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1 louisiana tech bulldogs kerry RUPP HEAD COACH Kerry Rupp enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldog men s basketball program. Rupp has also developed a reputation as one of the top recruiters in college basketball today and continues to build Louisiana Tech basketball back to prominence. In his time at Tech, Rupp has taken the program to heights that haven t been reached in years. He s led Tech to an improvement of nine-wins in each of the last two seasons. The Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year and Louisiana Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year led the Bulldogs to a record that season, their best since Amidst the 24-win season was a 10-game win streak, the most since 1985, and they also received votes in the AP Top 25 for the first time since Rupp took Tech to postseason play for the time in four years with an appearance in the 2010 CollegeInsider. com Tournament and recorded a win in the postseason for the first time in eight years. In the season, Rupp led Tech to 15 wins, a nine win improvement over the previous season. It was the fourth most improved team in Tech history and the most since Rupp came to Tech after stints at Alabama- Birmingham, Indiana and Utah with plenty of years of experience in the collegiate coaching ranks, and a history of being involved with winning programs. Prior to the season at UAB, Rupp was associate head coach under Mike Davis at Indiana from , when the Hoosiers made an NIT berth in Rupp also coached DJ White who was named the 2005 Big 10 Freshman of the Year and recruited and signed Ben Allen from Melbourne, Australia, who participated on the World Team in the 2005 Nike Hoop Summit. From , Rupp coached under Rick Majerus for the University of Utah, where the Utes amassed an impressive overall record, went to three NCAA Tournaments, an NIT bid and went to the Mountain West Championship game twice. Rupp was also responsible for the Utes recruiting of Andrew Bogut, who would become the National Player of the Year, First Team All-American and the top pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. Rupp also had duties as interim head coach for the part of the 2004 season at Utah and finished with a 10-4 record with a Mountain West Tournament Championship for the first time in school history. Rupp arrived at Utah after a successful 24- year high school coaching career, where he served as an assistant coach ( ) and then head coach ( ) at Salt Lake City s East High School. In addition to leading the Leopards to four region titles and two state title game appearances, Rupp also was an assistant football coach and served as the school s athletics director from Rupp was named the 1999 Coach of the Year by the Utah High School Activities Association. Prior to East High School, Rupp was the head boys basketball coach at Unitah ( ) and Murray ( ) high schools. Rupp also served as an assistant football coach at Salt Lake City South High School from A 1972 graduate of Cyprus High School, where he was an All-American in basketball and all-state performer in football and basketball, Rupp played two years at Utah State before transferring to Southern Utah. He was named the Thunderbirds team MVP and earned all-district and allconference honors as a senior in Rupp has been involved in basketball on several levels. He coached the Utah All-Stars against the adidas national team in 1995, and he directed the Utah High School 4A All-Stars against the 5A All-Stars in 1996 and He coordinated the Utah Jazz Summer League (currently Rocky Mountain Review), when it was held at East High School in 1993 and was part of the Seattle Supersonics summer league staff during the 1996 Rocky Mountain Review. Rupp has also worked numerous basketball camps, including the Rick Majerus Big Man-Guard Camp and was director of the Karl Malone Basketball Camp. Rupp also served as the co-executive director of the Karl Malone Foundation For Kids. Rupp earned a bachelor s degree in physical education from Southern Utah in He was born Feb. 24, He and his wife Lori have five daughters; Alie, Lindsey, Shelby, Billie and Randie Head Coach Unitah (UT) HS assistant football coach salt lake city east hs head coach salt lake city east hs Head Coach Murray (UT) HS assistant coach salt lake city east hs Athletics director salt lake city east hs 40

