Staff Directory
 
ISU Staff Directory

GENERAL
General Inquires 438-2000  
ADMINISTRATION
Gary Friedman Director of Athletics 438-3636 gafried@ilstu.edu
Larry Lyons Executive Associate Athletics Director 438-5626 lelyons@ilstu.edu
Leanna Bordner Senior Associate Athletics Director/SWA 438-3639 lkbordn@ilstu.edu
Cindy Harris Senior Associate Athletics Director/Compliance & Student Services 438-2677 caharri@ilstu.edu
Dr. Paul Downey Associate Athletic Director/Academics and Life Skills 438-3209 vpdowne@ilstu.edu
Peyton Deterding Assistant Athletics Director/Facilities and Operations 438-5111 pjdeter@ilstu.edu
Mike Williams Assistant Athletics Director/Communications (FB, SWM, GYM) 438-7748 mcwilli@ilstu.edu
Bryan Goodall Assistant Athletics Director/Ticket Operations 438-8787 bsgooda@ilstu.edu
Matt Lyons Assistant Athletics Director/Development 438-3264 mlyons@ilstu.edu
BASEBALL
Mark Kingston Head Coach 438-5709 mkingst@ilstu.edu
Bo Durkac Associate Head Coach 438-4458 gbdurka@ilstu.edu
Bill Mohl Assistant Coach 438-5151 wtmohl@ilstu.edu
Mike Current Assistant Coach 438-3338 mpcurre@ilstu.edu
BASKETBALL, MEN'S
Dan Muller Head Coach 438-8681  
Dana Ford Associate Head Coach 438-8681 dsford@ilstu.edu
Rob Judson Assistant Coach 438-8681 rjudson@ilstu.edu
Torrey Ward Assistant Coach 438-8681 tlward@ilstu.edu
Danny Doyle Director of Basketball Operations 438-8681 dkdoyle@ilstu.edu
BASKETBALL, WOMEN'S
Barb Smith Head Coach 438-2567 bsmith@ilstu.edu
FOOTBALL
Brock Spack Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator 438-8671 bspack@ilstu.edu
George Barnett Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line 438-8474 gsbarne@ilstu.edu
Spence Nowinsky Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line 438-8673 spnowin@ilstu.edu
Lamar Conard Assistant Coach/Running Backs 438-5163 ljconar@ilstu.edu
Dan Shula Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers/DOFO 438-3866 ddshula@ilstu.edu
Cody Deti Assistant Coach/Secondary 438-3864 ccdeti@ilstu.edu
Greg McLain Assistant Coach/Tight Ends, H-Backs 438-8674 gmclain@ilstu.edu
Dominic Anderson Assistant Coach/Defensive Assistant 438-7227 danders@ilstu.edu
Jake Schoonover Assistant Coach/Asst. Linebackers, Special Teams 438-3863 jrschoo@ilstu.edu
Eric Koehler Assistant Coach/Quarterbacks 438-8571 jekoehl@ilstu.edu
Dan Clark Assistant Coach/Offensive Line 438-3865 ddclark@ilstu.edu
Rick Geitz Game Analysis Coordinator 438-7015 rgeitz@ilstu.edu
GOLF, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
Ray Kralis Men's Golf Head Coach 438-7962 rakrali@ilstu.edu
Darby Sligh Women's Golf Head Coach 438-3635 desligh@ilstu.edu
GYMNASTICS
Bob Conkling Head Coach 438-3633 reconkl@ilstu.edu
Steve Avgerinos Assistant Coach 438-3274 scavger@ilstu.edu
SOCCER, WOMEN'S
Drew Roff Head Coach 438-7074 adroff@ilstu.edu
Jim Schneiderhahn Assistant Coach 438-8993 jschne2@ilstu.edu
Katie Baumgardner Graduate Assistant 438-8993  
SOFTBALL
Melinda Fischer Head Coach 438-5807 msfisch@ilstu.edu
Tina Kramos Assistant Coach 438-5209 klkramo@ilstu.edu
