BBASKETBASKETBALLALL STSTAFFAFF 85 HEAD COACH SCOTT DREW

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n Aug. 22, 2003, Scott Drew After signing three straight national top-20 level national recruiter. That reputation was assumed the head coaching position recruiting classes and milking better-than- evidenced quickly when his first three Baylor Oat Baylor University and took over expected seasons out of three severely limit- recruiting classes (the first of which was one of the most daunting rebuilding projects ed squads, Drew has turned heads and signed during an abbreviated period after his in collegiate basketball history. given Bear fans a glimpse of the program’s hiring) were rated 10th, 11th and 17th, Three years into his Baylor tenure, bas- potential. respectively, in the nation. Those are widely ketball followers nationwide recognize Expectations are rising in Central Texas considered the best consecutive recruiting Drew’s accomplishments under unprece- as the Baylor faithful have seen plenty of classes to ever sign with Baylor. dented circumstances (through three sea- encouraging signs in the no-quit playing Drew and his teams have made a positive sons Drew has yet to field a team with more style of the Bears’ recently outmanned impression on the court as well, though not than 10 scholarship players) as he and his teams and the never-ending optimism of necessarily measured solely on wins and staff have quietly served notice that Baylor their young coach. losses. basketball is on the rise. Drew has long been considered a top- In his first season in 2003-04, Drew inher-

86 BaylorBears.com The Basketball Staff 87 THE DREW WORKSHEET HEAD COACH SCOTT DREW SCOTT COACH HEAD Years2002-03 School ValparaisoTOTAL (1 season) 12-2 (.857)2003-04 Baylor2004-05 1st Mid-Con 12-2 (.857) Conf. (Pct.) Baylor2005-06 (.645) 20-11 Conf. Finish BaylorTOTAL NIT Overall (Pct.) (3 seasons) 3-13 (.188) Big 12 11th (1 yr.) 1-15 (.063)VALPARAISO 8-40 (.200) 12th Big 12 (3 yrs.) 4-12 (.250)BAYLOR 12-2 (.857) 8-21 (.276) 12th Big 12 (.645) 20-11 CAREER (3 years) 9-19 (.321) 1 conf. title 4-13 (.235) (.645) 20-11 20-42 (.323) 8-40 (.200) 1 conf. title 1 NIT appearance 41-64 (.390) 21-53 (.284) 1 postseason app. 21-53 (.284) 2006-07 Baylor Basketball 2006-07 Baylor Drew and his overachieving Bears fin- Drew and his overachieving in 2004-05 Drew In his second season In his third season in 2005-06 Drew’s Success in the basketball world runs a decade of Drew came to Baylor after The previous nine seasons, Drew served Scott Drew In 10 seasons at Valpo, ited a team with half the allotted scholarship with half the allotted ited a team of walk-ons. he added a handful players and dismissed – which was summarily The team as having prognosticators by all preseason and perhaps no chance to be competitive everyone by win- finish winless – surprised three Big 12 ning eight games, including Conference contests. and won over Baylor ished the season 8-21 alike with their fans and basketball fans The team attitudes. scrappy play and no-quit and Drew was exceeded all expectations in Big and mentioned praised for his efforts discussions. Year 12 Coach of the most inexpe- took the court with the nation’s rienced team, with just one returning schol- The Bears fought their way to arship player. 9- a better record than the previous season, 19, including an impressive 73-72 road at Purdue. upset their biggest chal- Bears overcame perhaps lenge to date, when despite being banned from playing any non-conference games (due to violations of the previous coaching young Baylor squad defied the odds a staff), and won four Big 12 games (matching its from the previous two conference win total seasons) and finished the abbreviated sea- The Bears played through the son 4-13. early season handicap and made news in the latter half of the season with noticeably wins in two of evidenced by improved play, the final four games (two losses by a com- and wins in four of their bined seven points) final five home contests. strong in the Drew family – from Scott (head coach at Baylor) and brother Bryce (former NBA assistant player and current Valparaiso coach) to father Homer (head coach at Valparaiso). the final year as coaching at Valparaiso, head coach. He led the Crusaders to a 20- record and into the NIT11 in 2002-03. Valpo earned the Mid-Continent Conference regu- lar season championship with a 12-2 league record in 2003. under his father, at Valpo as an assistant He was promot- the legendary . ed to associate head coach for the 2001-02 season. Drew coached his father’s 200th (against Oakland on Jan. 27, win at Valpo 2001) when Homer was ill. helped lead the program to six NCAA berths, including the magical Tournament 1997-98 squad that shocked the nation by HEAD COACH SCOTT DREW

ed three top 100 national recruits. Drew was part of the coaching staff that led Valpo to nine straight Mid- Continent Conference championships, including dual regular season and tournament titles in 1994-

