KAREN MIDDLETON HEAD COACH Hometown: McBee, S.C. Education: B.A., South Carolina, 1991 M.A., South Carolina, 1993 Coaching: Assistant, South Carolina, 1992-94 Assistant, Eastern Washington, 1994-97 Assistant, Stanford, 1997-2007 Assistant, Illinois, 2007-09 Head Coach, Western Carolina, 2009-pres.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Career
School Western Carolina Western Carolina Western Carolina
Record 7-23 9-22 14-17 30-62
RAMSEY CENTER
SoCon 6-14 6-14 8-12 20-40
Arena: Ramsey Center Capacity: 7,826 Season Opened: 1986-87 First Game: Western Carolina 65, Mars Hill 51 (Dec. 4, 1986) First Western Carolina Win: Western Carolina 65, Mars Hill 51 (Dec. 4, 1986) All-Time Ramsey Center Record: 151-156 (.492) Largest Crowd: 2,178 vs. Chattanooga (Feb. 10, 2007)
RECENT HISTORY
ASSISTANT COACHES
Tre’ka McMillian
Jonelle Streed
Hillary Beck
ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Coach Betty Westmoreland Judy Pounds Judy Stroud Tony Baldwin Janet Cone Gary Peters Maria Fantanarosa Jill Dunn Beth Dunkenberger Kellie Harper Karen Middleton
54
Seasons 1965-79 1979-81 1981-85 1985-90 1990-93 1993-97 1997-98 1998-00 2000-04 2004-09 2009-present
Years 14 2 4 5 3 4 1 2 4 5 3
W 189 28 46 51 17 34 7 23 65 97 30
L 89 22 58 83 65 74 20 33 50 65 62
Pct. .680 .560 .442 .381 .207 .339 .259 .411 .565 .599 .326
Year 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Record 7-20 10-17 11-17 13-15 17-11 21-7 14-17 18-13 9-20 24-10 25-9 21-12 7-23 9-22 14-17
Conference 4-12 8-10 6-12 7-11 9-9 14-4 10-10 10-10 8-10 15-3 15-3 14-6 6-14 6-14 8-12
Place 7th 7th (tie) 8th 5th (tie) 5th (tie) 2nd 6th 6th (tie) 5th 1st (tie) 2nd 3rd (tie) 7th (tie) 10th 7th
Postseason NCAA WNIT WNIT NCAA -
POSTSEASON HISTORY WCU in the NCAA Tournament (0-2) 2005 No. 1 Tennessee 3/21/09 No. 4 Vanderbilt
L L
43-94 44-73
First Round First Round
WCU in the WNIT (1-2) 3/16/07 East Tennessee State 3/18/07 at Virginia Tech 3/19/08 at Middle Tennessee
W L L
91-63 64-74 69-104
First Round Second Round First Round