Shannon Nicholson Pitching Coach 438-3278 smnicho@ilstu.edu
Bill Dickson Volunteer Assistant 438-3633  
SWIMMING/DIVING
Steve Paska Head Coach 438-7946 sepaska@ilstu.edu
Phil Hoffmann Head Diving Coach 438-8207 prhoffm@ilstu.edu 
Sarah Dunleavy Graduate Assistant 438-5323 sedunle@ilstu.edu
TENNIS, MEN'S
Cris James Head Coach 438-5577 cdjame2@ilstu.edu
J.P. Ritchie Assistant Coach 438-5577  
TENNIS, WOMEN'S
Chris Hoover Head Coach 438-5338 cjhoove@ilstu.edu
TRACK, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
Elvis Forde Head Coach 438-3812 eaforde@ilstu.edu
Jeff Bovee Assistant Coach/Distance 438-3247 jlbovee@ilstu.edu
Tim Thompson Assistant Coach/Jumps 438-8295 tthomp2@ilstu.edu
Scott Bennett Assistant Coach/Throws 438-1545  
Stephanie Barnes Assistant Coach 438-1545 snbarne@ilstu.edu
Mike Spain Graduate Assistant 438-1545 msspain@ilstu.edu
CROSS COUNTRY, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
Jeff Bovee Head Coach 438-3247 jlbovee@ilstu.edu
VOLLEYBALL
Melissa Myers Head Coach 438-2567 mmyers2@ilstu.edu
Eric Plunkett Assistant Coach 438-8478 enplunk@ilstu.edu
Victoria Brown Assistant Coach 438-3423 vabrown@ilstu.edu
Ingrida Zauere Director of Volleyball Operations 438-3423 izauere@ilstu.edu
ACADEMICS & LIFE SKILLS
Dr. Jim Johnson Academic Coordinator, SB 438-3272 jjjohnso@ilstu.edu
Jessica Flood Academic Coordinator, TRK, XC, VB 438-5046 jmflood@ilstu.edu
Heather Dennis Production Coordinator 438-3934 hedenni@ilstu.edu
Jeff Spenard Academic Coordinator, MBB 438-7129 jcspena@ilstu.edu
Jen Madgiak Academic Coordinator, MT, WT, SOC,SWD 438-2750 jlmadgi@ilstu.edu
Kat McCreery Academic Coordinator, WBB, MG 438-3782 kdmccre@ilstu.edu
Kyle Sny Academic Coordinator, FB 438-3711 krsny@ilstu.edu
Joe Klausner Academic Coordinator, WG, BB,GYM 438-3306 jaklaus@ilstu.edu
Christian Santoj Graduate Assistant 438-1552 cnsanto@ilstu.edu
Ruthie Zemke Graduate Assistant 438-1552 rmzemke@ilstu.edu
Keenan Wimbley Graduate Assistant 438-1552 kowimbl@ilstu.edu
Kelli Pawelko Graduate Assistant 438-1552 knpawel@ilstu.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
Annie Campbell Development Assistant 438-3803 amcampb@ilstu.edu
Sue Gerike Men's Basketball Assistant 438-8681 sjgerik@ilstu.edu
Pam Merna Football Office Assistant 438-8671 pjmerna@ilstu.edu
Laurie Retzer Horton Staff Assistant 438-3633 ljretze@ilstu.edu
Pam Rexroat Women's Basketball/Volleyball Assistant 438-2567 psrexro@ilstu.edu
Marianne Riddell Assistant to the Director of Athletics 438-3636 mkridde@ilstu.edu
Emily Newsome Arena Assistant 438-2000 eaforne@ilstu.edu
Monica Reed Arena Assistant 438-3639 mlreed@ilstu.edu
ARENA/FIELDHOUSE CREW
Keith Smith Operations Manager 438-8035 kasmit4@ilstu.edu
Paul Crawford Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000 prcrawf@ilstu.edu
Jonathon Dorrell Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000 jdorrel@ilstu.edu
Adam Southwick Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000 amsout2@ilstu.edu
