COACHING STAff

Mountaineer
Coaching Staff
In this section
Head Coach Adrienne Shuler............................................... 12-14
Assistant Coach Britt King....................................................... 15
Assistant Coach Priscilla Rickenbacker............................. 16
Assistant Coach Lindsay Smith................................................ 17
Support Staff................................................................................ 18
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Adrienne
Shuler
Head
Coach
Georgia, 1992
Fifth Season
Adrienne Shuler begins her fifth season as the head women’s basketball coach
at Appalachian State University, after successful collegiate playing and coaching careers, as well as a stint in the WNBA.
During the 2005-06 campaign, Shuler
led the Mountaineers to their second-most
conference wins in a season in school history, and the 13th-most overall wins in school
history, as the team compiled a 15-13 overall record and 11-7 Southern Conference
mark. Appalachian’s fourth-place finish in
the league was its highest since finishing
third during the 1996-97 season.
Shuler’s fourth season was filled with
numerous team and individual milestones,
as the team shattered the school record for
steals in a season with 359 and finished the
season ranked third in the nation with 12.8
steals per game.
Shuler also guided Kiki Conyers to becoming the 17th player in school history to
score 1,000 points in her career as she ended her career ranked ninth in school history
with 1,211 points. Conyers also earned allSoCon honors.
In her third season at the helm for
Appalachian (2004-05), Shuler guided her
Mountaineer squad to an 11-17 record. The
11 wins marked the most since the Mountaineers finished the 1999-2000 season 1315. In 2003-04, Shuler’s squad posted a 7-21
record, including a 6-14 mark in conference
play.
In her first season as a head coach in
2002-03, Shuler led Appalachian to a 9-19
record and an 8-10 finish in SoCon play. The
Mountaineers’ eight league victories marked
a three-game improvement from the previous campaign and the squad’s most SoCon
wins since the 1999-2000 campaign. Among
the season highlights, Conyers was named
SoCon Freshman of the Year.
Shuler was appointed to the head
coaching position on April 21, 2002, becoming the sixth head coach in Appalachian’s
32-year women’s basketball history. She is
the fourth coach since the Southern Conference began declaring a women’s basketball
champion.
Previous to taking over the Appalachian program, Shuler spent seven seasons
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The SHuler File
Born: Adrienne Shuler
April 24
Raised in: Bowman, S.C.
Education:
M.A. in leadership
Bellevue University, 2003
B.S. in social work
Georgia, 1992
Bowman High School - Bowman, S.C.
Class of 1987
Playing Experience:
Professional
1998 — Washington Mystics
College
1988 — Georgia
1989 — Georgia
1990 — Georgia
1991 — Georgia
High School
4 years basketball
4 years volleyball
Coaching Experience:
2002-present — Appalachian State
1995-02 — Furman
1994-95 — Georgia College
1993-94 — Okaloosa-Walton C.C.
1992-93 — Marshall (Grad Assistant)
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at Furman, first as an assistant coach and
later as associate head coach. Before that
time, Shuler enjoyed a stellar four-year career with the women’s basketball team at
Georgia.
During her seven years at Furman under head coach Sherry Carter, Shuler helped
the program post a 114-85 (.573) record,
73-43 (.629) in the SoCon. The Paladins
earned a SoCon championship in 1997 and
the league’s tournament crown and NCAA
Tournament berth in 2001.
During her two-year tenure as associate head coach at Furman, the team posted
a 37-23 (.616) record, 24-12 (.667) in the
Southern Conference.
Shuler served brief stints at Georgia
College and State University in 1994-95 as
a basketball and cross country coach, and
then at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Fla. during the 1993-94
season. She began her coaching career as a
graduate assistant at Marshall in 1992.
As a player, Shuler enjoyed a standout
career as a point guard at the University of
Georgia from 1987-91. During her collegiate
career, she was a member of the Bulldogs’
1991 Southeastern Conference Championship team and toured Yugoslavia and Russia
as a member of the 1990 US Olympic Select
Team.
