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1998-1999 Torero Basketball USO Athletic Staff DanYourg

Brian Fogarty Associate Director of Athletics for Athletic Development Brian Fogarty is in hi s third year as

Associate Director of Athletics Associate Director of Ath letics Dan Yourg has been a member of the USO Athletics Department si nce the fall of 1985. Yourg oversees football , baseball , men's bas ketball , golf, men's soccer, and men' s and women's tenni s. Yourg serves as the NCAA compliance coordinator for the en– tire USD athletic program. In add ition , he is the department liaison to the University's Financial Aid Office. Yourg received hi s Bachelor's (Sociology, 1980) and Master 's (Socia l Work , 1986) degrees from the Un ivers ity of Wisconsin, where he was a nose guard on the Badgers' footba ll team. Dan and hi s wife Virginia, a USO alumnus, are the parents of two sons, John and Thomas. WendyGuthrie

USD's Associate Director ofAthletics for Athletic Development. He took over this post after spending thi11een years as USD's head football coach. He directed USD's footba ll program to eleven seasons of.500 or better records and guided their move from the NCAA Division III ranks to the NCAA I-AA level in 1993. Hi s primary responsibilities are fund raising, and the Jenny Cra ig Pavilion capital campaign. Brian and his wife Vicki, who reside in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego, have four children: Bridget, Joe, Co lleen and Megan. ReneeWiebe Assistant Director of Athletics forMarketing andPromotions Renee Wiebe enters her second year as the Assistant Ath letic Director for Mar– keting and Promotions. Her previous ex– perience in athletics was at the University of Northern Iowa where she was Market– ing and Promotions Director from I993- 95. Prior to that she was Promotions Assistant at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Wiebe earned her Bachelor of Journa li sm-Broadcast Sequence from the Un iversity ofMissouri-Columbia in May, 1991. She went on to earn her Masters of Education with an emphasis in Sports Administration from Wichita State University in August, 1993.

AssistantAthletics Director/ Senior Woman Administrator Wendy Guthrie is in her third year with the university as the Assistant Athletics Director and second as Senior Woman Ad– ministrator. Guthrie is a 1991 graduate of Whittier College (B.A. in Business Administration)

where she was a two year captain of the cross country team, where she was a four-timeAII-SCIAC Conference selection. She earned her Master's in Physical Education with a concentration in Athletic Administration at Springfield Co llege in Massachusetts. After Springfield, she held the position of Assistant Director of Athletics at St. Francis Co ll ege in Pennsylvania for one year. She gained international experience working with the Colorado Sports Council and was the Director of Awards Ceremonies at the I995 O lympic Festival in Denver. She also served in corporate hospitality at the 1996 O lympic Games in Atlanta.

Steve Brown Strength & Conditioning Coach Steve is in his fourth year as the Univer– sity of San Diego Strength and Condition– ing Coach. Brown, who was honored as the West Coach Conference Strength Coach of the Year in 1998, came to San Diego from Temple University in Phila– delphia, Pennsylvania, where he was the Assistant Strength and Conditioning

Sara Hickmann AcademicSupportCoordinator Sara is in her second year as USD's Academic Support Coordinator. She earned her B.A. degree in Psychology from UCLA in 1990. She held tutor and supervisor positions for the UCLA Athletic Depart– ment and also served as a Peer Health Counselor for two years. After earning her

Coach since 1991.

A 1983 graduate of Brown University, with a degree in Biology, Steve was a two-sport letterman in footba ll (defensive back) and track (long jumper). He earned his Master's degree in Human Kinetics in 1991 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From 1983-90 he was an assistant football coach at Wauwatosa East High School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and assisted in track in 1988. He is currently working on his Ph.Din Physical Education (focus in Exercise Physiology).

M.A. degree in Sport Psychology at San Diego State in 1993, she accepted a position as the Academic Counselor for the EOP pro– gram. Her research interests are in motivation, self-esteem, and exer– cise. She also has published several articles in her field.