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Head Coach Bob McKillop 60-63McKillop’s Graduates 64-65Davidson Coaching History 66Assoc. Head Coach Matt Matheny 67Asst. Coach Jim Fox 68Asst. Coach Tim Sweeney 69Dir. of BB Operations Jeremy Henney 70

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BBOBOB MMCCKKILLOPILLOPHEAD COACH w HOFSTRA ’72 w 19TH SEASON w 311-218 OVERALL

THETHE MCKILLOPMCKILLOP FILEFILENAME Robert McKillopBIRTHDATE July 13, 1950BIRTHPLACE Queens, N.Y.WIFE CathyCHILDREN Kerrin, Matt, BrendanCOLLEGE Hofstra ’72DEGREE History

CHAMPIONSHIPSCHAMPIONSHIPS1996 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

North Division Regular Season1997 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

North Division Regular Season1998 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

North Division Regular SeasonSouthern Conference Tournament2002 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

North Division Regular SeasonSouthern Conference Tournament2003 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

North Division Regular Season2004 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

South Division Regular Season2005 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

South Division Regular Season2006 SOUTHERN CONFERENCESouthern Conference Tournament2007 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

South Division Regular SeasonSouthern Conference Tournament

COACHINGCOACHING HONORSHONORSSOCON COACH OF THE YEAR1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007

HUGH DURHAM FINALIST2007

All-time winningest coach in Davidson andSouthern Conference history with 311 victories

and 171 league victories.

62 of 62 seniors have graduated during the McKillop era.

Each morning when coach BobMcKillop enters his office in Davidson'sBaker Sports Complex, he passes aDecember 1968 Sports Illustrated maga-zine that is displayed prominently, onethat has a cover picturing NorthCarolina's Charlie Scott, Kentucky'sMike Casey and Davidson's Mike Maloy,under a headline that reads,“Challengers to UCLA.”

McKillop studies the photograph, andthinks, “We can do that.”

We can do what? The 1969 Davidsonteam won 27 games, now the secondmost in school history, finished the sea-son ranked third in the nation, andfought powerful North Carolina to thefinal second before falling 87-85 in theNCAA Elite Eight. One step from theFinal Four. Davidson basketball canduplicate that storybook season?

Go ahead, laugh at the supposition,or even scoff at it, but ifMcKillop didn't believe inhis heart that it could berepeated, he wouldn't be inhis 19th year as DavidsonCollege's head basketballcoach. He believes it evenmore now, in view of lastyear's team setting a school record with29 victories, two more than the powerful1969 Wildcats. McKillop is a confesseddreamer. His players, who have seen histeams win eight of the last 12 SouthernConference Division championships, andfive of the last six, plus two consecutiveSoCon championships, call him a dream-maker. So do many of the nation's lead-ing coaches.

“Many times you only hear about thecoaches in the power conferences beinggreat coaches,” says John Beilein, thehighly successful University of Michigan

coach. “Bob McKillop is equal or betterthan any other coach that I know, andI've coached against most of the best inthe country in my 15 years in Division1.”

Like many outstanding coaches,McKillop cloaks himself in mystery, lesthe dare become predictable, a traitcoaches aren't allowed. His resume tellsan interesting story, one of dedication,discipline, preparation, competitivenessand humility.

He was a successful baseball and bas-ketball player at Chaminade HighSchool in the New York City HighSchool Catholic League, where one of hisfellow students in homeroom for fouryears was Bill O'Reilly of the O'ReillyFactor on FOX News. Jack Curran, thecoach at rival Archbishop Molloy High,helped him get a basketball scholarshipto East Carolina. His last game at East

Carolinawas in theoldCharlotteColiseum inthe 1969SouthernConference

tournament championship game, a 102-76 loss to Davidson, a game that stuck inhis mind and later would have majorconsequences in his life.

Homesick and ready to be closer tohome, he transferred from East Carolinato Hofstra University where he becamethe team's MVP and later was inductedinto the Hofstra Basketball Hall of Fame.After graduation in 1972, he signed as afree agent with the Philadelphia 76ersbut was cut. The 76ers went 9-72 thatseason. “I was cut from the worst teamin NBA history,” McKillop jokes.

“Many times you only hear about the coaches inthe power conferences being great coaches. BobMcKillop is equal or better than any other coachthat I know, and I’ve coached against most of thebest in the country in my years in Division I.”