The Basketball Staff 95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 2001-02. The Crusaders were regular season champs in 2000-01 and 2002-03, and won the con- ference tournament in 2000. Drew was the driving force behind Valpo’s inter- national pipeline that pro- duced more than 10 players from Europe, Africa and DREW FACTS South America from 1995 to 2003. He has European PERSONAL coaching experience, hav- Birthdate: Oct. 23, 1970 ing served as head coach Birthplace: Kansas City, Mo. of the Athletes In Action Family: Wife, Kelly; daughter team which toured Croatia Mackenzie (2). and Bosnia in the summer EDUCATION of 1997. In August 1995, Butler, 1993 Drew assisted the AIA team Valparaiso, 1994 (Master’s) that traveled to Germany, Macedonia, Bulgaria and COACHING EXPERIENCE Greece. 1993-01 Valparaiso (assistant) Drew is a former first vice 2001-02 Valparaiso (associate) president for the NABC 2002-03 Valparaiso (head coach) Assistant Coaches 2003- Baylor (head coach) Committee and previously served on the National advancing to the Sweet 16. Valpo made five Invitation Tournament com- straight NCAA appearances from 1996-2000. mittee. The younger Drew was responsible for A 1993 graduate of three national top Butler 20 recruiting University classes during his with a last five years at ALL-CONFERENCE Bachelor of Valpo. Liberal Arts Drew was SELECTIONS degree, named the 1998- UNDER SCOTT DREW Drew earned 99 National a master’s Recruiter of the ALL-MID-CON • Valparaiso degree from Year by Court 2002-2003 3 (1 1st, 1 2nd, 1 hm) Valparaiso in Vision and helped 1994. Drew produce what 2002-2003 Raitis Grafs (1st team) worked with HoopScoop.com 2002-2003 Stalin Ortiz (2nd team) Butler’s named the 2002-2003 Joaquim Gomes (hm) men’s bas- nation’s sixth-best ketball pro- recruiting class in ALL-BIG 12 • Baylor gram from 2001 (per aver- 2003-present 4 (2 3rd, 2 hm) 1991-93. age talent), the 2003-2004 Harvey Thomas (3rd team) Drew and 13th-best in 1999 2003-2004 Terrance Thomas (hm) his wife Kelly are the (per average tal- 2004-2005 Aaron Bruce (3rd team) ent) and the 27th- parents of 2005-2006 Aaron Bruce (hm) best in 2003 (per one daugh- average talent), a 2002-2006 7 (1 1st, 1 2nd, 2 3rd, 3 hm) ter, class that includ- Mackenzie.

