Chris Leak

Less than an hour getting no love in the draft, Leak signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago Bears, making him one happy quarterback. Leak is the all-time leading passer in Florida history and the most valuable player in January's national championship game victory over Ohio State.

Rick Moody

Syracuse announced the addition of Rick Moody as assistant coach to their women's basketball program. The winningest coach in University of Alabama basketball history, Moody retired from coaching at the end of the 2004-05 season. Moody, in 17 seasons at the helm of the Crimson Tide program, amassed 311 career victories.

Karen Aston

The Charlotte 49ers has announced the hiring of Baylor associate head coach Karen Aston as the 49ers new head women's basketball coach. Aston will be the seventh head coach in the 32-year history of the 49ers women's basketball program. Prior to joining the Baylor coaching staff last season, she spent eight years as a member of the University of Texas coaching staff. Aston replaces Amanda Butler who was named head coach of Florida earlier this month.

Renee Ladner

Ole Miss has announced that current assistant coach Renee Ladner would be promoted to the position of head coach of their women's basketball team.

Carol Ross-RETIRED!

Ole Miss women's basketball coach Carol Ross was to announce her retirement. She was 78-50 in four seasons at Ole Miss and had a career record of 325-171 in 16 seasons with Florida and Ole Miss.

Coquese Washington

Coquese Washington Was Named Penn State Women’s Basketball Head Coach This Week. Washington recently completed her second season as the associate head coach of the Fighting Irish after six seasons as an assistant coach under Muffet McGraw. During Washington’s eight seasons on the bench, Notre Dame amassed a 188-69 record with eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including four Sweet Sixteen runs.

Joi Williams Felton

Central Florida has also hired a new basketball coach for their women's team. Joi Williams Felton was named head coach. Williams Felton comes to UCF after four seasons at Murray State in Kentucky. Prior to her appointment at Murray State, Williams Felton was an assistant coach at Clemson and also spent 12 seasons at the University of Florida as the top assistant under Carol Ross.

Joanne P. McCallie

Joanne P. McCallie was formally introduced as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Duke University. McCallie made her way to Durham via Michigan State were she spent the past seven seasons as head coach, while leading the Spartans to a 149-75 mark. A native of Brunswick, Maine, McCallie owns a career mark of 316-148 during her 15-year stint as a head coach at Maine and Michigan State. Prior to becoming Head Coach at Maine in 1992-93, McCallie was an assistant coach at Auburn from 1988-92.

Sue Guevara

Central Michigan University announced the hiring of Sue Guevara as the new women’s basketball head coach. Guevara comes to CMU from Auburn University where she served as an assistant coach the past three seasons. Before that she was the head coach at the University of Michigan for seven seasons (1996-2003) and is the winningest coach in UM’s history. Guevara was also at Michigan State as an assistant coach for 10 seasons (1987-1996). Guevara is a native of Saginaw, Michigan where she attended Saginaw St. Stevens High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Saginaw Valley State University in 1982. During Guevara’s seven seasons at Michigan, she recorded a record of 123-82 (.600), setting school records for the most career wins and the best career winning percentage. Her 57 wins and .509 winning percentage in Big Ten play are also the top marks in school history. Guevara led UM to three NCAA Tournament bids (1998, 2000, 2001), including a spot in the second round in 2001, and two appearances in the WNIT. Five of the school’s six postseason appearances came during her tenure.

Jody Adams

Murray State University announced the hiring of Jody Adams as the Lady Racers’ 11th head coach for women's basketball this week.

Amanda Butler

Amanda Butler had been named the head women's basketball coach of the Florida Gators. Butler was 40-22 as the head coach of UNC-Charlotte the past two seasons.

Theresa Grentz-RESIGNED

Hall of Famer Theresa Grentz Steps Down as Illinois Women's Basketball Coach Illinois' All-Time Winningest Coach Leaves After 12 Seasons. Grentz recently completed her 33rd season as a collegiate head coach, and 12th at Illinois, where her record stands at 671-311 (.683) overall and 210-156 (.574) with the Illini. Grentz spent 19 years at Rutgers, where she compiled a record of 434-150 (.743), including nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1986-94. She led Rutgers to the 1982 AIAW National Championship. She also spent two years as head coach at St Joseph compiling a 27-5 record.