John Beilein, Michigan Head Coach

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Humility comes in strange packages.Reluctantly accepting the fact that his

playing career was over, he took a jobteaching history and coaching basketballat Holy Trinity High in Long Island in1972. After a sparking 86-25 record ascoach, in 1978 McKillop was offeredassistant coaching positions at theUniversity of Pennsylvania andDavidson whereEddie Biedenbachhad just beennamed headcoach. In makinghis decision,McKillop recalledhis last game forEast Carolina, theloss to Davidson,the way the fans celebrated the champi-onship. In making his decision betweenPenn and Davidson, he visited theDavidson campus in NorthMecklenburg, was stricken with its beau-ty and charm, as well as the mission ofthe college, and the uniqueness of thevillage. “Davidson, here I come!” TheWildcats went 8-19 that season. Pennwent to the NCAA Final Four. Oh, well.

After one year on the Davidson staff,a great high school opportunity beck-oned at Long Island Lutheran HighSchool. McKillop went there as head bas-ketball coach, director of summer pro-grams, and for two years served as inter-im headmaster. He compiled a recordthere of 182-51. In his high school coach-ing career, he wonfive New YorkState champi-onships, coachedfive high schoolAll-Americas, oneof whom was MattDoherty, formerhead coach atNorth Carolinaand now in thesame position atSMU.

“Bob McKillopis easily one of thenation's bestcoaches,” Dohertysays. “What hehas done atDavidson is trulyremarkable. Herecruits top-flightstudents for one of

the country's top liberal arts colleges andcompetes in the demanding SouthernConference along with a ridiculouslytough non-conference schedule.”

McKillop accepted the challenge ofrebuilding Davidson basketball and

became its headcoach in 1989. Heproceeded cautious-ly at first, as helearned to meshwhat fit atDavidson with hispersonal philoso-phy. “Davidson is aspecial place, a

unique place,” McKillop says. “Inrecruiting and staffing, we must have theright fit, otherwise it could lead to frus-tration and immediate failure.”

Davidson has a special blend of aca-demics, social life and athletics. Not allgood players with excellent grades are afit. McKillop's ability to put the properpeople in place has been a leading rea-son that he has succeeded at such a highlevel at Davidson.

One of McKillop's former Davidsonplayers, Martin Ides, now in his sixthseason of playing professional basketballin Europe, says: “There are many thingsthat set Coach McKillop apart from allthe coaches I've had…However, what Iappreciate most is what Coach calls our

Davidson 'basketball family.' I stay incontact with many of our guys…I wouldlove to be on an all-Davidson team againwith Coach McKillop leading the way.”

McKillop's players talk about his lead-ership, teaching, and confidence.

“Coach McKillop is the best at prepar-ing his team,” says Logan Kosmalski,who was an All-Southern Conferenceplayer in 2005 and now plays profession-ally in Europe. “His knowledge andattention to detail made us feel like wecould win against any opponent.”

Now 57 years old, McKillop loves his-tory, politics, Italian cuisine, nice clothes,good books and movies that teach himlife's lessons. A frequent lecturer, he hasas many basketball friends in Europe ashe does in the United State. He oncedreamed of being a U.S. Senator fromNew York, a notion that has since sub-sided. His reading preferences leantoward history, politics, leadership,coaching stories, and not much fiction.Four movies rank as his favorites: Life isBeautiful, Michael Collins, TheGodfather, and Schindler's List.

“Those movies teach great lessonsabout life, family, struggles and leader-ship,” he says. In his view, moviesshould do more than entertain; theyshould also teach life's lessons.

McKillop cherishes each moment andtreats it as gold. Whether it's on the buswith his team to a road game or waitingfor a flight in an airport terminal, healways has work at hand. When a friend

was late to a breakfastmeeting last summer,McKillop waved it off,saying as he surveyedpapers on the table infront of him, “Noproblem. I had plentyof work to do.” Hecarries his office withhim.

He grew up inQueens and LongIsland and had a fas-cination with sportsfor as long as he canremember. He lovedArmy football and thelegacy of the BlackKnights of theHudson. The first col-lege basketball gamethat he saw in personwas at Alumni Hall,

“Bob McKillop is a very well respected coach, not onlyin the United States, but internationally. McKillop justgets it. He understands the game, and how it should beplayed, and he understands the players, and how theyshould be led. The only thing that McKillop lacks as acoach is a media spotlight. People that know basketballknow Bob McKillop. He is truly one of the very best.”

Jay Bilas, ESPN Basketball Analyst

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St. John's vs. NYU. He loved going togames at Alumni Hall and MadisonSquare Garden and dreamed of playingfor NYU, a powerhouse at the time.Although he's been in North Carolinafor 19 years, he hasn't lost the sharpedges of his New York brogue. Hisphone mail message begins, “How yadoin'?” His metaphors, which he oftenuses, speak of “Broadway stages,” and“magical carpet rides.”