88 BaylorBears.com The Basketball Staff 89 41-64 21-53 20-11 Career Baylor Valpo . ALL OPPONENTS VS DREW TOTAL MissouriMissouri-Kansas CityNebraskaNorth TexasNorthern Illinois 2-1Notre DameOakland –Oklahoma 1-3Oklahoma State 2-1 Oral Roberts 1-2 0-3 2-0 0-1A&M Prairie View 0-1 0-3 1-0Purdue 0-1 0-1Samford 1-0 – – San Jose State – 0-6 2-0Savannah State 0-6 0-6 1-0SMU 0-1 1-1 – 0-6Southern (La.) 1-0 – Southern Utah – 2-0 – Austin Stephen F. – 0-1 1-1 Syracuse 1-2 1-0 1-0Texas 0-1 1-1 1-0 A&MTexas – – A&M-Corpus 0-1 1-0ChristiTexas – 0-1 2-0 AmericanTexas-Pan 1-0 1-0 0-2 AntonioTexas-San 0-1 1-1 – SouthernTexas – 0-2 1-1 Tech – Texas 2-0 0-1 – 0-1 IllinoisWestern – 2-4Wisconsin-Milwaukee – 0-1 0-6 0-1 2-4 0-1 0-6 0-1 – 1-0 – – – 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-5 – – 1-5 – 0-1 – 2-0 OpponentArkansas-Pine BluffBelmontBYU-Hawai’iCentral MichiganCharlotte 1-0Chicago State 1-0Cincinnati W-LColorado – W-LHillsdale College 1-0 0-1 1-0Indiana-Purdue W-L – 0-1Indiana State –Iowa 4-0 1-0 1-0 – Iowa State 1-0 1-0Kansas 1-0 – 0-1 3-0 Kansas State 1-3 1-0 2-1 1-0 Louisiana-Monroe – 1-3Loyola 1-0 – – 0-1 Maryland-Eastern Shore – Midwestern State – 2-1 2-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 2-2 0-3 1-1 1-0 0-1 – 1-2 – 0-3 – – 1-0 0-1 – – – 1-0 0-1 – 63-81 L 67-59 W 53-82 L 67-83 L 60-103 L 57-77 L 91-52 W . .52-80 L .61-65 L . .52-82 L . .60-79 L . .66-86 L . .69-80 L ...... 48-66 L . . .61-76 L . . .76-79 L . . . .63-90 L . . . .62-74 L ...... 70-72 L . . . . .63-74 L . . . . .76-84 L ...... 61-79 L ...... 47-66 L ...... 60-64 L ...... 91-73 W ...... 77-66 W ...... 61-65 L ...... 51-77 L ...... 45-60 ...... 90-64 L W ...... 73-72 W ...... 53-60 L (ESPN+) NR-#10 (CTN) (FSNSW) (FSNMW) ...... 60-75 L (ESPN+) (TTTN) (FSNSW) (FSNSW) (TTTN) NR-#23 (ESPN+) (CTN) (ESPN+) NR-#22 (SSN) (ESPN Classic) (ESPN+) NR-#22 (ESPN+) (ESPN+) NR-#25 (FSNSW) (4-13, 4-12 Big 12 - 12th) (ESPN+) NR-#20 (ESPN+) (9-19, 1-15 Big 12 - 12th) (9-19, 1-15 Big (FSNMW) (ESPN+) NR-#5 (ESPN+) (MSN) (FSNSW) NR-#16 (ESPN+) (ESPN+) NR-#6 (FSNSW) NR-#6 (FSNSW) NR-#11 (FSNSW) NR-#11 (ESPN+) NR-#5 (ESPN+) HEAD COACH SCOTT DREW SCOTT COACH HEAD HILLSDALE COLLEGE . . . . 2006-07 Baylor Basketball 2006-07 Baylor 1/22 • at Okla. St. 1/25 • KANSAS 2/12 • NEBRASKA 3/2 • TEXAS TECH ...... 66-723/5 • TEXAS A&M L 2/18 • A&M TEXAS 2/1 • at Iowa State 1/28 •A&M Texas at 1/13 STATE SAVANNAH ...... 86-501/15 • W OKLAHOMA 1/29 •A&M at Texas 2/26 • Oklahoma at 1/14 • OKLAHOMA ST. 1/25 • OKLAHOMA 2/21 • Kansas at 3/1 • TEXAS TECH 3/4 • at Oklahoma St. 2/5 • OKLAHOMA ST. * Big 12 Championship (Dallas, Texas) * Big 12 Championship (Dallas, 2/19 • TEXAS Mo.) (Kansas City, Tournament * Big 12 2005-06 1/11 • Tech at Texas 11/22 2004-05 11/24 LOUISIANA-MONROE . . . .61-7512/1 L ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF.63-53 12/4 W CHRISTI TAMU-CORPUS .58-73 12/16 at SMU. .43-77 ...... L 12/18 SOUTHERN ...... 75-62 L W 12/22 MD.-EASTERN SHORE . . .97-73 W 12/28 PRAIRIE A&M ...... 84-52VIEW W 12/30 at Purdue 1/18 • at Colorado ...... 48-811/21 • TEXAS L 2/14 • Texas at 2/25 • IOWA STATE 3/9 * vs. Colorado 1/19 • COLORADO 2/1 • KANSAS STATE ...... 72-702/4 W • OT at Nebraska 2/16 • Missouri at 3/10 * Iowa State vs. 2/7 • MISSOURI 2/11 • at Oklahoma 2/9 • Tech at Texas 1/31/9 CHICAGO ...... 77-59STATE W • at Texas 2/23 • Kansas State at 66-75 L 67-78 L 58-84 L 65-72 L 65-76 L 57-79 L 67-61 W OT ...... 58-91 L ...... 63-59 W . . . . .63-83 . . . . .72-64 L W ...... 66-70 L ...... 54-74 L ...... NR-#22 (FSNSW) NR-#18 (ESPN+) (20-11, 12-2 MCC - 1st) (20-11, 12-2 (8-21, 3-13 Big 12 - 11th) (FSNSW) NR-#25 (FSNSW) . . NR-#10 (ESPN+) (ESPN+) NR-#6 (ESPN+) NR-#20 . NR-#21 (FSNSW) NR-#16 (FSNSW) NR-#11 (FSNSW) NR-#11 BAYLOR VALPARAISO National Invitation Tournament National Invitation 1/21 • at Nebraska ...... 47-761/24 • IOWA STATE L 1/31 • at Colorado ...... 66-812/3 L • Tech at Texas 2/14 • at Okla. St. 3/3 • KANSAS STATE ...... 62-643/6 • at Oklahoma L ...... 41-46 L 1/6AMERICAN 1/10 UT-PAN ...... 54-55 • at Texas 1/17 L • TEXAS TECH 2/21 • MISSOURI * Hawai’i Surf’N Slam (Laie, Hawai’i) 2003-04 11/22 TEXAS SOUTHERN ...... 72-59 W 11/25AUSTIN STEPHEN . . . . .57-79F. 11/29 CHRISTI TAMU-CORPUS L .69-62 W 12/3 SMU ...... 62-6612/6 MIDWESTERN STATE . . . .97-72 L 12/9 W ...... 69-73 at North Texas 12/13ANTONIO UT-SAN ...... 45-53 L 12/16 LOUISIANA-MONROE L . . . .85-79 W12/19 at BYU-Hawai’i* 2OT ...... 67-7212/20 vs. San Jose State* L ...... 64-7912/22 vs. Northern Illinois* ...... 69-59 L 1/3 W PURDUE ^ * Mid-Con Tournament (Kansas City, Mo) (Kansas City, Tournament * Mid-Con 2002-03 11/24 at Syracuse . . . . .66-81 ...... 11/26 INDIANA L STATE ...... 81-56 W 11/30 NORTHERN ILLINOIS . . . .78-67 W 12/2 at Cincinnati ...... 50-7612/7 at Loyola ...... 62-80 L 12/11 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee . . .61-75 L 12/14 SAMFORD L ...... 87-7912/20 W ...... 83-65 BELMONT 2OT W 12/23 CENTRAL MICHIGAN . .65-51 . . 12/28 W at Purdue . . . .55-87 ...... 12/30 at Missouri L ...... 47-651/4 L 1/11 NOTRE DAME • ...... 53-55 WESTERN ILLINOIS . . . . .74-571/16 W • L SOUTHERN UTAH ...... 74-44 W 1/18 • CHICAGO ...... 80-48STATE W 1/23 • at IUPUI ...... 72-621/25 W • at Oakland ...... 72-701/30 • W ORAL ROBERTS . .84-71 ...... 2/1 W • MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY.68-71 2/4 L2/8 CHARLOTTE OT ...... 73-59 • at Western W Illinois ...... 74-622/13 • at Chicago State W ...... 81-702/15 W • at Soutehrn Utah ...... 69-61 W 2/20 • OAKLAND...... 81-65 . . . . . W 2/22 • IUPUI ...... 77-712/27 W • at Missouri-Kansas City . . .75-633/1 W • at Oral Roberts ...... 75-893/9 L 3/10 vs. Chicago State* ...... 82-62 vs. Missouri-Kansas City*.71-50. W 3/11 W vs. IUPUI* ...... 64-663/17 at Iowa^ ...... 60-62 L L 2/18 • at Kansas 1/28 • OKLAHOMA 2/7 • TEXAS A&M 2/10 • TEXAS 2/25 •A&M at Texas 2/28 • OKLA. ST HEAD COACH SCOTT DREW THE DREW FAMILY

