UAA ADMINISTRATION / ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
2012-13 ALASKA ANCHORAGE HOCKEY
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TOM CASE
Chancellor – University of Alaska Anchorage
T
om Case assumed the chancellorship of the University of Alaska Anchorage in May 2011. A retired 3-star Air Force Lt. General, Case has spent more than 12 years in Alaska, including two Air Force tours of duty, five years as dean of UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP), and three years as president and chief operating officer of a state-owned, independently operated Aerospace corporation. The 1969 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy began his 33-year military career flying in Vietnam. Later, he served at the Pentagon, was selected as the first Air Force Chief of Staff Chair on the faculty of the National War College, and eventually went on to command two fighter wings, a numbered air force and Alaskan Command. He also served as deputy commander and chief of staff for the nation’s two largest geographic joint combatant commands. After retiring from the Air Force, Case returned to higher education as dean of CBPP at UAA. During his tenure, CBPP added several new certificate and degree programs, including a graduate certificate in Global Logistics, and played an instrumental role in the formation of CBPP’s Experimental Economics Laboratory.
DR. STEVE COBB
Director of Athletics – Univ. of Alaska Anchorage
In 12 seasons at the helm of the University of Alaska Anchorage athletic
department, Dr. Steve Cobb has helped take Seawolf Athletics to unprecedented heights. Not only have the Seawolves excelled in the field of competition, but the foundation for future success has been set in several ways. Starting with the 2007-08 campaign, UAA has enjoyed five of the most memorable athletic seasons in school history, highlighted by four Elite Eight appearances for Seawolf basketball teams and NCAA top-15 finishes for men’s and women’s cross country (six times), skiing (five times), and men’s & women’s track & field (four times). In fact, with UAA’s concurrent NCAA basketball runs in 2008, UAA became just the second school in Division II history to qualify both its men’s and women’s squads for the national semifinals. In the 2011-12 athletic campaign, the Seawolves placed a program-record 16th in NCAA Div. II standings in the Learfield Directors’ Cup, which measures nearly 300 D-II programs nationwide on overall athletic success. Under Dr. Cobb’s leadership, construction has also begun on UAA’s planned $109 million Seawolf and Community Arena on campus. He has also overseen major upgrades to UAA’s current facilities, including the installation of a new gym floor and bleachers at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex in 2010. In 2005, Dr. Cobb helped establish the Seawolf Legacy Fund to provide a permanent endowment fund that will ensure full funding for future athletic scholarships at UAA. Seawolf Legacy surpassed the $1 million mark in donations in early 2008. Early in his tenure, he was the driving force behind the establishment of the Seawolf Hall of Fame and was instrumental in negotiating naming-rights agreements for the Wells Fargo Sports Complex, Kendall Hockey Classic and SpringHill Suites Invitational tournaments. The Alabama native has also overseen the creation of the Hockey Classic Wall of Champions above the Seawolves’ practice rink, as well as men’s and women’s Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout champions displays in the gymnasium. A former football coach, Dr. Cobb served as the athletic director at Georgia Southwestern State University before coming to UAA. In five years at Georgia Southwestern, Dr. Cobb raised the Hurricanes’ overall program to become one of the most successful in the nation, making the NAIA national playoffs in six of its seven sports and winning multiple conference championships in men’s and women’s basketball, softball and volleyball. From 1992-95, Dr. Cobb was an assistant athletic director at Iowa Wesleyan College, where he served as the football team’s defensive coordinator and special teams coach. He also had stints as an assistant football coach at East Texas State University (1990-92) and Sul Ross State University (1988-90). A 1981 graduate of the University of Montevallo, Dr. Cobb also holds a Doctorate of Education degree from East Texas State as well as a Master of Business Administration degree
UAA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF COACHES
BASKETBALL (Men) . Head Coach: Rusty Osborne . Assistant: Cameron Turner . Graduate Assistant: Tim Mollerstrom BASKETBALL (Women) . Head Coach: Ryan McCarthy . Assistant: RyAnne Ridge . Graduate Assistant: Shaina Afoa CROSS COUNTRY (Men & Women) . Head Coach: Michael Friess . Assistants: T.J. Garlatz, Ryan McWilliams . Grad. Assistant: Anthony Tomsich GYMNASTICS . Head Coach: Paul Stoklos . Assistant: Tami Monette HOCKEY . Head Coach: Dave Shyiak . Associate Head Coach: Campbell Blair . Assistant: T.J. Jindra SKIING (Men & Women) . Head Coach: Sparky Anderson . Assistants: Andrew Kastning, Julie-Pierre Leclerc . Graduate Assistant: Tor Christopherson . TRACK & FIELD (Men & Women) . Head Coach: Michael Friess . Assistants: T.J. Garlatz, Ryan McWilliams . Grad. Assistants: Anthony Tomsich, Shaun Ward VOLLEYBALL . Head Coach: Chris Green . Assistant: Nicky Rose
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Steve Cobb . . . . . . . Director of Athletics Dede Allen. . . . . . . . . . . Associate A.D./Compliance Tim McDiffett. . . . . . . . Associate A.D./External Jane Pallister. . . . . . . . . Associate A.D./Internal Tlisa Northcutt . . . . . . . Development Director Margot Ferguson . . . . . Marketing SPORTS INFORMATION Nate Sagan . . . . . . . . . . Director Dallas Baldwin. . . . . . . . Assistant Director SPORTS MEDICINE Chris Volk. . . . . . . . . . . . Head Athletic Trainer Kevin Lechtenberg . . . . Assistant Athletic Trainer Rachel Butler. . . . . . . . . Assistant Athletic Trainer BUSINESS OFFICE Diana Campbell. . . . . . . Fiscal Technician Tonya Carney . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant Shawna Palmer. . . . . . . Admin. Asst. – Tickets Linda Stimaker . . . . . . . Travel Coordinator Roxanne Swallows . . . . Fiscal Manager Mary Beth Wooden . . . Ticket Manager REC SPORTS Levi Althens. . . . . . . . . . Facility Maintenance Ed Barker. . . . . . . . . . . . Facility Maintenance Clifford Dunlap. . . . . . . Program Supervisor Tony Houston. . . . . . . . Assist. Director/Operations Robin Inman. . . . . . . . . Program Supervisor Bryan Leiser. . . . . . . . . . Special Events Manager Alan Piccard. . . . . . . . . . Assist. Director/Programs Kevin Silver. . . . . . . . . . Associate A.D./WFSC Kristin Warren. . . . . . . . Office Manager Julie Weber. . . . . . . . . . Intramurals Director