His coaching career at Davidson hasbeen scintillating by any barometer.His Davidson record is 311-218. He'scoachedDavidsonlonger thanany basket-ball coach,won moregames therethan any coach, and his 174 SouthernConference wins are more than anycoach in league history. He's been con-ference Coach of the Year six times, haswon eight Southern Conference divi-sion titles, four tournament champi-onships, and taken his team to fourNCAA tournaments and three postsea-son NITs. All this winning hasn't comeat any academic sacrifice, as 95 percenthave graduated from Davidson and100 percent have graduated from col-lege.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski callsMcKillop “a sensational coach.” Texascoach Rick Barnes says, “There aresome great coaches out there whodeserve recognition, and Bob is at thevery top of that list.”

McKillop derived his basketball phi-losophy from many sources: LouCarnesecca, Al and Frank McGuire,Jack Curran, Frank Morris, PaulLynner, Dean Smith, John Wooden, RedAuerbach, Ettore Messina and others.He's studied the winning ways of for-mer college football coaches AraParseghian, Bud Wilkinson and KnuteRockne. “I've stolen from the best,” hesays, laughing.

McKillop's demanding practices areplanned to the second. He stresses fun-damentals, is a disciplinarian as well asa stickler for details, but his playersalways know he cares.

Jouni Eho, one of McKillop's formerplayers now playing overseas, wasmarried in the summer of 2005.McKillop attended the ceremony - inFinland. “That was very special to me,”

BOBBOB MCKILLOP’SMCKILLOP’S OVERALL RECORDOVERALL RECORDOVERALL CONFERENCE CONFERENCE

YEAR SCHOOL W L PCT. W L PCT. FINISH1973-78 Holy Trinity H.S. 86 25 .7751979-89 Long Island Lutheran 182 51 .7811989-90 Davidson 4 24 .143 Independent1990-91 10 19 .345 6 8 .429 4th (Big South)1991-92 11 17 .393 6 8 .429 6th (Big South)1992-93 14 14 .500 10 8 .556 5th1993-94 22 8 .733 13 5 .722 T-2nd1994-95 14 13 .519 7 7 .500 3rd North Division1995-96 25 5 .833 14 0 1.000 1st North Division1996-97 18 10 .643 10 4 .714 T-1st North Division1997-98 20 10 .667 13 2 .867 T-1st North Division1998-99 16 11 .593 11 5 .688 2nd North Division1999-00 15 13 .536 10 6 .625 2nd North Division2000-01 15 17 .469 7 9 .438 4th North Division2001-02 21 10 .677 11 5 .688 T-1st North Division2002-03 17 10 .630 11 5 .688 T-1st North Division2003-04 17 12 .586 11 5 .688 T-1st South Division2004-05 23 9 .719 16 0 1.000 1st South Division2005-06 20 11 .645 10 5 .666 2nd South Division2006-07 29 5 .853 17 1 .944 1st South Division

DAVIDSON 311 218 .588 183 87 .678HIGH SCHOOL 268 79 .779

NCAA TOURNAMENT — 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007NIT — 1994, 1996, 2005

* Davidson competed in the Big South in 1990-91 and 1991-92

Eho says.Terrell Ivory often was present when

McKillop was recruiting his brother,Titus, who eventually chose Penn Stateover Davidson. “Even though Titusdidn't go to Davidson, when my fatherdied, Coach McKillop was at the funer-al,” Terrell said. “I said then that Iwanted to play for this man. He's like asecond father to me.” Terrell, now an

assistant coach at BlairAcademy, came toDavidson as a walk-on,earned a scholarshipand contributed tomany wins.

McKillop runs sev-eral miles most days, never gains anounce, and as his assistants can attest,often gets so lost in his work that hecan go a full day without eating.Sweets are a weakness, though, and heattacks a bag of chocolate chip cookiesthe way a woodpecker works on asugar maple.

McKillop and his wife Cathy, aknowledgeable basketball person in herown right, have three children - Kerrin,

27, a 2002 Davidson graduate,Matthew, 24, who graduated fromDavidson two years ago after playingfor his father for four years, and is anassistant basketball coach at EmoryUniversity for head coach JasonZimmerman, a former player and assis-tant coach under McKillop atDavidson, and Brendan, 19, a freshmanon this year's Davidson team.

“Davidson College is a specialplace,” McKillop says. “One reason ourteams have been so united and close isbecause we reflect the total Davidsonphilosophy. Our players remain closelong after they leave Davidson.”

When McKillop thinks back to play-ing against Davidson in 1969, hereflects on the job former coach LeftyDriesell did in putting the Wildcats inthe nation's Top 10 and twice takingthem to the NCAA Elite Eight. “WhatLefty Driesell and his players did isone of the greatest stories in collegebasketball history,” McKillop says.

It was the “Broadway stage,” iswhat it was, and McKillop the dreamerthinks there can be an encore.

