GLVC 35|35 Series: Welcome Back Home

At least 32 GLVC administrators and coaches have returned to serve at their alma mater.  An additional nine individuals, separated by the dark green bar, competed either as a GLVC student-athlete or at an institution that was or is currently a GLVC member, and have since gone on to serve in an administrative role at another GLVC school.

NAME, SCHOOL	CURRENT POSITION	FORMER POSITION
Scott Wiegandt, BELLARMINE	Athletics Director 2012-13 Under Armour National AD of the Year	Bellarmine Baseball, 1986-89 1989 GLVC Baseball Paragon Award Winner; 2013 GLVC Hall of Fame
Jim Vargo, BELLARMINE	Director, CC/T&F Coached 1 WCC; 2 WITF GLVC Team Champions	Bellarmine Cross Country/Track & Field, 1980-83 2-Time Academic All-American; 2003 GLVC Bertram Award Winner
Larry Owens, BELLARMINE	Coach, Baseball 1st Year at Bellarmine	Bellarmine Baseball, 1987-90 1990 Honorable Mention All-American
Tim Chastonay, BELLARMINE	Coach, Men’s Soccer 16th Year, BU’s All-Time Wins Leader; '05 GLVC C.O.Y.	Bellarmine Soccer; 1989-92 1992 All-GLVC; Led BU to three runner-up finishes in GLVC
Dr. Sue Willey, INDIANAPOLIS	Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics 2012-13 Under Armour National AD of the Year	Indianapolis, 1972-75 GLVC VB Coach (1976-92), SB (1978-84; 86-98), 1989 GLVC SB C.O.Y.
Kathy Casey, INDIANAPOLIS	Coach, Cross Country 13 Years, Coached 1st NCAA Participant Since 1991	Indianapolis Cross Country, 1986-89 1988 All-GLVC
Brent Nicoson, INDIANAPOLIS	Coach, Men’s/Women’s Golf 5-Time GLVC Champion & Coach of the Year	Indianapolis Golf, 1992-94 Member of 1992 and 1993 GLVC Championship Teams
John Higgins, INDIANAPOLIS	Coach, Men’s Soccer 4th Year, 2013 GLVC Coach of the Year	Indianapolis Soccer, 2004-07 2007 Third-Team All-GLVC Selection
Josh Rabe, QUINCY	Coach, Baseball 4th Year, 2011 GLVC Champions	Quincy Baseball,  1998-2000 1999 GLVC P.O.Y.; 1998 Freshman O.Y.; 2007 GLVC Hall of Fame
Mike Carpenter, QUINCY	Coach, Men’s Soccer 2nd Year; Led QU to #1 Seed in 2013 GLVC Tourney	Quincy Soccer, 1997-2001 Starting Goalkeeper, 1.13 goals-against-average
Dave Musso, QUINCY	Coach, Women’s Soccer 8th Year, 2-Time GLVC Champions, 3-Time GLVC C.O.Y.	Quincy Soccer, 2000-03 2003 First-Team All-GLVC 2003, 2002 Second-Team All-GLVC
Charlene Obert, QUINCY	Coach, Softball 9th Year, Led QU to 5 NCAA Appearances	Quincy Softball/Basketball, 1978-81 Left QU as leader in Hits, 3B, HR, RBI; 1992 Quincy Hall of Fame
Carl Capra, ROCKHURST	Coach, Men’s Golf 17th Year, CoacheD 2011 GLVC P.O.Y. Clarke Fry	Rockhurst Graduate, 1970 Has coached women’s soccer and women’s golf as well
Greg Herdlick, ROCKHURST	Coach, Women’s Soccer 15th Year, Led RU to 1st 3 NCAA Appearances	Rockhurst Soccer, 1990-93 4-Year Starter, 1993 Team Captain, 1992 Second-Team All-American
Bill Massoels, SAINT JOSEPH’S	Athletics Director/CC/T&F Coach Coach Since 1990; AD Since 1999	Saint Joseph’s Cross Country, Track & Field, 1995-89 Has coached 23 All-Americans; 1999 GLVC Men’s Indoor T&F Champions
Linda Deno, SAINT JOSEPH’S	Senior Women's Administrator/ Associate AD 2nd-Longest Tenured GLVC Administrator	Saint Joseph’s Volleyball/Basketball/Track & Field, 1979-82 Coached GLVC Volleyball from 1987-95; 2004-05
Joe Koczan, SAINT JOSEPH’S	Business Manager/Asst. T&F Coach 14th Year; Coached nine All-Americans	Saint Joseph’s Track & Field 6-Time GLVC Champion, 4-Time All-GLVC (shot put, discus and hammer throw)
Ken Badylak, SAINT JOSEPH’S	SID; Coach, Men’s/Women’s Golf SID/WGOLF Since 2008; MGOLF since 2009	Saint Joseph’s Golf, 2002-05 2005 Academic All-GLVC
Rick O’Dette, SAINT JOSEPH’S	Coach, Baseball 14th Year, SJC’s Winningest Coach, 390-307-3	Saint Joseph’s Baseball 1996 All-Region, 1997 Second-Team All-GLVC
Cory Sanders, SAINT JOSEPH’S	Coach, Football 3rd Year, 2nd in GLVC in 2013 (5-2), 3rd in 2012 (5-3)	Saint Joseph’s Football, 2002-05 Three-year captain; Four-Time All-Conference Selection
