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Heath Schroyer |
Heath Schroyer has returned to the University of Wyoming to become its 20th head basketball coach. Schroyer was previously an assistant coach at Wyoming during the 2001-02 season, helping guide the Cowboys to the Second Round of the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
UW Athletics Director Tom Burman announced the hiring of Schroyer on Friday, March 23, 2007, during a press conference on the University of Wyoming campus.
Schroyer and Burman also renew their professional relationship, as Burman hired Schroyer as head men's basketball coach at Portland State University in the spring of 2002.
"From the beginning of the search, our goal was to find the coach who could lead this program back to the top of the Mountain West Conference," Burman said. "In Heath, we have an individual who has been part of significant rebuilding jobs at Brigham Young, Fresno State and Portland State. Each became better when he got involved."
"I am honored and extremely excited to be the head basketball coach at Wyoming," Schroyer said. "I know how important this program is to the state of Wyoming and to Cowboy fans throughout the country. It is my belief that this job has unlimited potential. It is a special place. I know we can be successful because I was a part of a very successful time here. I have been in this league, and I know what it takes.
"We are going to build a program that will make every Cowboy fan proud. We will do it with a great work ethic, something the people of this state know all about."
Prior to accepting the Wyoming job, Schroyer had been associate head coach at Fresno State University under Steve Cleveland for the past two seasons. The Bulldogs posted a 22-10 record for the 2006-07 season, and placed third in the Western Athletic Conference behind Nevada and New Mexico State. Fresno State lost in the first round of the 2007 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) to Georgia.
Schroyer also coached with Cleveland at Fresno City College (1996-97) and Brigham Young University (1997-01). At BYU, he was part of a resurgence that saw the Cougars improve from a 1-25 record in 1996, the year prior to the coaching staff's arrival, to an NIT appearance in 2000, and a league championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2001.
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Joe Legerski |
Joe Legerski is in his fifth season as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Wyoming. He was named head coach on May 1, 2003 and became the sixth head coach in Cowgirl history.
During the 2006-07 campaign, it was a magical year for Legerski and the Cowgirls as they won the WNIT Postseason Championship over the Wisconsin Badgers. Wyoming went 6-0 enroute to the championship. They completed the season with a program best 27-9 record, which eclipsed the 24-8 mark set in 1989-90, and the 11-5 record and second place finish in the league standings was the most wins in both MWC and school history. It was the also the first time in school history that a Cowgirl team had won at least 20 games in back-to-back seasons, along with being invited to post season play. For the second year in a row, Hanna Zavecz was named First Team All-MWC and Justyna Podziemska was named MWC Newcomer of the Year along with earning Second Team All-MWC honors.
He recorded his first career coaching victory on Dec. 13, 2003, as Wyoming defeated Montana State Billings, 62-51. His first conference win came on Jan. 17, 2004 against MWC rival BYU.
In his first season, he guided the Cowgirls to an 11-18 record overall and a 6-8 mark in the Mountain West Conference including their first ever Mountain West Conference Tournament victory in school history. Two Cowgirls also garnered All-Conference awards as he earned MWC Coach of the Year honors in his first year with the program.
In 2004-05, he helped the Cowgirls to a 16-12 overall mark, along with a 7-7 record and a fourth place finish in the MWC. It was the best finish for a Cowgirl team since the 2002-03 season, and the highest they'd finished in conference play since 1996-97. They swept BYU for the first time since 1994-95 and earned a 72-67 win over the Colorado Buffaloes which snapped a 13-game losing streak. Three Cowgirls earned All-MWC awards including Ashley Elliott who earned First Team All-MWC honors for the second year in a row.
During the 2005-06 season, the Cowgirls completed the year 21-9 overall, while finishing 10-6 overall in the Mountain West Conference. They made an appearance in the WNIT for only the third time in school history. The 21-wins were at the time the most since the 1989-90 season when they went 24-8 and the ten conference victories at the time tied an all-time school record which was set in 1978-79. Three Cowgirls garnered All-Conference honors, including Hanna Zavecz who earned First Team All-MWC and Defensive Player of the Year honors along with Megan McGuffey who took home the Newcomer of the Year.
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