David Willert Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000 dfwille@ilstu.edu
Lucas Roach Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000 ljroach@ilstu.edu
Danny Dill Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000 dldill@ilstu.edu
Tim Sulaski Fieldhouse Attendant 438-2000  
ATHLETIC BUSINESS OFFICE
Larry Lyons Executive Associate Athletics Director 438-5626 lelyons@ilstu.edu
Rob Siebert Accountant 438-5809 rpsiebe@ilstu.edu
Kathy Lock Account Tech 438-5626 kllock@ilstu.edu
Holly Decker Account Tech 438-2000 hldecke@ilstu.edu
Rachel Jones Graduate Assistant  
ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
Jack North Executive in Residence 438-3530 jwnorth@ilstu.edu
Kayle Gray Graduate Assistant 438-7817 kegray@ilstu.edu
ATHLETIC TRAINING
John Munn Head Athletic Trainer 438-3110/438-7328 jcmunn@ilstu.edu
Joe Whitson Associate Athletic Trainer 438-3110/438-3282 jhwhits@ilstu.edu
Kelly Haley Assistant Athletic Trainer 438-7246 klhaley@ilstu.edu
Kristen Brummett Assistant Athletic Trainer 438-3284kmbrum2@ilstu.edu
Lindsay Schroeder Assistant Athletic Trainer 438-2398/438-7246 ljschro@ilstu.edu
Jordan Anderson Graduate Assistant 438-3340 jander4@ilstu.edu
Corey Lanois Graduate Assistant 438-3340 clanois@ilstu.edu
Kathleen Buckingham Graduate Assistant 438-3340 kmbuck2@ilstu.edu
Katie Rogers Graduate Assistant 438-3340 keroger@ilstu.edu
Stephanie Rendall Graduate Assistant 438-3340 srrenda@ilstu.edu
Melissa Wenig Graduate Assistant 438-3340 mwenig@ilstu.edu
Dane Langellier Graduate Assistant 438-3340 dmlange@ilstu.edu
Eric Post Graduate Assistant 438-3340 egpost@ilstu.edu
Sara Breslin Graduate Assistant 438-3340 smbresl@ilstu.edu
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
Mike Williams Assistant Athletics Director/Communications (FB, SWM, GYM) 438-7748 mcwilli@ilstu.edu
John Twork Assistant Athletics Communications Director (MBB, MT, WT) 438-3805 jdtwork@ilstu.edu
Lauren Hutchcraft Assistant Athletics Communications Director (WBB, MG, WG, GYM) 438-3802 lehutch@ilstu.edu
Megan Thompson Strategic Communications Director 438-3262 mcthomp@ilstu.edu
D.J. Haurin Graduate Assistant (XC, TF) 438-2110 dkhauri@ilstu.edu
Lauren McLaughlin Graduate Assistant (VB) 438-3598 ldmclau@ilstu.edu
Casey Richards Graduate Assistant (SOC/SB) 438-3249 cjricha@ilstu.edu
Ronan O'Shea Graduate Assistant (BB/FB) 438-5746 rjoshea@ilstu.edu
CHEERLEADERS
Steve Chorba Head Coach 825-5351 sechorb@ilstu.edu
COMPLIANCE
Cindy Harris Senior Associate Athletics Director/Compliance & Student Services 438-2677 caharri@ilstu.edu
Erin Brown Coordinator of Compliance & Student Services 438-7063 eebrown@ilstu.edu
Veronica Cardenas Compliance Graduate Assistant 438-1526 vbcarde@ilstu.edu
CONCESSIONS
Cathy Mansfield Sodexo Concessions Manager 452-5938 cathy.mansfield@sodexo.com
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
Andrew Bond Director of Corporate Partnerships 438-8471 ajbond@ilstu.edu
Mark Steiner Assistant Director of Corporate Partnerships 438-4500 mastein@ilstu.edu
EQUIPMENT
