Athletic Department Staff Directory Upper Level Gallagher Center PO Box 2009 Niagara Un., N.Y. 14109 Phone: 716-286-8600 Fax: 716-286-8609

Director of Athletics	Ed McLaughlin	P: 716-286-8600 F: 716-286-8609
Associate Athletic Director	Theresa Berg	P: 716-286-8603
Associate Athletic Director/External Affairs	Glenn Hofmann	P: 716-286-8607 F: 716-286-8422 ghofmann@niagara.edu
Associate Athletic Director/Operations	Paul Barker	P: 716-286-7384 F: 716-286-8609 pbarker@niagara.edu
Associate Athletic Director/Compliance	Bill Morris	P: 716-286-8602 F: 716-286-8609 wmorris@niagara.edu
Secretary-Athletics	Mary Matiash	P: 716-286-8600 mem@niagara.edu

Marketing & Promotions

Associate Athletic Director/External Affairs	Glenn Hofmann	P: 716-286-8607 F: 716-286-8422 ghofmann@niagara.edu
Asst. Marketing & Promotions Director	Julie Moses	P: 716-286-8494 F: 716-286-8422 jmoses@niagara.edu

Athletic Communications Office

Director of Athletic Communications	Kevin Carver	P: 716-286-8586 F: 716-286-8582 Contact: men's basketball, volleyball, baseball, golf kcarver@niagara.edu
Athletic Communications Assistant	Chris Smith	P: 716-286-8724 F: 716-286-8582 Contact: men's hockey, men's soccer, cross country, swimming, lacrosse, tennis csmith@niagara.edu
Athletic Communications Assistant	Derick Thornton	P: 716-286-8588 F: 716-286-8582 Contact: women's basketball, women's hockey, women's soccer, softball, tennis dthornton@niagara.edu

Purple & White Club

Major Gifts Officer for Athletics

Peter Sinagra

P: 716-286-8698 F: 716-286-8045 psinagra@niagara.edu

Faculty Athletics Representative

Faculty Athletics Representative

Dr. John Stranges

P: 716-286-8471 jbs@niagara.edu

Academic Coordinator

Academic Counselor for Student-Athletes

Dan Venuto

P: 716-286-8154

Equipment

Equipment Manager

Donald Borsuk

P: 716-286-7379

Sports Medicine

Asst. Athletic Director/Sports Medicine Head Trainer	John Munro	P: 716-286-8615 F: 716-286-8656 jmunro@niagara.edu
Associate Athletic Trainer	Scott Mastrobattista	P: 716-286-8642 F: 716-286-8656 spm@niagara.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer	David Vasquez	P: 716-286-8744 F: 716-286-8656 dvasquez@niagara.edu
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Carol Becker	P: 716-286-8612 F: 716-286-8656 cbecker@niagara.edu

Strength & Conditioning

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Matthew Diegelman

P: 716-286-8476

Men’s Baseball

Head Coach	Chris Chernisky	P: (716) 286-8624 F: (716) 286-8609 ski@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Rob McCoy

Men’s Basketball

Head Coach	Joe Mihalich	P: (716) 286-8605 F: (716) 286-8609
Assistant Coach	Akbar Waheed	P: (716) 286-8611 F: (716) 286-8609 awaheed@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Luke Dobrich	P: (716) 286-8608 F: (716) 286-8609 ldobrich@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Phil Martelli Jr.	P: (716) 286-8606 F: (716) 286-8609 pmjr@niagara.edu

Women’s Basketball

Head Coach	Kendra Faustin	P: (716) 286-8618 F: (716) 286-8609 kfaustin@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Katie Murphy	P: (716) 286-8619 F: (716) 286-8609 kmurphy@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Teresa Stuck	P: (716) 286-8621 F: (716) 286-8609 tstuck@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Jarrod Mulheman	P: (716) 286-8657 F: (716) 286-8609 jmulheman@niagara.edu

Cheerleading

Head Coach

Erin Bailey

Men’s & Women’s Cross Country

Head Coach	Tom Mulhern	P: (716) 286-8644 tmulhern@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Michelle Fox	P: (716) 286-8644 mdaniels@niagara.edu

Men’s Golf

Head Coach

Kevin Miller

P: (716) 286-8318 F: (716) 286-8609 kmiller@niagara.edu

Men’s Ice Hockey

Head Coach	Dave Burkholder	P: (716) 286-8239 F: (716) 286-8785 db@niagara.edu
Associate Head Coach	Jerry Forton	P: (716) 286-8620 F: (716) 286-8785 jforton@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Greg Gardner	P: (716) 286-8758 F: (716) 286-8758 grg@niagara.edu
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Jeff Weber

Women’s Ice Hockey

Head Coach	Margot Page	P: (716) 286-8218 F: (716) 286-8785 mpage@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Christine Patno	P: (716) 286-8781 cpatno@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Josh Sciba

Women’s Lacrosse

Head Coach	Mike Mansour	P: (716) 286-7365 F: (716) 286-8609 mmansour@nfschools.net
Assistant Coach	Don McCoy
Assistant Coach	Rebecca Birx
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Brad Stahlka

Men’s Soccer

Head Coach	Dermot McGrane	P: (716) 286-8661 F: (716) 286-8609 dmcgrane@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Brendan Murphy

Women’s Soccer

Head Coach	Peter Veltri	P: (716) 286-8617 F: (716) 286-8609 pveltri@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Scott Vallow
Assistant Coach	Dan Dolan
Assistant Coach	Alexandra Sahlen

Women’s Softball

Head Coach	Al Dirschberger	P: (716) 286-8662 F: (716) 286-8609 dirsch@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Larry Puzan	lpuzan@niagaracatholic.org

Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving

Head Coach	Ben Nigro	P: (716) 286-8053 F: (716) 286-8609
Diving Coach	Brooke Nigro	P: (716) 286-8053 F: (716) 286-8609
Assistant Coach	Lisa Vilardo

Men’s & Women’s Tennis

Men's Head Coach	Anthony Nguyen	P: (716) 286-8641 F: (716) 286-8609 anguyen@niagara.edu
Women's Head Coach	Paul Calkins	P: (716) 286-8641 F: (716) 286-8609 pcalkins@niagara.edu
Women's Assistant Coach	Tom LaPenna
Men's Assistant Coach	Kevin Blair	P: (716) 286-8518 F: (716) 286-8609 blairkd@niagara.edu

Women’s Volleyball

Head Coach	Susan Clements	P: (716) 286-8540 F: (716) 286-8609 sec@niagara.edu
Assistant Coach	Kara Hellmann	P: (716) 286-8540 F: (716) 286-8609 kjh@niagara.edu

Secretary

Secretary - Men's and Women's Hockey	Marianne DeMizio	P: 716-286-8780 md@niagara.edu
Secretary - Men's and Women's Basketball	Carolyn Neumann	P: 716-286-8605 cneumann@niagara.edu