Men's Basketball

Winthrop University

701 Oakland Avenue - Rock Hill, SC - 29233
Team Office: Tel: (803) 323-6243 Fax: (803) 323-2433
Team website: www.winthropeagles.com/

Founded in 1886 originally as a teacher's college, Winthrop offers 40 undergraduate degrees including Art History, Enviromental Studies, Sports Management, Human Nutrition, Theatre, and of course, Education. Nearly 70% of those enrolled are women. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Winthrop #25 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

Winthrop University is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina (pop. 56k) on the outskirts of Charlotte.

School website
www.winthrop.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

4,500

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 950-1140

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: ~$24,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Art

Misc. Information

Head coach Randy Peele took over from Gregg Marshall in 2007-08. Under Marshall, the Eagles made seven NCAA appearances while averaging 21 wins per season during his eight year tenure. Peele recently severed as Marshall's top assistant for four years. Peele also served as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech from 1999 to 2002, at St. Michael’s College in Vermont (1983-85), Tennessee-Martin (1985-88), and Campbell (1988-1991). He was head coach at UNCG from 1991-1995 during which time the Spartans won two Big South titles and a conference tournament championship. In 2007-08, Peele's inaugural season, Peele went 22-12 but the Eagles lost to Washington State in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

Team Name	Eagles
Colors	Gold and Garnett
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	22-12	29-5	23-8	100-53 (.653)
Conference	10-4	14-0	13-3	57-17 (.770)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 3, 1, 1, 2
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#22	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Randy Peele
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Winthrop	2007-08
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	?
Record at Winthrop	22-12
Coaching Awards	N/A

Asst. Coaches	Paul Molinari, Larry Dixon

Recruiting Coordinator

Paul Molinari, (803) 323-6242, molinarip@winthrop.edu

Conference and Schedule

Winthrop plays in the Big South (www.bigsouthsports.com) which is comprised of nine school from four states. Among D1 conferences it is considered a lightweight though quite competitive. Winthrop currently plays a 16 game schedule with play starting in January with one weekday game and another on Saturday evening. Winthrop will play each team twice, home and away. The season concludes with the Big South tourney which takes . . (tbp, explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Birmingham Southern, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, High Point, Radford, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) UNC Ashville, and Liberty.

Facilities

Winthrop Coliseum
Capacity: 6,100. Avg. Attendance: ?