The WBCA Region Coaches of the Year are as follows:
Trisha Brown, Stonehill College (East Region)
Bill Cleary, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Atlantic Region)
Jonathan Norton, Columbus State University (Southeast Region)
Lisa Carlsen, Lewis University (Midwest Region)
Mark Campbell, Union University (South Region)
Mark Kellogg, West Texas A&M University (South Central Region)
Tony Hobson, Fort Hays State University (Central Region)
Ryan McCarthy, University of Alaska – Anchorage (West Region)
Hobson guided Fort Hays State to its first-ever Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Regular Season Championship in 2014-15. FHSU finished the year 30-4 overall, earned the No. 1 seed in the Central Regional of the NCAA Tournament (hosted the regional), and grabbed its first-ever NCAA Tournament wins (2), reaching the Sweet 16 (Regional Final) of the tournament. It was the first-ever 30-win season in Fort Hays State’s NCAA Division II history and added to a string of four consecutive seasons in which the Tigers won at least 20 games.
Hobson now has 13 “Coach of the Year” honors in his 23-year history as a women’s college basketball coach. This is the second this year after he was named the MIAA Coach of the Year. He has guided three different colleges to at least 30 wins in a season in his career (FHSU for the first time this year, Hastings College five times, and Barton (Kan.) Community College once). He now has an overall record of 545-177 as a college coach, a .755 win percentage.
The 2015 United States Marine Corps/WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year will be named during the Fifth Annual WBCA Awards Show on Monday, April 6, in the Grand Ballroom at the Tampa Marriott Waterside. This event is part of the WBCA National Convention and is held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Final Four.
“The WBCA congratulates these eight outstanding coaches on being named finalists for the Pat Summitt Trophy, presented to the 2015 United States Marine Corps/WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year,” said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. “Each coach was selected as a finalist by their peers after leading their respective teams to exceptional seasons. The WBCA appreciates and applauds each coach’s commitment to their student-athletes, institutions, and communities.”
“The Marine Corps congratulates the finalists for the 2015 United States Marine Corps/WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year,” said Lieutenant Colonel Brian C. Proctor, Assistant Chief of Staff Diversity, Marine Corps Recruiting Command. “The hard work and dedication needed to achieve this recognition from their peers exemplifies the Marine Corps leadership values of honor, courage and commitment.”