K.J. KINDLER HEAD COACH HEAD COACH SECOND SEASON THREE-TIME BIG 12 COACH OF THE YEAR

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2 HEAD COACH K.J. KINDLER HEAD COACH SECOND SEASON THREE-TIME BIG 12 COACH OF THE YEAR After guiding the Sooners to their HIGHEST finish in school history in her debut campaign, posting the best winning percentage in four years along the way, head coach K.J. Kindler has her sights set on Athens, Ga., and the NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS in Second-year head coach K.J. Kindler had visions of moving the Oklahoma women s gymnastics program into the national spotlight when she was hired in June of She impressed us not only with her accomplishment to this point, but with her lofty goals for the future and her plan for reaching those goals. We are anxious to work with K.J. and her staff as we pursue championships. 60 Few Sooner fans realized her intentions were immediate. In her first season, the 2005 National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGCW) Coach of the Year and three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, led OU to 11 consecutive victories, eight of which came on the road, including an upset of then-no. 6 Nebraska in Lincoln. Two Sooners were named All-Americans, including Kiara Redmond- Sturms three All-America honors, the most for an OU gymnast since Olympian Kelly Garrison won five in Prior to her hiring at OU, Kindler spent six seasons as the head coach at Iowa State. We are dedicated to filling our staff with the best and brightest minds in coaching, said OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione. K.J. Kindler brings a reputation of great achievement in all aspects of leading a program. Kindler s 2006 season culminated with Iowa State s third trip to the NCAA National Championships and its first appearance among the Super Six (teams that qualify from the preliminaries to compete for the national title). The Cyclones produced three All-Americans for a second consecutive season, while posting an undefeated mark at home, a 10-1 dual record and an 8-1 standard in duals against ranked opponents. The team also snapped Nebraska s 60-meet home winning streak. Kindler led Oklahoma to a school-record fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Championships, where the Sooners placed eighth, the highest finish in program history. The 2006 squad won its first Big 12 Championship since 2000, and three Cyclone gymnasts earned either an outright or a share of individual titles at the meet. Since she took over head coaching duties at ISU in 2001, Kindler coached eight regional event champions, 11 NCAA individual championship qualifiers and 18 Big 12 champions (three all-arounders). 4 - The StaffB.indd 60 12/24/07 9:45:14 AM

3 Kindler, an Iowa State graduate, joined the Cyclone staff as an assistant coach in As an ISU gymnast, she was a three-time MVP for the Cyclones and runner-up in the all-around at the 1992 Big Eight Conference Championship. She was the school s first individual NCAA Regional qualifier, competing three times in the postseason meet. Kindler hails from Lake Elmo, Minn., and trained under Mary Jane Olsen at Hamline University in St. Paul. In high school, she moved to Connecticut and trained under Frank and Laurie DeFrancesco at Arena Academy in Stamford and Walter Hawkes at Wilton High School. In Connecticut, she won many conference and state titles. The eldest of five siblings, Kindler hails from a gymnastics family. One sister, Lori, competed at Minnesota. She and her husband own and operate Flips Gymnastics in the Twin Cities area. Kindler s niece, Sophia Roskoski, is a level 4 gymnast, while another of Kindler s sisters, Meghan, coaches recreational gymnastics. Kindler serves as the primary coach for the balance beam and also choreographs the beam and floor exercise routines. Kindler is married to OU assistant coach Lou Ball. The couple has one daughter, Maggie Grace, born in September of 06. COACH KINDLER AT A GLANCE EDUCATION B.A. Communications/Spanish minor (Iowa State, 1992) COACHING EXPERIENCE Head Coach (Oklahoma, 2006-Present) Head Coach (Iowa State, ) Assistant Coach (Iowa State, ) CAREER COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Led OU to program-best eighth place finish at 2007 NCAA s. Oklahoma gymnasts earned four All-America honors in 2007 Led Iowa State to the program s first Super Six in 2006 Won 2006 Big 12 Championship with Iowa State Produced three All-Americans in three seasons (2000, 2005, 2006) Took Iowa State to NCAA Championships in and 2006 NCAA Regional Coach of the Year Three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2006) 2005 NACGCW Coach of the Year Coached eight NCAA Regional event champions Qualified 11 gymnasts for the NCAA individual championships Coached 18 Big 12 champions (including three all-arounders) ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS (IOWA STATE) Three-time team MVP 1992 Big Eight all-around runner-up Qualified for three NCAA Regionals First individual regional qualifier in program history BOOMER SOONER 2008 SEASON THE SOONERS K.J., LOU AND MAGGIE GRACE THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY The StaffB.indd 61 12/24/07 9:45:21 AM

