Sean McGee

Assistant Coach

smcgee@wesleyan.edu

Wesleyan (CT)

Division 3

Sean McGee was appointed as the assistant coach of the mens basketball team at Manhattanville College in August 2020.

Prior to Manhattanville, McGee graduated from Marist College in 2020 with a bachelors degree in communications. At Marist, McGee was the mens basketball team manager for three seasons. He was the head of film for the Red Foxes and recorded games and practices daily. He also coordinated practices and travel plans with the coaching staff. Additionally, McGee worked for ESPN+ and the Red Fox Network as a camera operator and technician assistant.

In addition to his time at Marist, McGee interned for the Hudson Valley Sports Report in Millbrook, N.Y., as a sports reporter in 2020. He covered local high school games and wrote feature stories on various subjects.

A native of Poughquag, N.Y., McGee currently resides in Purchase N.Y., pursuing his masters degree in sports business at Manhattanville.

John Mhilli

Assistant Coach

jmhilli@albany.edu

Skidmore

Division 3

4 year Student-Manager for UAlbany Mens basketball from 2018-2022, serving my final 2 years as the Head Student-Manager.

Recently hired as an Assistant Coach for Skidmore Mens Basketball.

Brian McCloskey

Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

bmcclos1@swarthmore.edu

Swarthmore

Division 3

Brian McCloskey joined the Swarthmore Womens Basketball staff as an assistant coach at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. A 2019 graduate of Washington (Md.) College with a degree in business management, McCloskey served as a student assistant for the Shorewoman basketball team for four seasons.
 
For the basketball team, he was an intrigant part of formulating drills and training plans for practice sessions. As a student assistant for the Shorewoman softball team, McCloskey conducted batting practice daily and developmental drills for outfielders. He was a captain on the baseball and basketball team at nearby Springfield High School.
 

Katherine Puda

Graduate Assistant

kpuda@smith.edu

Smith

Division 3

My name is Kat Puda and I am an assistant coach at Smith College located in Northampton, Massachusetts, where we are academically ranked #11 in liberal arts school in the entire country. Smith is a historically women's college committed to empowering females to excel in the classroom, on the court, and within their careers long after their time at Smith. Our basketball program is coming off a historic 30-2 season after becoming the first women's college to make it to the NCAA Final Four,  winning our 3rd consecutive conference championship, receiving the #1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, and going undefeated in conference play & at home for the 2nd year in a row. Our leading scorer received the WBCA and D3Hoops National Player of the Year recognition, and our head coach, Lynn Hersey, was recognized as the NEWMAC Conference Coach of the Year, NEWBA All-Region Coach of the Year, and the WBCA National Division III Coach of the Year. 

Carla Coleman

Head Coach

ccoleman1@brynmawr.edu

Bryn Mawr

Division 3

Bryn Mawr College Director of Athletics Kathy Tierney announced the hiring of Dr. Carla Coleman as the next head coach of the Owls basketball program in May of 2021. Dr. Coleman had served as an assistant coach for Bryn Mawr for three seasons, and she became the 12th recorded head coach of the program in Bryn Mawr history.

"Carla's passion for supporting student-athletes both on and off the court are grounded in her experience as an educator, coach, and former student-athlete," Tierney stated. "She articulated an exciting vision to meet the challenges of advancing our basketball program within the highly competitive Centennial Conference. She has a clear understanding of the Division III experience and embraces the opportunity to provide each student-athlete with a transformative experience. I welcome her to our team!"

Dr. Coleman finished her 1st year with the best start since the 1991-1992 season as the Owls started 3-0. The Owls also finished their non-conference schedule 4-0. In the 12 years of a 20-game Centennial Conference schedule, The Owls has never gone undefeated in non-conference play until the 2021-2022 season. The Owls also finished with the most overall wins this season dating back to 2007-08 season.

Prior to her arrival to Bryn Mawr College, Dr. Coleman had served as a high school counselor since 2000. Dr. Coleman also has extensive experience as a basketball coach at the prep and AAU levels. She got her start in coaching as an assistant coach of the varsity team at Harriton in 2002 before taking over as head coach in 2005. Dr. Coleman also has put together two stints as a coach at local AAU program Kyniska Hoops. Overall, she has over 15 years of experience coaching at the high school and AAU level.