Nicholas Watson Director of Equipment Operations 438-8040 njwatso@ilstu.edu
Matt Harbeck Area Coordinator HTN 438-8469 mjharbe@ilstu.edu
Julie Hinthorn Area Coordinator RBA 438-8454 jaharde@ilstu.edu
Terrance Stratton Graduate Assistant 438-8040 trstrat@ilstu.edu
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Leslie Van Dyke Director of Events/Game Operations 438-3637 lrvandy@ilstu.edu
Katie Nessling Graduate Assistant 438-0080 krnessl@ilstu.edu
Dani Kabbes Graduate Assistant 438-0080 dmkabbe@ilstu.edu
Melanie Spellmeyer Ushers/Ticket Takers 438-2000 spellmeyer12@gmail.com
FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
Dr. Jeri Beggs Faculty Athletic Representative 438-5564 jmbeggs@ilstu.edu
GOLF COURSE
Laura Provost Associate Director 438-8912 ljprovo@ilstu.edu
Mike Rayman Golf Course Grounds Superintendent 438-2616 mjrayma@ilstu.edu
Reed Davis Weibring Golf Club Maintenance 438-1433  
John Pokarney Equipment Service Worker 438-3112 jmpokar@ilstu.edu
Vince Carlson Greens Worker 438-3112 vacarls@ilstu.edu
Michael Schumacher Greens Worker 438-3112 maschum@ilstu.edu
Bill Croff Greens Worker 438-3112 wrcroff@ilstu.edu
ISU MARCHING BAND
Dan Belongia Band Director 438-8834 dabelon@ilstu.edu
MARKETING & PROMOTIONS
LB Nagle Director of Marketing 438-3630 lbnagle@ilstu.edu
Maggie Ahern Graduate Assistant 438-3399 maahern@ilstu.edu
Zachary Schroeder Graduate Assistant 438-3399 zrschro@ilstu.edu
REDBIRD PRODUCTIONS
Jeremy Havens Director of Redbird Productions 438-1432 jrhaven@ilstu.edu
Nick Helten Assistant Director of Redbird Productions 438-0087 njhelte@ilstu.edu
Adam Kopp Production Graduate Assistant 438-1433 agkopp@ilstu.edu
Cody Meincke Production Graduate Assistant 438-1433 cbmeinc@ilstu.edu
Erica Williams Graduate Assistant 438-1433 evwilli@ilstu.edu
REDLINE EXPRESS
Jessica Riss-Waltrip Redline Express Coordinator   jjriss@ilstu.edu
SALES TEAM
Justin Recktenwald Director of Development and Sales 438-7429 jreckte@ilstu.edu
Sean Johnson Graduate Assistant 438-1506 sajohns@ilstu.edu
Matthew Johnson Graduate Assistant 438-1504 mfjohns@ilstu.edu
SPORTS PERFORMANCE
Jim Lathrop Director of Strength and Conditioning 438-7065 rjplathr@ilstu.edu
Chris Carter, CSCS Director of Sports Nutrition/Assistant Strength Coach 438-7417 cccarte@ilstu.edu
Chris Winter, CSCS Assistant Strength Coach 438-8973 ccwinte@ilstu.edu
Tyler Farwell CSCS Graduate Assistant 438-3867 tjfarwe@ilstu.edu
Corey Smith CSCS Graduate Assistant 438-3867 ctsmith@ilstu.edu
ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS SUPPORT
Office   438-1818 systems@ilstu.eduu
TICKET OFFICE
Sara Hogan Assistant Ticket Manager 438-3638 shogan@ilstu.edu
Michael Lusson Graduate Assistant 438-3988 mllusso@ilstu.edu
Kelli McGinnis Graduate Assistant 438-3988 kmcginn@ilstu.edu
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ADVISORY
Gina Chiavini Dew Academic Advisor 438-3785 grdew@ilstu.edu
Katheryn McCreery Academic Advisor 438-7604 kdmccre@ilstu.edu
Julie Paska Academic Advisor 438-7604 jlpaska@ilstu.edu