The Basketball Staff THE DREWS ARE ONE OF (SCOTT) DEFINITELY THOSE NAMES“ THAT COMES FROM“ ABOUT REPRESENTS ALL THAT’S THE BEST STOCK THERE GOOD ABOUT COLLEGE IS. HIS FAMILY IS AS BASKETBALL. SOLID AS A ROCK.

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In the basketball world, the Drew name is 2003 season. When Scott left Valpo for • Dana Drew-Shaw was a two-time MAC synonymous with winning. Baylor head Baylor, Homer returned to coach the Player of the Year at Toledo. She was coach Scott Drew spent a decade coaching Crusaders. MAC all-tournament three times, the at Valparaiso, helping lead the Crusaders to • , a 1998 first-round pick by only player in MAC history to win the six NCAA appearances in nine seasons as the , played six sea- award more than once, and was a two- an assistant under his father Homer, the sons in the NBA and is now an assistant time first-team Academic All-American. winningest coach in Valpo history. Also, at Valpo under his father. Bryce is best • Casey Shaw finished his career at Scott’s brother Bryce, sister Dana, and known for hitting the game-winning shot Toledo in the top five in career points brother-in-law Casey Shaw were each high- to beat Mississippi in the first round of and rebounds and was a 1998 second- ly decorated collegiate players. the 1998 NCAA Tournament. That sea- round draft choice of the Philadelphia • Homer Drew, past and present head son, Bryce earned all-conference hon- 76ers. A three-time all-conference selec- coach at Valparaiso, served 14 seasons ors for the third straight season as tion, Shaw was named third-team as head coach at Valpo before handing Valpo advanced to it’s first-ever Sweet Academic All-America as a senior. over the reins to Scott for the 2002- 16.

90 BaylorBears.com The Basketball Staff 91 [head coach] [head coach] , Pa. Pittsburgh, Dec. 14, 1964 Wife, Carrie; sons Chase (11) and Paxton (8) Chase (11) 1990-91 Butler (Pa.) County CC 1991-93 HS Seneca Valley 19931993-97 LaRoche Col. Slippery Rock 1997-98 Wyoming 1998-03 Clemson 20032003- Valparaiso Baylor POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE 1998 NIT (first round) 1999 NIT (runner-up) FACT SHEET PERSONAL Birthdate: Birthplace: Family: EDUCATION Slippery Rock, 1992 COACHING EXPERIENCE 1988-90 Northgate HS A 1992 Driscoll and Assistant Coaches Board of Directors, Driscoll has been active in the organiza- tion since 1994 and a member of the board since 1998. graduate of Slippery Rock with a Bachelor of Science degree in education, Driscoll has earned a cer- tification in elementary education. his wife Carrie have two sons, Chase and Paxton.

