Third and Shorts

Head Coaches - Tulane awarded head coach Chris Scelfo a contract extension through 2009. Scelfo has guided the Green Wave for six seasons... Greg Robinson was hired as head coach at Syracuse... Aurora tabbed Rich Duncan as head coach... Arne Ferguson was named as interim head coach at Western Oregon to succeed Duke Iverson, who will continue as an assistant with the program at least through the end of the academic year... Coastal Carolina awarded David Bennett with a contract extension through 2010. Bennett guided the Chanticleers to a 10-1 mark and the Big South Conference championship in the 2004 season... Melvin Spears was promoted to head coach at Grambling... Eastern Washington awarded head coach Paul Wulff a five-year contract. Wulff, who has been with the program since 1993, was the 2001 and 2004 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year... Frank Haege was named as head coach at