Dr. Coleman played her collegiate basketball at Penn State University from 1990-1995. She was a two-year starter for the Lady Lions, and she captured one Atlantic 10 and two Big Ten titles during her career. She was also a member of the 19U USA Basketball Team during her collegiate career.

Dr. Coleman received her bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation Services Education with a minor in Health Education from Penn State in 1995. She also earned her master's degree in Secondary Education/School Counseling from Penn State in 1997. In 2015, Dr. Coleman completed her doctorate in Human Services with a Specialization in Counseling Studies at Capella University.

Jennifer Reimer

Head Coach

jennifer.reimer@case.edu

Case Western

Division 3

Jennifer Reimer was named the seventh womens basketball coach in school history on September 6, 2007, and brought with her a resume filled with winning experience. In her 25 seasons as the head coach of four programs, including CWRU, she has compiled an overall career mark of 314-293, good for a .517 winning percentage.

In her 15 seasons with the Spartans, Reimer has posted seven winning campaigns and became the winningest Head Coach in program history with the 121st victory at CWRU during an 80-64 win at John Carroll on November 18, 2017.  She has mentored her players to a total of 37 All-UAA honors, including 11 first-team selections, and has seen five Spartans named to the D3hoops.com All-Region Team under her watch.

Reimer became a member of the 300-career win club on December 20, 2019, with the team's victory against Wooster. It was part of a 10-win campaign for the Spartans, which included just the second win in program history against Washington U. and a victory against #14 Chicago during the same weekend, earning her WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week honors. She also helped Abbey Lawrence earn All-UAA First Team and D3hoops.com All-Region Third Team honors as a sophomore. Reimer helped guide the Spartans to a 15-10 record during the 2018-19 season, marking the highest win total for the team since the 2011-12 season, and tied for the second highest mark in program history in a single season.  In addition, the Spartans' 11-win increase from the previous season was the seventh-best improvement among Division III teams in 2018-19.  Reimer coached both graduate student Kara Hageman and senior Hillary Hellmann to All-UAA First Team berths, the third time in program history that the Spartans have placed two players on the All-UAA First Team.

Reimer led the 2016-17 team to 13 wins, as the team notched the second-highest scoring season in program history.  She matched the program record for wins by a head coach on February 12, 2017, with a 71-68 win over Brandeis University, the 120th of her career.  Junior Kara Hageman was named to the All-UAA First Team and All-Region Third Team while setting the team's single-season and single-game scoring records.

The 2012-13 season saw the program notch 16 victories, the team's highest total in 11 seasons, while also producing an 8-6 record and a fourth-place finish in one of the top womens basketball conferences in Division III the University Athletic Association. In addition, four Spartans earned All-Association honors, while senior guard Evy Iacono became just the second player in program history to be named UAA Player of the Year. Under Reimers tutelage, Iacono also became the second All-American in program history with an honorable mention nod from D3Hoops.com.

In each of the previous two seasons, Reimers program produced a Capital One Academic All-American® as well as a finalist for the Jostens Trophy (DIII Player of the Year) in forward Erin Hollinger.

Also in 2010-11, Reimer's Spartans earned the No. 1 ranking in the WBCA Academic Top 25 Honor Roll. And, on January 8, 2011, the head coach picked up her 200th career victory in a 59-47 triumph at rival Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.).

Prior to coming to Case Western Reserve, Reimer was the head coach at Allegheny College (Pa.) of the North Coast Athletic Conference. During her tenure, she posted a 120-67 mark and averaged more than 17 wins per season. She inherited a program that had lacked success for nearly a decade and immediately turned it into a winner with a 20-6 record during the first season. Her 120 victories also remain the highest total in Allegheny womens basketball history.

Before her time at Allegheny, Reimer coached the University of Mount Union and won 32 games in just two seasons (32-18 overall). She also coached Juniata College (Pa.) for one season (1997-98) following a three-year stint as an assistant at Ohio Northern University.

