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University of Illinois
Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building
1700 S. Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-3630

Assembly Hall
1800 S 1st St
Champaign, IL 61821
217-333-2923

Basketball Offices
Ubben Basketball Practice Facility
1750 S 4th St
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-3400 Men's Basketball
217-333-6299 Women's Basketball

Atkins Tennis Center
1800 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-6471

Football Office
Memorial Stadium
1402 S. First St.
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-1400

Demirjian Golf Practice Facility
1415 W. St. Mary's Road
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-6471

 

ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION
Director of Athletics Ron Guenther (Illinois '67) 217-333-3631 rguenthe@illinois.edu
Sr. Associate Athletic Director Terry Cole (Illinois '72) 217-333-8511 t-cole@illinois.edu
Associate Athletics Director Susan Young (E. Illinois '84) 217-244-4286 sly2362@illinois.edu
Associate Athletic Director Dana Brenner (Pacific '76) 217-265-0340 dbrenner@illinois.edu
Associate Athletic Director Vince Ille (Oklahoma '85) 217-333-3298 ille@illinois.edu
Associate Athletic Director for Resource Development Shawn Wax (Illinois '91)217-333-6277 wax@illinois.edu
Faculty Representative Nancy Sottos (Delaware '86) 217-333-1041 n-sottos@illinois.edu
Faculty Representative Matthew B. Wheeler (UC-Davis '77) 217-333-2239 mbwheele@illinois.edu

BUSINESS OFFICE
Assistant to the Associate Athletic Director John Chipman (Illinois College '93) 217-265-8151 jchipman@illinois.edu
Account Technician Jeane Murray 217-333-5722 jmurray1@illinois.edu
Administrative Assistant Harletta Hamilton 217-333-5723 hjhamilt@illinois.edu
Account Technician Jana Sage 217-333-5721 jsage@illinois.edu
Account Technician Dawn Deaville 217-333-7820 drsulliv@illinois.edu
Account Technician Carmen Smith 217-333-7901 csmith12@illinois.edu
Inventory Specialist Kenny Merrell 217-333-7820 kmerrell@illinois.edu

COMPLIANCE
Assistant Athletic Director Ryan Squire (Ohio State '95)217-333-5731 squire@illinois.edu
Assistant Director Chris Byron (Springfield College '91)217-244-4224 cbyron@illinois.edu
Assistant Director Sarah Hahn (Illinois '05)217-265-0733 shahn@illinois.edu
Coordinator of Compliance Data and Reporting Sandra Long (Illinois '85) 217-265-8178 s-long@illinois.edu
Compliance Analyst John Storsved (Luther '90) 217-265-6765 storsved@illinois.edu
Administrative Assistant Mary Gallager 217-265-8034 mgallagh@illinois.edu

CORPORATE RELATIONS
Associate Athletics Director Warren Hood (Illinois '87)217-333-2474 whood1@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletics Director Marty Kaufmann (Illinois '93) 217-333-2474 mekaufma@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Erin Knudsen 217-333-2474 knuden@illinois.edu

ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development / Big Ten Network & Major Gifts Steve Greene (Illinois '76) 217-333-2687 jsgreene@illinois.edu
Associate Director (Chicago) Pat Kreger (Mankato State '93) 312-575-7853 pkreger@illinois.edu
Assistant Director (Chicago) Jim McGuffin (Illinois '96) 312-575-7851 mcguff96@illinois.edu
Associate Director Mike Hatfield (Eastern Illinois '79)217-333-6595 mhatfiel@illinois.edu
Assistant Director Carrie Ummel (Illinois '99)217-333-6595 ceummel@illinois.edu
Assistant Director Howard Milton (Kansas '95)217-333-6595 milth@illinois.edu
Director of Varsity "I" Association Chris Tuttle (Illinois '98) 217-244-6705 c-tuttle@illinois.edu
Program Coordinator (Chicago) Leila Cehajic (Illinois '05) 312-575-7850 cehajic@illinois.edu
Program Coordinator (Premium Suites) Bobbi Duval (Illinois '04) 217-265-0347 bduval@illinois.edu