2 Rupp vs. Opponent Air Force 0-1 Alaska Anchorage 0-1 Alcorn State 1-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-2 Arizona 0-1 Boise State 2-4 Boston College 0-1 BYU 2-1 Centenary 2-1 Colorado State 1-0 Fresno State 2-4 Grambling State 2-0 Hawaii 3-3 Houston 1-0 Houston Baptist 1-0 Idaho 5-2 McNeese State 2-1 Miami (Ohio) 1-0 Mississippi State 0-1 Missouri State 0-1 Murray State 2-0 Nevada 2-5 New Mexico 1-1 New Mexico State 1-5 New Orleans 0-1 Nicholls State 1-0 Northeastern 1-0 Northwestern State 1-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-0 Louisiana-Monroe 2-0 Samford 1-1 San Diego State 3-0 San Jose State 3-4 Seattle 0-1 Southeast Missouri State 0-1 Southern Miss 1-1 TCU 2-0 Texas-Pan American 2-0 Texas Tech 0-1 UALR 1-2 UCLA 0-1 UNLV 2-0 Utah State 1-6 Western Carolina 0-1 Wyoming assistant coach Utah associate head coach indiana THE RUPP FILE Date of Birth: Feb. 24, 1954 Family: Wife: Lori; Daughters: Allie, Lindsey, Shelby, Billie, Randie Education: Southern Utah, 1977; B.S. - Physical Education Coaching Experience: 2007-present LA Tech Head Coach; UAB Assistant Head Coach; Indiana Associate Head Coach; 2004 Utah Interim Head Coach; Utah Assistant Coach; Salt Lake City East HS Athletics Director; Salt Lake City East HS Head Coach; Salt Lake City East HS Assistant Coach; Salt Lake City East HS Assistant Football Coach; Murray (Utah) HS Head Coach; Unitah (Utah) HS Head Coach Postseason Experience: 2006 NCAA Tournament, Indiana; 2005 NIT, Indiana; 2004 NCAA Tournament, Utah; 2003 NCAA Tournament, Utah; 2002 NCAA Tournament, Utah Playing Experience: Utah State; Southern State Honors: Outstanding Basketball Player (Southern Utah ) All Conference and All District (Southern Utah ) Rupp s Career Win-Loss Breakdown Overall At Home On Road Neutral 8-8 Conference Games At Home On Road 7-21 Non-Conference Games At Home 14-4 On Road 9-14 At Louisiana Tech At Home On Road Neutral present head coach louisiana tech In Conference Tournament 5-4 In NCAA Tournament 0-1 In Postseason Play 5-5 In Overtime interim Head Coach utah assistant head coach uab 41

3 louisiana tech bulldogs DUSTY MAY ASSISTANT COACH Dusty May enters his second year as an assistant for the Bulldogs. With May s assistance, Tech went during the season, their best record since The Bulldogs made an appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament and a recorded a win in the postseason for the fist time in eight years. Prior to Tech, May spent two years as an assistant coach on Mike Davis s staff at UAB. During that time, the Blazers made the NIT both years and have finished in the top half of Conference USA both seasons. UAB saw a drastic improvement in the two years May was on board with a total record of in those two years. UAB s recruiting classes during that time were also nationally renowned. Prior to his stint at UAB, May was at Murray State for the season and led the Racers to a second-place finish in the Ohio Valley Conference. May helped guide then-freshman Bruce Carter to Ohio Valley All-Conference Second Team and Newcomer Team in Before Murray State, May was on staff at Eastern Michigan from At EMU, May was responsible for scouting, recruiting, compliance, academics, summer camps and scheduling. May worked with the post players during his only season at EMU, and helped guide then-senior John Bowler to a firstteam All-Mid-American selection after averaging 20.1 points and 10.8 rebounds per contest. May spent three seasons at Indiana, prior to becoming a full-time assistant coach. He was the administrative assistant for the Hoosiers in and was the video coordinator in and serving along side of Rupp who was an assistant coach on the staff. After graduating from Indiana in 2000, May left Bloomington to become an administrative assistant/ video coordinator for the men s basketball program at the University of Southern California. While at USC, May was responsible for the video breakdown of opponent s film, served as director of summer camps, and helped coordinate the day-to-day operations of the men s basketball office. He also helped supervise support staff, managers, and office workers. The 32-year-old May spent four years as a student manager for the men s basketball team. During his undergraduate days, May assisted with the program s video coordination and also helped with summer camps. In addition, May also coached the Bloomington (Ind.) Red AAU team, which included current NBA player Sean May. May and his wife Anna have three sons, Jack, Charlie and Eli. 42

