Head Coach

NEW YORK -- George Washington University Law School will begin its fall semester next month, but the Class of '94 will commence without Ray Handley. That's because the 1991 New York Giants have begun their studies and Handley is the new headmaster.His is an improbable rise to one of the most demanding and coveted jobs in professional football. On Jan. 28, the morning after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the 46-year-old Stanford University graduate with a keen mind for math and a bachelor's degree in history stood in a Tampa, Fla., hotel lobby planning to resign as the team's running backs coach and get on with the rest of his life.

Severn has named Albert Oni as its new girls soccer coach, replacing longtime coach Adam Ritchie. Oni has coaching experience at many levels, and he was most recently the head coach of the Chesapeake Charge in the Women's Premier Soccer League and an assistant coach for the women's program at Towson University. Starting in 2002, Oni spent eight seasons as head coach at Mercy, earning The Baltimore Sun's  All-Metro Coach of the Year award in his final season in 2009 after leading the Magic to a 12-5-3 record and a trip to the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship game.

“Wow. It has been a whirlwind. Words can't describe the emotions that I'm going through right now and the feelings. Coming off probably the most devastating loss that I've ever been a part of in the AFC championship game and to go in that locker room and see those faces and we all know how hard it is to get to that stage and to see the tears. It's an all-time low, and the last thing I ever expected came across my table and now I sit here at an all-time high. " Those were Chuck Pagano's first words after he was introduced as the next coach of the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday, four days after the Ravens' season ended with a crushing loss to the New England Patriots.

Rutgers reinstated men's lacrosse coach   Brian Brecht on Tuesday, almost a month after having suspended him with pay over allegations of verbal abuse. While the university investigation found that the former Loyola University assistant did use inappropriate language and exhibited unprofessional behavior on occasion, the instances were infrequent and not directed at individual players. Accordingly the university found no criminal or university policy violations. “I regret my behavior and am determined to set a better example in the future,” said Brecht, who missed the last two games of the season.

Pro basketball Shuckers promote Topp to head coach The Bay Area Shuckers named assistant coach Bob Topp their new head coach Monday. Topp, a longtime coach and nationally recognized shooting coach, brings experience at the middle school, high school, community college and professional levels. He takes over the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League team after the resignation of Pete Corriero last week three games into its inaugural season. "With the majority of our schedule left to play, we wanted to act quickly, and we're happy that we have our best option right here on our staff," Shuckers general manager John Wolfe said.

In his first season as an NFL defensive coordinator, Chuck Pagano has the Ravens tied for third in the league in average points allowed (16.9) and ranked in the top five in categories such as total yards (third, 287.9 yards), rushing yards (second, 90.0), passing yards (fifth, 197.9) and third-down efficiency (first, 30.4 percent). Which is why suggestions that Pagano could be a candidate for a head-coaching vacancy have already begun to circulate in media circles. But Pagano deflated that trial balloon during his weekly briefing Wednesday.

After one year as coordinator of recruiting operations for the Maryland women's basketball program, Stephanie Stevens was named head coach at Gallaudet. Stevens, 25, was an assistant under former Gallaudet coach Kevin Cook in 2010-11, when the Bison were 24-4 and made the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since 1999. Gallaudet was 8-16 last season under Brendan Stern, who will coach the men in 2012-13.

Colleges Former star catcher Mumma named UMBC baseball coach UMBC has promoted Bob Mumma from assistant baseball coach to head coach at his alma mater. The Rising Sun native played catcher for the Retrievers from 1990 to 1992 and is the school's all-time leader in home runs (42) and tied for second in RBIs (152). He spent two seasons in the Chicago White Sox organization, then returned to UMBC in the fall of 1996 as an assistant. He succeeds John Jancuska , who coached the Retrievers from 1978 to this year.

Joe Flacco must have been a strong enough draw Monday night to leave David Letterman wanting more Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl mojo. The "Late Show with David Letterman" Wednesday announced that Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be on Thursday night. Here's the release from CBS: John Harbaugh, head coach of the Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens, will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN Thursday, Feb. 7 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  John Harbaugh and his younger brother Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, became the first pair of brothers to serve as head coaches in the NFL back in 2011 and made more headlines this year when they became the first brothers in NFL history to face each other in a Super Bowl, one which quickly became dubbed the “Harbaugh Bowl.”  The Ravens went on to defeat the 49ers Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII by a score of 34-31, giving the Ravens their second championship title in franchise history.

The Maryland men's lacrosse team announced today that Ryan Moran has been promoted to associate head coach-offensive coordinator. A former Terrapins All-American, Moran is the program's first-ever associate head coach; he will begin his fifth season on the Maryland sideline this fall, having joined the staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2008. "Ryan has certainly earned this promotion," head coach John Tillman said. "He's continued to improve as a coach, expanded his responsibilities and has played a major role in Maryland's success over the four years.