A Dean’s List member in 1989 and
1991, Shuler captained the Lady Bulldogs in
1990 and 1991. She was tabbed the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Week for
the week of February 20, 1989, the only
Bulldog to receive that honor in the 198889 season. Shuler was one of three Bulldogs
named to the 1989 all-SEC team by the
league’s coaches.
In the summer of 1998, she returned
to the court as a point guard for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. During her 25game stint, she scored 89 points and averaged 14.5 minutes per game. She recorded
a career-high of 14 points on Aug. 9, 1998,
where she hit the game-winning shot with
3.8 seconds left on the clock to lift the Mystics over the Los Angeles Sparks.
Shuler was honored as the Greenville,
S.C., YWCA’s Woman of the Year in 1999 for
her community involvement off the court,
an endeavor she continues at Appalachian
and in the Boone community.
A native of Bowman, S.C., Shuler
graduated from Bowman High School in
1987. While a student at Bowman, she
played both basketball and volleyball. She
graduated from the University of Georgia
with a degree in social work in 1992 and
earned a Master’s degree in leadership from
Bellevue University in 2003.
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SHULER VERSUS ALL OPPONENTS
Auburn............................0-1
Campbell..........................1-1
Charlotte..........................0-2
Chattanooga.....................0-8
Clemson...........................1-0
Coastal Carolina................1-1
Colgate............................0-1
College of Charleston.........4-4
Davidson..........................5-3
Eastern Kentucky..............0-1
East Tennessee State.........3-5
Elon................................4-2
Florida International.........0-1
Furman............................2-6
Georgetown......................0-1
Georgia Southern..............2-8
Georgia State....................0-1
Georgia Tech.....................0-1
High Point........................1-1
Maryland..........................0-2
Miami University...............0-1
UNC Asheville...................1-1
North Carolina..................0-1
UNC Greensboro................3-5
N.C. State.........................0-1
Saint Joseph’s...................0-1
South Alabama.................0-1
South Carolina..................0-1
Wake Forest......................0-1
Western Carolina...............3-6
Winston-Salem State.........1-0
Winthrop.........................1-0
Wofford............................7-1
Total...........................42-70
Shuler’s Coaching
Records
Overall Record at ASU
Season
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
Totals
W
9
7
11
15
42
L
19
21
17
13
70
Shuler in the WNBA
Pct.
.321
.250
.393
.536
.375
Adrienne Shuler enjoyed a professional playing career with the WNBA’s
Washington Mystics. She credits playing at the highest level of basketball
with enhancing credibility and respect with her players.
1998 - Washington Mystics
Games Played............................................................. 25
Games Started............................................................ 12
Minutes Per Game.................................................... 14.5
Field Goal Pct......................................................... .369
3-Pt. FG Pct........................................................... .342
Free Throw Pct....................................................... .824
Rebounds Per Game.................................................. 2.10
Assists Per Game........................................................ 1.9
Steals Per Game........................................................ .92
Blocks Per Game....................................................... .12
Turnovers Per Game.................................................. 1.64
Personal Fouls Per Game........................................... 2.10
Points Per Game......................................................... 3.6
SoCon Record at ASU
Season
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
Totals
W L
8 10
6 14
8 12
11 7
33 43
Pct.Finish
.444 t-6th
.333 9th
.400 9th
.611 4th
.434 --
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Shuler at Home
Season
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
Totals
W
5
5
6
8
24
L
9
7
6
3
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Pct.
.357
.417
.500
.727
.491
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SHULER’S RECORDS AT GEORGIA
Ranked second all-time at Georgia with 308 steals.
Collected 103 steals in 1990-91, good for fourth on the Lady Bulldogs’ single-season list.
Tied Georgia and Stegeman Coliseum single-game record with 10 steals versus Howard (Feb. 22, 1989).
Eight steals versus Ole Miss (Jan. 19, 1991) tied for seventh all-time at Georgia.
