Men's Basketball

Maryville College

Cooper Athletic Center 502 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy - Maryville, TN - 37804
Team Office: Tel: (865) 981-8287 Fax: Fax:tbp
Team website: www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1819, Maryville College is a traditional liberal arts/comprehensive institution offering more than 40 Bachelor degree programs including pre-professional programs in Engineering, Dentistry, Medicine, Law and Physical Therapy. Other majors offered include Sign Language Interpretation/Interpreter, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies, and Computer & Information Sciences. US News 2007 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Maryville #3 among comprehensive colleges in the south.

The campus is located in Maryville (pop. 30k) in the greater Knoxville area.

School website
www.maryvillecollege.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Presbyterian

Enrollment:

1,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$31,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Biology - Psychology

Misc. Information

Head coach Randy Lambert completed his 28th season at Maryville in 2007-08. Born in Maryville and a Maryville College alumnus, Lambert was a four-year starter and the school's all time leading scorer. Lambert took over the program in 1980 after coaching at the high school level. During the 90's, Lambert's teams had seven 20+ winning seasons and advanced to post season play seven times. Coach Lambert ranks in the top 25 in the nation among active Division III coaches. In 2007-08, the Scots finished 24-3 (the program's tenth consecutive 20+ winning season) claimed first place for the sixth consecutive year in the recently formed Great South Athletic conference, and made their 10th consecutive NCAA appearance, losing in the first round to Milsaps College.

Team Name	Fighting Scots
Colors	Orange and Garnett
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	548-252 (.685)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-3	22-7	21-8	114-29 (.797)
Conference	6-0	6-0	6-2	24-0
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 1, ?, ?
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Randy Lambert
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Maryville College	1980-81
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	525-225 (.700)
Record at Maryville College	525-225 (.700)
Coaching Awards	GSAC COTY (01)

Asst. Coaches	Kendal Wallace

Recruiting Coordinator

Kendal Wallace, (865) 981-8290, kendal.wallace@maryvillecollege.edu

Conference and Schedule

After playing an independent schedule for over a decade, Maryville joined the newly formed Great South Athletic Conference in 2002-03. Currently, the GSAC (www.greatsouth.org) is comprised of five schools from Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. (For women's sports there are eight schools.) Maryville will play an 8 game schedule, each team twice, home and away. The farthest conference away game is at Huntingdon some 350 miles from campus. Games are often played on Tuesday or Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. The season concludes with the GSAC tourney which takes . . . (tbp, explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Fisk, La Grange, Piedmont, and Huntingdon

Facilities

Boydson Gym
Capacity: 2000 Average attendance ?

Style/Stats

In 2007-08, Maryville ranked #11 in offense, averaging 84.6 ppg.