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Driscoll also has head coaching experi- A former president of the National 2006-07 Baylor Basketball 2006-07 Baylor during the 1997-1998 campaign. The campaign. during the 1997-1998 19-9 mark and earned Cowboys recorded a a berth in the NIT Wyoming that season. top-10 teams that won two games against of national finalist including an upset year, Utah. ence, guiding LaRoche College in Pa., from 1993-1997. Prior to Pittsburgh, becoming the head coach at LaRoche, he at Slippery served as a volunteer assistant an assistant He also was Rock University. School in High coach at Seneca Valley Zelienople, Pa., from 1991-1993 and an coach at Butler (Pa.) County assistant Community College from 1990-1991. Driscoll's career began at his prep alma as he served as head boys basket- mater, Northgate High ball coach at Pittsburgh's School from 1988-1990. Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT MATTHEW DRISCOLL MATTHEW Prior to his stint at Clemson, Driscoll was Driscoll, who spent a total of seven weeks total Driscoll, who spent a Matthew Driscoll is in his fourth year as an Matthew Driscoll is in JOINED BAYLOR: August 2003JOINED BAYLOR: August Slippery Rock, 1992 an assistant coach for Shyatt at Wyoming an assistant at Valpo before coming to Baylor, spent the before coming to Baylor, at Valpo at previous five seasons as an assistant Clemson under Larry Shyatt from 1998 to 2003. While assisting Shyatt, Driscoll helped Clemson to the NIT championship game in the 1999. During the 1998-1999 campaign, won 20 games, including four in the Tigers before losing to California by one NIT, in the championship on the final possession. in Clemson's Driscoll also played a part a three victories over North Carolina during the over five-year period, including an upset Heels. In 2002-2003, the Tar top-ranked compiled a 15-13 record. Tigers assistant basketball coach at Baylor basketball assistant to Driscoll was the first assistant University. accompanying staff, join the Bears' current from Valparaiso. head coach Scott Drew ASSISTANT COACHES MARK MOREFIELD FACT JOINED BAYLOR: August 2003 Valparaiso, 1998 ASSISTANT COACH SHEET The Basketball Staff

Mark Morefield's association with Scott head coach. The previous four seasons, the PERSONAL Drew dates back 13 years, including the last two were fellow assistants on the Valparaiso April 11, 1976 three seasons at Baylor. staff of Homer Drew, Scott's father. Birthdate: Morefield is in his fourth season serving Morefield logged a total of nine seasons Birthplace: Michigan City, Ind. as the Bears' recruiting coordinator and with Valparaiso basketball, the last five as assistant coach, and his duties include han- an assistant coach. In those five years, EDUCATION dling the offense, supervising individual Valpo went to three NCAA Tournaments and Valparaiso, 1998 workouts and scouting. one NIT. Morefield served as Valpo's admin- A proven recruiter, Morefield has twice istrative assistant coach in 1998-99 and as a been named one of the nation's top 25 student assistant during the 1996-97 and COACHING EXPERIENCE recruiters by Rivals.com, in 2005 and 2006. 1997-98 campaigns after working as a team 1997-98 Michigan City HS Morefield has contributed to the signing of manager as a freshman and sophomore. 1999, 01 Athletes in Action (summer) five top-20 national recruiting classes over He was part of the staff that guided Valpo 1998-03 Valparaiso the past eight years, two at Valparaiso and to Mid-Continent Conference regular season the last three at Baylor (No. 17 in 2006, No. championships and tournament champi- 2003- Baylor 11 in 2005 and No. 10 in 2004 at Baylor; No. onships in 1998-99 and 2001-02, as well as 6 in 2001 and No. 13 in 1999 at Valparaiso). regular season titles in 2000-01 and 2002- POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE A product of the Valparaiso basketball pro- 03 and a tournament title in 2000. 1997 Mid-Con Tourn. champs gram, Morefield spent 2002-03 as an assis- In the summer of 1999, Morefield was an 1997 NCAA Tournament tant during Drew's one season as Valpo's assistant coach for an Athletes In Action team that toured Poland 1998 Mid-Con Tourn. champs and Croatia. Morefield was 1998 NCAA Tournament also an assistant coach for 1999 Mid-Con Tourn. champs an AIA team that played on 1999 NCAA Tournament the Ivory Coast of Africa in 2000 Mid-Con Tourn. champs 2001. Players on those AIA teams included Milo Stovall 2000 NCAA Tournament of Valpo, Dan Dickau of 2002 Mid-Con Tourn. champs Gonzaga, Ryan Sears of 2002 NCAA Tournament Creighton, Solomon Hughes 2003 NIT (first round) of California, Billy Knight of UCLA, Reed Rawlings of Samford and Doc Martin of Alabama. In addition to his duties at Valpo in 1997-98, Morefield served as freshman basket- ball coach and varsity assis- tant at Michigan City High School in Indiana. In the summers of 1996 and 1997 he worked basketball camps at Notre Dame and Michigan. Morefield also served as the director of the Valparaiso boys basketball camps. Morefield graduated from Valparaiso in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in an indi- vidualized major with a course concentration in sports marketing.