4 LOU BALL ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON Assistant coach Lou Ball enters his second season with the Sooners as the primary coach on vault and co-coach on uneven bars. In his first season at OU, Ball guided Brittney Koncak-Schumann and Kiara Redmond-Sturms to All-America honors on vault. Prior to joining the Oklahoma program, Ball spent 11 years as administrative assistant coach at Iowa State where he was named the 2005 NACGCW National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also honored as an NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2004 and At Iowa State, Ball served as the primary coach on vault and uneven bars. During his tenure in Ames, the Cyclones rewrote the school record books on both events and six of his gymnasts won Big 12 titles on bars. Ball also coached a two-time regional bars co-champion and two twotime All-Americans on vault. While at Iowa State, Ball was a co-owner and head coach at the Cardinal Gymnastics Academy where he qualified five gymnasts to the national TOPS team and camp held annually at USA gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi s ranch. In addition, Ball coached individuals to Level 10 USA Nationals for eight consecutive years, and his Level 8, 9 and 10 teams all captured Iowa state titles. In 1999 and 2001, Ball was named Iowa USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year. EDUCATION B.A. Liberal Studies (Iowa State, 1999) COACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Coach (Oklahoma, 2006-Present) Assistant Coach (Iowa State, ) CAREER COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Coached two All-Americans on vault during first year at OU Helped Iowa State to the program s first Super Six in 2006 Won 2006 Big 12 Championship with Iowa State Had three teams (2000, 2005, 2006) produce three All-Americans Helped Iowa State to NCAA Championships in NACGCW Co-Assistant Coach of the Year Two-time NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year (2002, 2004) Coached two-time regional bars co-champion at Iowa State Coached two two-time All-Americans on vault at Iowa State Led gymnasts to Level 10 USA Nationals for eight straight years Led several athletes to Iowa State titles in Levels 8-10 Two-time Iowa USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year (1999, 2001) ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS (MICHIGAN, NEBRASKA) 1992 NCAA vault finalist Helped Nebraska to NCAA runner-up finishes in 1992 and 1993 All-Big Eight on vault (1992, 1993) Spent two seasons at Michigan before transferring to Nebraska Ball and K.J. Kindler have had five of their club gymnasts go on to compete at the NCAA level. Prior to his time in Iowa, Ball served as head coach at Cahoy s Gymnastics School in Omaha, Neb., for three years where he led several individuals to berths at USA Nationals. As an athlete, Ball competed as a vault and floor exercise specialist at the University of Nebraska from He was an NCAA vault finalist in 1992 and helped the Cornhuskers to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships in 1992 and Ball also earned All-Big Eight honors on vault in 1992 and Ball transferred to Nebraska in 1990 after spending two seasons as a member of the gymnastics team at Michigan. Ball earned a bachelor s degree in liberal studies from Iowa State in He is married to OU head coach K.J. Kindler and the couple welcomed their first child, daughter Maggie Grace, in September of The StaffB.indd 62 12/24/07 9:45:28 AM