“Bob McKillop has quietly done as good a coachingjob as any coach at any level in the country. Withthat statement, he is quite possibly the mostunderrated coach in the nation.”

Rick Barnes, University of Texas Head Coach

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CLASS OF 1990CLASS OF 1990EDWARD GAINES

Cardiovascular SpecialistScios Inc.

Tallahassee, Fla.MAURICE “MO” GRAY

Commercial LenderHSBC Bank USA

Pembroke Pines, Fla.JEFF HARRISNeurologist

Huntsville, Ala.ALAN HUNTER

Century Chemical ControllerJonesboro, Ga.A.J. MORGANSports Producer

Bollinger InsuranceCaldwell, N.J.JAY SCHMITT

Director of Business DevelopmentStrategic Benefits Advisors

Atlanta, Ga.DICK SEIDEL

Sales RepresentativeTicor Title Insurance

Chicago, Ill.

CLASS OF 1991CLASS OF 1991TURNER GILMORE

Attorney, Teacher, Sports AgentPembroke Pines, Fla.

THOMAS HELLANDSports Consultant

Blue SombreroAtlanta, Ga.

DARRY STRICKLANDAsst. Principal and Head Coach

Bell Multicultural High SchoolWashington, D.C.

CLASS OF 1992CLASS OF 1992PAUL DENMOND

Insurance AgentMetropolitan Life Insurance

Houston, TexasPAUL DROBNITCH

Director of Corporate Development Turner Corporation

Dallas, TexasSTERLING FREEMAN

Executive DirectorWildacres Leadership

Durham, N.C.PAUL RYBISKI

Marketing RepresentativeBell South

Sydney, Australia

CLASS OF 1993CLASS OF 1993J.D. HEUER

Pharmaceutical SalesSpinetech

Greensboro, N.C.MATT MATHENY

Assoc. Head Basketball CoachDavidson College

DETLEF MUSCHPro Basketball

France, Italy, Germany

CLASS OF 1994CLASS OF 1994RONALD HORTON

Assistant VP of Client AccessBank of AmericaCharlotte, N.C.

JANKO NARATComputer Programmer

Lucent TechnologiesColumbia, Md.

Pro Basketball — SloveniaCHRIS SHIELDSFinancial Advisor

Blue Cross/Blue ShieldDurham, N.C.

JASON ZIMMERMANHead Basketball Coach

Emory UniversityAtlanta, Ga.

CLASS OF 1995CLASS OF 1995TIM CALDWELL

High School Teacher and CoachLouisville, Ky.

GEORGE SPAINPro Basketball — Sweden

CLASS OF 1996CLASS OF 1996CHRIS ALPERT

NBDL - Dir. of Basketball OperationsNew York, N.Y.

Pro Basketball — FranceJEFF ANDERSON

World Group MortgageCharlotte, N.C.

QUINN HARWOODYouth Pastor

Amateur SupportTustin, Calif.

Pro Basketball — CBAMARK MCGUIRE

Professor — John Abbott CollegeQuebec, Canada

Ph.D. — Cornell UniversityBRANDON WILLIAMS

NBA — Director of Player DevelopmentNew York, N.Y.

NBA — Atlanta, New York, San Antonio,Golden State; CBA, France, Greece,

Germany, Italy

CLASS OF 1997CLASS OF 1997JAY ARIAL

Teacher and Basketball CoachChrist Church SchoolChrist Church, Va.

NARCISSE EWODOPro Basketball — France, Italy, Germany

CLASS OF 1998CLASS OF 1998BILLY ARMSTRONG

Camp DirectorPro Players Basketball Instruction

New JerseyPro Basketball — Kosovo, Belgium

Chris Alpert Jason ZimmermanJanko Narat Detlef Musch

Narcisse Ewodo Michel LusakuenoGeorge SpainEmeka Erege

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MARK DONNELLYCommercial Real Estate Agent

Stafford Smith Commerciall RealtyManasquan, N.J.Basketball — Italy

CHRIS STECAsst. Director of Safety, Education and Instruction

American Cande AssociationFredericksburg, Va.

CLASS OF 1999CLASS OF 1999DAVID BURNS

Circulation ManagerCharlotte ObserverCornelius, N.C.BEN EBONG

Pro Basketball — CBA, Australia, Spain,Argentina, Germany, Turkey

CHADD HOLMESMiddle School Teacher

Fort Myers, Fla.Pro Basketball — Ireland

ALI TONAssistant Basketball Coach

Radford UniversityRadford, Va.

Pro Basketball — Turkey

CLASS OF 2000CLASS OF 2000JEFF BERGMANNFinancial Advisor

Bank OneChicago, Ill.

