12/21/2011 2011 - Another unforgettable year for Viking Athletics!Brown and Porter end magnificent careers on brilliant notes, seventh straight national championship for women's rowers In 27th year at Western ... In charge of community relations ... Past chair of NCAA men's basketball rules committee, serving as Division II representative for five years ... Has 487-274 record in 26 seasons as head men's basketball coach, directing Vikings to school-best 27-4 record and NCAA Division II final four in 2000-01, and taking teams to NAIA National Tournament in 1988 and 1994 ... Has directed Western to 19 post-season appearances, five of them to NCAA tourney ... Assistant coach for West team at 1991 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival ... Named National Association of Basketball Coaches/NCAA II West Region and Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year in 2001, NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Coach of the Year in 1994, District 1 Coach of the Year three times (1988-90), Little All-Northwest Coach of the Year in 1988 and 2001, and Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2009 ... Directed Western to 11 20-win seasons, including four straight from 1986-90, a school record, and six in last 11 years ... Prior to tenure at WWU was successful coach at Eastside Catholic (Bellevue) and Olympia High Schools ... Also assistant coach for five years at Seattle Pacific University ... Obtained master's degree in athletic administration at SPU in 1977 ... Received bachelor's degree at Washington State University, earning three letters in basketball ... Standout athlete in three sports at Hudson's Bay High School (Vancouver, WA) ... 60 years old ... He and wife Debbie, a four-time NCAA All-America gymnast and member of Athletic Hall of Fame at Seattle Pacific, have two grown children, daughter Lynsey and son Kyle, who played basketball at Western. |
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