College football Ex-Navy coach Hardin selected for HOF Former Navy football coach Wayne Hardin will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced Tuesday. Hardin is the 24th person affiliated with the Naval Academy to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and the third head coach, joining Gil Dobie (17-3 at Navy from 1917 to 1919) and George Welsh (55-46-1 at Navy from 1973 to 1981). Hardin will be officially inducted at the National Football Foundation's awards dinner Dec.10 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York and will be enshrined in the summer of 2014 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.

In his third year as head coach of the Westminster boys lacrosse team, Steve DeFeo has the Owls on the verge of history. A win against North Carroll on Friday night would complete the program's first perfect regular season. But DeFeo and the Owls have bigger plans.  After falling to South River, 10-8, in last year's Class 4A-3A state championship, the Owls are a team full of seniors ready to take that final step to bring home the program's first state crown. A Westminster alum who played at St. Mary's, DeFeo spent 10 years as an assistant coach under Owls longtime coach Jim Peters from 1995-2005 before returning in 2011 to take over as head coach.  DeFeo, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo in Westminster, expects his players to be passionate about lacrosse, play as hard in practice as in games and to have fun.  He's quick to note a big part of the team's success is due to his assistant coaches Tarhy Alford, Brandon Johnson and Mark Penn.

Jeremy Mattoon, who guided Hood's men's lacrosse team for the past two seasons, will not be back for a third. Adrienne Mullikin, the college's sports information director, said Monday afternoon that Mattoon did not coach in the Blazers' regular-season finale against Widener on Saturday. The team's assistant coaches shared the head-coaching duties in a17-7 loss. Mattoon's name and bio are no longer on the team's website. Citing privacy laws, Mullikin declined to discuss the reason for Mattoon's departure.

St. Mary's is in the midst of one of the program's best seasons since Chris Hasbrouck became the head coach prior to the 2009 campaign, and one of the key factors has been the team's success in one-goal games. The Seahawks (9-5 overall and 4-1 in the Capital Athletic Conference) are 3-1 in one-goal decisions in 2013. The last time the team thrived this well in one-goal games was Hasbrouck's debut year when that squad also went 3-1. In the three years between 2009 and 2013, St. Mary's compiled a combined record of 2-3 in one-goal decisions.

College basketball Booth named Loyola men's assistant coach Former Maryland basketball star and assistant coach Keith Booth , who has spent the past two years as an assistant women's coach at Loyola, was added Tuesday to the men's staff by newly named men's head coach G.G. Smith . Booth, 38, left College Park after Gary Williams retired in 2011 and Mark Turgeon retained only one member of the previous staff, Bino Ranson...

  Men's College Basketball Rutgers offers Eddie Jordan head coach job Rutgers has offered its head coaching job to Eddie Jordan and the two sides are in negotiations, according to a report. The Scarlet Knights are looking to replace Mike Rice , who was fired April 3 after a video surfaced of him orally and physically abusing players. Dan Hurley Jordan played at Rutgers from 1973 to 1977, when the Scarlet Knights went to the Final Four. He was under consideration for the job three years ago but withdrew his name and Rice was hired.

College basketball Loyola alumnus Wojcik hired to first head coaching job by San Jose State Loyola College graduate Dave Wojcik was named head coach at San Jose State. Wojcik spent the past three seasons as the associate head coach at Boise State, which received an at-large bid to this year's NCAA tournament and recorded the second 20-win season in three years and the fourth-most wins during the regular season in school history. Wojcik, who had the only triple double in Loyola history in 1989, returned to his alma mater in 1993 as an assistant and helped coach the Greyhounds to the team's first NCAA tournament appearance and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title in 1994.

Men's college lacrosse Loyola aide Chemotti is named first head coach at Richmond Loyola offensive coordinator Dan Chemotti has been named the first men's lacrosse head coach at Richmond, the Virginia school announced Monday. Chemotti finished his fifth season at Loyola in May as the Greyhounds won an NCAA Division I-record-tying 18 games and claimed the school's first NCAA championship. The Greyhounds ranked eighth in goals per game (12.05) and fifth in fewest turnovers per game (12.84)

Paul Cantabene was not entirely sure how the Stevenson players would react after dropping a 14-13 overtime decision to Roanoke on Tuesday night. But as the No. 3 Mustangs prepare to dip back into Middle Atlantic Conference play with a visit from Albright this Saturday at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills, the head coach is hoping that the team practices and plays with an undercurrent of anger. “I think we need to start playing a little more angrily,” Cantabene said Wednesday. “In my time here, this is one of our nicer teams.

Reigning national champion Loyola boasts the 14th-most prolific offense in Division I despite not getting much production from its first midfield. Senior Chris Layne ranks fourth on the team in goals (12) and points (20), but senior Davis Butts is tied for sixth in points (12) and senior Sean O'Sullivan is eighth in points (11). Butts is on pace for just five goals, which would be the fewest of his career since his freshman year in 2010. Sullivan is on pace to finish the season with 14 points, which would his lowest since transferring from Army.