Ranked No. 3 in career assists (553).
Had second-highest single-season assist total in school history with 204 in 1990-91.
Tied school and Stegeman Coliseum record with 14 assists versus Florida State (Jan. 31, 1991).
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Britt
King
Assistant
Coach
Providence
College, 1986
FiRst Season
King as a head coach
Overall
Conference
Season School
Record Pct. Record Place
1992-93 District of Columbia 4-18 .182 Ind. —
1993-94 District of Columbia 13-11 .542 Ind. —
1994-95 District of Columbia 20-6 .769 Ind. —
1995-96 District of Columbia 13-11 .542 Ind. —
1996-97 District of Columbia 14-11 .560 Ind. —
1997-98 Coppin State 10-18 .357 7-11 8th
1998-99 Fresno State 1999-00 Fresno State 2000-01 Fresno State 2001-02 Fresno State
2002-03 Lock Haven
2003-04 Lock Haven
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9-19 .321 4-10 6th
11-18 .379 4-10 6th
10-19 .379 6-10 6th
9-20 .310 4-14 9th
7-18 .280 1-11 7th/W
8-18 .308 2-10 7th/W
128-187 .406 28-76� —
Britt King enters her first season at ASU
having joined the Appalachian women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in 2006. King
comes to the mountains of Boone after serving
as an assistant coach at American University in
Washington D.C. during the 2004-05 and 2005-06
seasons.
King joined the AU staff after two seasons
as the head coach of NCAA Division II Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. She led the Lady
Eagles to consecutive titles in the Carol Eckman
Tournament.
Prior to her time at Lock Haven, King spent
four seasons as the head coach for NCAA Division
I Fresno State in the competitive Western Athletic Conference. During her time with the Bulldogs, King helped guide five all-WAC honorees,
including the 2001 WAC Co-Freshman of the Year.
Furthermore, King’s 2000 and 2001 recruiting
classes were ranked 24th and 53rd, respectively,
by the All-Star Girls Report. In 2002 Fresno NBC
affiliate KSEE 24 presented King with their Portraits of Success Award.
In the summer of 1999, King served as an
assistant coach for the World University Games
women’s basketball squad. The squad finished up
the trip by winning the Silver Medal in Palma de
Mallorca, Spain.
Between 1992 and 1997, King was the
head coach and senior woman administrator at
the University of the District of Columbia. While
with the Firebirds, King compiled a record of 6457, including a 20-win season in 1995. Her 1995
squad advanced to the Division II NCAA Tournament, and after the season King was named
Coach of the Year by the Black Coaches Sports
Magazine. King then spent one season, 1997-98,
as the head coach at Coppin State, where she led
the squad to its seventh-most victories in school
history at the time.
King launched her coaching career as the
graduate assistant at American University between 1987 and 1989. While with the Eagles, she
earned an MBA from the Kogod School of Business.
A 1986 graduate of Providence College,
King was a star forward for the Friars. She averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds per game over
her career, and was named to the Kodak District
II All-America Team following her senior season.
Also in 1986, King was selected as Providence’s
Woman Athlete of the Year. King still remains as
the all-time leading rebounder in Friar history,
where she helped Providence to its first ever
BIG EAST regular season championship and the
team’s first NCAA Tournament appearance. She
still holds every rebounding record at PC including most in a game (22 vs. Pitt), in a season (398
in ‘84-’85) and in a career (1,205).
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Upon the conclusion of her collegiate career, King headed overseas where she played
professional basketball for the El Masnou Club in
Barcelona, Spain. She was one of just two Americans on the entire Spanish-speaking team.
Active in the coaching field, King has been
a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association since 1993, the Black Coaches Association since 2002 and has served on the WBCA Division II Legislative Committee.
The King File
Born: Britt S. King
June 7
Raised in: Glenarden, Md.
Education:
M.B.A. in finance
American University, 1989
B.S. in marketing
Providence College, 1986
St. Anthony’s High School - Washington, D.C.