4 curtis condie ASSISTANT COACH Curtis Condie enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech. With Condie s help, Tech went during the season, their best record since 1985 and their second-consecutive nine-win improvement. He also helped Tech s first big improvement from six wins in to 15 wins in The Bulldogs made an appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament and recorded a win in the postseason for the fist time in eight years. Condie came to Tech after a head coaching year at Texas A&M International University and an associate head coaching role at Utah Valley University. In just six months with TAMIU after taking over six weeks into the school year and two weeks before the season started, Condie led the Dustdevils to a 14-win season after the school only won four games the previous year. With a finish, he is the only coach with a winning record at TAMIU. Condie s team placed two players on the All-Heartland Conference team in the school s first season as a NCAA Divison II provisional member. TAMIU finished with a 10-6 record and a third place finish in the Heartland Conference which is still the best in school history. Condie has the best winning percentage in Dustdevils history. His team improved defensively by more than 15 points per game and led the conference in assists per game at 14.0 and assist-to-turnover ratio and second in defensive rebounding and defensive scoring. Prior to TAMIU, Condie spent four seasons as associate head coach at Utah Valley University during the school s transition from a junior college to an NCAA Division I program. The Wolverines compiled an record with Condie on the staff and never had a losing record while playing a full NCAA Division I schedule. While at Utah Valley, Condie recruited Ryan Toolson, the Arizona High School Player of the Year and became the Wolverines all-time leading scorer. UVU finished as 2006 Independent runner-ups, 2005 NCAA Division I Independent Champion, 2004 NCAA Provisional Tournament National Champions and 2003 Scenic West Conference Tournament runner-ups. While at UVU, Condie coached Utah Jazz guard Ronnie Price and worked for Los Angeles Times National Coach of the Year Dick Hunsaker. Condie also spent time at Northern Arizona, where the Lumberjacks qualified for the Big Sky Conference tournament, and Snow College, where he helped guide Snow to back-to-back Scenic West Conference titles. At Snow College, Condie was the only coach to recruit former New Orleans Hornet Jackson Vroman out of high school. He also served as the head boy s basketball coach at two Utah high schools; Wasatch High School for one season and South Sevier High School for three seasons. Condie was named Utah AA Basketball Coach of the Year at South Sevier High School in Condie also spent time as an assistant at Sky View High School, Smithfield, Utah, and got his start in coaching at Don Bosco Tech in Rosemead, Calif. Condie earned his bachelor s degree in physical education from Utah State University in 1994 and where he served as an administrative assistant for former Aggie head coach and current head coach of Southern Miss Larry Eustachy, the 2000 AP National Coach of the Year. Before transferring to Utah State, Condie played two seasons at East Los Angeles College, where he was team captain and led the South Coast Conference in three-point shooting at 58.3 percent. Condie also served a Latter Days Saints Church mission to Nashville, Tenn., from July 1985 to Condie and his wife Wendy have four children, including daughters Taylor and Courtney, and sons Anthony and Preston. 43

5 louisiana tech bulldogs derrick JONES ASSISTANT COACH Louisiana native Derrick Jones begins his first season as a member of the Louisiana Tech Bulldog basketball coaching staff, joining the program in June. Jones comes to the Bulldog program with plenty of Louisiana ties and an impressive resume as he spent the past two seasons on staff at the University of New Orleans where he was heavily involved in recruiting, player evaluation, academics and on-court preparation for the Privateers. In addition to a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Samford, Jones served as the assistant coach at John Ehret High School in New Orleans from 2002 through 2005 where he helped lead the Patriots to a 27-4 record and a No. 2 ranking in the state his final season. Jones signed out of high school with Mississippi State where he played for two years before transferring to Samford for his final two seasons. He helped lead the Samford Bulldogs to the 2000 NCAA Tournament and averaged 13.8 points per game as a senior in

6 cody fueger DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Cody Fueger enters his third season as the director of basketball operations. Fueger s duties include practice coordination and logistical duties as well as taking care of university business as per Coach Rupp s request. Fueger oversees film exchange, organizing scouting video, helping with on-campus recruiting and direct graduate assistants and managers in assisting all areas of the program. He will also serve as liaison to the sports information department aiding in picture day, media day as well as appearances and interviews with the players. Fueger also serves as director of the Kerry Rupp Basketball Camp. Before Tech, Fueger spent time at Utah under Ray Giacoletti and previously Rick Majerus. He served as administrative assistant and was involved in film exchange, video taping practice, setting up practice and editing game film. Fueger also extensively worked with Utah basketball camps. He was on staff for Utah s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 run in Fueger earned his bachelor s degree in economics from the University of Utah in May of 2006 and his masters from Utah as well in sports management in He and his wife Danielle recently had their first child, Isabella. Vic garza FILM COORDINATOR/GA Vic Garza enters his first season as film coordinator/graduate assistant for the men s basketball team at Louisiana Tech. Garza comes to Tech after spending two seasons the assistant men s basketball coach at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. In 2007 Garza was an assistant coach/basketball operations with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League. Garza was part of the staff that produced one NBA call-up (C.J. Watson, Golden State Warriors) and coached a total of seven NBA players on assignment from the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Houston Rockets including NBA Champion Shannon Brown, L.A. Lakers, Steve Novak, L.A. Clippers, Aaron Brooks, Houston Rockets, Cedric Simmons, Chicago Bulls and Desmond Farmer, San Antonio Spurs. From Garza was an assistant coach at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa and was also the director of summer basketball camps for the Peacocks. Garza assisted with recruiting, individual player development work outs, and was in charge of film exchange, travel and student-athlete academics. While earning a B.A. in English from Texas-Pan American, Garza served as student assistant coach at UTPA where is assisted with individual player development work outs, film exchange, and analyzing game film. Originally from Laredo, Texas, Garza graduated from J.W. Nixon High School where after a stellar playing career, went on to play at the University of Texas-Pan American. He is currently pursuing a Master s degree in English from Louisiana Tech. karl malone DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL PROMOTIONS Louisiana Tech star and NBA legend Karl Malone returns for his third season as director of basketball promotions and assistant strength and conditioning coach. Malone put Louisiana Tech basketball on the map in the mid-80 s and left the NBA as the second all-time leading scorer with 36,928 points and a two time Olympic gold-medal winner. Malone was known for his strength in the post and perfected the pick-and-roll offense with John Stockton during his tenure with the Utah Jazz. He earned the NBA s MVP honors in 1997 and 1999 while earning 14 All-Star appearances. During his playing days at Tech, has amassed 1,716 points after only three seasons ranking him sixth all-time on the Bulldog career points lists. His Dunkin Dawgs teams posted records of 19-9, 26-7 and an astounding 29-3 in his final season at Louisiana Tech. All three seasons he was named Sporting News Honorable Mention All-American. Malone and his family reside in Ruston. 45