92 BaylorBears.com The Basketball Staff 93 [head coach] San Fernando, Oct. 7, 1966 Academy Wife, Careylyen; Trinidad, West Indies West Trinidad, son Seven (5) and daughter (2) Aylyn 2003- Baylor POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE 1985-86 North Central Bible Col. 1987-88 Normandale CC FACT SHEET PERSONAL Birthdate: Birthplace: Family: COACHING EXPERIENCE 1993-03 Christian Heritage and Richard Hurd. Richard is a junior for- ward at Baylor. Tang dents and dents just 30 high school students (10th-12th grades). from Away the gym, Tang served as youth pas- tor at First Assembly of God. and his wife Careylyen are the of parents two, son Seven and daughter Aylyn. is Tang the legal guardian of broth- ers Lamar

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Tang's last two squads at HCATang's featured was also the athletic director at Tang 2006-07 Baylor Basketball 2006-07 Baylor Christian's most-publicized recruit during Christian's most-publicized a Wafer, "Von" tenure was Vakeaton Tang's who played All-American 2003 McDonald's with the drafted and was at Florida State Lakers in the Angeles 39th pick by the Los 2005 NBA draft. other Division I signees in Cedrick Hensley (Houston), Elijah Miller (Houston), Marlon A&M), Lamar Hurd (Oregon Pompey (Texas Tyler Mayes (Richmond) and Tim State), John's). Jones (St. Christian, a birth-through-high Heritage school private school that boasted 145 stu- ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT JEROME TANG JEROME Feeding off that success, Tang and Tang that success, Feeding off In his decade of service at Heritage In his decade of service Jerome Tang is in his fourth year as an is in his fourth year Tang Jerome JOINED BAYLOR: September 2003 JOINED BAYLOR: September Heritage Christian became known for pro- Heritage ducing Division I athletes. Heritage Christian, Tang led the Eagles to four state Tang Christian, one and built the Eagles into championships powerhouses. His TAPPS of the state's squad gained national attention in 2001, Eagles, junior Cedrick Tang's when one of scored 101 points. Hensley, assistant at Baylor, following 10 seasons as following at Baylor, assistant recognized head coach at nationally in Cleveland, Academy Christian Heritage Texas. OPERATIONS STAFF

STEPHEN BROUGH FACT JOINED BAYLOR: September 2003 Miami, 1996 SHEET

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Stephen Brough is in his fourth season as Wright State's 2003 recruiting class being PERSONAL Baylor's director of basketball operations. rated among the top 40 nationally by Birthdate: July 26, 1974 Brough's duties on the Baylor staff include HoopScoop.com. scheduling and assisting with team travel. Prior to his time at Wright State, Brough Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio Prior to joining the Bears' staff, Brough served six years at his alma mater, Miami spent the 2002-03 season as an assistant University. While an undergraduate student EDUCATION coach at Wright State. His responsibility was he worked as a student manager with the Miami, 1996 recruiting, as well as scouting and on-court men's basketball team and during grad Miami, 1999 [Master’s] instruction. Brough's efforts contributed to school became the team's administrative assistant, arranging travel plans, - COACHING EXPERIENCE ing with scouting 2000-02 Miami (Ohio) women reports, conducting 2002-03 Wright State film exchange and 2003- Baylor assisting with camp direction. Brough was at Miami during the Redhawks' Sweet 16 run in 1999 and worked with future NBA players Ira Newbie (Cavaliers) and Wally Szczerbiak (Timberwolves). In July 2000, he moved into a posi- tion as assistant coach with Miami's women's team, a role he served in for two seasons before heading to Wright State. In two sea- sons there, Brough worked with devel- oping the team's post players, game- planning, scouting and carried an increased role in bachelor's degrees in accounting and orga- recruiting. nizational behavior from Miami in 1996. He A native of went on to earn his master's of arts in teach- Toledo, Ohio, ing (secondary education) in 1999, also from Brough received Miami.