5 O K L A H O M A S O O N E R S G Y M N A S T I C S Tom Haley enters his second year as an assistant coach of the Oklahoma women s gymnastics squad. Haley serves as the primary coach on floor and co-coach on uneven bars. During the first year of his OU tenure, Haley guided Kiara Redmond-Sturms to All-America honors on floor while Brittney Koncak-Schumann earned the floor title at the Big 12 Championships. CAREER COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Coached Big 12 champion on floor exercise in first season Led OU gymnast to All-America floor honors in NACGC Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year Coached two Region 8 Level 10 all-around champions Gymnast qualified for 2003 Championships of the USA Coached Level 10 national champion on uneven bars Coached Level 10 Junior Olympic Team member Prior to his hiring at OU, Haley coached for three seasons at the University of Kentucky where he was named the 2006 NACGC Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Previous to his tenure at Kentucky, Haley, a native of San Antonio, Texas, worked as one of the top club coaches in the Southeast. Haley served as the head coach and program director of the Bama Bounders club program at the University of Alabama from and was a volunteer assistant coach for the national powerhouse Alabama women s gymnastics team in 2000 and SE ASO N RE VIE W With the Bama Bounders, Haley coached a Level 10 uneven bars national champion, a Level 10 Junior Olympic National Team member and had 10 of his gymnasts receive full athletic scholarships to NCAA Division I programs. THE STAFF From , he was the team coach for Level 4 Elite at the Gwinnett Gymnastics Center near Atlanta, Ga. At GGC, he coached two Region 8 Level 10 all-around champions, as well as a 2003 Championships of the USA junior international elite qualifying gymnast. THE SOONERS COACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Coach Oklahoma, 2006-Present Assistant Coach Kentucky, Club Coach Gwinnett Gymnastics Center, Volunteer Assistant Coach Alabama, Club Coach Bama Bounders, SEASON ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON BOOMER SOON ER TOM HALEY HI STO RY The StaffB.indd 63 12/24/07 9:45:33 AM

6 JENNIFER CAPPUZZO MA, ATC ATHLETIC TRAINER SECOND SEASON Jennifer Cappuzzo enters her second year as an athletic trainer at the University of Oklahoma. Cappuzzo earned her bachelor s degree in athletic training from West Virginia University and obtained a master of arts degree in health studies/sports medicine health care from the University of Alabama where she served as the athletic trainer for the softball team. She has also served as the athletic trainer for the women s soccer and women s basketball teams at St. Mary s College of California. Most recently, she worked with the 2005 and 2006 national championship women s gymnastics teams at the University of Georgia. At OU, Cappuzzo, a Hamburg, N.Y. native, is responsible for the daily care, treatment, rehab and prevention of injuries for the men s and women s gymnastics programs. LISA NEAL TEAM MANAGER FIRST SEASON Lisa Neal begins her first season as team manager of the OU women s gymnastics squad. A senior human relations major, Neal was a gymnast on the 2005 and 06 Sooner squads. The Supulpa, Okla., native was a two-time Junior Olympic Nationals qualifier (2001 and 02), training out of Jenks Gymnastics. Outside of the gym, Neal enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends and family The StaffB.indd 64 12/24/07 9:45:36 AM

7 SUPPORT STAFF BOOMER SOONER ANNETTE MORAN ACADEMIC ADVISOR ASHLEY GLOYSTEIN MARKETING LINDY ROBERTS EVENT MANAGEMENT AMANDA HORVATH TICKET OFFICE 2008 SEASON THE SOONERS DANNY DAVIS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DANNY HANOR EVENT MANAGEMENT LISA CAVANAUGH MEET DIRECTOR TARA ANDERSON GRADUATE ASSISTANT THE STAFF ALL HOME MEETS WILL BE HELD AT THE RECENTLY RENOVATED LLOYD NOBLE CENTER DURING THE 2008 SEASON. HIGHLIGHTING THE NEW AMENITIES THIS YEAR AT THE 12,000 SEAT ARENA ARE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR VIDEO REPLAY BOARD AND UPGRADED SOUND SYSTEM. SEASON REVIEW HISTORY The StaffB.indd 65 12/24/07 9:45:40 AM

