RAILSPLITTER COACHING STAFF/TEAM PHYSICIAN
DENNIS CLINE Assistant Coach: Coach Cline, a 1987 graduate of Lincoln Memorial University, begins his seventh season with the Railsplitter coaching staff. A veteran coach with 24 years of coaching experience, Cline served 13 of those years at the former Powell Valley High School until the school was consolidated following the 2002-03 season to become Cumberland Gap High School. During his tenure as the Indians coach, his teams won two district titles, two regional titles, one sub-state title and were semi-finalists in the 1995 Tennessee State Tournament. Cline teaches Algebra II at Cumberland Gap High School and recently received his master’s and EDS degrees at LMU. He is the son of Bill and Mandy Cline of Harrogate and is married to Jean Davis Cline, a 1979 and 1991 alumnae of LMU. Coach Cline has four children, Jedidiah and Levi, who reside in Knoxville, and Caitlyn and Caleigh of Speedwell, Tennessee.
MATT BOGARD Student Assistant Coach: Matt Bogard joins the Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball coaching staff this year as the student assistant coach. Bogard, a two-year player at LMU, started 27 of 28 games and led the South Atlantic Conference in assist to turnover ratio as a senior. Serving as the Railsplitters captain during 2008-09 season, he helped the Railsplitters to their best season finish since 2002.
WADNER JOSEPH Student Assistant Coach: A former Lincoln Memorial University standout, Wadner Joesph joins the Railsplitter coaching staff as a student assistant for the 2009-10 season. During his two year playing career at LMU, Joseph started in 41 games and as a senior captain averaged 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game while helping the Railsplitters to their best record since 2002.
2009-10 LMU Railsplitter Basketball
6
www.lmurailsplitters.com