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Head Coach Tim Curry LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL Tim Curry is heading into his eighth season at the helm of Union College Lady Bulldog basketball program. The Columbia, Ky. native became the program’s seventh head coach in March of 2001, and he is the first male to ever hold the position. In just seven seasons at Union, Curry has taken the Lady Bulldog program to new heights as he owns a 125-104 record while at Union in becoming the program’s winningest coach and a 217- 216 career coaching record. In 2002-03 alone, Union set a program record for wins in a season with 25 and a school-record for most 3-pointers made in a season with 296. The Lady Bulldogs won the Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament and advanced to the NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament for the first time in school history. Union made a return visit the the national tournament in 2006-07 as it upset the top three seeds in the AAC Tournament to win the title and earn an automatic berth. The 2007-08 season saw the Lady Bulldogs win both the regularseason and tournament championships as they advanced to the NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament for the second year in a row and third overall. Union tied the school mark for wins as it went 25-9. Curry arrived at Union College after serving six seasons as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Va. During his tenure at Bluefield, the Lady Rams enjoyed the most success in the history of the women’s basketball program. Curry departed Bluefield as the winningest coach in the programs history while leading the Lady Rams to their first-ever national rankings. While at Bluefield, Curry also served as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Head Men’s Golf Coach following a two-and-a-half year stint as Interim Director of Athletics at the Appalachian Athletic Conference school. A 1989 graduate of Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky, Curry began his coaching career at his alma mater in several different positions including Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Assistant Baseball Coach, and Head Women’s Softball Coach. Curry also spent one season at St. Catharine Junior College in Springfield, Kentucky as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach and Head Baseball Coach. Curry is married to the former Susan Feltner of Manchester, Kentucky and they reside in Manchester with their son, Jacob Austin, and daughter, Madison Leigh. YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS Year Record Pct. Coach 1978-79 8-10 .444 A. Poole 1979-80 0-22 .000 A. Poole 1980-81 15-9 .625 S. Yeager 1981-82 14-15 .483 S. Yeager 1982-83 11-16 .407 K. Fishbaugh 1983-84 11-14 .440 K. Fishbaugh 1984-85 15-10 .600 K. Fishbaugh 1985-86 10-12 .455 T. Cash 1986-87 9-13 .409 T. Cash 1987-88 13-12 .520 T. Cash 1988-89 10-16 .385 T. Cash 1989-90 11-17 .393 T. Cash 1990-91 8-21 .276 J. Gabriel 1991-92 15-14 .517 J. Gabriel 1992-93 4-26 .133 D. Bowman 1993-94 12-17 .413 D. Bowman 1994-95 15-13 .536 D. D’Anna 1995-96 15-13 .536 D. D’Anna 1996-97 12-19 .387 D. D’Anna 1997-98 18-15 .545 D. D’Anna 1998-99 20-10 .667 D. D’Anna 1999-00 8-23 .258 D. D’Anna 2000-01 7-25 .219 D. D’Anna 2001-02 7-23 .233 T. Curry 2002-03 25-10 .714 T. Curry 2003-04 15-16 .484 T. Curry 2004-05 20-13 .606 T. Curry 2005-06 14-18 .438 T. Curry 2006-07 19-15 .559 T. Curry 2007-08 25-9 .735 T. Curry 14 • Union College
Assistant Coach Zack Vogelsberg Zack Vogelsberg is beginning his second season with the Lady Bulldog basketball program. During his first season with the Lady Bulldogs, Union recorded a 25-9 overall record and won both the Appalachian Athletic Conference regularseason and tournament championships. Union also advanced to the NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament for the third time in school history. Prior to coming to Union, Vogelsberg worked at Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minn., where he was the assistant women’s basketball coach for one year. With a young and inexperienced team in 2006-07, Saint Mary’s posted a 7-18 record with a wins coming over Carleton College for the first time in 10 years and against the University of St. Thomas to avenge a 52-point loss with an eight-point win. Before his stint at Saint Mary’s, he served one year as the assistant coach at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Md., which went 18-10 overall 2005- 06 and advanced to the ECAC South Region Postseason Tournament. Vogelsberg served three years as the assistant coach at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn., from 2002-05. While there, he helped bring a team that had won under five games for seven consecutive seasons to doubledigit wins by the time of his departure. A graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in marketing and a minor in psychology, he is pursuing Master’s in health and physical education while at Union. During his tenure at Iowa, he served four years as a manager for the women’s basketball team as well as a practice player. COACHING RECORDS AT UNION Coach Year(s) Record Anjela Poole 2: 1978-80 8-32 (.200) Sherry Yeager 2: 1980-82 29-24 (.547) Karen Fishbaugh 3: 1982-85 37-40 (.481) Tamra Cash 5: 1985-90 53-70 (.431) Janet Gabriel 2: 1990-92 23-35 (.397) Debbie (Bowman) D’Anna 9: 1992-01 111-161 (.408) Tim Curry 7: 2001-present 125-104 (.546) Total 29 388-468 (.453) Head Athletic Trainer Clay Butler Clay Butler is the head athletic trainer at Union College. A native of St. Cloud, Fla., Butler has many ties to Kentucky. He was named as the head athletic trainer in 2006 after serving as an assistant since 2003. He came to Union the spring semester of 2002. Since that time, he has helped as a student assistant, providing coverage for all the athletic teams and worked in the training room on campus, while maintaining a 3.5 grade-point average. Butler graduated in May of 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education, becoming his families third generation to do so. Prior to coming to Union, he attended the University of Kentucky. He was a student-athletic trainer for football and baseball the 1999-2000 seasons and men’s basketball the 2000-2001 season. In addition to working with collegiate athletics Butler has also worked in the National Football League. He worked as a student intern for two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. The summer of 2002 he was a student intern trainer for the Arizona Cardinals. In 2005, Butler received his certification, having obtain his Master’s from Union. Butler resides in Barbourville and is married to the former Andra Jones. Union College • 15 WWW.UCBULLDOGS.COM
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