Athletic Department Staff

COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF MELINDA HYMAN CHANTICLEER CLUB DIRECTOR Melinda Hyman is in her eighth year at Coastal Carolina University and her sixth serving as director of the Chanticleer Club, Coastal’s athletic donor program. As the director, one of her top priorities is the coordination and hosting of the Cheers for Chanticleers Gala, the largest one-night fundraiser for Coastal Carolina Athletics. Prior to her current position, Hyman served as an Athletic Development Specialist, assisting the Director of Athletic Development in all booster club fundraising activities. She has also served as an administrative assistant in the department, as well as assisting with game management duties. She also spent 12 years as an elementary school teacher in the Horry County School District from 1989-2001. Before that, she worked for a local attorney, as well as for C&S National Bank. Hyman received her associate’s degree from Coastal in 1979 and earned her Bachelor of Arts in early childhood education in 1989. A native of Conway, Hyman lives in Conway with her husband Craig and the couple has a daughter Katherine. BARRY LIPPMAN ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER Barry Lippman is starting his third year as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Coastal Carolina University, with primary responsibility for CoastalC Carolina’s nationally-ranked baseball program. A member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Lippman joined the Coastal Carolina staff in August 2006 from UNC Wilm- ington,in where he was the Head Men’s Athletic Trainer and directly handled the baseball and women’s soccer teams from January 2005 untilu his arrival in Conway. Prior to his tenure at UNCW, Lippman worked with the National Football League’s Detroit Lions from June 2004 throughth January 2005, assisting with the daily medical coverage of NFL football players. Lippman spent two years at Georgia Tech, earning his master’s degree in sports medicine in 2004. While there, he was also an graduate assistant athletic trainer, working with the football, baseball and men’s and women’s tennis teams. He worked with programs that went to the 2002 Silicon Valley Classic Bowl, 2003 Humanitarian Bowl and 2004 NCAA Baseball Super Regional. Lippman earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Florida State University in 2001. As a student assistant trainer, he worked with the nationally- ranked football and baseball programs at FSU and eventually was a head student athletic trainer during his tenure. LINDA LYERLY ASSOCIATE A.D.-FINANCE Linda Lyerly is in her second year as Associate Athletics Director for Finance at Coastal Carolina University. Prior to her move to Athletics, she was employed in the Coastal Carolina University Office of Financial Services for 14 years, serving as Controller forfo 11 years and Associate Vice President for Finance for three. She was responsible for the transition of the accounting, accounts payable, payroll, student receivables,re and purchasing systems from the University of South Carolina to Coastal Carolina University’s own system following its establishment as an independentin public institution in 1993. Lyerly submitted the University’s financial report to be considered for its first Government Finance Officers’ Certificate ofo Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting in fiscal year 2002, a certificate that was earned that year and in subsequent years through fiscal year 2007.2 She currently serves as a reviewer for that award. Lyerly has worked in various government and non-profit accounting positions since 1976. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with her bachelor’s degree, majoring in history with a minor in French. While at Tennessee, she was a member of the University’s women’s tennis team. She holds a master’s in higher education from Southern Illinois University and a Masters of Accountancy from the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at the University of Alabama. After receiving the Masters of Accountancy, she worked two years as a staff accountant at Alabama, specializing in tax reporting and data control. She served first as Finance Director and then Director of Coastal Carolina University’s Waccamaw Area Agency on Aging for three years prior to taking the position as the University Controller. JOHN A. MARTIN ASSISTANT A.D.