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Yes, Emily had a one year deal with the women's program! I wish them well! jc

Sounds like our new "Associate Head Coach" is going to be Dan Chapla, former head coach at NAIA William Woods University (Fulton, MO)
https://wwuowls.com/news/2019/6/5/chapl ... coach.aspx

From his bio: "William Woods has won at least 20 games every season under the direction of Chapla, and he has taken the Owls to the NAIA National Tournament for a school-record nine consecutive years."

Prior to his time at WWU (11 years), he was:
HC at Culver-Stockton College (6 years)
Men's bball assistant coach at Ottawa University (Ottawa, KS; 2 years)
Men's bball assistant coach at U of Central Missouri (1 year)
Men's bball assistant coach at Culver-Stockton (3 years)
https://wwuowls.com/coaches.aspx?rc=598&path=wbball

Sounds like Coach Gravina and him kinda worked in the same circles for a while. Gravina was at NAIA McPherson College for a couple of years before he went to DII Quincy. Also, I haven't checked the dates, but probably Gravina's time at Quincy and Chapla's time at Culver-Stockton overlapped somewhat, and they're only about 20 miles down the road from each other.

Didn't WIU play William Woods in a pre-season/exhibition game or was that the men/

Also this hire would satisfy JD wanting someone who was a head coach and yes i assume JD was very familiar with him. Sounds like a good hire.

The Women played William Woods on November 27, 2018. Western won 81-73.

wiu712 wrote:The Women played William Woods on November 27, 2018. Western won 81-73.

We also played them in 2017, and every year from 2009-2014.


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So looks like JD will have an all new staff as Crafton is leaving also.

meganeck wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:13 pm So looks like JD will have an all new staff as Crafton is leaving also.

Yep, Syd is headed to Grand Canyon University.

Tere North wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:33 am

meganeck wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:13 pm So looks like JD will have an all new staff as Crafton is leaving also.

Yep, Syd is headed to Grand Canyon University.

Fewer tornadoes, more haboobs.

sealhall74 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:26 am

Tere North wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:33 am

meganeck wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:13 pm So looks like JD will have an all new staff as Crafton is leaving also.

Yep, Syd is headed to Grand Canyon University.

Fewer tornadoes, more haboobs.

That way you don't have to pay for sandblasting before taking your car in to get repainted

EDIT - Kennedy Cattenhead is originally from Bolingbrook, IL and played at Illinois from 2013-2018 (redshirt in 13/14 -> R-Senior in 17/18). She actually lead the Illini with 18 points when we beat them in November of 2017 (77-67): https://fightingillini.com/roster.aspx? ... ath=wbball
She spent the 2018/19 season as an assistant coach at DII Maryville University in St. Louis (who went 18-10 last year).