Drew Bledsoe

Drew Bledsoe retired this past week, ending a career in which he made two Super Bowls. Bledsoe threw for 44,611 yards and 251 touchdown passes in his career.

Suzie McConnell Serio

Suzie McConnell Serio is the new women's basketball coach at Duquesne University. McConnell Serio spent 13 seasons as head coach at Oakland Catholic compiling a 321-86 record. She was also head coach of the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA for 3 1/2 years compiling a 58-67 record.

Mickie DeMoss RESIGNS!

Kentucky women’s head basketball coach Mickie DeMoss resigned this week, saying she needed to reassess what she wanted to do. “I would never rule out a return to coaching again,” DeMoss said. “But for me, right now was the best time to step away.” DeMoss, 51, arrived at UK in 2003 after 18 seasons as an assistant at Tennessee. Her record at Kentucky was 71-56. She was also head coach at Florida from 1979-83 going 45-68 record.

Tommy Amaker

Former Duke All-American and ex-Seton Hall and Michigan coach Tommy Amaker accepted an offer to become Harvard's men's basketball coach. In four years at Seton Hall, Amaker's teams compiled a 68-55 record, with a trip to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 2000. In 2001, Amaker moved to Michigan, where a 109-83 record and three 20-win seasons were overshadowed by the Wolverines' failure to make the NCAA Tournament.

Kevin Borseth

Kevin Borseth has been hired as the new women's basketball coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Borseth went 216-62 at Wisconsin-Green Bay. That included going 29-4 this season and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Previously he coached 11 years at Michigan Tech, where he was 225-97. In addition to Borseth, Michigan hired Grand Valley State head coach Dawn Plitzuweit to be the program's associate head coach, just a year after she led the Lakers to the Division II national championship.

John Pelphrey

John Pelphrey has been named head basketball coach at Arkansas. Pelphrey spent the past five years as the head coach at South Alabama. After going 14-14 in 2003, 12-16 in 2004 and 10-18 in 2005, his 2006 squad had the best turnaround in the nation, finishing 24-7. This past season, despite losing his top three scorers from 2005, USA went 20-12. The Paintsville, Ky., native went to South Alabama following six seasons as an assistant under Donovan at Florida from 1997-2002. He was also an assistant under Donovan for two years at Marshall in 1995 and ’96.

Donnie Jones

Marshall University has a new Men's Basketball Coach. Donnie Jones was named head coach. Jones, a native of Point Pleasant, W.Va., just completed his 11th season coaching at Florida and his 13th overall under Billy Donovan. The former Marshall assistant was instrumental in helping the Gators capture their second consecutive NCAA National Championship this season.

Happy Easter!

Charlotte's Web

New on DVD this past week is Charlotte's Web. It is available from Amazon.

The Jay Cutler Foundation

The Jay Cutler Foundation was established by Denver Broncos Quarterback Jay Cutler to support and fund organizations dedicated to improving our communities and the lives of young people through educational and mentoring programs.

John Beilein

John Beilein became the 16th men's basketball coach at the University of Michigan yesterday. Here is his coaching record:

Years
School
Overall Conference
1979-82
Erie CC (4 seasons)
75-43

1983
Nazareth (1 season)
20-6

1984-92
LeMoyne (9 seasons)
163-94

1993-97
Canisius (5 seasons)
89-62 44-26

1998-2002
Richmond (5 seasons)
100-53 56-23

2003-07
West Virginia (5 seasons)
104-60 40-40

Career Totals (29 Seasons)
551-318 140-89

REPEAT!

Florida fulfilled its mission to repeat as national champions, beating Ohio State 84-75 to become the first team since Duke in 1992 to win basketball national titles in consecutive years. This win completes a 2007 championship-game sweep of the Buckeyes in the two biggest college sports -- men's hoops and football. Florida, a 41-14 winner in the football title game in January, remains the only program in history to hold both championships at the same time.