TICKET OFFICE
Assistant Athletics Director - Ticketing Jason Heggemeyer (Western Michigan '96)217-333-9323 jhegg@illinois.edu
Assistant Ticket Manager Steve Landrus (Illinois State '95)217-333-9326 landrus@illinois.edu
Assistant Ticket Manager Brian Amentt (Pittsburgh '05) 217-244-6484 amentt@illinois.edu
Assistant Ticket Manager Bryan Goodall (Illinois '07) 217-265-0273 goodall2@illinois.edu
Assistant Ticket Manager Allison Berg (Illinois '02)217-244-1978 alberg@illinois.edu

ACADEMIC SERVICES
Associate Athletic Director Tom Michael (Illinois '93)217-333-2240 tmichael@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Shari Clapp (Oklahoma State '92)217-244-7787 clapps@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Joe Cross (Illinois '01)217-333-9530 jlcross@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Jeff Guin (Florida '95)217-244-2566 guin@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Kathy Kaler (Eastern Illinois '79)217-333-1015 kaler@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Kristin Kane (Loras College '98)217-244-8023 kane1@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Annie White (Illinois '01)217-265-4069 alwhite@illinois.edu
Academic Counselor Troy Collier (Eastern Illinois '94)217-244-4464 tcollier@illinois.edu
Learning Specialist Carla Suber (Florida A&M '92)217-244-1305 cesuber@illinois.edu
Grant-In-Aid Specialist Clarissa Gentzler (Eastern Illinois '00)217-333-2241 gentzler@illinois.edu
Administrative Aide Terri Bodecker217-244-6567 bodecker@illinois.edu
Office Administrator Jan Glosser217-333-2240 jglosser@illinois.edu
Learning Specialist Debby Roberts (DePauw University '84)217-333-9683 debrbrts@illinois.edu

ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS
Assistant Athletics Director Kent Brown (Illinois '87)217-244-6533 kwbrown3@illinois.edu
Associate SID Cassie Arner (Southern Mississippi '95)217-244-3886 arner@illinois.edu
Assistant SID Derrick Burson (Illinois '99)217-333-0933 burson@illinois.edu
Assistant SID Mike Koon (North Central '93)217-244-1256 mkoon@illinois.edu
Assistant SID Derek Neal (Augustana '02)217-244-3707 drneal@illinois.edu
Assistant SID Ben Taylor (Illinois '05)217-244-5045 bktaylor@illinois.edu
Webmaster / Multimedia Designer Victor Cortez (Illinois '95)217-244-7507 vcortez@illinois.edu
Graphic & Web Designer Melissa Waller (Illinois '00)217-244-7321 mwaller@illinois.edu
Graphic & Web Designer Heidi Rivers (Illinois '00)217-333-2320 hrivers@illinois.edu

VIDEO
Director of Video Services Andrew Young (Nebraska '99) 217-265-6292 ayoung4@illinois.edu
Assistant Director of Video Services Derryl Myles (Nebraska '02) 217-244-6766 dmyles1@illinois.edu
Production Specialist Eric Frey (Western Illinois '04) 217-244-3521 efrey@illinois.edu
Production Specialist Jason Marry (Illinois '05)217-244-3429 marry@illinois.edu

MARKETING & PROMOTIONS
Assistant Athletics Director for Sales & Marketing Chris Hanna (Western Michigan '94) 217-244-0016 channa@illinois.edu
Assistant Director of Sports Marketing Elizabeth Klatt (Michigan State, '99)217-333-6969 eklatt@illinois.edu
Assistant Director of Sports Marketing Kelly O'Neill (Illinois '08) 217-244-0062 koneill2@illinois.edu
Administrative Assistant Erin Knudsen 217-333-2474 knuden@illinois.edu

