Wabash Valley College has announced Chad Killinger as the next head coach of Wabash Valley women’s basketball.
Killinger brings 28 years of coaching experience to Wabash Valley, with 18 of those years at the junior college level. Over his coaching career, Killinger has amassed 312 head coaching wins, with a 270-165 (.620 winning percentage) record at the NJCAA level and has been a part of 506 victories at the collegiate level.
Coach Killingers most recent coaching stint was at Indiana State University, where he was the head women’s basketball coach for three seasons. Killinger has also had stops at Nicholls State University, East Carolina University, and Marshall University. Along with his stints at the NCAA Division One level, Killinger made impacts at the NJCAA level as the head coach for Moberly Area Community College women’s basketball and Lincoln Trail College women’s basketball.
While at Moberly Area, the program went 147-71. The 147 wins was the most overall wins in NJCAA Region 16 during that time and as well as the highest winning percentage(67.4). The Lady Greyhounds also finished in the top three of the region regular season standings in six of the seven years that Killinger was there. The Lady Greyhounds had 40 student-athletes move on to the four-year level under Killinger, marking the highest total over any seven-year period in the programs history. The six Division I signees following the 2017-2018 season were the most since 1998 when seven Lady Greyhounds moved on to the Division I level.
In 2017-2018, Killinger was named the U.S. Marine Corps/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Two-Year College National Coach of the Year, MCCAC Coach of the Year, and NJCAA Region 16 and District K Coach of the Year as he guided the Lady Greyhounds to one of the best seasons in program history as they finished 32-1 overall and ranked 4th in the nation. The 32 wins were the most since 1983-84 and set a new program record for consecutive wins, which was originally set in 1984-85 and 1990-91. Their undefeated regular season was the first since 1984-85 and they appeared in all 11 NJCAA Top 25 polls as they earned the number three seed at the NJCAA National Tournament.
During his time at Lincoln Trail, the Statesmen went 91-36 in four seasons. During the 2009-2010 season, the program made its first appearance in the NJCAA National Tournament while setting a school record with 28 victories, eclipsing the 24-win mark set by Killinger’s first team at Lincoln Trail. The 2009-2010 season also marked the third time in four seasons that the Lady Statesmen appeared in the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball poll, starting the year ranked 16th in the preseason poll and finishing the year ranked 17th in the country. During the 2006-2007 season, the Lady Statesmen appeared in the NJCAA Top 25 for the first time in school history, being ranked as high as 16th and finishing the season ranked 17th in the final poll. The Lady Statesmen returned to the national rankings during the 2007-2008 season as they were ranked as high as 23rd while appearing or receiving votes in five of the 12 polls.
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