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 HEAD COACH VALERIE CURTIS
(District of Columbia '96, '98 MA)
vcurtis@lhup.edu
Valerie Curtis begins her second season as
head coach of the Lady Eagles after posting a 4-23 mark last
season. The 2004-05 season featured the first sweep of a
conference opponent in six years. Curtis brings a very
talented core of returnees and a large class of recruits
into the 2005-06 campaign.
Prior to coming to Lock Haven, Curtis was serving as
a Health and Physical Education teacher at
West Side
Ninth
Grade
Success
Academy
in
Newark
,
New Jersey
. Before that,
Curtis was a member of previous head coach Britt King’s
staff at
Fresno
State
from 1998-2002.
In addition to on-the-floor duties at Fresno, Curtis
served as recruiting coordinator and was in charge of
opponent scouting, pre-season and post-season conditioning,
as well as student-athlete academic advising.
Curtis began her coaching career at the University of
the
District of
Columbia
in
Washington
,
D.C.
While at UDC, she served as an assistant coach for
two seasons from 1995-97.
During that time, she also served as the coordinator
of Martha’s Table Adolescent Program, which counseled and
motivated disadvantaged teens, and as a project site
director of the Communities in Schools program in
Washington
,
D.C.
, administrating
and implementing the development of the D.C. Reads program
at selected elementary schools.
As a student-athlete, Curtis was a four-year starter
and leading scorer for the UDC Firebirds.
She was the 1993 NCAA Division II steals leader,
averaging 6.1 steals per game (135 total), an average which
still ranks her second on the nation’s single-season
chart. With a
career total of 4.7 steals per game (318 steals), she is
third on the NCAA’s all-time list in steals average. As a
senior, Curtis helped lead the Firebirds to a 20-6 overall
ledger and a berth into the 1995 NCAA tournament.
Prior to post-secondary education, Curtis served in
the United States Navy from 1986 through 1990.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in Health Education
in 1996 and a master’s of science in Public Administration
in 1998 from the University of the
District of
Columbia
.
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