-MEDIA RELATIONS John Martin is finishing his sixth year as the Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations at Coastal Carolina University. Martin joined the Coastal Carolina athletics staff in December 2002, after serving as the assistant sports information director at Eastern Michigan UUniversity for the previous four years. There, he was responsible for the many of the program’s 21 sports and the department’s web site. Prior to that, the 38-year-old Martin had been on the staff at the University of Detroit Mercy for two-and-one-half years, serving the final yyear and a half as the assistant sports information director. He also was the director of basketball operations for the Oklahoma City Cavalry of the CContinental Basketball Association from 1994-96 and also spent two years with that team as an intern. A member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Martin also has extensive experience in media relations, hhaving worked as the results operations supervisor for team handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was also a media relations and operations staff member at the 1993, 1994 and 1995 U.S. Olympic Festivals and international team handball events, while also working as a media relations director for a professional roller hockey team. A native of Oklahoma City, Martin earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Oklahoma. He completed his bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1992 and his master’s in sports management in 1994. Martin, his wife, Lyndsey (Horton), and their sons, Cameron (5) and Alex (1), reside in Conway. 2008 MEDIA GUIDE 89 COASTAL CAROLINA FOOTBALL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF JOEO MAZURKIEWICZ ASSOCIATE A.D.-ACADEMICS & STUDENT SERVICES Joe Mazurkiewicz is completing his fifth year as an the Associate Athletics Director for Academics and Student Services at Coastal Carolina University. Mazurkiewicz has been a part of the Coastal Carolina landscape for the past 21 years, working primarily in student affairs at the University. Most recently, he was the Director of Student Development, where he was responsible for the overall administration and coordination for many of the student services on campus, including Counseling Services, Women Student Services, Drug and Alcohol Services, Career Services and Student Health Services. During his tenure, he also had served as the Director of Counseling Services, head of Student Health Services. He also served as an academic advisor and instructor at Coastal Carolina University. A member of the American Counseling Association and American College Personnel Association, Mazurkiewicz has had a variety of experiences in his career, including working at Louisiana State University and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and schools and clinics in New Jersey. He studied abroad as a part of the Fulbright/Hays Summer Study in Poland both in 1992 and 2003. He also served a two-year stint in the Peace Corps as a teacher, volunteering in the Marshall Islands, Micronesia in the mid 1970s. JJCOSH MCCORKLEO ASSISTANT TICKET MANAGER Josh McCorkle is in his second year as the Assistant Ticket Manager at Coastal Carolina University and his fourth within the athletic departmentd at Coastal Carolina. Prior to working in the ticket office, McCorkle worked with Coastal Carolina’s Athletic Marketing and Promotions. He came to Coastal inin January 2006 as the Marketing and Promotions Intern, where he was responsible for securing raffle items and donations for the 2006 AthleticA Gala, solicited for corporate sponsorships and assisted with game day promotions. McCorkle was promoted to Athletic Marketing anda Promotions Assistant and was responsible for all in-game promotions during the 2007 Coastal Carolina Baseball season as well as coordinatedc all game music and public announcements during men’s and women’s basketball games. Before coming to Coastal Carolina, McCorkle also worked game day operations for the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field for five years. McCorkle graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a degree in sport management in May 2006. McCorkle was married October 2007 to the former Jocelyn Bankes, and the couple resides in Myrtle Beach. KELLY MOORE MARKETING ASSISTANT/HEAD CHEERLEADING COACH Kelly Moore is in her third full-time year on the Coastal Carolina University athletic department staff, serving her fourth year as the marketingm assistant and third as the head cheerleading coach. In 2005, Moore joined the staff as a marketing assistant, working on game-day promotions, marketing and advertising for the athletic department.d A 2005 graduate of Coastal Carolina, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in recreation and sports management while also beingb a member of the Coastal Carolina Cheerleading squad for each of her four years. She was a two-time member of the Presidential HonorH Roll, as well as being named the Student of the Year in 2005 for recreation and sports management. During her undergraduate work, she also interned with a variety of organizations, working with CCU’s Marketing Communications Department,D Media Services Division and Office of Alumni Relations, as well as spending a semester as an intern at WPDE-TV. Moore lives in Conway. BRYAN PAAR ASSISTANT EVENT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR Bryan Paar enters his second year as Assistant Event Operations Supervisor at Coastal Carolina. However, Paar is a familiar face around Coastal Carolina athletics. In 2006-07, he was the Assistant Athletic Event Coordinator. Paar originally came to Coastal as an Event Operations Intern during Spring 2006. Prior to coming to Coastal Carolina, Paar attended State University of New York College at Cortland. While there, he worked with Cortland’s Athletic Department during the 2003-04 academic year.

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