|Coaches Roster| |Tommy Barksdale named men’s and women’s cross country head coach|
University of Montevallo Athletic Director Jim Herlihy announced the hiring of Tommy Barksdale as the second head cross country coach in program history.
Barksdale comes to Montevallo after spending the previous two seasons as head cross country and track and field coach at Division I Morehead State University. Prior to his time at MSU, he spent two seasons as assistant coach at Division I Troy University, one season as an assistant at Wallace State Community College and one season as a volunteer assistant coach here at Montevallo as he helped get the women’s program started. During his time at MSU, Coach Barksdale helped 33 athletes set personal bests in cross country, and 37 athletes hit personal records in outdoor track. Both of his teams placed in the top 6 at the Ohio Valley Conference championships during his tenure. His teams won two conference Sportsmanship Awards and earned two All-Academic team honors.
|Shannon Agnew named women’s soccer assistant coach| University of Montevallo women’s soccer head coach Patricia Hughes announced the hiring of Shannon Agnew as her assistant coach. Agnew comes to Montevallo after spending last season as the women’s soccer assistant at LenoirRhyne University in Hickory, N.C. Agnew helped guide Lenoir-Rhyne to a #8 national ranking and a 19-22 overall record in 2010. The team won both the South Atlantic Regular Season Championship and Tournament Championship. She helped coach players who were named First and Second Team All-Americans as well as the SAC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.
Agnew has also served as the Olympic Development Program Girls ’95 assistant coach in North Carolina. Her team went as far as the Final Four in 2011 in Arizona.
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ADMINISTRATION Jim Herlihy, Athletic Director Dawn Makofski, Assistant AD/SWA Bernadette Bartlett, Assistant AD/ Athletics Business Manager Sean Forrester, Sports Information Director
SPORTS MEDICINE Michael Chadwick, Assistant AD/ Head Athletic Trainer Jennifer Kramer, Associate Athletic Trainer Marcelo Takejame Galafassi, Assistant Athletic Trainer Ed Langham, Strength and Conditioning Coach BASEBALL Chandler Rose, Head Coach Erik Maas, Assistant Coach Matt Rademacher, Assistant Coach CHEERLEADING Meredith Waldrop, Head Coach Jah’zmin Young, Assistant Coach MEN’S BASKETBALL Danny Young, Head Coach Stetson Hairston, Assistant Coach MEN’S GOLF Justin Pratt, Head Coach MEN’S SOCCER Ken Hassler, Head Coach Bruce Dietterle, Assistant Coach MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Tommy Barksdale, Head Coach WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Cindy Hilbrich, Head Coach Brittany Godsey, Assistant Coach WOMEN’S GOLF Justin Pratt, Head Coach WOMEN’S SOCCER Patricia Hughes, Head Coach/Assistant AD Shannon Agnew, Assistant Coach WOMEN’S TENNIS Mark McGuigan, Head Coach WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Katie O’Brien, Head Coach Bailey Coleman, Assistant Coach WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Tommy Barksdale, Head Coach www.montevallo.edu/alumni