GNAC Women's Basketball

Coaches Phone and E-Mail Directory

School	Head Coach	Phone	E-Mail
Alaska Anchorage	Tim Moser	907-786-1040	antrm@uaa.alaska.edu
Alaska Fairbanks	Cody Burgess	907-474-6813	cnburgess@alaska.edu
Central Washington	Shawn Nelson	509-963-1934	nelson@cwu.edu
Montana State Billings	Kevin Woodin	406-657-2368	kwoodin@msubillings.edu
Northwest Nazarene	Ryan McCarthy	208-467-8451	rmmccarthy@nnu.edu
Saint Martin's	Tim Healy	360-438-4369	thealy@stmartin.edu
Seattle Pacific	Julie van Beek	206-281-2851	jvanbeek@spu.edu
Simon Fraser	Bruce Langford	778-782-5394	langford@sfu.ca
Western Oregon	Greg Bruce	503-838-8177	bruceg@wou.edu
Western Washington	Carmen Dolfo	360-650-7374	carmen.dolfo@wwu.edu

All-Time Standings and Coaches Records

Whitney Era Ends at Central Washington

Whitney

Jeff Whitney, who won 200 games in 14 seasons as the head women's basketball coach at Central Washington University, will not have his contract renewed for the 2011-12 season, CWU director of athletics Jack Bishop announced Wednesday.

Whitney, 48, spent a total of 19 seasons on the women's basketball staff at CWU. He was an assistant for five seasons under Dr. Gary Frederick and Nancy Katzer before assuming duties as interim head coach for the 1997-98 season.

He was then named the permanent head coach the following year and guided the Wildcats during their first 13 campaigns as a member of the NCAA Division II.

The Yakima, Wash., native, who graduated from CWU in 1995, won at least 12 games in each of his first 11 seasons, had nine consecutive winning seasons from 1999-2000 through 2007-08, and made three NCAA Division II tournament appearances (2000, 2001, and 2003).

However, over the past three seasons, the Wildcats have posted a 21-57 record, including 10-40 in the GNAC. CWU finished ninth this past season in the conference with a 2-16 record.

“We appreciate all that Jeff has done for CWU and for our women's basketball program,” Bishop said. “But it is time we go in a different direction with our program.”

Current assistant coach Stacy Clinesmith has been given the option to remain on staff as the team's interim head coach until July 1.

She will also have the option to apply for the permanent head coaching position or as the full-time assistant once a new head coach is hired.