DAVOR HALBAUERPro Basketball

Croatia, Ireland, KosovoLANDRY KOSMALSKI

Head Basketball Coach / Dean of StudentsThe Webb SchoolKnoxville, Tenn.

Pro Basketball — Sweden, France

STEPHEN MARSHALLMaster’s ProgramDrexel University

Pro Basketball — Germany,The Netherlands

CLASS OF 2002CLASS OF 2002MICHAEL BREE

Irish Junior National CoachPro Basketball — France, Germany, Sweden,

Spain, Poland

EMEKA EREGEPro Basketball — France, Germany

MARTIN IDESPro Basketball — Czech Republic, Italy,

GreeceCHRIS PEARSON

Pro Basketball — France, Italy, GreeceFERNANDO TONELLA

Investment Banking Financial ConsultantFactset Europe, Ltd.London, England

Pro Basketball — France

CLASS OF 2003CLASS OF 2003PETE ANDERERFisher Investments

San Francisco, Calif.Pro Basketball — Germany

WAYNE BERNARDPro Basketball — Israel, Greece, Sweden,

France, FinlandMICHEL LUSAKUENO

Bank of AmericaCharlotte, N.C.

CLASS OF 2004CLASS OF 2004JOUNI EHO

Pro Basketball — FinlandTERRELL IVORY

Assistant Basketball CoachBlair Academy

Blairstown, N.J.Pro Basketball — England

NICK BOOKERAssistant Coach — Saddleback C.C.

Graduate School

CLASS OF 2005CLASS OF 2005CONOR GRACE

Pro Basketball — ItalyLOGAN KOSMALSKI

Pro Basketball — France, Poland

CLASS OF 2006CLASS OF 2006ERIC BLANCETT

Trade Support SpecialistBank of AmericaCharlotte, N.C.

CHRIS CLUNIEProject Assistant

External Affairs and CorporateDevelopment

Spurs Sports & Entertainment San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio, TexasKENNY GRANT

Pro Basketball — FranceIAN JOHNSON

Pro Basketball — Spain, SwedenMATT MCKILLOP

Assistant Basketball CoachEmory University

Atlanta, Ga.Pro Basketball — Czech Republic

JASON MORTONWellington Management Company

Philadelphia, Pa.BRENDAN WINTERS

Pro Basketball — France, Germany

CLASSCLASS OF 2007OF 2007LAMAR HULL

Pro Basketball — EnglandJOHN FALCONI

Associate Database SpecialistThe Nielsen Company

Wilton, Conn.

Mark Donnelly Jeff Bergmann

Conner Grace Ian JohnsonChadd Holmes Fernando Tonella

Wayne Bernard Jouni Eho

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CAREER COACHING RECORDSCAREER COACHING RECORDSCOACH YEARS SEASONS W L PCTJ.W. Rhea 1908-09 1 1 2 .333No coach 1909-12 3 6 7 .462W.T. Cook 1912-13 1 0 1 .000No coach 1913-16 3 14 12 .538W.M. Fetzer 1916-18 2 18 10 .643No coach 1918-19 1 3 6 .333Fred Hengeveld 1919-22 3 20 19 .513H.M. Grey 1922-23 1 9 8 .529Monk Younger 1923-31 8 83 61 .576Flake Laird 1931-37 6 43 74 .368Norman Shepard 1937-49 12 169 120 .585Boyd Baird 1949-52 3 24 53 .312Danny Miller 1952-55 3.5 24 52 .316Tom Scott 1956-60 4.5 35 79 .307Lefty Driesell 1960-69 9 176 65 .730Terry Holland 1969-74 5 92 43 .681Bo Brickels 1974-76 2 12 40 .231Dave Pritchett 1976-78 2 14 40 .259Eddie Biedenbach 1978-81 3 29 51 .363Bobby Hussey 1981-89 8 108 127 .460BOB MCKILLOP 1989- 18 311 218 .588

EDDIE BIEDENBACHDavidson Head Coach (1978-81)

UNCA Head Coach

RICK BARNESDavidson Assistant (1978-80)

Texas Head Coach

JIM LARRANAGADavidson Assistant (1971-76)George Mason Head Coach

BOB MCKILLOPDavidson Assistant (1978-79)

Davidson Head Coach

JEFF BZDELIKDavidson Assistant (1978-80)

Air Force Head Coach

MATT DOHERTYDavidson Assistant (1989-92)

Southern Methodist Head Coach

LEFTY DRIESELLDavidson Head Coach (1960-69)

TERRY HOLLANDDavidson Head Coach (1969-74)

East Carolina A.D.

