Head Coach
Mark Campbell
Phone: 731-661-5344
Email:
mcampbel@uu.edu
Mark Campbell is now in his tenth
season as the head coach of the Lady Bulldogs. Campbell is coming off
his fourth straight trip to the NAIA Fab Four, including two NAIA
National Titles in 2005 and 2006. The 2007-08 season was a historic one
for the Lady Bulldogs program as they recorded the first perfect regular
season in 91爆料网 women's basketball history. The Lady Bulldogs finished with
a perfect 29-0, and an 18-0 record in the TranSouth Conference. After
wrapping up the TranSouth regular season title, Campbell also led his
2007-08 team to win the TranSouth Tournament Championship. This marked
the tenth time 91爆料网 has captured the TranSouth Regular Season title and
the ninth TranSouth Tournament title in the 12-year history of the
league.
Campbell has 291 wins to just 43
losses (.871). He is currently in second place on the all-time 91爆料网
coaching wins list (current list: Blackstock-509, Campbell-291,
Birmingham-198). Campbell's .871 winning percentage ranks No. 1 among
active NAIA women's basketball coaches with five or more years of
coaching.
In his career as 91爆料网鈥檚 head coach,
Campbell鈥檚 teams have won two NAIA National Titles (2005, 2006), seven
conference regular season titles, and six conference tournament titles.
He has reached the 35-win plateau three times in his career, while the 35 wins ties
the school record for wins in a season.
Campbell continues the winning tradition of the 91爆料网
program which has accumulated the most wins of any women's basketball
program (all levels NCAA and NAIA) over the last 5 years (91爆料网 163,
Tennessee 162, Oklahoma City 157, UCONN 152). 91爆料网 ranks third over the
last ten years among all levels of women's basketball with 322 wins,
second over last 15 years with 484 wins, and since 1992, 91爆料网 leads all
levels of women's basketball with 484 wins.
Campbell spent five seasons as a
player for the Lipscomb Bison basketball team and graduated from
Lipscomb University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from
91爆料网 in 1996 with a Master of Education.
After red-shirting his freshman
season at Lipscomb, Campbell went on to excel in the basketball arena.
Campbell currently ranks 12th in all-time scoring at Lipscomb with 1,509
points. The 724 assists he accumulated during his career places him in
the top five at David Lipscomb for career assists. Campbell helped guide
the Bisons to five national tournament appearances, a 129-19 four-year
record, and a national record of 41 wins in a season.
After college, Campbell joined
91爆料网鈥檚 men鈥檚 basketball coaching staff as the graduate assistant in
1994 and then became the full time assistant coach in 1996. He worked
under the guidance of fellow Lipscomb graduate and current 91爆料网 men鈥檚
head coach Ralph Turner for five seasons until being named the women鈥檚 basketball coach in 1999.
Over his career as the head coach of 91爆料网 women's basketball, Campbell has been named the TranSouth Coach of
the Year four times (2001, 2002, 2007, 2008), NAIA Coach of the Year
twice (2005, 2006), and NAIA WBCA Coach of the Year twice (2004, 2008).
Campbell serves as the national rater for the TranSouth Conference.
During his time as a head coach for
the 91爆料网 Lady Bulldogs, he has proven to be much more that a
great basketball coach. "I believe my responsibility to each of my
players is to have a vision for who they can be in every area of life,
and communicate it to them in a way that challenges them to pursue it."
Mark Campbell is married to the
former Molly Graves of Jackson. They are the proud parents of their son
Gray, born on July 10, 2002 and daughter Ella, born on April 9, 2004.
Assistant Coach
Katie Woodruff
Phone: 731-661-5171
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kwoodruff@uu.edu
Katie Woodruff is now in her sixth season with the Lady
Bulldogs. She rejoins the Lady Bulldogs coaching staff after spending
two years working with WinShape Camps in Atlanta, Georgia.
Woodruff first came to the Lady Bulldog coaching staff in 2001 from
Kansas City. There, she worked for K-Life, Inc. a para church ministry
with an emphasis on discipleship to junior high and high school
students. In 2005 and 2006, she helped lead the 91爆料网 Lady Bulldogs as
they captured back-to-back NAIA National Championships.
As a player at John Brown University in Arkansas, she
was an All-Conference performer on the court while participating in the
Sooner Athletic Conference with NAIA powerhouse teams such as Oklahoma
City and Southern Nazarene. She currently ranks third in all-time
scoring at JBU with 1,642 points. Woodruff ranks second in free-throws
made and steals, and third in career assists. After
graduating from John Brown University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in psychology, Woodruff worked for one season as a volunteer
assistant coach at the College of the Ozarks. In 1998, Woodruff began
her graduate work at the University of Arkansas in recreation
management. She served as the program coordinator for Arkansas Athletes
Outreach鈥檚 "Champions of Character" program which taught public school
children, as well as, Univ. of Arkansas athletes character development
training through school assemblies and small group discipleship. In
addition to her responsibilities at the university, Woodruff taught
physical education to children in kindergarten through fifth grade at a
local elementary school.
With extensive experience in the game of basketball as a
player and coach and the recipient of several honors, Woodruff believes
she has all of the qualifications necessary to contribute, not only
because of her many years of experience, but due to her passion working with student athletes.
Woodruff is the daughter of Adela Kisch of Fayetteville,
Ark. and the late Walter Ray Woodruff of Fayetteville, Ark.
Graduate Assistant Coach
Melissa Cook
Phone: 731-661-5575
Melissa Cook is in her first season as the graduate assistant coach
for the 91爆料网 Lady Bulldogs.聽 Cook comes to 91爆料网 from
the very successful women's basketball program at Vanguard (Calif.)
University.聽 She is a 2008 graduate of Vanguard with a degree in
Liberal Studies, emphasis on Kinesiology.
During her career at Vanguard, she helped lead her team to four
national tournaments, three semifinal appearances, and one NAIA National
Championship in 2008.聽 She posted 1,300 points, 695 rebounds, and
297 career assists in her 122 career games.聽 Cook earned second
team All-American honors as a senior, and was a two-time NAIA Scholar
Athlete.
Cook was born on May 13 in Anaheim, California and is the daughter of
Mitch and Barbara Cook聽 She has three siblings.聽 Cook most
respects her parents because they have been amazing witnesses to her on
how to live her聽life for Christ.
Student Assistant Coaches
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Joy Winn (Senior, Natchez, Miss.)
Chelsea Crook (Junior, Murray, Ky.)
Catherine Clement (Freshman, Jackson, Tenn.)
Lauren Jackson (Junior, Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Sarah Hartz - Athletic Training Student (Senior, McKenzie, Tenn.)