Class of 1982
Playing Experience:
Professional
1986-87 — El Masnou Club
(Barcelona, Spain)
College
1985-86 — Providence College
1984-85 — Providence College
1983-84 — Providence College
1982-83 — Providence College
High School
Four years of basketball
One year of volleyball
Coaching Experience:
2006-present — Appalachian State (asst.)
2004-06 — American (assistant)
2002-04 — Lock Haven University of
Pennsylvania (head coach)
1998-2002 — Fresno State (head coach)
1999 — USA Basketball (assistant)
1997-98 — Coppin State (head coach)
1992-97 — Univ. of the District of Columbia
(head coach)
1987-89 — American University (grad asst.)
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Priscilla
Rickenbacker
Assistant
Coach
North Carolina
WEsleyan, 1985
FiRst Season
Shuler on Rickenbacker
“I am very excited about the addition of
Priscilla to our staff. Her obvious experience at different levels of women’s basketball, range of knowledge about the game,
the contacts and relationships she has established throughout the country and the
fact that she is a first class individual will
no doubt positively impact our program,
university and community. I look forward
to building on the success we have experienced with Priscilla on staff.”
Bringing many years of coaching and
playing experience, Priscilla Rickenbacker
enters her first season as an assistant coach
with the Mountaineers. Rickenbacker joins the
ASU staff after serving as an assistant coach
at Cincinnati for one season. Under veteran
coach Laurie Pirtle, Rickenbacker helped lead
the team to a 17-12 overall mark and a trip
to the postseason WNIT. At UC, Rickenbacker
worked with the Bearcat guards and served
as the staff’s academic liaison, while helping
with the recruiting efforts.
Prior to her year at Cincinnati, Rickenbacker spent five years as assistant coach
and recruiting coordinator at Loyola-Chicago.
While there, she helped lead the Ramblers
to three-straight appearances in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals for the
first time in 12 years. Rickenbacker tutored
two 1,000-point scorers at LU, including the
school record holder in career three-pointers.
Five Ramblers were named all-Horizon League
under Rickenbacker and she was the academic
liaison for teams that graduated 99 percent of
their student-athletes.
Before joining LU, Rickenbacker was an
assistant at Wisconsin-Green Bay for one year,
producing regular-season and tournament
championships as well as an NCAA appearance. Her first collegiate position came as an
assistant at Johnson C. Smith University in
Charlotte during the 1998-99 season.
Rickenbacker’s coaching career began at
Kings Mountain High School (N.C.), where she
served as assistant varsity coach and head JV
coach from 1993 to 1997. From there she became the head coach at North Gaston (N.C.)
High School, producing a conference regularseason and tournament championship in her
first season and earning conference Coach of
the Year honors in her second.
She has also honed her coaching skills at
a number of prestigious camps, including the
University of Minnesota Camp of Champions
and the Lady Volunteers Basketball Camp.
Rickenbacker is a 1985 graduate of North
Carolina Wesleyan College with a degree in
physical education. As a player, she was an
honorable mention all-American and Division
III Tournament MVP and was a member of the
1981 NCAIAW DIII tournament championship
team. In 1980, Rickenbacker also helped lead
Methodist College to the NCAIAW DIII tournament Championship.
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The Rickenbacker File
Born: Priscilla Ann Rickenbacker
January 7
Raised in: Kings Mountain, N.C.
Education:
B.S. in physical education
North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1985
Kings Mountain HS - Kings Mountain, N.C.
