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Athletic Director
James SchmidtAthletic Director996-2695jschmidt@uic.edu
Lourdes GonzalezAsst. to the Athletic Director996-4639lourdesg@uic.edu
Associate Athletic Director
Susan KovacsAssociate Athletic Director355-0563sekovacs@uic.edu
Tonya McGowanAssociate Athletic Director/SWA996-3556tmcgowan@uic.edu
David RosengardAssociate Athletic Director355-0716drosie@uic.edu
Dane WhitesideAssociate Athletic Director 996-2042danew@uic.edu
Dennis WillsAssociate Athletic Director 996-2032dwills@uic.edu
Assistant Athletic Directors
Jonathan DarbyFinance996-8523jdarby@uic.edu
Bill BavirshaFacilities996-3555sparky@uic.edu
Academic Services
Dennis WillsAssociate Athletics Director996-2032dwills@uic.edu
Athletic Training
Mike GilmartinHead Athletic Trainer996-5787mjgil@uic.edu
Andrea RudserAssistant Athletic Trainer996-9737arudser@uic.edu
Robert ByrdAssistant Athletic Trainer996-8655 
Masayuki FujihashiAssistant Athletic Trainer996-8655masafujihashi@yahoo.co.jp
Equipment Operations
Jim NegrattiEquipment Room Manager996-3131negratti@uic.edu
Corporate Sales
Loida SalmondDirector of Corporate Sales413-1911loidah@uic.edu
Facilities Operations
Bill BavirshaAssistant Athletic Director996-3555sparky@uic.edu
Faculty Athletics Representatives
Sylvia FurnerAthletics Representatives996-5013sefurner@uic.edu
Eric GislasonAthletics Representatives996-9450gislason@uic.edu
Marketing & Promotions
Deb FoxAssistant Marketing Director355-1330dfox4@uic.edu
Special Events
Abby SmithDirector of Special Events asmith1@uic.edu
Sports Information
Mike CassidySports Information Director413-8199cassidy@uic.edu
Matt BrendichAssistant Sports Information Director996-5881brendich@uic.edu
John JaramilloAssistant Sports Information Director996-5880jjar@uic.edu
Strength & Conditioning
Ron DavisInterim Strength & Conditioning Coach355-5304rond@uic.edu
Randy RobertsAssistant Strength & Conditioning Coach355-5304rrober1@uic.edu
Ticket Operations
Scott GarrettTicket Manager355-0283scottgt@uic.edu
Molly StearnsAssistant Ticket Manager355-0450mollys@uic.edu
Baseball
Mike DeeHead Coach 996-8645mdee@uic.edu
Sean McDermottAsst. Coach/Recruiting Coord.355-2973smac@uic.edu
Scott StahoviakAssistant Coach996-2941s37s@aol.com
Mike NallAssistant Coach996-2941mnall@tmail.com
Nick BridichVolunteer Assistant Coach996-2941nbridi1@uic.com
Men's Basketball
Jimmy CollinsHead Coach 996-8690
Lynn MitchemAssistant Head Coach996-8335
Mark Coomes Associate Head Coach996-8336mcoomes@uic.edu
Dave DonnellyAssistant Head Coach 996-2409davidd@uic.edu
Andrew HaringDir. Of Basketball Operations413-5303aharing@uic.edu
Tai MathisAdministrative Assistant 996-2409
Women's Basketball
Lisa RyckboschHead Coach996-6962lisar@uic.edu
Kevin McManamanAssistant Coach413-7579kevinmc@uic.edu
Sadiaa JonesAssistant Coach996-6386sadiaa@uic.edu
Latasha WhiteAssistant Coach996-7998
D'Sheadra BenfordDir. Of Basketball Operations 355-1359dbenford@uic.edu
Men's & Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Jim KnoedelHead Coach996-8644jknoedel@uic.edu
Wayne HollowayAssistant Coach413-2730
Julie WalkAssistant Coach 
Men's Gymnastics
"CJ" JohnsonHead Coach996-5614cjgym@uic.edu
Charlie NelsonAssistant Men's Gymnastics Coach996-5614charleynelson@yahoo.com
Tim O'ConnellAssistant Men's Gymnastics Coach996-5614UICMENGYM@AOL.COM
Women's Gymnastics
Peter JanssonHead Coach996-3557pjansson@uic.edu
Mary JanssonCo-Head Coach996-3557mjansson@uic.edu
Soccer
Sasha BegovicHead Coach996-6999sasha@uic.edu
Seth MasonAssistant Coach996-6999sethm@uic.edu
Softball
Sarah O'Malley-FisherCo-Head Coach413-5305somall1@uic.edu
Tom GrayCo-Head Coach355-2775 tgray@uic.edu
Melissa GarveyAssistant Coach413-5305mgarve1@uic.edu
Leigh Ann EllisAssistant Coach413-5305leighann@uic.edu
Tori NybergVolunteer Assistant Coach 355-2775nyberg11@uic.edu
Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving
Paul MoniakHead Swimming and Diving Coach996-2255pmoniak@uic.edu
Larry BarcheskiHead Diving Coach caryle2@aol.com
Ina HarizanovaAssistant Coach413-0426inah@uic.edu
Men's Tennis
Hans NeufeldHead Coach996-2140hneufeld@uic.edu
Women's Tennis
Shannon TullyHead Coach355-0866stully@uic.edu
Abby SmithAssistant Coach355-0866asmith1@uic.edu
Volleyball
Nancy MuellerHead Coach996-2056 nancy@uic.edu
Katie SchumacherAssistant Coach
Cheerleading
Randy SantiagoHead Coach355-0716CheerCoach4uic@aol.com
Dancing Flames
Cristin ChiganosHead Coach804-3677cchiganos@hotmail.com