USD Men's Basketball 1996-1997

I ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF Dan Yourg Assistant Athletics Director Assistant Athletics Director Dan Yourg has been a member of the USO Ath leti cs Department since the fa ll of 1985. Yourg oversees footba ll, basebal l,

Brian Fogarty Associate Director ofAthletics for Athletic Development

Brian Foga rty enters his first yea r as USD's Assoc iate Di rec tor of Ath letics for Ath letic Development. He takes over thi s new post after spend ing the past thirteen yea rs as USD's head footba ll coach. He

men's basketball, golf, men 's soccer, and men'sand women 's tennis. Yourg serves as the NCAA compliance coordi nator fo r the entire USO ath letic program. In addi ti on, he is the department liaison to the Unive rsity's Financial Aid and Housing Offices. Yourg received his Bachelor's (Sociology, 1980) and Master's (Social Work, 1986) degrees from th e University of W isco nsin, where he was a nose guard on the Badgers' footba ll team. Dan and his wi fe Virginia, a USO alumnu s, are the parents of two sons, John and Thomas.

directed USD's footba ll program to eleven seasons of .500 or better records and guided their move from th e NCAA Division Ill ranks to the NCAA I-AA level in 1993 . Hi s primary respons ibilities wi ll be wi th fund raising, and marketin g and promotions for the athl eti c department. Brian and his w ife Vi cki, who reside in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego, have four children: Bridget (a junior at USO), Joe, Colleen and M egan . Wendy Guthrie Assistant Athletics Director Wendy Guthrie begins her first year

Ted Gosen Director of Sports Information Ted Cosen is in his 15th year serving as USD 's Director of Sports Information . His responsibi lities include publicity of all 16 USO men 'sand women's sports, through press releases, publications and game day programs. He also is in charge of gathering

wi th the USO athl eti c department as the Ass istant Ath leti c Director and Senior Women 's Adm inistrator. Guthrie is a 199 1 graduate of Whittier College where she was a member of the cross country team. Upon graduation she

worked as an admissions counselor and Assistant Director of Admiss ions at W hittier. Guth ri e worked two yea rsat Springfield College in Massachuse tts and then held the position of Assistant Director of Athl eti ecs at St. FrancisCollege in Pennsylvania. She a'lso has worked with the Colorado Sports Council and assisted at the 1996 O lymp ic Games in Atlanta. ~=~~==;'I Kim Nowak Academic Support Coordinator Kim has been the Coo rdi nator of Ath–

game and cumu lative statis ti cs, and hosting media at all USO home athl eti c func ti ons. He is assisted by Mike Daniels, who is in his second year. In 198 1 Ted received his Master's of Science degree in Spo rts Adminis tration from St. Thomas Un iversity in Miami, Fl orida . A 1979 graduate of San Jose State Un iversity, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Adm inistrati on. In add ition to his SID duties, Ted is a member of the Coll ege Sports In forma ti on Directors of Ameri ca (CoS IDA); is a member of the USO Hall of Fame Committee; is the ed itor ofTorero Sports Line; and teaches a bowling class each semester throu gh the USO recrea tion department. Ted and his wife Terri, a 1983 USO graduate, reside in Poway w ith th eir four daughters: Katie, Coll een, Claire and Erin .

leti c Academ ic Support at USO since Janu– ary 1993 . She previously worked at San Diego State University in th e Office of Student Athlete Academic Support Services, while earnin g her Master of Arts degree in

Education (emphasis in counse ling).

Kim also comp leted her undergraduate work at San Diego State Univers ity in Recreation Adm inistrati on (concen tra– ti on in Systems Management). A native Cali forn ian, Kim res ides in El Cajon. Steve Brown Strength & Conditioning Coach Steve is in his second year as the

Carolyn Greer Head Athletic Trainer

Ca ro lyn Greer enters her nineteen th year as the Head Trainer for the Un iversity of San D iego athleti c department. A 1975 graduate of San D iego State

Un ive rsity with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Phys ica l Educa ti on, Carolyn went on to ea rn her Master's degree in Sports M ed icine at the same institution in 1978. Over the years she has taught classes in Sports M edi– cine and had numerous articl es published in a variety of journals. She oversees sixteen interco llegia te teams and approximately 350 USO student-athletes on a yea rl y basis. The SportsMed ici ne staff provides injury prevention, immed iate ca re, and rehabilita– tion for USD's interco llegiate athl etes. Ca rolyn and her husband Jeff r·eside in th e M ission Beach area oi San D iego w ith their two boys, David and Jason.

Universi ty of San D iego Strength and Con– dition ing Coach. He comes to San Diego from Temple University in Philadelph ia, Pennsylva nia, where he was the Ass istant Strength and Conditio ning Coach sin ce

1991. A 1983 graduate ofBrown Un iversity (B io logy), Steve was a two-spor t letterman in footba ll (defensive back) and track (long Jumper'). He ea rned his M as ter's degree in Human Kineti cs in 199 1 from the Universi ty of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From 1983- 90 he was an assistant footba ll coach at Wauwatosa East Hi gh School in Wauwatosa, Wisco nsin, and ass isted in track in 1988. H_e is current ly work ing o n his Ph.Din Physica l Educa ti on (focus ot studi es in Exercise Physio logy)