NORMAN SHEPARDNORMAN SHEPARD169-120 1937-49

Norman Shepardheld coaching ranksat Davidson for 12seasons while alsoassuming the posi-tion of athleticdirector. Shepardwas active in bas-ketball since his col-lege days at

Davidson and North Carolina where hereceived his bachelor’s degree. As coachof the ‘Cats, Shepard’s win total of 169has only been surpassed by LeftyDriesell and current coach Bob McKillop.Prior to Davidson, Shepard coached atUNC and in 1924 led an undefeatedteam to 25 consecutive wins and a recog-nized national championship.

TERRYTERRY HOLLANDHOLLAND92-43 1969-74

As an assistant andplayer underDriesell, TerryHolland became the13th Davidson headbasketball coach. Hecontinued whereDriesell left off, lead-ing the ’Cats to their

third straight SoCon title and an NCAATournament berth in his first season.Holland never had a losing season andwas league coach of the year in 1970, ’71and ’72. During his five seasons, the ’Catslost only seven league games. Hollandended his career after combining for 418wins at Davidson and Virginia.

LEFTYLEFTY DRIESELLDRIESELL176-65 1960-69Coming from the high school coachingranks where his teams at Newport Newsposted a record of 64-6 — including a 57-game winning streak and a state cham-pionship — Driesell was determined toput Davidson on the national map. As itturned out, he coached three ofDavidson’s five All-Americans, led theWildcats to their highest national rank-ing, took the ’Cats to the Elite Eight ontwo consecutive occasions and wonSoCon Coach of the Year an unprece-dented four straight times. His .730 win-ning percentage has yet to be surpassedat Davidson. Driesell coached theWildcats to six straight 20-win seasons,also a mark that has not been outdone.

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THETHE MATHENYMATHENY FILEFILENAME Matthew Manson MathenyBIRTHDATE February 11, 1970BIRTHPLACE Shelby, N.C.WIFE JenniferCHILDREN Brock (3)COLLEGE Davidson ’93DEGREE History

COACHINGCOACHING HISTORYHISTORYJOINED STAFF August 10, 19932003-PR. Associate Head Coach1993-2003 Asst. Coach, Davidson

After one of Davidson’s 29 victories in achampionship season last year, coach BobMcKillop was analyzing the game on his post-game radio show when he said, “I want toemphasize how much Coach Matheny con-tributed to our winning tonight. His excellentscouting and the way he communicated theinformation to our players were invaluable.”

A 1993 Davidson graduate and formerWildcat football and basketball captain,Matheny has been an assistant coach onMcKillop’s staff since Aug. 1, 1993. Davidsonhas won 254 games during their stint togetheron the bench, averaged 18 wins a season, wonfour SoCon tournament championships andplayed in three NCAA tournaments. Now theprogram’s associate head coach, Matheny hasbeen involved in more victories than any assis-tant coach in Davidson’s history. He’s been byMcKillop’s side as the Wildcats have wonSouthern Conference division championships ineight of the last 12 years, and now are consid-ered the team to beat from year to year.

“Coach Matheny is a symbol of what ourprogram tries to represent,” Coach McKillopsays. “He’s smart, hard working and team ori-ented. And, he wears Davidson on his heart.”

Matheny loves preparing for games: thescouting of the opponent, drafting a plan for theplayers, and then relaying that plan to the teamin video sessions and on the court. He excels inall those areas. His rapport with the players isso strong that a visitor could hear a pin dropwhen he imparts scouting information to themin pre-game meetings.

Although he now excels in his chosen pro-fession, coaching was not always Matheny’sgoal. He grew up in Statesville about 20 milesfrom the Davidson campus. He was a star stu-dent and football, basketball and tennis stand-out at North Iredell High School. He had inten-tions of going to Wake Forest or Duke, butthose plans changed when Davidson recruitedhim as a football player. He had never seen theDavidson campus until he visited as a highschool senior, liked it, and enrolled as a student-

athlete. He was a quarterback and wide receiveron the football team, a point guard on the bas-ketball team.

After graduation in the spring of 1993,Matheny went to Germany to play a summer ofAmerican football. McKillop contacted himthere and offered him a job as an assistant coachon the Davidson staff. Matheny accepted andjoined Steve Shurina and Larry Garloch onMcKillop’s staff.

The detour in career plans even surprisedMatheny. He graduated from Davidson withthe full intentions of going to law school. Buteven though he was recruited to Davidson toplay football, and joined the basketball team asa walk-on, basketball was always his first love.If he were going to coach, he knew basketballwould be his sport. But even when he joinedthe coaching staff, he thought the job would bea stopover between coaching and law school.

“The more I coached, the more I grew tolove it,” Matheny says. “A coach can play aninfluential role in the life of a college athlete.”

