Bowling Green State University women’s basketball coach Robyn Fralick has announced the addition of Kim Cameron as assistant coach. Cameron, like Fralick, comes to BGSU after a highly-successful tenure at a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) school.
Cameron joins the Falcon program after spending 13 seasons on the staff at Michigan Technological University, the last eight as head coach. She compiled an impressive 181-53 record as head coach, leaving Michigan Tech with the highest winning percentage (.774) in program history.
“I am thrilled to have Kim Cameron join us at Bowling Green State University,” said Fralick. “She is a winner. She loves the game and, more importantly, she loves the players in her care. We had a great rivalry during our Ashland and Michigan Tech days and I always had so much respect for her as a coach and person. I am grateful she chose to come work together to be part of the rich tradition of BGSU women’s basketball. We are very fortunate to have her.”
During her tenure at MTU, her alma mater, Cameron became the first Division II coach in Tech history to lead the team to a national title game appearance, taking the Huskies to the championship game in 2011. She was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year in both 2011 and ’15, and also was the 2011 WBCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year.
“I would like to thank Coach Fralick for the opportunity to join a BGSU Women’s Basketball program with such a strong tradition,” said Cameron. “The players, the department, and the people have been amazing. During my time in the GLIAC I was able to watch the success that Coach Fralick’s teams have accomplished. The records are remarkable, but the culture and character of her teams are what make programs great. I feel honored to be surrounded by people who want the very best experiences for their players.
“I am also extremely grateful for my time at Michigan Tech. Over 17 years, The school gave me an opportunity to play college athletics, as well as lead their women’s basketball program for the last eight years. The people there taught me about culture, love and tradition, and I hope to be able to align that with the vision of this program.”
Cameron led MTU to five GLIAC North Division titles, two GLIAC Tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. She coached 19 all-conference selections, five All-Midwest Region honorees and four All-Americans, and her team earned a spot on the WBCA Top-25 Team GPA list in seven of her eight years. The Huskies finished second in the nation on that list in 2017.
Cameron’s first season as head coach, the 2010-11 campaign, saw the Huskies vastly exceed expectations. Tech’s historic run came just months after she was elevated to the head-coaching position on June 17, 2010.
That 2010-11 team compiled a 31-3 record (.912), doing so with a group of players that began the season with a combined 12 games of starting experience between them. Tech won the GLIAC North Division with a school-record .947 winning percentage (18-1) before claiming the GLIAC Tournament title. The Huskies also won a third consecutive NCAA Midwest Regional crown, then defeated No. 1-ranked Arkansas Tech and No. 18 Northwest Missouri State at the Elite Eight. Along the way, Cameron’s 2010-11 team set school records for consecutive wins (18) and home wins (18).
Cameron led the 2012-13 team to a GLIAC North Division title, and the Huskies advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Midwest Regional before falling to the eventual national champion.
The 2014-15 squad accumulated 20 conference wins to claim the program’s 13th league title. The Black and Gold hosted and won the GLIAC Tournament before hosting the NCAA Midwest Regional, where they suffered just their third loss of the season in the regional semifinal. The Huskies 28 wins was the fourth-most in school history.
This past season, Cameron guided the Huskies to an overall record of 23-6 and a GLIAC mark of 17-3. Tech secured its 15th regular-season GLIAC North Division title, and the program’s fifth under Cameron. The Huskies advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional for the fourth time in Cameron’s eight-year head-coaching tenure.
During those eight years, Cameron’s teams posted six 20-win seasons and won 19 games in each of the other two campaigns. The Huskies had a record of 134-33 in GLIAC play during those eight years, for an eye-popping .802 winning percentage.
Cameron assumed the head-coaching job after spending five years as assistant coach at Tech. In that time, she helped head coach John Barnes and the Huskies to 119 wins, a .768 winning percentage and two NCAA Elite Eight appearances. In those five years, Tech also claimed three GLIAC North Division titles, advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times and cut down the nets for two NCAA Midwest Regional Championships.
As mentioned, Cameron’s winning percentage (.774) is the best of any coach in the program’s history, topping a list that also includes three Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Famers (Cheryl DePuydt, Kevin Borseth and Darla Olson).
Cameron graduated from Michigan Tech in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. The Alpena, Mich., native earned four letters as a player for the Huskies from 2001-05, helping the squad to a 71-42 record in her four years and a trip to the NCAA Tournament as a senior.
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