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Rodney Tention |
When Rodney Tention arrived on the campus of Loyola Marymount University as the 23rd head coach of the men's basketball program in 2005, many things had not changed in the conference he once played in. As a familiar face to those in the West Coast Conference, Tention was well-known as one of the many reasons the WCC is among the top in Division I basketball.
In his first two seasons at the helm of the Lions he added to that reputation.
All Tention did in his first season as an NCAA Division I head coach is lead the Lions to levels of success that have not been seen in 17 years. Tention took over the Lions and led them to a second place finish in the WCC and an appearance in the WCC Tournament Championship. Then in his second year he overcame the ups-and-downs of an injury plagued season some head coaches never have to face, leading the Lions to wins over three NCAA tournament teams, the most by a Lions' squad in more than 15 years. Prior to his arrival, the Lions had not had a winning record in the WCC since the 1995-96 season, had not advanced to the championship game of the WCC tournament since 1989, and had finished last in the WCC at 3-11 the year prior to his arrival.
Tention helped LMU to an 8-6 WCC mark in his first season, the most WCC wins since 1991-92 and 1995-96. The second place finish was the best since that same 1996 season. With the second seed in the WCC tournament, the Lions earned a win in the semifinals for the first time since 1989 and advanced to the WCC title match for the first time since Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble last led them there in '89.
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Julie Wilhoit |
Julie Wilhoit enters her 13th season as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount University women's basketball program. The West Coast Conference Coach of the Year three of her seasons at LMU, she has steered the Lions to an average of 18 wins a season in the last seven years, including LMU's first ever WCC Championship, an appearance in the 2003-04 NCAA Tournament, and an appearance in the WNIT Tournament in 2000-01. The Lions have also been invited to play in the Preseason WNIT two times in the last five years. At home that record becomes even more astounding as Wilhoit's Lions are 72-30 in Gersten Pavilion over the last eight years.
Wilhoit became the winningest coach in LMU women's basketball history with a victory in 2003 over IUPUI. She enters the 2007-08 campaign 13 wins shy of 300 for her career.
Wilhoit was the first LMU women's basketball coach to earn the WCC Coach of the Year honor in 1999-00. She is the first at LMU to win it in consecutive seasons, and only the second coach in WCC history to garner the award two years in a row. In 2004, she added to her honors by winning the WCC award for the third time in five years. She was also named the Russell Athletic/WBCA Regional Coach of the Year for Region 8. The region represents head coaches from the Pac-10, Big West, and West Coast Conferences. She was a national finalist for the NCAA Division I Russell Athletic/WBCA Coach of the Year award.
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