(Portions of this release were taken from the WBCA
website)
ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women's Basketball Coaches
Association (WBCA) announced the 2010 Russell Athletic/WBCA
Regional Coach of the Year winners for National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division II and Division III, and the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) today and Austin
College head coach Deb Hunter was named the Region 5 winner.
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In her 11th season as the head coach of Austin College, Hunter led
the ‘Roos to an 18-win regular season – the most wins
posted by the program since joining the SCAC in 2006 and more wins
that the last two seasons combined. In her time at Austin College,
Hunter has posted a 138-134 mark, and has a 20-year career record
of 268-228. She was named the SCAC Women's Basketball Coach of the
Year last month.
The winners are selected through a two-level process. The
first level is by region, in which coaches from each WBCA
geographical region vote for their respective top coach. If a
coach has been selected as Regional Coach of the Year, they advance
as a finalist to the national level of the selection process along
with the other Regional Coaches of the Year in their respective
division. The number of coaches varies depending on
affiliation.
NCAA Division III Final Four coaches are eligible to be considered for the Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year even if they are not named the coach of the year for their respective region. Russell Athletic/WBCA Regional Coaches of the Year are not selected for Junior College/Community College.
The winners of the Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year for each division will be honored on Monday, April 5, 2010, at 12:30 p.m. CT during the Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year Luncheon at the Marriott Rivercenter. The luncheon is part of the 2010 WBCA National Convention, held in conjunction with the NCAA® Women’s Final Four®.