7 louisiana tech bulldogs blair STEWART MANAGER DANIEL TEMPLE MANAGER tyler Warren MANAGER renee puckett OFFICE COORDINATOR Renee Puckett begins her second year with the Bulldog basketball program where she plays an important role in the day-to-day operation of the office. The Dubach, La., native handles all of the finances, travel arrangements and payment of the bills for the Bulldogs. She also takes care of all the paperwork on players, keeps track of all the current player files, as well as typing schedules, itineraries and other important information concerning the Bulldog basketball program. 46

8 DR. billy bundrick HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN/ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON When it comes to athletic injuries at Louisiana Tech, the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters look to one of their own as well as one of the best in the United States -- Dr. Billy Bundrick. Dr. Bundrick, who runs the Bone and Joint Clinic in Shreveport, La., has been a familiar face to the Louisiana Tech athletic programs for many years. I enjoy working with the athletes at Louisiana Tech, Dr. Bundrick said. It is a joy to work with athletes because they are people who want to get better and get back on the field. It was in 1957 that Dr. Bundrick, a young standout football player, decided to transfer to Louisiana Tech from Texas A&M. He earned three letters in football at Tech, including co-captaining the 1959 team to a 9-1 record. He gave up football after that season, graduated from Tech and went to LSU Medical School in New Orleans. Ever since those playing days as a Bulldog, Dr. Bundrick has loved Louisiana Tech University and its athletic programs. In 1969, Dr. Bundrick joined the staff at the Bone and Joint Clinic in Shreveport, and he has remained one of the chief orthopedic doctors in the South ever since. He regained his connection with Louisiana Tech in 1973 when former Bulldog coach Pat Collins saw him at a Captain Shreve High School football game and asked him if he could travel to Ruston to help with the medical treatment of the players during practices. Dr. Bundrick agreed and has been going back and forth from Shreveport to Ruston for the past 30-plus years. Dr. Bundrick s association with Tech has reached almost four decades and he says he still loves every minute of what he does. Most recently, he was honored by the American Academy of Sports Medicine with the Thomas Brady Award, which recognizes local excellence in sports medicine. Funded by the generous support of Dr. Bundrick, the Tech Sports Medicine Department now has a state-of-the-art training and rehabilitation facilitiy in the William S. Bundrick Sports Medicine Center located in the Charles Wyly Athletic Center. The 3,800 square foot facility contains a Swimex therapeutic pool, cardiovascular equipment, private staff offices and a physician s examination room. Dr. Bundrick is married to Linda C. Covington. dr. shane phillips TEAM PHYSICIAN One of Louisiana Tech s own returned home six years ago as Dr. Shane Phillips opened his private medical practice and took over as the primary care physician for the Bulldogs and Lady Techster athletic programs. Dr. Phillips attended Cedar Creek High School in Ruston before picking up his undergraduate degree at Louisiana Tech in He then moved on to medical school at Louisiana State University of Medicine in New Orleans where he graduated in He completed his residency at the University of Alabama Family Practice Residency Program in Tuscaloosa and wrapped up his fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham. During his fellowship, he worked closely with Samford University and Birmingham Southern University, serving as those schools team physician. The 39-year-old also serves as team physician for Cedar Creek High School. Dr. Phillips, who is the great grandson of Thomas Assembly Center namesake Sam Thomas, is a member of TeamMD, an area high school sports medicine outreach program that covers 22 local high schools in the north Louisiana area. Dr. Phillips is married to Lauren DeCou and he has a 16-year-old stepson named Zach, a three-year-old son named Beau and a one-yearold daughter Emma. DOCS FOR DAWGS Dr. Edward Anglin Orthopedist (Highland Clinic) Dr. Jay Howell Dentist (Peachtree Dental) Dr. Jesse Roberts, Jr. Dentist (Peachtree Dental) Dr. Jesse Roberts III Dentist (Peachtree Dental) Dr. Jared Vincent Ophthalmologist (Ruston Eye & Laser Institute) Dr. Jake Wood Physician (Green Clinic) 47