Coaches
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Suzy Venet Suzy Venet is in her fifth season as head women's basketball coach at Mount Union College. Venet coaches the Purple Raiders with the same drive, desire and dedication she showed as a two-time Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year and All-American at Mount Union. Since she has been at the helm, the Raiders have continued to improve and become an OAC title contender as they have twice advanced the OAC Tournament semifinals and this past season had their highest win total and brought a home OAC Tournament game on campus for the first time in nine seasons. Before returning to Alliance, Venet spent a season as head coach at Manchester (IN) College, where she guided the Spartans to a seven-win improvement from the year prior to her arrival. Venet also spent four years as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Minnesota State University in Mankato, MN. As a player, Venet was part of the most successful women's basketball runs in school history as the Raiders made three trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament finishing second in the nation in 1996. Mount Union also won a school-record 29 games, the OAC title and was third in the nation in 1998. She finished with numerous school records, including most points in a season (587 in 1997-98), most career assists (843), career triple-doubles (10) and is third on the all-time scoring list (1,528 points). Venet, who graduated from Mount Union in 1998 with degrees in sports medicine and physical education, resides in Alliance with her husband Bruce and newborn daughter Bailee. |
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Caitlin Carroll Caitlin Carroll is in her third season as an assistant women's basketball coach at Mount Union. Carroll coaches the junior varsity program and fills a variety of administrative roles within the program. She is familiar with the program as she was a four-year member and three-year letterwinner for the Purple Raiders. Carroll, who earned a bachleor's degree in psychology in 2007 from Mount Union, resides in Alliance. |
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Tony Sokol Veteran assistant coach Tony Sokol is in his fourth season as an assistant women's basketball coach at Mount Union. Sokol has been an assistant boys basketball coach at Marlington High School (2001-04), Alliance High School (1998-00). He served as an assistant men's basketball coach at Mount Union (1990-97) including the Purple Raiders OAC Championship and NCAA Tournament team in 1997. Sokol earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Akron in 1973 and a master's degree in education from the University of Dayton in 1984. He and his LuAnn along with daughter Emily reside in Alliance. |
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Janel Iden Janel Iden is in her first season as an assistant women's basketball coach at Mount Union. Iden played in 79 games over four seasons at OAC rival Otterbein. She graduated from Otterbein with a bachelor's degree in organizational communications. The Zanesville, Ohio, native works as a database specialist within Office of Admissions at Mount Union. |
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