8 OU PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESIDENT 14th Year at OU 66 David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions. Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of education, and for his distinguished political career as a reformer of the American political system. A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England, in In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was on the Law Review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bledsoe Prize as the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty. As Oklahoma s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren promoted key educational initiatives that have had an enduring impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure were the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program, and the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower Training Program, which provides scholarships for medical students and medical personnel who commit to practice in underserved rural areas. Also, the first state funding for Gifted and Talented classes was provided in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the percentage increases of funding for higher education. One of Boren s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, which he founded in The foundation recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers and helps establish private local foundations to help give academic endowment grants to local public schools. As a senator, he was the author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which provides scholarships for study abroad and for learning additional languages, as well as legislation to restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to universities in Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three decades in elective politics before becoming the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren was the youngest governor in the nation when he served from 1974 to Known as a reformer, Boren campaigned with a broom as his symbol. During his term, he instituted many progressive programs, including conflict-of-interest rules, campaign-financing disclosure, stronger open meeting laws for public bodies, more competitive bidding on state government contracts, and reform of the state s prison system, including expanded education programs for first-time offenders and the largest expansion of the work-release program in state history. During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren served on the Senate Finance and Agriculture Committees and was the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and governor of Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a commitment to reform, leading numerous efforts to make government work better for American citizens. As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of secret government programs and reformed the procedures for Presidential notice of such programs to Congress. For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional campaign finance reform and for legislation discouraging administration and congressional staff from cashing in on government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists. In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and travel subsidies that government workers, including members of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which produced proposals to make Congress more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional bureaucracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to end legislative gridlock. Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of 9l percent after being reelected with 83 percent of the vote in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a U.S. Senate contest in that election year. UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DAVID L. AND WIFE MOLLIE SHI BOREN Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale University Board of Trustees. His university experience also includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was chairman of the Department of Political Science and chairman of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1993, the American Association of University Professors presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education Advocate of the Year. In April 2004, Boren received the Mory s Cup from the Mory s Association at Yale University. In making the presentation to Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale graduate in the university s history extending over three centuries to have served as a Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major university. Under Boren s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has developed and emerged as a pacesetter university in American public higher education, with 20 major new programs initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment of the Honors College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, a new expository writing program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an interdisciplinary religious studies program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the International Programs Center, and the Faculty-in-Residence Program putting faculty family apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors Program has been started, bringing 50 retired full professors back to the University to teach freshmen. The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU s three campuses. Among the largest of the recent projects are the $18.7 million renovation and expansion of historic Holmberg Hall, home of music and dance programs; the $67 million National Weather Center; the $19 million addition to the Michael F. Price College of Business; the $17 million Gaylord Hall for journalism and mass communication; the $27 million Stephenson Research and Technology Center; and the $83.5 million stadium project. The Health Sciences Center has a new Student Union, and the new $24 million Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center. In 1995, Boren launched the Reach for Excellence fundraising campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma history. The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15 public universities in the United States in private endowment per capita. Since 1994, endowed professorships have more than quadrupled and the OU donor base has grown from 18,000 to more than 107,000 friends and alumni. During the first 10 years of Boren s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts were donated to the university. Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis on putting students first. There is not a university president in the country that is more committed to students as his number one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political science each semester and is one of the few presidents of major universities to teach. Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and English teacher. Mrs. Boren is President Emeritus of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, which provides education programs in nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the state who are gifted in the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, a master s degree in English and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native of Seminole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren, an Episcopal minister, and David Daniel Boren, a member of the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting much of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of his parents, the late Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren. 4 - The StaffB.indd 66 12/24/07 9:45:45 AM

