Nanooks' Andrew puts ink on resignation note
Published Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball coach Lynne Andrew made her resignation official late Monday afternoon.
More than a week after confirming that she would be leaving her position at the helm of the women’s basketball program after a five-year stint, the university officially acknowledged her departure in a press release.
“It’s with mixed emotions that I resign my position as head women’s basketball coach at the University of Alaska Fairbanks,” said Andrew in the press release.
“I consider it a great opportunity to have had my first head coaching job in Alaska,” she added. “The combined support of the community and university played a large part in the development of my coaching career.”
Athletic director Forrest Karr said a search process to find Andrew’s replacement would begin immediately.
“I want to thank Coach Andrew for her years of service to UAF,” Karr said in the release. “The student athletes under her guidance achieved many successes on and off the court. We wish her the best in everything.”
Andrew said she was most proud of what her players accomplished in the classroom.
“It has always been my goal to develop strong student athletes and role models on and off the basketball court,” Andrew said. “Although our on-court success varied, the success my players achieved in the classroom has been consistent.”
Andrew’s players compiled a 3.20 GPA during her five seasons at the helm and 15 student athletes have graduated and gone on to pursue careers or further their education.
“The greatest reward of my coaching experience here is the relationships that I’ve built within my teams,” she said.
Andrew took over the Nanooks’ program in 2003-04 and compiled a 52-80 over record in five seasons. She was 29-59 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference games. The Nanooks opened the 2007-08 season with a 7-1 record, but ran into trouble once the conference schedule unfolded. Alaska finished the season at 12-14, with a 5-13 mark in the GNAC.
Andrew’s best season with Alaska came in the 2004-05 campaign, when she led the Nanooks to a 13-14 record and a fifth-place conference finish at 9-9.
This past season, Andrew guided the Nanooks to a 12-14 record, including wins in three of the team’s final four games.
During her five years with the Nanooks, Andrew saw three players receive Daktronics All-West Region honors.
Forward Cody Burgess was named to the first team following the 2004-05 season and guard Adrienne Taalak notched second-team honors.
Junior guard Sheena Brown earned second-team honors in the 2008-09 season.
Assistant coach Laura Gonsalves also has resigned, Andrew said April 4.
Contact sports editor Bob Eley at 459-7581.
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ANd the rest of the story is......
And the exodus of UAF coaches continues..
What a loss to the school & the community. With little to no support from the administration, leadership has been reduced to the win column. Perhaps having the UAF administration resign would be more efficient and effective than continuing to lose coaches every year...but then who would be around to change the names?
I guess the old saying, "what comes around, goes around" still plays true!
Finally! Get her the heck out of there! Geez, let's get some winning goin' on now! PLEASE! It was no loss to the school or the community, it's a GOOD thing! I don't think the UAF administration needs to resign, they aren't in question. Just the athletic director! He hasn't been doing his job very well at all! There shouldn't be any question or any comments about that at all people!
Why is that when they aren't succeeding on the court, they are always succeeding in the classroom? I love it! Take your A game elsewhere please! I don't care, let's get some C plus championship players in here! Haha!
Wow.. you really think that colleges are an entertainment-machine, rather than one made to educate and better the students that come through them eh?
kdub, it's been proven that when schools win notable (sorry, rifle team) championships, applications to that school show a sharp increase over the next few years. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iqekg...)
You spend more, you get more back. Athletics tend to be the most visible portion of any university, but that doesn't mean they're a detriment to that university. Plenty of athletics programs pay for themselves -- but only the successful ones. Once you bite the bullet and start spending to win championships, the doors are open for a school to become much more. Just think of the number of Alaska and Outside kids who would apply to UAF if the school was able to hit it big on the national stage.
FINALLY!
UAF should just abandon its Mens and Womans basketball programs.
All they are doing is costing uaf students money.
Wow...I think with all these coaches resigning, something needs to be done about Karr
get a clue AKHockeyFan. Don't jump to conclusions, especially when you have NO IDEA of the rest of the story. Give the guy a chance. If the hocky coach was not fitting in; be glad they worked it out swiftly. As far as this Basketball coach, obviously you have NO IDEA.
The basketball job at UAF is considered the bottom rung of coaching jobs in the GNAC
Preston must now some friends that like to place bets .. I mean.. support the local university athletics as guest alumni. Not a bad way to get some funding for the program, shave a little here slow down a little there, make some money for the bookies. We need a successful program up here for all the alumni, yes indeed.
(Sarcasm intended)
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