IT SERVICES
IT Director Nick Rogers (Illinois '99)217-244-1557 nrrogers@illinois.edu
Systems Administrator Arthur Hackman (Illinois '00)217-333-3475 ahackman@illinois.edu
Software Developer David Iffland (Illinois '99)217-244-8776 iffland@illinois.edu
Help Desk Manager Jonathan Kimnach (Iowa State '05) 217-244-9747 kimnach2@illinois.edu

SPORTS MEDICINE
Director of Sports Medicine Al Martindale (Upper Iowa '73)217-265-8059 amartind@illinois.edu
Associate Athletic Trainer Randy Ballard (Kansas State '99)217-244-9160 rballard@illinois.edu
Associate Athletic Trainer Paul Schmidt (Northern Illinois '92) 217-265-8060 schmidtp@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Christopher Brown (Ohio State '04)217-333-8795 cmb@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Jim Halpin (Illinois State '05)217-244-6884 jhalpin1@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Heather Hellman (Kansas '05) 217-244-4921 hellman2@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Jeffrey Jahnel (Iowa '04)217-244-8030 jahnel@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Caroline McKiddy (Purdue '97) 217-244-6884 cj31@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Amber Nagele (Illinois '07) 217-333-7702 anagele@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer Nick Richey (Purdue '03) 217-333-7020 nrichey@illinois.edu
Team Physician Dr. Robert Gurtler217-333-6718 gurtler@illinois.edu
Team Physician Dr. Jeffrey Kyrouac217-333-6718 kyrouac@illinois.edu
Team Physician Dr. Jerrad Zimmerman217-333-6718 jerradzi@illinois.edu

EVENT MANAGEMENT
Assistant Athletic Director Kathy Hug (Bellevue '96) 217-333-8839 khug@illinois.edu
Assistant Athletic Director James Morton (Ft. Hays State '01) 217-244-9755 jtmorton@illinois.edu
Event Coordinator Holly Stalcup (Illinois '03) 217-244-6518 stalcup@illinois.edu
Director of Concessions Terry Conlon (Illinois State '82)217-333-8486 t-conlon@illinois.edu
Cheerleader Coach Stephanie Record (Illinois '93)217-265-0818 record1@illinois.edu
Summer Camp Director Brian Walsh (North Central '94)217-244-9612 bvwalsh@illinois.edu

EQUIPMENT
Equipment Manager Andy Dixon (Wyoming '76)217-333-2063 a-dixon@illinois.edu
Asst. Equipment Mgr. Trent Chesnut (Southern Illinois '90)217-333-2063 chesnut@illinois.edu
Asst. Equipment Mgr. John Birdsell 217-333-2063  
Asst. Equipment Mgr. Becky Corbly (Oregon '93)217-333-6798 rcorbly@uiuc.edu
Asst. Equipment Mgr. Kyle Croy (Illinois State '05)217-333-6798 kcroy@illinois.edu
Asst. Equipment Mgr. Rick Raven (Illinois State '94) 217-333-1498 raven@illinois.edu

FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Director of Facilities Lenny Willis (Ohio State '85)217-333-2303 willis3@illinois.edu
Facilities Supervisor Bill Ellena (Western Michigan '78)217-333-2303  
Facilities Supervisor John Donohoe (Illinois State '88)217-244-2661 jdonahoe@illinois.edu
Coordinator, Armory Track & Floor Eric Vetter (UW-Superior '00)217-333-0534 eavetter@illinois.edu
Director, Atkins Tennis Center Jim Tressler217-333-0574 tressler@illinois.edu
Director of Varsity Room Penny McKinney (Parkland '75)217-333-0117 pmckinne@illinois.edu

