Women's Basketball

Drury University

900 North Benton Ave - Springfield, MO - 65802
Team Office: Tel: (417) 873-7855 Fax:
Team website: www.drury.edu/sports/

Drury University was founded in 1873. The school offers more than 50 majors and a half dozen graduate degrees. Majors offered include Advertising, Criminology, Exercise and Sports Science, International Business, Public Relations, and Sports Management. Graduate degrees include Education, Communications, Criminology, and Business. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Drury #10 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The 80 acre campus is located on downtown Springfield (pop.150k) which sits at the edge of the Ozark Mountains.

School website
www.drury.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Disciples of Christ

Enrollment:

1,600

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult: ACT 25/75 :22-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$23,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Communications - Biological - Business

Misc. Information

Head coach Steve Harold takes over from Nyla Milleson in 2007-08. The Panthers enjoyed sensational success under Milleson (who went to Missouri State) who started the women's program in 2000-01. In seven years, Milleson produced a 185-36 record. Drury did well in getting Harold who was the 2007 NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year at Glenville State. In 12 seasons there, Harold produced a 262-107 record. He began his coaching career as an assistant to the men's basketball team at GSC before moving to the women's side as an assistant in 1993. In 2006-07, Drury finished at 25-9 and advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tourney before being upended by Southern Connecticut.

Team Name	Panthers
Colors	Scarlet and Grey
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	185-36 (.837)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-9	30-3	29-2	101-22 (.821)
Conference	15-5	19-0	12-0	38-6 (.864)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 2, 1, n/a
Post Appear.	Elite 8	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#3	#5	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Steve Harold
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Drury	2007-08
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	262-107 (.710)
Record at Drury	0-0
Coaching Awards	Nat'l COTY (07), WVIAC COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Jill Curry, Shelly Jones

Recruiting Coordinator

Jill Curry, Ph. (417) 873-6340, jcurry2@drury.edu

Conference and Schedule

Drury moved to the Great Lakes Valley Conference (www.glvcsports.com) in 2005-06 which is now comprised of 14 teams. GLVC is one of the premier D2 conferences. The league is split into two divisions, with seven teams in each. Drury competes in the west. Drury will play each team in its division twice and each team from the other once for a total of 19 games. League play may begin as early as in December with consistent conference play after January 1. Games are often played on Thursdays and Saturdays. It is common for league games to be piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the GLVC tourney which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

West: Rockhurst, Soutrhern Indiana, Missouri-St. Louis, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Quincy and Missouri-Rolla. East: Kentucky Wesleyan, Northern Kentucky, Saint Joseph's, Bellarmine, Lewis, Indianapolis, U. of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Facilities

Weiser Gym
Capacity: 2,000

Style/Stats

Harold's preferred style of play is a motion offense with a plethora of set plays and a lot of screens. Defensively, he plays aggressive, in-your-face, man-to-man defense.