As a player, Reimer was a four-year starter and two-year captain at point guard for Lycoming College (Pa.). She left the program with the second-highest assist total in school history and was named the Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Reimer earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology/anthropology from Lycoming in 1994 and her Master of Science degree in education from Bowling Green State University in 1996.

Doug Cline

Head Coach

dcline@wooster.edu

Wooster

Division 3

Few people, if any, understand The College of Wooster basketball experience more fully than Doug Cline, a 1995 graduate of the school, does. Cline, who just completed his 24th year as a full-time member of the coaching staff, is now at the helm of the program he once starred for, following the retirement of Steve Moore at the conclusion of the 2019-20 academic year.

As an assistant, and more recently as associate head coach, Clines been heavily involved with every facet of the tradition-rich program, which has sustained a remarkable run of success, rivaled even by household name Div. I programs. Woosters won nearly 600 games (592-149) during Clines 24 years as a full-time assistant, and hes helped the program make 23 NCAA appearances during that stretch, headlined by trips to the Div. III Final Four in 2003, 2007, and 2011. At the conference level, Woosters won 15 of its North Coast Athletic Conference-leading 18 titles during Clines tenure on the staff, including seven straight from 2005-11.

As a player for the Scots, Cline was a member of one of the top basketball classes ever at Wooster. Along with teammates Scott Meech, Craig Bradley, Jason Zerger, and Jeff Hamilton, Cline helped lead the Scots to three NCAA Tournament appearances, three North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championships, two NCAC regular season titles, and a record of 91-21 (.813) in four years.

For his career, Cline finished with 1,396 [points](https://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/CLINE_DOUGview=bio#), placing him 17th on Woosters all-time scoring list (No. 8 upon graduation). The three-time all-conference honoree also holds the fifth-best career field-goal percentage mark (.607) and the ninth-best field-goal percentage in a season (.634). An outstanding rebounder as well, Cline led the team in that category twice, including his senior year when he averaged 8.2 boards.

Prior to joining the Wooster team, Cline was a local high school star at Northwestern where he was an all-county and all-state selection as both a junior and senior.

Personally, Doug, and his wife, Lauren, live in Wooster. They are the proud parents of Joshua (18), a freshman at Wooster, the late Corey (3), and twins Courtney and Jordan (10).

Kylee Gorby

Head Coach

kgorby@spalding.edu

Spalding

Division 3

After conducting a national search, Spalding University named Kylee Gorby the next head womens basketball coach, announced Athletic Director Roger Burkman.
Burkman commented, Were very excited to have Coach Gorby as our new head womens basketball coach. Burkman continued, She brings a lot of energy, determination, and a strong

Prior to taking the helm at Spalding, Gorby served as an assistant coach at Georgetown College where she helped guide the Tigers to at 22-11 record and appearance in the NAIA Division I National Tournament in 2019. While at Georgetown, Coach Gorby assisted Head Coach James Jackson in recruiting, creating and implementing scouting reports, creating and conducting individual workouts, mental training activities, as well as organizing and implementing fundraisers.

As player, Gorby was a four-year letterwinner at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, helping lead the Eagles to the first NAIA National Tournament appearance in school history in 2014-15, as well as a return trip to the big dance in 2015-16. The 5-9 guard also helped guide the Eagles to back-to-back KIAC tournament titles in 2015 and 2015. For her career, Gorby scored 1,197 points, pulled down 452 rebounds and dished out 410 assists earning First Team All-KIAC and NAIA All-Tournament team honors in her senior season.

Gorby, a Leitchfield, Kentucky native, is a graduate of Asbury University where she earned B.A. in Media Communications.

Alex Focke

Head Coach

afocke01@hamline.edu

Hamline

Division 3

Alex Focke will enter his eighth season at Hamline University and his fifth as the head womens basketball coach during the 2021-22 academic year.

"Alex's consistent, tireless, and professional work as an assistant coach in the men's program has undoubtedly earned him the opportunity to lead our women's program," said HU athletic director Jason Verdugo. "He has a clear vision and understanding of what's expected to move our program in the right direction, and I'm confident our current scholar athletes will follow his lead."

