GEORGETOWN, Texas - As the start of the 2011-12 school year gets underway the Southwestern University Athletic Department welcomes four new assistant coaches to the mix.

Karlis Dunens will join Head Volleyball Coach Hannah Long on the sidelines for the nationally recognized volleyball team as the Assistant Volleyball Coach for the 2011 season. Dunens was a member of the University of Houston Women's Volleyball coach staff. He earned his B.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University and served as a graduate assistant for the volleyball program at Jacksonville State University. Dunens will also be the Assistant Sports Information Director.

Kris Haney returns to the court for the 2011-12 basketball season in a different role. He served as a volunteer assistant last season for Coach Brinkoeter and the women's basketball team but will be the assistant coach for the upcoming season. Haney earned his B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and has been the Director of Athletics and Coach at Grace Academy in Georgetown. He will also be the assistant men's and women's track & field coach for SU.

The pool deck has a new face as well beyond new Head Coach Jon Duncan. Shea Davisson joins the coaching staff as the Men's and Women's Assistant Swimming & Diving Coach. She earned her M.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and coached for a local club program and high school team during that time. Davisson graduated from the College of Wooster with a degree in Psychology and was a four-year member of the women's swim team.

Lastly, Erin Crawford returns to the central Texas area to begin her collegiate coaching career as the Assistant Softball Coach. Crawford earned her B.B.A and M.A degrees in Business from Texas Tech University where she was a four-year team member and pitcher for the Red Raiders softball team. She will also serve as the Men's & Women's Cross Country team assistant coach.