Class of 1979
Playing Experience:
College
1980 — Methodist College
1981 — North Carolina Wesleyan
1982 — North Carolina Wesleyan
1983 — North Carolina Wesleyan
High School
lettered in basketball
lettered in volleyball
lettered in softball
lettered in tennis
Coaching Experience:
College
2006-present — Appalachian State (assistant)
2005-06 — Cinncinnati (assistant)
2000-05 — Loyola-Chicago (assistant)
1999-2000 — Wisconsin-Green Bay (assistant)
1999 — Johnson C. Smith (assistant)
High School
1997-99 — North Gaston (head varsity)
1992-97 — Kings Mountain (asst./head JV)
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Lindsay
Smith
Assistant
Coach
Appalachian, 2005
FiRst Season
Smith joins the ASU staff after serving as
the assistant coach for both the varsity girls’
basketball team at High Point Andrews High
School (High Point, N.C.) and the Team Phoenix 16U elite AAU squad during the 2005-06
seasons.
The former ASU guard also worked as a
basketball camp instructor and coach at Ledford High School (Thomasville, N.C.).
While coaching high school and AAU ball,
Smith worked in team sales at Team Connection, Inc. in High Point, N.C.
A four-year starter at Appalachian State,
Smith became the 16th Mountaineer to score
1,000 points in her career and currently holds
the 14th spot in the ASU record books for
points in a career with 1,076. Smith also holds
the school record for career three-point field
goals made with 177.
Smith served as the team’s co-captain
during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons,
leading the team in assists during that time.
A three-year member of the ASU Dean’s
List, Smith graduated from Appalachian in
August of 2005 with a degree in health promotion and a general business minor.
Smith is a native of Winston-Salem, N.C.
and was a four-year letterwinner at Ledford
High School in Thomasville, N.C. At LHS Smith
earned all-conference, all-area, all-region and
all-Northwest honors her junior and senior
seasons and was named the conference’s player of the year her senior season.
Smith comes from an athletic family as
several cousins played collegiate athletics, including cousin Stan Smith who played football
at SoCon-rival Elon.
Shuler on Smith
“I am very pleased to have Lindsay join
our staff. As a former player, her obvious
familiarity with the program and university will be a tremendous asset especially
with recruiting. Lindsay is a very bright
and driven young lady who will add a different dimension to our staff and program.
Perhaps the most important quality in hiring her was her loyalty and love for ASU.”
The Smith File
Born: Lindsay Gray Smith
February 27
Raised in: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Education:
B.S. in health promotions
Appalachian State, 2005
Ledford HS - Thomasville, N.C.
Class of 2001
Playing Experience:
College
2001-02 — Appalachian
2002-03 — Appalachian
2003-04 — Appalachian
2004-05 — Appalachian
High School
Four letters in basketball
Three letters in volleyball
Three letters in softball
Coaching Experience:
College
2006-present — Appalachian State (assistant)
High School
2005-06 — High Point Andrews (asst. varsity)
Other
2005-06 — Team Phoenix 16U AAU elite (asst.)
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Support
Staff
Synthia Goode enters her first
season with the women’s basketball
team and as an assistant athletic trainer at Appalachian State University.
Goode spent last year working at Tidewater Physical Therapy doing outreach
athletic training at Menchville High
School in Newport News, Va. Goode attended Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va.
where she received her master’s of education in athletic training in May of
2005. At ODU, Goode was a three-year
member of the Monarch Dance team
and a student athletic trainer for three
and a half years. A native of Arlington,
Va., Goode has been a member of the
Synthia Goode
Asst. Athletic Trainer National Athletic Trainer’s Association
since 2003.
Kim McConnell
Administrative Asst.
Britt Buelter
Team Manager
Jean Roberts
Jessica Schmick
Academic advisor
Jeff Dillman
Assistant SID
Katie Sanders
Strength & Cond. Coach
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Britt Buelter enters her first
season with the ASU women’s basketball team as a student manager. A
senior at Appalachian, Buelter transferred to ASU from Brevard College in
Brevard, N.C., where she played softball and served as the women’s basketball manager. Prior to her arrival at
Brevard, Buelter attended the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn. A
2003 graduate of East Greenwich High
School in her hometown of East Greenwich, R.I., Buelter is majoring in sociology and is active in the sociology
club on campus.
Asst. Strength & Cond.
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