BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Dallas: Named Rick Carlisle coach.
Milwaukee: Named Kelvin Sampson, Jim Boylan, Lionel Hollins and Joe Wolf assistant coaches.
Toronto: Exercised 2008-09 option on F Jamario Moon.
WOMEN’S NBA
Connecticut: Extended contracts of coach Mike Thibault and assistant coaches Scott Hawk and Bernadette Mattox through 2009.
FOOTBALL
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Cleveland: Terminated contract of DB Kenny Wright.
Philadelphia: Signed QB Casey Hansen, LB Gary Butler and LB Mark Staffieri.
Seattle: Released C Chris White. Signed WR Chas Cessner.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BLACKHAWKS: Named Brandon Faber director of media relatons.
Vancouver: Named Scott Mellanby consultant to general manager and hockey operations department.
COLLEGES
Dartmouth: Named Rick Bender varsity athletic communications director.
Grambling: Named Donnita Drain women’s basketball coach.
Illinois-Chicago: Softball co-head coaches Tom Gray and Sarah O’Malley-Fisher resigned.
Indiana: Named Katie Abrahamson-Henderson women’s assoc. head basketball coach.
Indiana State: Women’s basketball G Chelsea Buher will transfer from Illinois.
Loyola, Md.: Named Erin Konheim women’s assistant soccer coach.
Montana State: Named Temesghen Starr men’s assistant basketball coach.
Nevada: Men’s golf coach Rich Merritt resigned.
Southeast Missouri State: Named Eric Crumpecker men’s and women’s track coach.
Virginia Tech: Named Braden Holloway men’s and women’s associate head swimming coach.
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EDITED BY MIKE PANKOW AND DAMIAN HOPKINS
