September
10 , 2007
(release courtesy of Jon Denham, Loras College sports information
director)
DUBUQUE,
IOWA . . . Loras College women’s basketball
head coach Shauna Green will step down from
her position effective Friday, September 14, 2007 in order to
take an assistant coaching position with the Providence Friars
in Providence, Rhode Island. Shauna has been the Duhawks head
coach for the past two seasons. Green was also an assistant
with the program for three seasons prior to taking over the
program. During her time as an assistant she earned her master’s
degree from Loras College.
Last season the Duhawks climbed the IIAC standings for the second
consecutive year under Green. In her first season as head coach
Green’s ladies finished in fourth place, hosted an IIAC
tournament game, and played in the semifinals. She followed
her rookie campaign with a second place finish in 2006-2007,
going 17-10 overall, finishing second in the IIAC (12-4) and
made a run all the way to the IIAC title game, eventually falling
on the road. She leaves the Fieldhouse with a career record
at Loras of 29-25 and also coached All-Region selection Natalie
Pucci.
Green, a native of Clinton, Iowa, played college basketball
in Buffalo, New York at Canisius College where she was a four-year
All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selection and three-time
team MVP, scoring over 2,000 points and pulling down over 900
rebounds. The 2002 degree she earned from Canisius is in business
marketing. She returns to the eastern time zone to join the
Providence Friars, a NCAA Division I program, competing in the
Big East Conference. Providence’s undergraduate enrollment
is listed at 3,998.
The Friars won just one game during the 2004-2005 season before
current head coach Phil Seymore took over in April of 2005.
The team won eight games in his first campaign and 13 games
last season, Seymore’s second. Seymore is also a graduate
of Canisius College, earning his degree in 1989.
Commenting on her time at Loras, Green expressed her thoughts
about the Duhawks recently.
“I have truly enjoyed my time here at Loras and want to
thank them for the opportunities that they have given me. This
was one of the hardest decisions that I’ve ever had to
make and it is because of the people here and my team. I am
truly going to miss coaching them and I know that they will
have a lot of success this year and in the future.”
Regarding the jump to the NCAA Division I level, Green added,
“To be able to coach at the Division I level and in the
Big East Conference is an opportunity that I just couldn't pass
up. It had to be a perfect situation for me to leave Loras College
and I really feel that this is it.”
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