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Swanson Named MVNU's New Athletic
Director
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (4-26-2010) - Paul
Swanson, who is wrapping up his 26th year as
the women’s volleyball coach at Mount Vernon
Nazarene University, has been selected to
serve as the school’s athletic director
effective at the conclusion of the current
school year.
 Swanson,
who will become only the fifth athletic
director in the school’s 42-year history,
will take over for Scott Flemming, who has
served in that role for the past 20 years.
Flemming, who was also MVNU’s men’s
basketball coach for 19 years before
stepping down from that role in 2009, has
accepted a position as an assistant coach
with the Texas Legends, an NBA D-League team
for the Dallas Mavericks.
"We have a great staff of people who have
done great things,” said Swanson. "Scott has
provided great leadership for our department
during his time here, and I am looking
forward to all of us working together as we
continue this in the future. While there are
plenty of challenges, I am confident that
with all of us working together we will be
able to continue the great things that are
happening in our department.”
Swanson will continue to serve as MVNU’s
volleyball coach where he has led the Lady
Cougars to a 907-308 record over 26 seasons
(.747 winning percentage). He is the NAIA’s
all-time volleyball wins leader with a
922-323 overall record, and he was inducted
into the NCCAA Hall of Fame in 2005, the
Cougar Wall of Fame in 2006, and the NAIA
Hall of Fame in 2008.
Swanson will also continue in his role as
the chair of the Physical Education
Department. He was honored for his work in
the classroom in 2002 when he was named the
recipient of MVNU’s President’s Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
In addition to Swanson taking over the
athletic director duties, MVNU women’s
fastpitch softball coach Jeana Howald has
been named the assistant athletic director.
Her primary responsibility in this role will
be handling administrative duties and also
helping with the day-to-day business
especially during the fall semester.
 Howald,
who is a 1982 graduate of MVNU and a former
three-sport standout and Cougar Wall of Fame
inductee, is in her 21st season as the
school’s softball coach and has compiled a
461-361 overall record. She will also
continue to teach in the Physical Education
Department.
"Paul will add years of experience in the
classroom and as a coach to his new position
as athletic director,” said Dr. Henry
Spaulding, MVNU’s Provost and Chief Academic
Officer. "He is a significant leader on the
MVNU campus and we are excited to see him in
this new role. Jeana will also be a valuable
asset to MVNU in this new position as well
as to Paul in his new role.”
"I look forward to working together with
Paul and Jeana in their new roles,” said
Lanette Sessink, MVNU’s Vice President of
Student Development. "They are team players
and I feel they will complement each other
and do a great job in athletics.”
"I am very comfortable and pleased to be
handing the reigns over to Paul and Jeana in
their new leadership roles,” said Flemming.
"MVNU means a great deal to me and I know
that they will continue and grow our great
tradition in athletics.”
Mount Vernon Nazarene University,
established in 1968, is a private,
four-year, intentionally Christian teaching
university for traditional age students,
graduate students, and working adults.
Through athletic competition in 10 varsity
sports at the NAIA and NCCAA level, MVNU
provides student athletes with the
opportunity to develop character,
scholarship, and leadership. The Cougars
compete at the conference level in the
American Mideast Conference. | |
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