After 44 total years of coaching, Mount Marty College Women’s Head Basketball Coach Tom Schlimgen has announced he will retire after the 2017-18 academic year.
According to the Mount Marty release, Associate Head Coach Todd Schlimgen will take over for Tom in July. Schlimgen led the Lancers women’s basketball team to athletic and academic success during the past 10 years.
Schlimgen’s teams have received nine NAIA Scholar Team Awards including the distinction of having the highest reported team grade point average (GPA) in the nation for NAIA Women’s Basketball for the 2016-17 school year. The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has honored the Lancers as a Scholar Award team eight times — with the highest reported GPA in the nation for NAIA Women’s Basketball in 2014 and 2016.
Schlimgen holds a 178-124 record at MMC and an overall coaching record of 640-385. His 178 career wins at MMC ranks second for career wins in the history of Lancer Women’s Basketball
Leading up to the current season, Schlimgen’s teams have qualified for postseason play seven out of nine years, and he has guided the Lancers to three NAIA Division II National Tournament appearances during his tenure, including the advance of the 2015-16 team to the Fabulous Four — the best-ever finish in Lancer women’s basketball history.
