Catching up on coaching news

Stephanie Schmidt resigned at Wheaton (Ill.) earlier this week. Tyler Wills stepped down at Marian in late November.

Expected Region VIII/IX head coach announcements so far this offseason: Augsburg [Hired: April Elsbernd] Blackburn [Hired: Shannon Bishop] Defiance [Hired: Jeremy Thornburg] Dominican [Hired: Olivia Kofie] Dubuque [Hired: Karrah Davis] Franklin [Hired: Dillon Taylor] Illinois College [Hired: Claire Scully] Knox [Hired: Maliah Blakemore] Lake Forest [Hired: Melanie Hughes] Lawrence [Hired: Jeff Van Lannen] Maranatha Baptist [Hired: Lindsay Lawson] Marian [Hired: Noah Ray] Millikin [Hired: Whitney Nichols] Mississippi Women [Hired: Breylee Linder] Mount Mary [Hired: Maida Wolff] MSOE [Hired: Kristina Susak] North Central (Ill.) [Hired: Ray Gooden] St. Olaf [Hired: Alicia Wood] Wheaton (Ill.) [Hired: Eric Plunkett]

-Ricky Nelson