ROCHESTER, N.Y. - RIT Executive Director of Athletics Jacqueline Nicholson recently announced six new members of the Athletic Department. Rickey Stevens was named Assistant Athletic Director, while Jackie Crossgrove was named Athletic Trainer. Jessica Glaz (Women's Basketball), Mackenzie King (Women's Lacrosse), Tyler Leichtenberger (Baseball) and Morgan Monteith (Women's Soccer) were all named assistant coaches.

Rickey Stevens – Assistant Athletic Director/Scheduling and Event Management
Stevens was appointed Assistant AD for Scheduling and Event Management in a role created through the NCAA Strategic Matching Alliance Grant. He spent the last three years working locally at Securitas, Inc., an industry-leading security and protective services company, including the last two as an operations manager. Stevens was previously a standout running back in the European Football League, playing a starring role in Finland, Poland and Denmark from 2015-19. Selected the All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year at nearby Gates Chili High School in 2008, he graduated as the Spartans' all-time leading rusher with 3,934 yards and 35 TDs before going on to make 22 appearances for the NCAA Division I (BCS) University of Maine Black Bears. He received a degree in communication with a minor in coaching/teaching from Maine in 2014.

Jackie Crossgrove - Athletic Trainer
Crossgrove is an alumna of Finger Lakes Community College before earning a bachelor's degree in athletic training from SUNY Cortland. She went on to pursue a master's degree in health and human performance from Northwestern State University of Louisiana, working directly with the program's Division I Track & Field/Cross Country teams. Upon graduation, the Rochester native worked as the Head Athletic Trainer with the Rochester RazorSharks semi-professional basketball team and has also worked with several local high school athletic departments. 

Jessica Glaz – Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
Glaz begins her first year as an assistant coach at her alma mater. Finishing her career as RIT's all-time leading scorer with 1,502 points, including a single-game record 37 points in a win over Bard, she also graduated in 2018 as the program's all-time leader with 220 three-pointers and 510 field goals. Glaz led the Tigers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance and the 2018 "Sweet 16" as a senior, averaging a team-high 14.1 points per game while making a league-best 62 three-pointers en route to Second-Team All-Liberty League honors.
 
Mackenzie King – Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach
King begins her first season as an assistant women's lacrosse coach with the Tigers after spending the last two seasons in the same role at Brockport, while also serving as an intern to the Director of Athletics. Also the head coach of the 3D Common Goal Lacrosse Club in Rochester, King graduated from Potsdam in 2019 with a degree in business administration and is currently working towards a master's in education at Brockport.
 
Tyler Leichtenberger – Assistant Baseball Coach
Leichtenberger was promoted to part-time assistant coach entering his ninth season on the coaching staff. A standout pitcher for the Tigers from 2011-14, the two-time All-Liberty League selection still holds program records for saves in a season (7) and career (14), while ranking fourth all-time with 49 appearances. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach in 2015 before serving as a volunteer assistant the last seven seasons, including the record-setting 2017 squad which won a program-record 33 games, including the program's first Liberty League Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Morgan Monteith – Assistant Women's Soccer Coach
Monteith joins the RIT coaching staff after a successful four-year career in a Tiger jersey. A 2021 First Team All-Liberty League selection and two-year captain, she anchored an RIT defense that only allowed 0.89 goals per game while finishing seventh on the team with five points on a goal and three assists. Monteith was also a three-time Liberty League All-Academic selection and two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree.