Coach of the Year

4 Women’s Division II Bulletin • April 2013

Pellicane Named 2013Schelde North America/WDIIB

Coach of the Year

California Collegiate Brian Fogel, Chico State

Conference CarolinasJill Thomas, Pfeiffer

Central AtlanticMark Miller, Holy Family

CIAAAlico Dunk, Elizabeth City State

East CoastBet Naumovski , Queens

Great AmericanKelsi Musick, SW Oklahoma State

Great Lakes IntercollegiateCarrie Lohr - Wayne State University

Great Lakes ValleyLisa Carlsen, Lewis

Great NorthwestCarmen Dolfo, Western Washington

Gulf SouthTerry Fowler, North Alabama

HeartlandJerome Willis, TX Permian Basin

Lone StarJulie Goodenough, Abilene Christian; Nicole Anderson, TX A&M-Commerce

MIAARon McHenry, Washburn

Northeast-10Trisha Brown, Stonehill

Northern SunPaul Fessler, Concordia-St. Paul

Pacific WestReid Takatsuka, Hawai’i Pacific

Peach BeltNate Teymer, Augusta State

PennsylvaniaW - Cleve Wright, GannonE - Kristy Trn, Shippensburg

Rocky MountainTaylor Wagner, Colorado Mesa

South AtlanticJim Brunelli, Anderson

SIACBelinda Roby, Tuskegee

Sunshine StateNiki Washington, Lynn

West VirginiaBunky Harkleroad, Glenville State

WDIIB Coach of the Year Winners

Dowling College head coach Joe Pel-licane has been named the 2013 Schelde North America/Women’s Division II Bul-letin Coach of the Year.

Pellicane led his Golden Lions to a 30-4 record and to the Division II na-tional title game.

Dowling won it’s first ever NCAA game this season and was the first ECC time to reach the national championship game. In their historical run, the Golden Lions won 15 straight games and won 30 a program-best games. In other program firsts Dowling earned a No. 10 ranking in the nation, and was ranked first in de-fense and opponent points per game.

“Joe did a great job with his team this season and had his players playing at the highest level. He is most deserving of this honor,” said Women’s Division II Bulletin editor and publisher Gary Rubin. “Along with Schelde North America, we are pleased to recognize him for his achievement and hard work.”

Women’s Division II Bulletin has named a Coach of the Year every sea-son since 1993-94. Pellicane is the first East Coast Conference coach to win the award.

“Reaching the national title game takes an outstanding effort from the first day of practice to the final buzzer in March,” said Jim Peterson, president of Schelde North America, a leading basketball goal and equipment manufacturer. “Schelde North America is honored to partner with Women’s Division II Bulletin to recognize Joe Pellicane and all the coaches in Divi-sion II college basketball.”

1994 Luvina Buckley, San Bernardino1995 Amy Ruley, North Dakota St.1996 Jorge Hoehn, UC Davis1997 Gene Roebuck, North Dakota1998 Cindy Stein, Emporia St.1999 Nancy Winstel, Northern Kentucky2000 Curt Bailey, College of St. Rose2001 Jay Sparks, Columbus State2002 Paul Thomas, Cal Poly Pomona2003 Aaron Johnston, South Dakota St.2004 Darcie Vincent, California (Pa.)2005 Ron McHenry, Washburn2006 Dawn Plitzuweit, Grand Valley St.2007 Joe Frager, So. Connecticut2008 Sandra Rushing, Delta State2009 Pam Gohl, Minnesota State2010 Brandon Schneider, Emporia St.2011 Dennis Cox, Clayton St.2012 Jacques Curtis, Shaw

Conference Coaches of the Year

2013 Coach of the YearJoe Pellicane, Dowling