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(Lock
Haven, Pa.) - Lock
Haven University of Pennsylvania has named Britt King the new head coach of the
Lady Eagle basketball program. King
comes to Lock Haven after four seasons as the head women’s coach at NCAA
Division I Fresno State.
“We are very pleased that Britt has decided to become a part of the
Lock Haven University Athletics program,” said Sharon E. Taylor, Lock Haven
Director of Athletics. “She
brings a wealth of national and international coaching and playing experiences
which should have a very positive impact on our basketball team.”
Head Coach Britt King says that her optimism for the upcoming season
rests mostly in the positive attitude and openness the Lady Eagle players have
towards forging themselves into an improved team.
“Our expectations will be to go in and play as hard as we can and win
some games,” said newly appointed head coach Britt King. “We want to go
above our expectations, and not only that, but to have higher expectations for
ourselves than others have of us.”
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Lock Haven's new women's
basketball coach
Britt King sits next to LHU Director of Athletics Sharon E.
Taylor and LHU President Craig Dean Willis in the press conference held
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During her four-year tenure at Fresno State, King produced a 39-76
record while playing a challenging non-conference schedule along with competing
in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
Under her guidance five Bulldogs earned All-WAC honors including the
2001 WAC Co-Freshman of the Year. A
known recruiter, King’s 2001 and 2000 freshman classes were ranked 53rd
and 24th in the nation by the All-Star Girls Report.
King’s coaching career began at American University as a graduate
assistant from 1987-1989. She took
over Head Basketball Coaching duties as well as Senior Woman Administrator
responsibilities at the University of the District of Columbia in September of
1992, remaining on staff until 1997. At
UDC King established a win-loss record of 64-57 including a career best 20-6
overall mark in 1995. During that
season the Firebird squad also advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament,
narrowly losing to Shippensburg 87-81 in overtime in the first round.
For her efforts, King was named the Black Coaches Sports Magazine Coach
of the Year. In 1997 she moved on
to Coppin State College for one season where she went 10-18, a win total that
ranked seventh in the program’s all-time victory list at the time.
A standout post player for Providence
College averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds during her career from 1982-86,
King was named to the Kodak District 2 All-America team in 1986, was a two-time
All-Big East player, and also earned Providence’s Woman Athlete of the Year
Award following her senior year.
Following
college, King played professionally for El Masnou Club in Barcelona, Spain,
from August 1986 through February 1987. She
was a USA Women’s National Team Trials participant in 1986 and won a bronze
medal with the U.S. Olympic Festival’s East team in 1983.
Coaching achievements outside of the collegiate ranks include being
named an Assistant Coach for the USA Basketball World University Games Team in
1999, accompanying the squad to Madrid, Spain where they went 3-0 before
competition in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
King has been a member of the Women Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
since 1993 including a stint on its Division II Legislative Committee
(1994-96). She was the East Region
chairperson for the NCAA Division II Basketball Committee from 1994-96, and
also earned recognition as a clinician for the NCAA’s YES Program in March of
1999.
King, a native of Washington, D.C., earned her bachelor’s degree in
Marketing from Providence College in 1986 and her MBA in Finance from The
American University in 1989.
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