Fort Valley State University (FVSU) Women’s Basketball Head Coach Lonnie Bartley has been selected as the 2009-2010 Russell Athletic/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division II Region Five co-Coach of the Year. Coach Bartley shares the honor with Arkansas Tech Head Coach Dave Wilbers.
Bartley earned the co-Coach of the Year honor after leading the Lady Wildcats to a 26-1 regular season record (the best in the history of FVSU Women’s Basketball) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Regular Season Championship. The Lady Wildcats finished the year with a 26-3 record.
The winners of the Russell Athletics/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Coach of the Year are selected by coaches within their region. Once a coach has been selected as a Regional Coach of the Year, he or she advances as a finalist to the national level which includes other Coaches of the Year from their region.
This year’s Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year for each division will be honored at the Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year Luncheon on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. (CST) at the Marriott RiverCenter in San Antonio, Texas. The luncheon is part of the WBCA National Convention and is held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Final Four.
For more information about the luncheon and to view a complete list of Regional Coaches of the Year, please visit: http://www.wbca.org.