94 BaylorBears.com The Basketball Staff 95 [H.C.] [H.C.] Ft. Bend Bapt. Acad. Ft. Bend Bapt. Wife, Wendy; daughter Wife, Wendy; Audrey (1) Mills is married to the former Wendy FACT SHEET PERSONAL Family: EDUCATION A&M, 1996 Texas COACHING EXPERIENCE 1996-99 North Belt Christian 1999-02 2002-03 Rice 2003- Baylor in Houston. He signed with Southern Okla., Nazarene University in Bethany, where he played as a freshman for one sea- son before an injury forced him to transfer to A&M. He earned his bachelor's Texas A&M in 1996. Texas degree in finance from Audrey. The couple has one daughter, Scott.

A Houston district coach of the year awards. Mills served on the board of directors of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and (TABC) as a board member of the Greater Houston Private School Classic before mov- ing to the collegiate ranks. native, Mills was an all- basket- state ball player before gradu- ating from MacArthur High School OPERATIONS STAFF OPERATIONS

Mills served as a head coach in the Texas coach in the Mills served as a head 4ATAPPS Mills was named South Region 2006-07 Baylor Basketball 2006-07 Baylor high school ranks before joining the Rice high school ranks before he served as the head Most recently, staff. Academy from coach at Fort Bend Baptist first- the school to its 1999 to 2002, guiding Final Four of the ever appearance in the 4ATAPPS during his final tournament state season. Before that, Mills was the head coach at North Belt Christian from 1996 to 1999, leading the team to a 63-17 record during his three-year tenure. Mills' teams in his captured four district championships six seasons as a high school coach and he the coached seven players who advanced to collegiate level. coach of the year and four times received PAUL MILLS PAUL COORDINATOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS OF BASKETBALL COORDINATOR Prior to joining the Baylor staff, Mills Prior to joining the Baylor staff, Mills' responsibilities involve the daily Mills' responsibilities Paul Mills is in his fourth season as Paul Mills is in his fourth served as coordinator of men's basketball at served as coordinator of men's basketball The Owls finished the year Rice in 2002-03. 19-10, the school's second-best record in in the previous 48 seasons, and placed third the WAC. administration of the basketball program. administration of the Scott Drew Basketball the Mills also directs He has worked more than 100 bas- camps. years and 11 over the past ketball camps All- of the prestigious Nike has been a part American Camp, Pete Newell Big Man Camp and Rick Majerus's Elite Camp. Baylor's coordinator of men's basketball Baylor's coordinator operations. JOINED BAYLOR: October 2003JOINED BAYLOR: October Texas A&M, 1996 SUPPORT STAFF

CHARLIE MELTON FACT JOINED BAYLOR: June 2005 Memphis, 1998 SHEET The Basketball Staff ASSOCIATE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

Charlie Melton is in his second season tant for FSU's football program before being PERSONAL working with the Baylor men's basketball hired as a full-time strength coach in 2001. Birthdate: Oct. 20, 1974 team as the associate strength and condi- A 1998 graduate of the University of tioning coach. Memphis, Melton earned a master's degree Birthplace: Jacksonville, Fla. Melton joined the Bears in June 2005 after in Exercise and Sport Science from his alma Family: Wife, Crystal; daughter spending four seasons as a full-time mater in 2000. He worked as a graduate Norah (3), son Robbie (1) strength coach at . assistant in the strength department under He spent one season as a graduate assis- Todd Stroud and with Memphis' Exercise EDUCATION and Sport Nutrition Research Lab under cur- Memphis, 1998 rent Baylor professor Dr. Memphis, 2000 (masters) Richard Kreider from 1998 to 2000. In his short career, Melton has trained 31 NFL draft picks, including nine first-round picks and one Heisman Trophy winner, and four track and field national champions. An accomplished weightlifter, Melton placed third and fourth in the Collegiate Weightlifting National Championships in 1997 and 1998, respec- tively. Melton is certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA). He has also completed the certification requirements of Level 1 club coach through USA Weightlifting (USAW). Melton and his wife, the former Crystal Popek, have two children: daugh- ter Norah and son Robbie.

