DUBLIN, Ohio. – The Team: Sports, Entertainment, and Media has been retained by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to assist it with its search for a head football coach.

The Team will work directly with UWW Athletic Director Paul Plinske in the identification of qualified minority candidates for the position, which became available when longtime head coach Bob Berezowitz announced his retirement after 22 seasons as the school’s football coach.

“This is a great opportunity for The Team to be able to work with a very well-respected Division III football program,” said Frank Pergolizzi, Director of The Team’s Collegiate Services Division. “We have a very strong bond with the college coaching community and will utilize those relationships, along with out relationship with the Black Coaches Association, to provide Whitewater with some very capable candidates for its football coaching vacancy.”

Pergolizzi spent nearly two decades as an NCAA Division I Director of Athletics, most recently at Southeastern Louisiana University. He also had stints as an Athletics Director at East Tennessee State University and Saint Francis (Pa.) College.

Pergolizzi also served as head football coach at St. Francis and as an assistant coach at numerous other NCAA schools.

The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Media's Collegiate Services Division, launched in July 2006, offers an array of products and services to college athletics administrators, including certification consultation, strategic planning, program review, feasibility studies, gender equity and compliance consulting, and financial services.

Based in Dublin, Ohio, The Team began operations in January 2002 and has successfully managed transactions for an array of entities throughout the sports and entertainment industries, including teams at all levels, venues, buyers, sellers, licensed products, television and media projects, feature films, and other related businesses.

Along with brokering professional sports and entertainment opportunities, The Team also offers comprehensive consulting services to sports and entertainment organizations throughout North America.