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Lisa Curliss-Taylor | Women's Basketball Head Coach
P: 314-516-5640
E: taylorlis@umsl.edu
Lisa Curliss-Taylor enters her fourth season as the head coach of the University of Missouri-St. Louis women’s basketball program and is the 10th coach in program history.
In three seasons of rebuilding the program, Curliss-Taylor is 26-58. She is 83-106 in seven seasons as a head coach.
Curliss-Taylor directed the 2009-10 squad to a 12-17 record, including a 7-11 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, good enough for third place in the league’s West Division. The Tritons also earned a berth to the GLVC Tournament – the program’s first since the 2005-06 season. Additionally, UMSL defeated Saint Joseph’s in the opening round to post its first GLVC Tourney win since 2000.
In her first season (2007-08) at the helm of the Tritons, Curliss-Taylor’s team went 7-20. The squad defeated then No. 14 ranked Northern Kentucky, 56-51, at home. The Norse eventually went on to claim the NCAA Division II championship title.
Curliss-Taylor came to UMSL from East Texas Baptist, where she spent the four years serving as the head coach. During that time, she compiled a 57-48 record, including a 40-14 mark in her final two seasons at ETBU.
At ETBU, Curliss-Taylor led the team to a 22-5 record in 2006-07, while being crowned the American Southwest Conference East Division Champions. She had four players earn all-conference honors and was named ASC East Division Coach of the Year. In 2005-06, she led the team to a record of 18-9 overall. She has coached the ASC East Division Freshman of the Year each of the past three seasons and has coached seven all-ASC East players. Her 57 career wins at East Texas Baptist rank her fourth on the school’s all-time win list.
Prior to her head coaching job at ETBU, Curliss-Taylor was an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Washburn University for two seasons. The team went 53-11 in those two seasons, including a 30-4 record in 2002-03 while winning a conference and regional championship, and earning a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight.
In the 2000-01 season, she was an assistant coach at Norman (Okla.) High School where she also served as the head coach for the girls sophomore team, earning Class 6A Sophomore Coach of the Year honors.
Curliss-Taylor spent two seasons as a student-assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma for head coach Sherri Coale, where the team went 25-8 during the 1999-2000 season and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
Curliss-Taylor, originally from Oklahoma City, Okla., played collegiately at the NCAA Division I level at Oral Roberts University, before transferring and coaching at Oklahoma. She graduated from Oklahoma University with a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in broadcast journalism and electronic media and a minor in history.
Curliss-Taylor and her husband, Preston, have a four-year old daughter, Lauren.
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Morgan Shipley | Women's Basketball Assistant Coach
P: 314-516-5868
E: shipleyd@umsl.edu
Morgan Shipley begins his first season as the assistant women's basketball coach at UMSL.
He comes to UMSL following a two year stint as graduate assistant at NCAA Division I member Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. While a member of the Lady Topper staff, Shipley was responsible for team film exchange, as well as assisting with the coordination of academic affairs within the program. He was also in charge of overseeing student managers and aided in the organization of Lady Topper summer camps.
A native of Scottsville, Ky., Shipley also spent four years (2004-08) as an assistant boys basketball coach at Warren Central (Ky.) High School. During his time at WCHS, he helped lead the Dragons to four straight KHSAA Sweet Sixteen appearances.
Shipley also served as head coach for the 2009-10 Blast AAU Organization.
Shipley earned his bachelor’s degree in business management with a minor in entrepreneurship from Western Kentucky in 2008 and his master’s degree in recreation and sports administration from WKU in 2010.
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Lacey Shalenko | Women's Basketball Graduate Assistant Coach
P: 314-516-5868
Lacey Shalenko is in her first season as a graduate assistant coach for the UMSL women's basketball program.
The Collinsville, Ill., native wrapped up a four-year (2006-10) playing career for the Tritons last season, while serving as a team captain.
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Mandi Rogers | Women's Basketball Team Manager
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Mandi Rogers is in her second season as a student manager for head coach Lisa Curliss-Taylor and the UMSL women’s basketball program.
Rogers redshirted last season for the Tritons during the 2008-09 season and was expected to be a contributor last year, but injuries once again left her sidelined and forced her to switch roles.
Rogers played four years at Omaha (Ark.) High School where she earned first team all-state honors as a senior after averaging 15 points, five assists four steals and three rebounds per game. A sharp shooter, Rogers also connected on 66 three-pointers. She was also a two-time all-region and four-time all-conference selection and helped her team to the state tournament. She graduated with 1,450 career points.
Rogers was also a standout softball pitcher for the Eagles, earning all-state, all-region and all-conference honors.
She is working towards a degree in physical education at UMSL and is the daughter of Terry and Brenda Rogers.
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