96 BaylorBears.com The Basketball Staff 97 SUPPORT STAFF SUPPORT Nielsen came to Baylor in 2000 from New Mexico State, where he State, Nielsen came to Baylor in 2000 from New Mexico Nielsen spent four and a half years as Prior to New Mexico State, AAriz., Nielsen has worked 22 NCAA Tucson, native of championship They Thurston of Logan, Utah. Nielsen is married to the former Deena His duties include assisting with class registration, and the monitoring His duties include assisting with class registration, as a graduate in the student-athlete services office Davis started A Davis 2002 Baylor graduate with a B.A. degree in communications, collegiate seasons as a As a 6-9 forward, Davis played his final two of New Mexico Davis played his first two seasons at the University volleyball a former star Davis is married to the former Dana Chuha, Prior to joining Baylor in 1997, Coltrain served as athletic trainer and served as athletic Baylor in 1997, Coltrain Prior to joining spent four years as a student athletic TCU, Coltrain As a student at TCU degree in physical education from Coltrain received a bachelor's are Texas, former Leslie Jones of Kaufman, Coltrain and his wife, the spent two years as assistant AD for media relations. At NMSU, Nielsen At AD for media relations. spent two years as assistant for a 15-sport Division I was responsible for the media relations operation athletic program. At MSU, director of athletic media relations at Mississippi State. assistant for the foot- Nielsen's duties involved serving as the main media contact ball, baseball and soccer programs. Nielsen is a 1994 graduate of Utah He spent with a B.A. degree in journalism and a minor in Spanish. State information office. in USU's sports three years as a student assistant All- and in 2002 was the publicist for the Big 12 Men's Basketball events of Scandinavia. He has received numerous awards for his pub- Tour Star lications, including his 1996 MSU baseball media guide that was judged Information "Best in the Nation." He is a member of the College Sports Association of America (CoSIDA), the Football Writers Directors of Association. Basketball Writers America, and the United States of three sons, H, Kye and Sayer. are the parents of NCAA requirements. and Big 12 rules, class attendance and study hall eligibility and monitors progress toward gradu- maintain Davis also helps ation. in September 2004. in 2003 and was hired full-time assistant Management from Baylor in 2006. earned his MS Ed in Sport and 6.0 rebounds. His 72 at Baylor and averaged 8.2 points starter all-time in school history. ranks fifth career blocked shots High Arlington Martin at before transferring to Baylor in 1999. He starred School. school's all-time assist player at Baylor from 1998 to 2001 and the leader. and director of baseball operations, responsible for handling travel plans responsible for handling of baseball operations, and director gameday operations. and coordinating in for nine years, Association for Universal Cheerleaders camp manager at more than for coordinating training efforts which he was responsible he was the head From 1995 to 1997, camps. 100 summer cheerleading High School in Dallas. athletic trainer at Wilmer-Hutchins Horned Frogs' football, track and field, soccer trainer working with the and swimming programs. a master's degree in health, human perform- in 1994. In 2000 he earned Athletic He is certified by the National Baylor. ance and recreation from Athletic Board of Advisory Texas Association and licensed by the Trainers Trainers. Emma. of one daughter, the parents 2006-07 Baylor Basketball 2006-07 Baylor HEATH NIELSEN HEATH Assistant A.D. Media Relations GREG DAVIS Assistant Director, Student-Athlete Services KHALIL COLTRAIN KHALIL Trainer Head Basketball In addition to serving as the media contact for men's basketball and In addition to serving as the media contact Heath Nielsen is in his seventh year in the Baylor athletic department. Davis works directly as the academic advisor to the Bears' basketball Davis works directly as the academic advisor Greg Davis, a Baylor basketball letterman, is in his third year serving Greg Davis, a Baylor basketball letterman, is In his first five years at Baylor, Coltrain worked with the nationally Coltrain worked with the Baylor, In his first five years at Khalil Coltrain is in his 10th season at Baylor and his fifth as head 10th season at Baylor and his fifth Khalil Coltrain is in his Joined Baylor Athletics: May 2000 Utah State, 1994 Joined Baylor Athletics: September 2004 Baylor, 2002 Joined Baylor Athletics: August 1997Joined Baylor Athletics: TCU, 1994 assisting with football, Nielsen is responsible for supervising the day-to- He also assists and staff. day operation of Baylor's media relations office with broadcasting duties during select men's basketball and women's AD for media soccer games. Nielsen served as Baylor's interim assistant August to October 2003. relations from In 2006 Nielsen became assistant athletics director for media relations In 2006 Nielsen became assistant serving six years as Baylor's director of athletic media relations. after team. He also advises Baylor's women's basketball, soccer and volleyball team. He also advises Baylor's women's basketball, programs. as an assistant director of student-athlete services. as an assistant ranked baseball program. After three seasons as a graduate assistant three seasons After ranked baseball program. trainer he spent two seasons as a full-time staff, trainer on the baseball trainer for men's basketball. SUPPORT STAFF

The Basketball Staff WHITNEY AGNEW KEVIN BARRERA TY BEARD ERIC BRAND BEAU BUFTON BRETT BUFTON Student Trainer Student Trainer Student Manager Graduate Manager Student Manager Student Manager

KAREN CRAIG LAURA COX REID COX CHAD FREIJE KEVIN GOLL STAN HUFFMAN Administrative Asst. Student Manager Student Manager Student Manager Student Manager Student Manager

ALEX KNIGHT SAM PATTERSON STEPHEN PERKINS WILL PHIPPS RUSS RENEAU MATT RODGERS Media Relations Student Manager Student Manager Student Manager Media Relations Student Manager Student Assistant

JUSTIN STOHNER BRETT WHITTINGTON MARK WIBLE Not pictured: student managers Preston Goins and Tim Tarnowski Student Manager Student Manager Chaplain

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