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
Head Strength Coach Jim Zielinski (Northern Illinois '86)217-244-5989 or
217-333-6705		 jzielnsk@illinois.edu
Head Football Strength Coach Lou Hernandez (Houston '92)217-333-4359 louh@illinois.edu
Assistant Strength Coach Zach Womack (East Central University '04)217-333-6705 zwomack@illinois.edu
Basketball Strength Coach Jimmy Price (Texas Tech '00)217-265-8063 jwprice@illinois.edu
Assistant Strength Coach Steve Oldenburg (Central Michigan '01)217-333-6705 soldnbrg@illinois.edu
Assistant Strength Coach Katie Heinrichs (Illinois State '05)217-333-6705 heinrchs@illinois.edu
Assistant Strength Coach Ryan Marker (Illinois State '05)217-333-6705 rdmarke@illinois.edu

BASEBALL
Head Coach Dan Hartleb (Southern Illinois '89)217-244-8144 dhartleb@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Eric Snider (Northern Iowa '87)217-244-8140 esnider@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Ken Westray (Eastern Illinois '83)217-244-5539 kwestray@illinois.edu
Administrative Assistant Mary Gallager 217-265-8034 mgallagh@illinois.edu

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Head Coach Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee '78)217-333-3400
Assistant Coach Wayne McClain (Bradley '77)217-333-3400 mcclain1@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Jay Price (Kansas '91)217-333-3400 pricej@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Jerrance Howard (Illinois '05)217-333-3400 johoward@illinois.edu
Assistant to the Head Coach Gary Nottingham (Glenville State '79) 217-333-3400 gnott@illinois.edu
Assistant to the Head Coach Sean Harrington (Illinois '03) 217-333-3400 sharring@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Julie Pioletti 217-333-3400 piolett1@illinois.edu

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Head Coach Jolette Law (Iowa '90)217-333-8612 jlaw8@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Lisa Cermignano (George Washington '97) 217-333-8623 lcerm@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach TBA 217-244-1093 TBA
Assistant Coach Patrick Klein (Ohio St. '05) 217-333-8612 pklein@illinois.edu
Assistant to the Head Coach Diane Hobin (Hofstra '95)217-244-3428 dhobin@illinois.edu
Video Coordinator Andre Johnson (Illinois '06)217-244-3428 abjohnso@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Sandi Landeck 217-333-6299 slandeck@illinois.edu

FOOTBALL
Head Coach Ron Zook (Miami [Ohio] '76)217-333-1400 rzook@illinois.edu
Director of Football Operations Adrian Melendez (Texas Christian '91)217-333-1400 amelendz@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Kurt Beathard (Towson State '88)217-333-1400 beathard@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Dan Disch (Florida State '81)217-333-1400 ddisch@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Joe Gilbert (Hamilton '87)217-333-1400 jjgilber@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Keith Gilmore (Wayne State '85)217-333-1400 kgilmore@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Curt Mallory (Michigan '92)217-333-1400 cmallory@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Reggie Mitchell (Central Michigan '81)217-333-1400 regmitch@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Jim Pry (Marshall '74)217-333-1400 jpry@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Mike Schultz (Sam Houston State '79)217-333-1400 mcs5@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Mike Woodford (Arizona '82)217-333-1400 woodford@illinois.edu
Associate Recruiting Coordinator Casey Ludwig (Illinois '06)217-333-1400 ludwig2@illinois.edu
Assistant Recruiting Coordinator Elizabeth Gehrt (Illinois '08)217-333-1400 egehrt2@illinois.edu
Football Video Director Greg Bruner (Cincinnati '03)217-333-6984 gbruner@illinois.edu
Assistant Football Video Director Tony Buyniski (Carthage '04) 217-333-6984 buyniski@illinois.edu
Creative Specialist Frank Lenti, Jr. (Illinois '08)217-333-1400 lenti@illinois.edu
Website Coordinator Dick Barnes (Illinois '75)217-333-3317 rwbarnes@illinois.edu

