NeWS oN THe HiLL Women’s basketball program gets new coach bellARmIne’s neW Women’s bAsKeTbAll since 1986, and has won four CoACh hAs sTRonG DeRby CITy RooTs regional championships. “it is a great honor and privi- Chancellor Dugan was named the program’s sixth-ever lege to accept the head coach- head coach, replacing David Smith, who was named the ing position at Bellarmine,” Ms. athletics department’s internal operations director after Dugan said. “i promise Knights 14 seasons leading the Knights. Nation that you will get nothing Ms. Dugan, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate, spent but my very best, and my goal is the last 13 seasons as head coach at Division i Florida to bring a national championship Atlantic university. in 2005-06, she led FAu to an to Bellarmine.” Atlantic Sun Championship and earned the conference’s Bellarmine fans may recognize Ms. Dugan from her automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. time at Great Lakes Valley Conference rival university “Chance Dugan is a highly successful and widely of Southern indiana, where she coached the Screaming respected women’s basketball coach in both NCAA Div- eagles to four NCAA Tournament appearances in eight isions i and ii,” said Dr. Joseph J. McGowan, Bellarmine’s seasons, from 1991-99. president. “i am confident that she is the right person to As a player, Ms. Dugan was a three-year starter at bring our women’s basketball program to the nationally eastern Kentucky university and finished her junior and competitive level Bellarmine university’s Knights Nation senior seasons as the Lady Colonels’ leading rebounder has come to appreciate and enjoy.” and second-leading scorer. She earned a bachelor of sci- Ms. Dugan takes over a Bellarmine basketball program ence in physical education from eKu and a master of arts that has made 14 appearances in the NCAA Tournament in physical education from Morehead State university. fixinG upourhouse: A much-needed renovation of Knights Hall over the summer included replacement of the original gym floor, ca. 1960, and new chair-back seating in the lower level. Photo by Tom Dekle fall 2012 17
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