Women's Basketball

Union University

1050 Union University Dr - Jackson, TN - 38305
Team Office: Tel: (731) 661-5344 Fax: (731) 661-5182
Team website: www.uu.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1823, Union University is a private liberal arts institution that offers over 30 Bachelor degree programs and graduate degrees in Education and Business. Union University is the oldest Southern Baptist–related college or university. Over 60% of those enrolled are women. Majors offered include Biblical Studies, Journalism, Nursing, Communications Studies, and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Union #2 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The 290-acre campus is located in suburban Jackson, Tennessee. Jackson is a growing community of 92,000 located just 80 miles from Memphis and 120 miles from Nashville.

School website
www.uu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Baptist

Enrollment:

2,800

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$26,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Health Sciences - Business- Philosophy

Misc. Information

Head coach Mark Campbell completed his 9th season at Union in 2007-08. In the NAIA, Union is equivalent to D1 Tennessee. Campbell inherited a program that had already established itself as a national power. Since the program's inception in 1972, Union's women's team has racked up an incredible 932-180 record while averaging 26 wins per season. They have won three NAIA national championships and, overall, they have yet to have a losing season and have had only three seasons when they have not won 20 or more games! During the decade of the 90's, the program had seven 30+ winning seasons. Campbell, who played at Lipscomb in the early 90's, joined the Union coaching staff in 1994 as an assistant and was promoted to head coach in 1999-00. Campbell has garnered eight conference titles, and advanced to the NAIA national tourney each year. In 2007-08, Campbell went 35-1 and advanced to the NAIA Final 4 before being upended by Vanguard.

Team Name	Lady Bulldogs
Colors	Red and White
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	932-180 (.838)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	35-1	30-6	31-6	167-22 (.883)
Conference	18-0	15-3	10-2	50-8 (.862)
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	3, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	Final 4	Final 4	Nat'l Ch	NAIA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#1	#5	#4	5x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mark Campbell
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Union University (TN)	1999-00
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	291-43 (.871)
Record at Union University (TN)	291-43 (.871)
Coaching Awards	WBCA COTY (04), NAIA COTY (05)

Asst. Coaches	Stephanie Clark

Recruiting Coordinator

Mark Campbell, Ph. (731) 661-5344, mcampbel@uu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Union plays in the TransSouth Athletic Conference (www.transsouth.org) which is made up of 10 teams from Mississippi, Kentucky, Tenessee, and Arkansas. The conference is highly competitive. The Lady Bulldogs play a 18 game conference schedule which begins in January. League games are usually played on Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon and are piggybacked with the men's. The farthest game is at Lyons College in Batesville (AR) some 425 miles from campus The season concludes with the TransSouth tourney which includes all teams. The higher seed gets home court advantage with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NAIA national tournament.

Conference Opponents

Cumberland University, Blue Mountain College, Lyon Collge, Martin Methodist College, Trevecca Nazarene University, Lambuth University, MidContinent University, Bethel College, and Freed Hardeman University.

Facilities

DeLay Gym
Capacity 2,200 Average attendance: 1,000

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Union was ranked #4 among NAIA I teams in scoring offense at 82.4 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #2 at 84.5 ppg.