Rick Stein, SOUTHERN INDIANA	Coach, Women’s Basketball 15th Year, 2001 GLVC Coach of the Year; 2 Elite Eights	Southern Indiana Basketball, 1989-91 Two-year starter, 1990 NCAA South Central Regional participant
Mike Hillyard, SOUTHERN INDIANA	Coach, Cross Country/Track & Field 19-Time GLVC CC Coach of the Year	Southern Indiana Cross Country/Track & Field, 1991-94 1992 All-American in Steeplechase; 34th at 1991 NCAA CC Meet
Chris Crawford, SOUTHERN INDIANA	Coach, Men’s Tennis 5th Year, Two-Time GLVC Coach of the Year	Southern Indiana Tennis, 1999-2002 2002 All-GLVC, Member of four GLVC Championship Teams
Leah Mercer, SOUTHERN INDIANA	Coach, Volleyball 9th Year, 2013 GLVC Coach of the Year	Southern Indiana Volleyball/Basketball, 1999-2001 Two-time All-GLVC, 3.1 kills/game avg.; Also played two years of basketball
Amy Eagan, TRUMAN STATE	Coach, Women’s Basketball 1st Year as Truman head coach	Truman State Basketball, 1996-99 1999 Honorable Mention All-American; 4th all-time in TSU scoring
Duke Cochran, TRUMAN STATE	Coach, Men’s Soccer 9th Year, 2nd all-time in TSU wins	Truman State Soccer, 1991-94 All-MIAA Second-Team; 1993 NCAA Participant
Mike Cannon, TRUMAN STATE	Coach, Women’s Soccer 21st Year, 7th all-time in NCAA DII wins	Truman State Soccer, 1988-91 1991 TSU Most Valuable Player, 1990 Most Improved Player
Erin Brown, TRUMAN STATE	Coach, Softball 7th Year, 3 20+win seasons in 1st 6 years	Truman State Softball, 2000-02 Letterwinner on three regional finalist squads
Dr. Darlene Bailey, WILLIAM JEWELL	Athletics Director AD since 2009; Transitioned WJC into DII/GLVC	William Jewell Graduate, 1982 Served as part-time sports information director as a student
Paul Worstell, WILLIAM JEWELL	SID; Coach, Men’s/Women’s Tennis 9th Year, Only WJC Tennis Coach to Reach 100 Wins	William Jewell Tennis, 1991-94 Played No. 3 Singles and won District 16 Singles/Doubles Championships
Larry Holley, WILLIAM JEWELL	Coach, Men’s Basketball 35th Year, 10th all-time in wins at any NCAA level	William Jewell Basketball/Cross Country/Track, 1965-67 12-Time Letterman (4 in each of 3 sports: CC/MBB/T&F)
Ben Wierzba, ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD	Coach, Men’s Basketball 4th Year, Made 1st-ever GLVC Tourney in 2012	SIU Edwardsville Basketball; 1998-99 1999 All-GLVC Selection
Molly Grisham, ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD	Coach, Women’s Soccer 1st Year, 2010 NSIC Coach of the Year	Quincy Soccer Played one year before transferring to Belmont University
Stan Gouard, INDIANAPOLIS	Coach, Men’s Basketball 6th Year, 3-Time NCAA Tournament Participant	Southern Indiana Basketball, 1993-96 1995 NCAA Champion; 2-Time National P.O.Y.; 2003 GLVC Hall of Fame
Chris Koenig, LEWIS	Coach, Women’s Soccer 7th Year, 6-Time NSCAA Team Academic Award Winner	SIU Edwardsville, 1994-98 Two-Time Academic All-GLVC, All-American Scholar
Marcus Manning, MARYVILLE	Athletics Director 3rd Year, Transitioned MU into DII/GLVC	Quincy Football, 1993-96 Quarterback finished in QU’s top 5 all-time in 14 offensive categories
Peter Hantack, MARYVILLE	Coach, Men’s/Women’s Tennis 1st Year at Maryville	Missouri-St. Louis Tennis Holds school record with 64 career singles victories
Angela Red, MCKENDREE	Assistant AD/Compliance/SWA Hired in May 2011 after serving as GLVC intern	Missouri-St. Louis, 2005-09 Four-Time Academic All-GLVC, Team Captain
Gabe Hall, MISSOURI S&T	Coach, Men’s Soccer 1st Year, Made GLVC Tourney with 7-6-2 mark	Indianapolis Soccer, 2001-02 Played first two seasons before transferring to San Francisco.
Amanda Reese, SAINT JOSEPH’S	Coach, Women’s Soccer 1st Year, Hired from 2-yr Asst. Coach job at UIndy	Indianapolis Soccer, 2006-09 Four-Time All-GLVC/All-Region Selection

 
OTHER NOABLES:

• Drury men's soccer coach Ryan Swan played was a two-time All-Region selection for now-GLVC member Truman State from 1998-2000.
• Drury women's soccer coach Alf Bilbao played for now-GLVC member Truman State from 1988-92.
• Maryville women's soccer coach Eric Delabar was an All-American goalkeeper at Quincy in 1979.