BALTIMORE, Md. – Baltimore City Community College athletics director Tara A. Owens announced Monday the addition of two administrators, six coaches and an athletic trainer for the 2010-11 athletic year.
“It is with great pleasure that we introduce the new members of the department of athletics,” Owens said. “Our new additions are tremendously talented in their areas of expertise. I am grateful that they have chosen BCCC to continue their professional careers and to develop and mentor our student-athletes”.
Owens added, “We look forward to continued growth and positive strides throughout the year. We have a very knowledgeable staff that understands the true meaning of teamwork, which is a major part of athletics. Panther Pride is a requirement in athletics, and it is being exemplified daily with all of our staff”.
On the administrative side, Owens welcomes sports information director Karen M. Carty and administrative assistant Chris Turro.
Carty comes to BCCC after spending six years in the sports information office at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. She earned her bachelor's degree in marketing from NSU in 2004 and her master's in sports management from the United States Sports Academy in 2009. Carty will be responsible for handling media relations for BCCC's four sports programs. Her duties will include media guide production, game-day statistics and record keeping, as well as maintenance of the athletics website, www.bcccpanthers.com.
Turro graduated from Marshall University in Huntington, W.V., in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in sports management and marketing. He also earned his master's in athletic administration from MU is 2003. Turro will handle the day-to-day operations of the main athletic office, oversee the BCCC exercise facility and serve as the equipment manager for the Panthers' four sports.
Owens added a total of six new coaches for the baseball, women's basketball and women's volleyball programs and intramural bowling.
The baseball program will be run by former Major League pitcher Daryl Smith and his assistant Derrick Burnett. Smith spent 16 years in the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees organizations and wrote the book Dreams Do Exist, a chronicle of his journey as a professional baseball player. Burnett is a 1984 graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Va., and has been an instrumental part of youth baseball in the Baltimore area for over 15 years.
Head coach Cheneice Arthur and assistant Deanna Price will direct the women's basketball program. Arthur, a Baltimore native, graduated in 2008 with a bachelor's in computer science from Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, N.C. She played four years of basketball at ECSU and was an assistant coach at Mundy's Mill High School in Jonesboro, Ga. during the 2008-09 school year. Price, a 2007 graduate of ESCU, was an assistant coach at Don Brosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Md. during the 2007-08 season and helped the Wolfpack to their first-ever divisional championship title.
Amy Manougian will head the women's volleyball program. She is a 2009 graduate of St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, where she played four years of varsity volleyball. Her bachelor's degree is in psychology with a minor in sociology, and she is currently pursuing her master's of child life, administration and family collaboration at Towson University.
Howard Harris, the interim director of facilities at BCCC, will be called upon to create and coach the school's first intramural bowling program. Harris, a 1987 graduate of the Professional Bowling Association (PBA) School, has competed on the local and national levels, and was on the PBA National Tour from 1992-1996.
BCCC full-time associate professor Angela Jones will serve as the department's head athletic trainer for all four sports. Jones has been an instructor in the BCCC Health, Life, and Fitness program for the last five years and has been a certified athletic trainer for the last two decades. She earned her bachelor's in physical education and athletic training from Towson State in 1990 and her master's in the same fields from Indiana State University in 1991.
Returning from last year is the men's basketball coaching staff, including interim associate athletic director and head coach Terry Maczko and assistants Patrick Young and Anthony Smith. Maczko and company led the Panthers to the 2009-10 Maryland JUCO conference championship title and an appearance in the championship game of the Region XX Tournament.