Matheny’s goal is to become a head coach ofhis own program. McKillop has prepared himwell, allowing Matheny to become immersed inevery single area of college coaching. He is thepoint man for Davidson’s scheduling, worksextensively with recruiting, excels at public rela-tions, and is superb as an on-the-court teacher.

“Coach McKillop has allowed me to work inall areas,” Matheny says, “and I’ve learned somuch from him, in the way he has built a lead-ing program with high integrity.”

A highly competitive person, Matheny sayslosing is tougher on him now than it was earlierin his coaching career, because he has so muchinvested now. “When we lose, it makes mewant to work harder,” he says. “That’s anotherthing I learned from Coach McKillop.”

Matheny and the former Jennifer Collinswere married in June 2001. They are parents ofBrock, born in April 2004 who is now a popularfigure at Davidson’s home games. Jennifer is alicensed Real Estate Broker. The Matheny fami-ly lives in Davidson.

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THETHE FOXFOX FILEFILENAME James Patrick FoxBIRTHDATE October 2, 1973BIRTHPLACE Queens, N.Y.WIFE SingleCOLLEGE SUNY-Geneseo ’95DEGREE Political ScienceHIGH SCHOOL Chaminade

COACHINGCOACHING HISTORYHISTORYJOINED STAFF August 27, 20012001-PR. Asst. Coach, Davidson1996-01 Associate Head Coach

St. Dominic High School 1995-01 Head Coach DirectorLong Island Lighting AAU Basketball

Jim Fox has been an assistant coach onBob McKillop’s Davidson basketball staffduring some of the program’s most suc-cessful seasons. Now in his sixth year as aDavidson assistant, Fox has been on thebench as Davidson compiled an 117-57overall record, 76-21 versus teams in theSouthern Conference, won three confer-ence tournament championships, playedin three NCAA tournaments and one post-season NIT.

“It’s no coincidence that our programhas enjoyed consistent success since JimFox joined our staff in August 2001,”Coach McKillop says. “Jim has developedinto a superb recruiter and coupled withhis understanding of the game, he hasbecome a very valuable member of ourstaff.”

Now the second assistant on theDavidson staff, Fox, a native of Levittown,N.Y., spent five years as associate headcoach at St. Dominic High School inOyster Bay, N.Y. He served one year as theschool’s athletic director, and as the headcoach of the freshman team, directed theSt. Dominic frosh to an impressive recordof 55-1 and four consecutive Catholic HighSchool championships. He also taughtgovernment, economics and criminal jus-tice and psychology at the high school.

Fox graduated in 1995 from the StateUniversity of New York at GeneseoCollege, earning his degree in political sci-ence. Fox father’s retired as a chief U.S.Probation Officer and his mother retired asa school principal at a Catholic elementaryschool on Long Island. In his off time,Fox’s father ran a youth basketball pro-gram on Long Island, and Fox begancoaching in the program when he was stillin high school.

Coaching was in his blood, but so wasfederal law enforcement. He interned with

the U.S. Secret Service between his juniorand senior college years, and seriouslythought about joining the service as acareer. Fox saw how much his father lovedbasketball and enjoyed the work, whichinfluenced him to give coaching a try,which he did at St. Dominic. He’s glad hedid.

In addition to coaching at St. Dominic,Fox was also head coach and director ofthe Long Island Lightning AAU BasketballClub, where one of his players was MattMcKillop, Coach McKillop’s son and athree-year starter at Davidson who gradu-ated last spring. Fox coached more than 20young men who went on to play collegebasketball.

Fox’s father now runs the IslandGarden, where Coach Fox and his brother,Jeff, have their own basketball camp fortwo weeks each summer - the FoxOffensive Skills Basketball Camp.

Fox has had a long acquaintance withCoach McKillop, first meeting him whenMcKillop was a highly successful coach atLong Island Lutheran High School. WhenMcKillop offered Fox a job at Davidson,Fox quickly accepted.

“I knew Coach McKillop as a personand a coach,” Fox says, “and I knew work-ing for him and learning from him wouldbe great for my career. Coach lets his assis-tants get involved in all areas of coaching.The work ethic in the Davidson programruns from the coaches to the players.Everyone is working towards a commongoal: to get to the NCAA tournament andbe successful in it.”

Fox is single and lives in Davidson. Hisbrother, Jeff, is a lawyer, and his sister, Jen,is a nurse. His parents travel to seeDavidson play several times each year.Coach Fox loves golf, tennis, politics androoting for his beloved New York Yankees.

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THETHE SWEENEYSWEENEY FILEFILENAME Timothy G. SweeneyBIRTHDATE August 7, 1980BIRTHPLACE Teaneck, N.J.WIFE SingleCOLLEGE Rochester ’03DEGREE Political ScienceHIGH SCHOOL The Peddie School

COACHINGCOACHING HISTORYHISTORYJOINED STAFF July 20, 20062006-PR. Asst. Coach, Davidson2003-06 Asst. Coach, Rochester

Tim Sweeney enters his second seasonas an assistant coach with the men’s bas-ketball program.