9 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS 10th Year at OU Principle Centered Leader Visionary... Passionate Advocate for Student-Athletes... Establishes Standards of Excellence & Cultural Values... Builder of Championship Programs Each of those characteristics, standing alone, describes the 11th director of athletics in University of Oklahoma history. However, just as he has brought together different groups who are committed to one goal, you must combine those traits to get the complete picture of the person who has led the OU athletics department since Joe Castiglione has established a pattern of excellence that few in his profession can match. In an environment where every decision is made reflecting the department s mission statement Inspiring champions today Preparing leaders for tomorrow, forming the background, Castiglione is leading the department that has written one of the most successful eras in school history. Quick to give credit to the student-athletes and coaches, the staff and the university administration, the donors and the fans, Castiglione was the one who implemented the changes that led to success. When he was hired in 1998, the search committee believed they had found a rising star in the field of intercollegiate athletics administration. Everything that has happened since his arrival at OU has cemented that reputation. The accomplishments of the department and its student-athletes, coaches and staff have earned national recognition for the university and the department. Recognized as the 2007 PRISM Award winner by the School of Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts, OU was just the second Division I winner and all of the programs recognized by the selection panel were started under Castiglione s leadership. The PRISM Award annually recognizes one Division I intercollegiate athletics department that demonstrates industry-leading excellence and innovation in sports management. His peers have honored him for the department s achievements as well. In October 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Director Award for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the Year in Perhaps his most unique achievement over the last nine years for Castiglione, though, came when he received his master s of education degree from OU in May To understand the need for education and lifelong learning, OU s student-athletes just have to look at their AD who started and completed his master s degree while running the department and maintaining his priorities to his family. The 11th director of athletics at the University of Oklahoma has celebrated six national team championships and numerous conference team titles; record numbers of graduating studentathletes and record-setting grade point averages for Sooner teams; dramatically increased donor giving; huge increases in ticket sales for all sports; major facility improvements, and development and construction of new facilities. And, as aggressive as the push to improve, expand and excel has been, he has produced a balanced budget in every year of his tenure, a first since the early 1980s. Other highlights of Castiglione s tenure include: An annual or consistent finish among the top 25 in the standings for the Director s Cup which measures overall athletics success in seven of the last eight years, including an all-time program best of 15th in A total of 25 OU teams that have ranked among the top 10 in season-ending polls. A school-record and Big 12-best graduation rate of 74% in Three appearances in the BCS National Championship Game and the college football national championship in Appearances by the men s and women s basketball teams in their respective Final Fours in BOOMER SOONER 2008 SEASON THE SOONERS THE STAFF SEASON REVIEW HISTORY The StaffB.indd 67 12/24/07 9:45:48 AM

10 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding sports programs, hiring outstanding coaches, implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget in each of his five years as athletics director. A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the University s Distinguished Alumnus Award in April He began his career as the sports promotions director at Rice. He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as director of communications and marketing. Active on the national and conference level, he is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Collegiate Women Sports Awards, the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory Board, and the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. He has been named to the executive committee of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. He served two terms as chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and is a past president of the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special Events Certification Committee. He recently agreed to serve on the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee and the NCAA Division I Women s Basketball Discussion Group. In 2007, he was named to the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione was born Oct. 8, He is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Robert, Jr., born on December 20, 1996, and Jonathan Edmund, born on March 21, PARRINGTON OVAL ON NORTH END OF CAMPUS Joe and Kristen Castiglione and sons Jonathan (left) and Joseph A Division I record of 74 combined victories produced by the football team and both basketball squads in the school year. An average of more than 17 out of 20 OU teams per year represented in postseason play. Credited with energizing OU s fund-raising efforts, Castiglione was instrumental in the athletics department s major campaign, Great Expectations: The Campaign For Sooner Sports. The campaign ended in November of 2003 with more than $125 million raised or pledged. Unique in its approach, the largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history included projects that impact each of OU s nearly 500 student-athletes and has become a national model for intercollegiate athletics. Castiglione has cultivated numerous million dollar gifts, including the largest capital gifts in history for athletics at OU, and some of the largest ever for the university as a whole. He has driven dramatic facilities projects, including a $70 million project at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Others include a $17.2 million renovation of Lloyd Noble Center; phase I of The Headington Family Tennis Complex; John Jacobs Field; the Everest Training Facility, one of the largest indoor practice areas in the country; and Phase II of the soccer-tennis complex. Other projects completed in his tenure have included the redesign of the Sooner football practice fields; the Port Robertson Wrestling Facility; phase I of the Sooner Soccer Complex and John Crain Field as well as additional renovations to the McCasland Field House; L. Dale Mitchell Park, the Charlie Coe Golf Learning Center, the OU Softball Complex and Barry Switzer Center. His administrative work, which has seen significant reorganization and the hiring of nine head coaches, also included the negotiation of multi-million dollar multi-media rights contract that produces more than $5 million in annual revenue for the athletics department. 68 Castiglione was hired on April 30, 1998, after serving as athletics director at Missouri. In his 17-year career with the Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics at Missouri on 4 - The StaffB.indd 68 12/24/07 9:45:52 AM