In his first three seasons, Focke and his staff have worked to turn the program around, going from four wins in 2017-18 to 13 in the following season. In 2019-20, Hamline made the MIAC Playoff Tournament for the first time since the 2012-13 season, ending with a 15-11 overall record. The 15 wins was the most the program had recorded since 2008-09. The team also swept Saint Bens for the first time since 1986.

So far, he has coached two All-MIAC athletes in Reilly Geistfeld and Lydia Lecher and three other honorable mention recipients. He and his staff have also recruited two players who made the All-First Year team in the past two seasons, in Chanel Anderson-Manning and Lecher.

Before being named the head womens coach, Focke had spent the previous four seasons serving as the main mens basketball assistant to head coach Jim Hayes.

Working with Hayes, Focke played a major role in helping to recruit several of the players that contributed to turning the program around. During the 2016-17 season, Hamline went 14-12 overall, had their longest MIAC winning streak in 57 years, and advanced to the conference playoffs for the first time in six seasons. The Pipers recorded road wins at MIAC co-champion St. Thomas (for the first time in 37 seasons), and UMAC titlist Northwestern. They also swept Gustavus Adolphus, St. Olaf, and Concordia.

Focke has a Masters degree in Sports Pedagogy from South Dakota State and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in Communication Studies.  He was a graduate assistant coach at South Dakota State University for two years where he coached and recruited for the Jackrabbits. He was also an assistant at Henry Sibley when the team advanced to the MSHSL AAAA boys tournament.

Prior to coming to Hamline, Focke, who was on a state tournament hoops team at Cretin-Derham Hall, spent three years as the head coach at Prior Lake High School. He inherited a team that had been in last place in the Missota Conference with a 3-24 record. The Lakers turned things around quickly, winning 40 games in Fockes three years as head coach, including a first-ever section triumph as a Class AAAA school.

In 2012-13, the Lakers went 19-7, including a 13-5 conference record and a third-place finish in the South Suburban Conference. They also experienced their first top-10 rating as a Class AAAA school.

Focke also spent two seasons coaching the ninth grade team at his prep alma mater and ran the 15U, 43 Hoops Basketball Club for one season.

In addition, he has worked at several hoop camps, including serving as the director of the Minnesota Timberwolves camps in 2009.

On top of his basketball coaching duties, Focke serves as the Compliance Director for Hamline Athletics.

Brittany Hutchinson

Head Coach

bhutchin@endicott.edu

Endicott

Division 3

Hutchinson has an extensive background of basketball experience that has helped to shape her coaching philosophy. In her time as an assistant, she worked under three different coaches with a variety of approaches and she has pulled from their various styles and backgrounds, from the Xs and Os of the game to their ideas on work ethic and their relationship with their players. 
She now adds five years of head coaching experience to her resume, one in which she led the Endicott Gulls to a 23-win season, tying the program record, and won the ECAC Division III New England Championship in the 2013-14 season. In CCC Tournament play, Hutchinson made the conference finals in 2012 and four-straight semifinal appearances in 2013-2016.  
Hutchinson, who led the Gulls to a 17-12 (13-5 CCC) record in 2015-16, stresses that her job is to find a balance between pushing her players to their fullest potential, both on the court and in the classroom, and being a role model and mentor for the student-athletes she coaches.
"I keep my door open," says Hutchinson. "I believe in teaching my players to be better, professional communicators; with themselves, with each other and with professors and administrators. Whether its their classes or their roommates or their role on the team, I want them to know that my staff and I are their allies.  We are on the same team and working towards the same goals; so lets work at them together and to the best of our abilities.    
Practices under Coach Hutchinson are a combination of teaching and motivation for her players. She educates them not only about the game of basketball but about how to understand their bodies and minds and how ideas such as sleep, water and nutrition make huge differences in performance and ability. She also believes in old-fashioned hard work, both in and out of season, and stresses strength and conditioning all-year round.
We want to be faster, quicker, and in better shape than our opponents, says Hutchinson, whose teams like to run a fast break and transition game and control the tempo and whose players have really jumped on board with that philosophy. Part of what we want to do is outwork our opponents in the offseason so we can showcase that work in season.
As a team, chemistry is important to Hutchinson, who believes that success on the court is directly tied to how much the players invest in each other. She likes to encourage team bonding while reaching out to the community, getting the group active in events such as the Jimmy Fund Walk and the Boys and Girls Club. She also relies on her team captains and leaders to remember what it was like to be a freshman. The team veterans then take the lead and help first years get acclimated in the fall.
Student-athletes of Coach Hutchinson are exactly that students first, and she insists that her players arrive at class early, sit up front and are actively engaged. Hutchinson has regular meetings with all players to discuss their academic progress and she holds them to high standards in the classroom. As she continues to strive for more for the program, her players rise up and accept the challenge. 

