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WILLIAMS CANNED, AGAIN: In a one sentence release, Stillman College has announced the
departure of
Curtis Williams as Director of Athletics.
"Stillman officially announces that Dr. W. Curtis Williams is no longer
employed as the school's athletic director, effective January
5, 2007," the statement said. Williams had been in the position
for just 17 months joining the staff in July, 2005 soon after the
school's application for Division II status was approved. He brought
more than 20 years of experience to the job with stints at
Elizabeth City State, Alabama State,
Albany State and Texas Southern. He came to
Stillman from the University of Arkansas at Pine
Bluff where he was chair of the Department of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation. Williams' tenure had not been
without controversy. Soon after he arrived, Theo
Danzy, who had been head coach during the revitalization of football at
the school, was reassigned. Danzy's offensive
coordinator, Greg Thompson, was then hired, fired and rehired over
the next 12 months. Head women's coach basketball
coach Sherri Harris was let go at the end of the 2005-06
season after just two years on the job and men's basketball
coach Leon Douglass left to become head coach at Tuskegee
after taking Stillman to its first-ever
SIAC Basketball Championship.
SYLVAN OUT AT NC A&T: Millicent
Sylvan has resigned as head volleyball coach at
North Carolina 
A&T effective immediately,
Athletics Director Dee Todd
announced last Wednesday. Assistant volleyball coach
Lyndsay Schmiedel will take over the day-to-day
responsibilities for the program until a replacement is found.
Sylvan had been at A&T for three years and posted a
49-52 mark during her tenure. Sylvan was MEAC
coach of the year in 2005 after leading the Lady Aggies to a
22-18 overall mark, 9-1 in the MEAC and lost in the
championship game to Florida A&M, who has won the last
seven conference titles. This year, Sylvan's team was the
first MEAC team since 2000 to win a game vs. the
powerful Lady Rattlers.
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