Tusculum College Women's Basketball Coaching Staff

Head Coach Missy Tiber | Assistant Coach Adrianne Harlow

MISSY TIBER
Head Women's Basketball Coach
(email Coach Tiber)

Tusculum women's basketball coach Missy Tiber has built a reputation of building winning and successful programs. That tradition has continued in her two years in Greeneville, resulting in back-to-back winning campaigns, a first for the program in 10 years.

In her first season at Tusculum, Tiber took the Pioneers to new heights, leading the squad to its best finish (18-10) since the school became a member of NCAA Division II in 1998. With a 7-7 conference record, the Pioneers tied for second in the final South Atlantic Conference standings, marking their best league finish since TC joined the league in 1999. The 18-10 overall record was a vast improvement over the 8-21 slate compiled by the squad in the year prior to Tiber's arrival at Tusculum. Furthermore, the team's 7-7 league mark was a five-game improvement over the 2-12 performance in 2004-05. The overall 10-win improvement was the fifth-best margin in the nation (NCAA II). Tiber also led her young team to its first appearance in the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship.

Given the tremendous turnaround of the TC women's basketball fortunes, Tiber was very deserving of her selection as the South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year in her debut season on the Greeneville campus. Tiber guided five players to All-SAC honors, including All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team selections Chassity Martin, Amber Redding, and Brooke Underwood. Newcomers Stephany Neptune and Ashli Oliver were named to the SAC All-Freshman Team. Additionally, Underwood led all three NCAA divisions with an average of 8.8 assists per game. As a team, TC ranked third in Division II with an average of 8.7 three-point field goals per contest.

In 2006-07, Tusculum battled through numerous injuries to key personnel, but still posted a 16-13 record and advanced to the SAC Tournament semifinal for a second straight year. Tiber had two players go down with knee injuries, but with eight healthy bodies, Tusculum won four of its last five games, including a convincing 81-61 win over second-seeded Catawba College in the SAC Tournament quarterfinal. Tusculum led the league averaging 8.7 three-point field goals per game. TC also established a new TC and SAC single-season record with 252 three-pointers. TC's three-point attack was paced by All-SAC performer Ashli Oliver as she posted 3.6 treys per game (3rd in NCAA II).

Tiber recorded her 100th career win on Nov. 17, 2006 as the Pioneers knocked off Converse College 79-55 in its season opener.

Tiber took over the Tusculum program after a successful four-year run at Belmont Abbey College. She guided the Crusaders to an impressive 81-36 record, including a 22-8 mark in 2004-05, while advancing to the championship game of the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) Tournament.

Tiber coaches an up-tempo style that produced the No. 5 scoring team in the country in 2004-05, averaging 84 points per game. Belmont Abbey also tallied 8.7 three-point field goals per game that season, which was second in NCAA Division II. She mentored eight all-conference selections while at the Belmont, N.C. school, including Nicole Woods, who earned NCAA Division II All-Region recognition in 2005. Woods averaged 18.5 points per game (29th in NCAA II) and was third nationally in assists, dishing out 8.1 per contest.

In her first season, Tiber led Belmont Abbey to a 22-8 record, including a 16-4 mark in the league, while capturing a share of the CVAC Championship. That team also won the CVAC Tournament title and earned a berth to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Crusaders went 19-10 the following year and tied for third in the conference race before falling in the CVAC Tournament quarterfinals. In 2003-04, Tiber guided the Abbey to an 18-10 showing and advanced to the CVAC Tournament semifinals.

Prior to arriving at Belmont Abbey, Tiber served six years as the assistant women's basketball coach at West Liberty State College, her alma mater. During her tenure at West Liberty, the Hilltoppers won three West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) championships and four WVIAC Tournament titles and earned four NCAA Division II Tournament berths.

During her collegiate playing career at West Liberty, Tiber scored 926 points in her three seasons with the Hilltoppers. As a senior, she averaged 17 points per game, earning All-WVIAC honors, and was selected to the WVIAC All-Tournament squad.

Tiber, a native of Bellaire, Ohio, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from West Liberty in 1994. While at Belmont Abbey, she also served as the institution's Senior Woman Administrator for the 2004-05 academic year.

ADRIANNE HARLOW
Assistant Coach
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Adrianne Harlow has just wrapped up her second season as an assistant coach at Tusculum College.

Harlow came to the Greeneville, Tenn. campus after serving four seasons on Coach Tiber's coaching staff at Belmont Abbey College. She is responsible for on-court instruction, academic counseling, individual player development, recruiting and fundraising. In her first season at TC, Harlow played an instrumental role in steering the Pioneers to their most successful season since joining NCAA Division II.

At Belmont Abbey, Harlow helped guide the Crusaders to average 20 wins per season, including last year's 22-8 record, while advancing to the championship game of the Carolinas Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) Tournament. Her first season at Belmont Abbey was a memorable one as the Crusaders won 22 games and captured a share of the Conference Championship, en route to a CVAC Tournament title and a berth to the NCAA East Regional.

The Tipton, Ind. native played her collegiate career at West Liberty State College where she was a three-time All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standout. Harlow was also the NCAA Division II National Statistical Champion in assists per game twice in her career. In 1999-00, she averaged 8.0 assists per game and followed that dishing out 8.5 helpers per contest. Her 843 career assists are third all-time at West Liberty and fifth most in NCAA II history.

Harlow led the Hilltoppers to a pair of WVIAC Championships, three WVIAC Tournament titles and three NCAA II Tournament berths. She was also a three-time WVIAC All-Tournament selection, NCAA All-East Region Second Team and was twice named Conference Player of the Week. In 2001, she was also selected to the Daktronics All-East Region squad and earned the WVIAC Tournament Heart and Hustle Award. Harlow ended her career with 1,005 points, 405 rebounds and finished third in Topper history with 185 steals and fourth in free throw percentage (74.1%). She was also the East Region Scholar Athlete of the Year.

This past season, Harlow received a pair of tremendous honors. In 2006, she was named to the West Liberty State College Sports Hall of Fame. This past March, Harlow was named one of the top 25 women's basketball players in the history of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Harlow earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2001 from West Liberty with a specialization in Administrative Mathematics. She is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and founder of Hoops Heaven Basketball Skill Development.