Camille McCoy

Graduate Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

mccoyc@crown.edu

Crown

Division 3

Crown College

I am currently the graduate assistant at Crown College. In my position it is my job to recruit and retain high caliber student athletes that fit our culture. I help prepare practice plans and player development programs. Our main focus is to empower our athletes to help them obtain their highest potential on and off the court.

Shaun Sanderson

Head Coach

lsanders@jjc.edu

Joliet JC

Junior College

The *2020-21 season was Shaun Sanderson's 13th season as head coach of the JJC women's basketball team (*2020-21 season cancelled due to COVID-19). During his tenure, Coach Sanderson has compiled a career record of 198-177, the most wins for a womens basketball coach at JJC. 

The last season played (2019-20), he led the Wolves to a 14-18 record, finishing 8-6 in the N4C before losing in the NJCAA Region IV tournament semifinals. 

Coach Sanderson has been voted N4C Coach of the Year twice. He has also been named Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, NJCAA Region IV and District B. Since becoming head coach, Sanderson has helped more than 40 young ladies extend their playing careers at four-year institutions. Those players have moved on to play anywhere from NCAA Division I to NAIA Division II. 

Over the years, Sanderson has been able to persuade area players to stay home and give him a chance to make them better basketball players. Coach Sandersons ability to recruit and develop players has been where his success lies. Under his wing, he has coached 15 all-tournament players, 20 all-conference players, 15 all-region players, three All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans. 

Sanderson's first three years at JJC were as an assistant coach under head coach Tony Giese. The Wolves finished with an overall record of 71-22 during that time, including an impressive 27-3 N4C record and a NJCAA No. 1 ranking in 2007. 

From 2002-2004, Sanderson was an assistant coach under head coach Danny Turner at Joliet Township High School. He helped guide the Lady Steelmen from a 4-win season prior to his arrival to a regional championship and two top 25 final rankings in the Chicago Sun-Times. Sanderson was also the head JV coach and saw every player on that team develop and go on to have successful collegiate careers. Some of those players included Ebony Ellis (Northern Illinois), Jaquetta Westley (Youngstown State), and Ashley Easley (Yale). 

Prior to his years at JTHS, Sanderson was a volunteer assistant/manager at the University of Illinois at Chicago under head coach Tim Eatman (Rutgers University). He assisted in tape editing, statistics, practice drills and individual skills. 

Sanderson started his basketball coaching career in 1997, when he was hired as head coach for the Calvary M.B. Church girls' basketball team in Chicago. He helped introduce and develop a love for the game to girls playing organized basketball for the first time. 

A native of Chicago, Sanderson graduated from Dunbar Vocational High School, where he was a standout outfielder. He then went on to Central State University in Wilberforce, OH, to continue his baseball career. In December of 2007, Sanderson earned his Associate of Arts degree from Joliet Junior College. In 2020 Sanderson was a part of Governors State University's first virtual graduation. 

Having a passion for improving the lives of young adults, for over 15 years Sanderson worked and mentored hundreds of students at Joliet, Plainfield, Lockport and Morris high schools through the YMCA's Achievers Program. He also spent a summer mentoring and coaching AAU basketball for the Bolingbrook Panthers Club Team.  

Sanderson and his wife, Elaine, reside in Joliet. They have a daughter, Sydnie.

Peyton Russell

Graduate Assistant

prrussel@iu.edu

Olivet Nazarene

NAIA

Graduate Assistant at Olivet Nazarene University Boy's Basketball