Val Schierling

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Val Schierling
Sport(s) College basketball
Biographical details
Born (1946-01-31) January 31, 1946 (age 78)
Sedan, Kansas
Alma mater Emporia State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1981 Chaparral HS
1981–95 Emporia State (HC)
Head coaching record
Overall 212–189 (.529)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 CSIC Regular Season & Tournament Championships (1981–82, 1984–85)
Awards
2nd All-time winningest women's basketball coach – Emporia State

Val Schierling (born January 31, 1946) was an American college women's basketball coach at Emporia State University from 1981 to 1995.[1] Before coaching at his alma mater, Schierling coached the Chaparral High School girl's basketball team for seven years.[2]

Career

Playing career

Schierling attended Emporia State from 1964–68, competing on the school's track and field team. During his career at Emporia State, Schierling won four Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference hurdle championships, and set several school records.[3] Schierling was also an NAIA All-American in both 1967 and 1968.[4] Schierling is a member of Emporia State's Athletic Hall of Fame.

Coaching career

In his fourteen seasons at helm of the Lady Hornets program, Schierling had won two Central States Intercollegiate Conference regular season and tournaments and combined a record of 212–189 overall and an 23–41 record in the MIAA. While head coach at Emporia State, the school transitioned from a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school to a National Collegiate Athletic Association school.[5] Schierling was also the winningest coach in Emporia State's history up until the 2006–07 season, when Brandon Schneider passed Schierling.[6] In 1995, after four consecutive losing seasons, Schierling was fired.[7]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Val Schierling (Central States Intercollegiate Conference) (1981–1995)
1981–82 Val Schierling 17–10
1982–83 Val Schierling 16–10
1983–84 Val Schierling 17–12
1984–85 Val Schierling 16–3
1985–86 Val Schierling 15–15
1986–87 Val Schierling 11–17
1987–88 Val Schierling 20–9
1988–89 Val Schierling 11–19
NCAA Independent
1989–90 Val Schierling 21–9
1990–91 Val Schierling 23–4
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
1991–92 Val Schierling 14–17 8–8
1992–93 Val Schierling 10–16 6–10
1993–94 Val Schierling 10–16 4–12
1994–95 Val Schierling 11–15 5–11
Total: 212–189

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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