Val Schierling

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Val Schierling
Biographical details
Born (1946-01-31) January 31, 1946 (age 76)
Sedan, Kansas
Alma mater Emporia State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1981 Chaparral HS
1981–95 Emporia State (HC)
Head coaching record
Overall212–189 (.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) is an American former college women's basketball coach. He coached at Emporia State University from 1981 to 1995. [1] Before coaching at his alma mater, Schierling coached the Chaparral High School girls' basketball team for seven years. [2]

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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. He won the 400-meter hurdles race at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in 1968. [5]

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 a 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. [6] Schierling was also the winningest coach in Emporia State's history up until the 2006–07 season, when Brandon Schneider passed Schierling. [7] In 1995, after four consecutive losing seasons, Schierling was fired. [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Val Schierling (Central States Intercollegiate Conference)(1981–1995)
1981–82Val Schierling 17–10
1982–83Val Schierling 16–10
1983–84Val Schierling 17–12
1984–85Val Schierling 16–3
1985–86Val Schierling 15–15
1986–87Val Schierling 11–17
1987–88Val Schierling 20–9
1988–89Val Schierling 11–19
NCAA Independent
1989–90Val Schierling 21–9
1990–91Val Schierling 23–4
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
1991–92Val Schierling 14–178–8
1992–93Val Schierling 10–166–10
1993–94Val Schierling 10–164–12
1994–95Val Schierling 11–155–11
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

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