“Tim brings the experience of being asuccessful player and coach from a terrificschool and basketball program like theUniversity of Rochester,” McKillop com-mented. “He is a superb addition to ourstaff.”

Sweeney, a 2003 graduate of theUniversity of Rochester with a degree inpolitical science, spent three seasons as anassistant at his alma mater as theYellowjackets went 66-16 overall and wontwo University Athletic Association titles.In his first season on the staff, Rochesterwent 25-2 and advanced to the Division IIIregional semifinal while the coaching staffearned honors from the UAA the NABCEast Region and the New York StateBasketball Association as the CoachingStaff of the Year. The following season, theYellowjackets posted a 25-5 mark andadvanced to the Division III championshipgame.

Sweeney’s duties covered anything andeverything in the office, including recruit-ing coordinator as which he helped bring apair of all-conference performers and fourothers that played in the regular rotationthis past season. He also assisted withpractice preparation, in-game strategy andscouting reports, plus oversaw the filmexchange and monitored the student-ath-letes’ academic progress.

A four-year starter at Rochester,Sweeney was the team captain as a seniorand led the squad to a 24-6 record and theNCAA Division III semifinals in 2002, anda 23-4 mark and the regional semifinals in2003. He averaged seven points a gameover the two seasons and nearly fourassists while shooting 38.9 percent fromthree-point range and over 80 percent from

the charity stripe. Sweeney graduatedamong the top 10 at Rochester all-time inthree-point field goals made, assists andfree throw percentage.

Sweeney was named All-UAA in each ofhis four campaigns and earned the LysleGarnish Award for academic and athleticexcellence as a junior. The three-time mem-ber of the UAA All-Academic Team wasalso named to the Dean’s List in seven ofhis eight semesters.

“Davidson represents both top notch ath-letes along with committed students,” saidSweeney. “It is enjoyable to work with stu-dent athletes who work hard and continual-ly strive to improve. I want to contribute inhelping Davidson maintain its reputation asa top basketball program that competes yearin and year out for conference champi-onships and the NCAA tournament.”

Sweeney’s experience is not relegated tothe University of Rochester; he has servedas a coach at numerous camps along theEast Coast, including Davidson, Villanova,Princeton and Hofstra.

Swenney is single and currently residesin Davidson.

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THE HENNEYTHE HENNEY FILEFILENAME Jeremy Henry HenneyBIRTHDATE October 11, 1978BIRTHPLACE Fort Wayne, Ind.WIFE KalaCOLLEGE Indiana ’02DEGREE Secondary EducationHIGH SCHOOL Northrop

COACHINGCOACHING HISTORYHISTORYJOINED STAFF September 6, 20062006-PR.

Dir. of BBall Operations, Davidson2006 Asst. Coach, Lenoir-Rhyne 2002-06 Asst. Coach

Fred T. Foard High School

A former assistant at Lenoir-RhyneCollege, Jeremy Henney enters his sec-ond year as the Director of BasketballOperations.

“Jeremy brings additional energy andenthusiasm to our already very hard-working staff,” commented McKillop,who is entering his 19th season at thehelm of the Wildcats.

A native of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Henneyjoins the men’s basketball staff fromLenoir-Rhyne College where he servedas an assistant coach for Coach JohnLentz. Prior to his most recent position,he was an Economics/Governmentteacher at Fred T. Foard High School inNewton, N.C. Along with his instruc-tional duties inside the classroom,Henney was an assistant coach with theboy’s basketball team from 2002-2006.

Along with taking part in the dailyoperations of the men’s basketball office,Henney’s primary responsibilities atDavidson are team travel arrangementsand film exchange.

“This is a tremendous opportunity forme to work at an institution that hassuch a rich basketball tradition, saidHenney. “I feel very fortunate to workand learn under Coach Mckillop.”

Henney is no stranger to theDavidson men’s basketball program hav-ing served as a camp instructor at BobMcKillop’s Boys’ Basketball Camp forthe last three summers. He has alsoworked as a counselor/coach at theNaval Academy Basketball Camp andKids Across America Summer Camp inBranson, Mo.

“His eagerness to learn and his loyal-ty to our program has been in evidenceduring the many years he worked at ourbasketball camp and observed our prac-tices. He is already a valuable addition

to our staff.” A 2002 graduate of Indiana University

with a degree in secondary social studieseducation, Henney was recently marriedto the former Kala Riney of Evansville,Ind.

The couple currently resides inNewton, N.C.