Long Beach Promotes Shumard

Bill Shumard, former athletic director at Cal State Fullerton, was named Long Beach State athletic director by university President Robert Maxson, the college announced Monday.

Shumard, a 1972 Long Beach graduate, has been the interim athletic director since March. Shumard was an assistant athletic director for two years. His annual salary will be $98,800.

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Chapman University has hired a coach for its water polo team. Dennis Ploessel, assistant water polo and head swimming coach at Cypress College, will take over a program that was 5-25 last season.

Ploessel, who ran the swimming and water polo teams at Los Alamitos High from 1979-91, takes over for Marc Stamer, who resigned after one season.

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Matthew Scott, men’s tennis coach at Southern California College, has resigned to take a graduate assistant position with the men’s team at Boise State, SCC Athletic Director Bob Wilson announced.

Scott, who graduated from SCC in 1995, led the Vanguards to an 11th-place tie at the NAIA National Tournament last year. He will pursue a masters degree in exercise and sports science at Boise State.

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Vickie Gentry has been selected as the girls’ volleyball coach at Laguna Beach High. She had been the head coach at St. Margaret’s the last six seasons.