221 pcogan@uic.edu
    Megan Ryan Graduate Assistant TBA mryan24@uic.edu
    Marketing
    Ryan Ptak Assistant Athletic Director, Marketing & Game Promotions 413-1911 ryanptak@uic.edu
    Facilities
    Bill Bavirsha Associate Athletic Director/Director of Facilities 996-3555 sparky@uic.edu
    Phil Ross Assistant Facilities Director 413-5300 philross81@gmail.com
    Ross Cain South Fields Operations Director 413-5300 rcain2@uic.edu
    Tony Senkevicius Aquatics Coordinator 996-1996 pool.uicathletics@gmail.com
    Thomas Nolan Event Administrator 312-218-6565 tnolan@uic.edu
    Sports Medicine
    Mike Gilmartin Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine 996-5787 mjgil@uic.edu
    Pat Donovan Associate Athletic Trainer 996-8655 pdonoc1@uic.edu
    Kristi Schluckbier Assistant Athletic Trainer 996-8655 kristi@uic.edu
    Carolina Merchen Athletic Training Intern 996-2043 cmerchen@uic.edu
    Julie Thoes Athletic Training Intern 996-2043 jthoes@uic.edu
    Kathryn Kropski NovaCare Outreach
    996-2043 kkropski@selectmedical.com
    Mark Hutchinson Team Doctor
    Terry Nicola Team Doctor
    Equipment Operations
    Nate Reft Equipment Manager 996-3131 reft@uic.edu
    Athletic Communications
    Brett McWethy Director of Athletic Communications (Main Contact for Athletics, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Women's Golf, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field) 996-5880 mcwethy@uic.edu
    Mike Laninga Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Cross Country, Baseball, Women's Basketball, Horizon League Network Coordinator) 996-5881 mlaninga@uic.edu
    Robbin Cooley Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Volleyball, Softball, Women's Gymnastics) 413-9340 rcooley@uic.edu
    Laura White Athletic Communications Assistant (Swimming & Diving, Men's Gymnastics, Men's and Women's Tennis) 996-5880 lwhite0401@comcast.net
    Strength & Conditioning
    Nick Zostautas Head Coach 413-5304 nickz@uic.edu
    Drew McMillin Assistant Coach 413-5304 dmcmill@uic.edu
    Ticket Operations

    Greg Hodges

    Director of Group Sales & Ticket Operations 355-0350 ghodges@uic.edu
    Nate Downing Director of Season Ticket Sales 996-5324 ndowni2@uic.edu
    Kyle Decker Manager of Ticket Operations/Community Assist Coordinator 996-1238 kdecker2@uic.edu
    Baseball
    Mike Dee Head Coach 996-8645 mdee@uic.edu
    Sean McDermott Assistant Coach 355-1757 smac@uic.edu
    John Flood Assistant Coach 355-2973

    jflood1@uic.edu

    Steve Humble Volunteer Assistant Coach shumbl2@gmail.com
    Men's Basketball
    Howard Moore Head Coach 996-2409
    Al Biancalana Associate Head Coach 996-5010 albianca@uic.edu
    Stew Robinson Assistant Coach 413-5303 stew@uic.edu
    Donnie Kirksey Assistant Coach 996-8335 dkirksey@uic.edu
    Drew Slempkes Director of Basketball Operations 996-8336 slempkes@uic.edu
    Jeremy Buttell Coordinator of Basketball and Video Operations 996-2409 jbutte3@uic.edu
    Women's Basketball
    Regina Miller Head Coach 355-1359 lourdesg@uic.edu
    Frozena Jerro Assistant Coach 996-7998 fjerro@uic.edu
    TBA Assistant Coach
    TBA Assistant Coach
    TBA Director of Basketball Operations
    Lourdes Gonzales Administrative Assistant 355-1359 lourdesg@uic.edu
    Men's & Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
    Jim Knoedel Head Coach 996-8644 jknoedel@uic.edu
    Gabe Rivera Assistant Coach 996-8644 griver8@uic.edu
    Women's Golf
    Carol Rhoades Head Coach TBA crhoades@uic.edu
    Men's Gymnastics
    Charley Nelson Head Coach 996-5614 cnelso4@uic.edu
    Women's Gymnastics
    Peter Jansson Co-Head Coach 996-3557 pjansson@uic.edu
    Mary Jansson Co-Head Coach 996-3557
    Men's Soccer
    Sean Phillips Head Coach 996-6755 sephill@uic.edu
    Aleksey Korol Assistant Coach 996-6999 korol@uic.edu
    Minos Vlamakis Assistant Coach 996-7198 minos@uic.edu
    Women's Soccer
    Brian Rigby Head Coach 996-3576 rigby@uic.edu
    Juliana Zavala Assistant Coach 996-3576 Juliana@uic.edu
    Softball
    Michelle Venturella Head Coach 355-2775 mventure@uic.edu
    Eileen Canney Linnehan Assistant Coach 413-5305 ecanney@uic.edu
    Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving
    Paul Moniak Head Coach 996-2255 pmoniak@uic.edu
    Noelle Wilhite Assistant Coach 413-0426 nwilhite@uic.edu
    Susan Bromberg Diving Coach 413-0426 bromberg@uic.edu
    Men's Tennis
    Hans Neufeld Head Coach 996-2140 hneufeld@uic.edu
    Women's Tennis
    Shannon Tully Head Coach 355-0866 stully@uic.edu
    Volleyball
    Katie Schumacher-Cawley Head Coach 996-2056 katies@uic.edu
    Ellen Hayes Assistant Coach 996-3876

    ellenh@uic.edu

    Josh Wielebnicki Assistant Coach 996-2498

    joshw@uic.edu

    Dance
    Lindsey Lococo Spirit Coordinator/Head Dancing Flames Coach 355-0450 uicdance@gmail.com
    Cheerleading
    Kristen Boyd Head Cheerleading Coach 413-1911 uicdance@gmail.com
    Pep Band
    Nick Carlson Director 996-5307 carlsonn@uic.edu