GOLF
Men's Head Coach Mike Small (Illinois '88)217-333-8604 small@illinois.edu
Men's Assistant Coach Zach Guthrie (W. Illinois '07)217-333-8604 zguthrie@illinois.edu
Men's Administrative Assistant Sara Rhodes (Illinois '03) 217-333-4341 srrhodes@illinois.edu
Women's Head Coach Renee Slone (Illinois '01)217-333-8610 rslone@illinois.edu
Women's Clerical Support Susan Campbell 217-333-7967 smcampbe@illinois.edu

GYMNASTICS
Director of Gymnastics / Head Women's Coach Bob Starkell (Wisconsin Oshkosh '92)217-333-7974 starkell@illinois.edu
Men's Associate Head Coach Justin Spring (Illinois '06)217-333-8764 jspring@illinois.edu
Men's Assistant Coach Ivan Ivankov (Belarus '97) 217-333-8764 ivankv@illinois.edu
Women's Associate Head Coach Kim Landrus (Iowa State '97)217-333-1683 Klandrus@illinois.edu
Women's Assistant Coach Amy Kruse (Nebraska '02)217-333-1683 amykruse@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Sara Rhodes (Illinois '03) 217-333-4341 srrhodes@illinois.edu

SOCCER
Head Coach Janet Rayfield (North Carolina '83)217-333-4783 rayfield@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Leisha Alcia (Illinois '04)217-333-9149 lalcia@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Christian Michner (College of Charleston, '98)217-333-0004 cmichner@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Mary Gallager 217-265-8034 mgallagh@illinois.edu

SOFTBALL
Head Coach Terri Sullivan (Loyola-Chicago '92)217-265-8229 tsullivn@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Donna DiBiase (Illinois-Chicago '94)217-265-8230 dibiase@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Katie O'Connell (Illinois '05) 217-265-0494 kmoconne@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Jen Walburn-Cochrane 217-333-8607 walburnc@illinois.edu

SWIMMING & DIVING
Head Coach Sue Novitsky (Oakland '91)217-333-7670 novitsky@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Steve Farnau (Kentucky '94)217-333-5213 farnau@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Chris Waters (Castleton State '91)217-244-8054 cwaters@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Jen Walburn-Cochrane 217-333-8607 walburnc@illinois.edu

TENNIS
Men's Head Coach Brad Dancer (Michigan State '93)217-333-7971 bdancer@illinois.edu
Men's Assistant Coach TBA217-333-7350 x
Women's Head Coach Michelle Dasso (Notre Dame '01)217-333-8622 dasso@illinois.edu
Women's Assistant Coach TBA217-333-9463 x
Office Administrator Janice Revell 217-244-6471 jrevell@illinois.edu

TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY
Men's Head Coach Wayne Angel (Illinois '81)217-333-7968 wangel@illinois.edu
Men's Assistant Coach Wendel McRaven (North Central '90)217-333-7969 wmcraven@illinois.edu
Men's Assistant Coach Michael Turk (Augustana '85)217-333-2957 miketurk@illinois.edu
Women's Head Coach Tonja Buford-Bailey (Illinois '94)217-244-8258 baileyt@illinois.edu
Women's Assistant Coach Jeremy Rasmussen (Arizona State '03) 217-333-8599 jrrasmus@illinois.edu
Women's Assistant Coach Mike Erb (Allegheny College '98)217-244-7970 erbm@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Susan Campbell 217-333-7967 smcampbe@illinois.edu

VOLLEYBALL
Head Coach Kevin Hambly (BYU '95)217-333-8606 khambly2@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Kent Miller (Oregon State '84)217-333-8609 kamillr@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg (Ohio State '01)217-333-2366 flynnj@illinois.edu
Clerical Support Jen Walburn-Cochrane 217-333-8607 walburnc@illinois.edu

WRESTLING
Head Coach Jim Heffernan (Iowa '87)217-333-5853 jheffern@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Carl Perry (Illinois '00)217-333-5853 clperry@illinois.edu
Assistant Coach Jeremy Hunter (Penn State '00)217-333-5853  
Clerical Support Sara Rhodes (Illinois '03) 217-333-5853 srrhodes@illinois.edu