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continued No. 14 in the final USA Today/ESPN WBCA NCAA II national poll in five of the past six seasons, coming in at No. 6 in 2006-07. Harold’s Lady Pioneer teams also finished annually among the WVIAC’s best in overall grade point average. He also served as athletic director at Glenville State, his alma mater. Among his many accomplishments, his Lady Pioneers put together a 64-game home winning streak from 1999-2004, third longest in D-II history. Harold also has had 31 players named to all-conference teams and has coached four NCAA-II All-America selections. In addition to claiming the WBCA’s national Coach of the Year honor this past season, he’s been the East Region Coach of the Year the past two years and the WVIAC Coach of the Year three times. The Glenville native received his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education and Business Education in 1987 from Glenville State and his Masters of Science Degree in Physical Education and Health from Radford University in 1990. 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. He was promoted to head women’s basketball coach in March of 1995. Harold also spent three years as the men’s track and field coach at Glenville State, reviving the program to win three league titles (1992, 1993 and 1995) and earning the conference coach of the year distinction each time. Harold and wife Renee have two daughters – Katie, a sophomore at Glendale High School, and Allie, a sixth-grader at Pershing Middle School.
NCAA-II ACTIVE LEADERS IN WINNING PCT.
Name, Team 1. Mike McLaughlin, Holy Family 2. Ron McHenry, Washburn 3. Brandon Schneider, Emporia St. 4. Barbara Stevens, Bentley 5. David Slifer, Central Mo. 6. Curt Fredrickson, Northern St 7. G lenn Wilkes Jr., Rollins 8. L onnie Bartley, Fort Valley St. 9. Paul Fessler, Concordia-St. Paul 10. Carol Russell, Neb.-Kearney 11. Steve Harold, Drury 12. N ancy Winstel, Northern Ky. 13. Jacques Curtis, Shaw 14. Carmen Dolfo, Western Wash. 15. David Smith, Bellarmine www.drurypanthers.com
Yrs. 13 8 10 31 19 29 22 24 8 6 13 28 8 17 26
Won 381 214 250 753 457 644 487 520 178 134 290 587 180 356 519
Lost Pct. 55 .8739 44 .8295 61 .8039 212 .7803 145 .7591 208 .7559 160 .7527 186 .7365 66 .7295 51 .7243 111 .7232 225 .7229 70 .7200 143 .7134 217 .7052