11 ADMINISTRATION LARRY NAIFEH Executive Associate Athletics Director DR. GERALD GURNEY Senior Associate A.D. for Academics and Student Life DEREN BOYD Assistant A.D. for Development TIM GEORGE Assistant A.D. for Marketing & Promotions BOOMER SOONER KENNY MOSSMAN Senior Associate A.D. for Communications GLORIA NEVAREZ Senior Associate A.D./Administration BILLY RAY JOHNSON Assistant A.D. for Ticket Operations GREG TIPTON Assistant A.D. for Equipment 2008 SEASON GREG PHILLIPS Senior Associate A.D./Chief Financial Officer STEPHANIE REMPE Senior Associate A.D./Senior Woman Administrator CONNIE DILLON Faculty Athletics Representative DR. NIKKI MOORE Assistant Athletics Director for Psychological Services THE SOONERS MATT TRANTHAM Senior Associate A.D. for Event Management JASON LEONARD Executive Director of Compliance THE STAFF OU ATHLETICS PHONE DIRECTORY Unless otherwise noted, numbers are (405) four-digit extension Academics & Student Life Administration Baseball Basketball, Men s Basketball, Women s Business & Finance Compliance Hour Hotline Development & Sooner Club Toll Free (866) Equipment Events & Operations Facilities Football Graphic Design Golf, Men s Golf, Women s Gymnastics, Men s Gymnastics, Women s Marketing Media Relations Medical Training O-Club Publications Soccer Softball SoonerSports.com Sooner Sports Properties SoonerVision Spirit Strength & Conditioning Tennis, Men s Tennis, Women s Ticket Office Toll Free (800) Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SEASON REVIEW HISTORY 4 - The StaffB.indd 69 12/24/07 9:45:56 AM

12 COACHING STAFF SUNNY GOLLOWAY Baseball - Fourth year JEFF CAPEL Men s Basketball - Second year SHERRI COALE Women s Basketball - 12th year MARTIN SMITH Cross Country/Track & Field - Third year BOB STOOPS Football - Ninth year JIM RAGAN Men s Golf - Eighth year CAROL LUDVIGSON Women s Golf - 23rd year MARK WILLIAMS Men s Gymnastics - Ninth year K.J. KINDLER Women s Gymnastics - Second year NICOLE NELSON Soccer - First year PATTY GASSO Softball - 14th year PAUL LOCKWOOD Men s Tennis - 21st year MARK JOHNSON Women s Tennis - 20th year SANTIAGO RESTREPO Volleyball - Fourth year JACK SPATES Wrestling - 15th year 70 OU ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT The mission of the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department is to inspire champions today and prepare leaders for tomorrow by providing an excellent environment to enable student-athletes to achieve their highest academic, athletic and personal aspirations. Core Values Respect Accountability for Self & Others Passion for Comprehensive Excellence Commitment to Continuous Improvement Celebration of Diversity Integrity in All of Our Affairs Philosophy The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department promotes excellence in athletics without compromising excellence in academics or integrity in its commitment to rules or conduct. Student-athletes are encouraged by the coaching and administrative staff to maintain a balance between athletics, academics, and the social aspects of college. It is believed that athletic participation gives an added dimension to the student s overall college experience and provides an opportunity for social, moral, emotional, and cultural growth and development. The athletic programs strive to create traits that once acquired will carry over and benefit student-athletes in their personal and professional endeavors. The University of Oklahoma maintains a tradition of excellence in intercollegiate sports. The Athletics Department continues to uphold this tradition by striving to make each athletic team and individual of championship caliber. Its staff members work to instill in student-athletes an appreciation for hard work, perseverance, and pride in accomplishment. It is believed these attributes will be utilized throughout the student-athlete s life. 4 - The StaffB.indd 70 12/24/07 9:46:00 AM