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Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball

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Women's Basketball Coaches/Staff

Stephanie Findley

Stephanie Findley

Head Coach

stephanie.findley@oc.edu

Coach, teacher, mother of two daughters and wife of a hardworking fireman - Stephanie Findley wears many hats as she leads the Lady Eagles in her 25th season at her alma mater.


While building a perennial contender in the NAIA, she has compiled an outstanding 476-285 record, winning conference and district honors and taking teams to the NAIA National Tournament 12 times, including eight of the last ten years. The Lady Eagles have advanced to the “Sweet 16” five times, making “Elite Eight” appearances in 1986 and 2003.


Findley’s teams are noted for their uptempo style of play that keeps constant pressure on the opposition. A strong teacher of the game, she has a knack for developing players and motivating them to reach their full potential. Her teams also are known for their academic achievements and community involvement. The 2007-08 Lady Eagles had the third-highest GPA (3.63) among all NAIA women’s basketball teams in earning NAIA Scholar Team designation and their eighth appearance on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Honor Roll.


Findley’s Lady Eagles earned the NAIA Champions of Character team award for women’s basketball in 2006-07 for their numerous community initiatives. Their recent work includes assisting the Capitol Hill Church of Christ Sharing Center and participating in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Findley and her charges spent a recent Thanksgiving Day distributing more than 250 meals in the Luther, Okla., area. The team also is a longtime partner with Habitat For Humanity and is involved in other mission and outreach efforts.


A playmaking guard for the Lady Eagles from 1979 to 1982, Findley devotes the same competitiveness, intelligence and intensity in the coaches’ box that characterized her playing days under former coach Max Dobson. Findley took over the reins of the Lady Eagles in 1985-86 after serving as Dobson’s assistant for three years. In her first season, she led the Lady Eagles to a District Nine Championship and to the quarterfinals of the national tournament.


The 49-year-old Findley is a four-time Coach of the Year honoree in the Sooner Athletic Conference, earning the distinction in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 2000. In 1986, she was named Coach of the Year in NAIA District Nine and was Coach of the Year in NAIA District Two in 2000. She was inducted into the OC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.


Findley is a member of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. She served her third term as president of the national organization in 2005-06 and now serves on the WBCA’s All-America committee. She was the NAIA representative to the USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee from 2000 to 2004 and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. She is involved in the selection process of potential honorees.


Findley, a 1982 OC graduate, is a native of Lexington, Okla. She is an associate professor of physical education and holds a master’s degree in secondary education from the University of Central Oklahoma. She is married to Dean Findley, a 1982 OC graduate who is a major in the Oklahoma City Fire Department. They have two daughters, 22-year-old Jordan Rae, a recent OC graduate and player for the Lady Eagles, and 18-year-old Jessica, a freshman guard for the Lady Eagles.

Matt Hall

Matt Hall

Assistant Coach

Matt Hall joined the OC women’s basketball staff in August 2007. He came to Oklahoma Christian from Wellston High School, where he spent three years as the head boys coach.


Hall was the head boys coach at Little Axe High School before his stint at Wellston. He grew up in Cushing, Okla., and played collegiately at Carl Albert State College and Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He received his degree from Southeastern in 1994.


Hall and his wife Kim, a 1995 OC alumnus, are active members of Memorial Road Church of Christ. They have two kids, Max, six, and Ellie, two.

Larry Truesdell

Larry Truesdell

Assistant Coach

Larry Truesdell begins his third stint as an assistant coach with the Lady Eagles in 2009. The 29-year coaching veteran was on the OC bench in the same capacity from 1991 to 1997.


Truesdell spent the past four years at Edmond Santa Fe High School, where he assisted the girls’ basketball, volleyball and soccer programs. The 55-year-old Truesdell also has coaching stints at Oklahoma Christian School, Chisholm, Bishop McGuiness, Carl Albert and Westmoore.


The Henryetta, Okla., native graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State in 1978. Truesdell has worked the annual OC Cage Camps for the past 20 years. He and his wife Lisa have three children, all of whom graduated from OC: Trey, Aubree and Chelsee.

   

 

Ian O'Daniel

Ian O’Daniel

Program Assistant