Friday, March 27, 2009

Two Coaches Hired

Lander University announced yesterday that Jeff Burkhamer will become the new basketball coach at the University. Burkhamer comes to Lander from Armstrong Atlantic University - a fellow member of the DII Peach Belt Conference. Armstrong Atlantic was 23-7 this past season and 134-73 in the last 7 seasons under the direction of Burkhamer.

Bill Robinson was named head coach at Milligan College today. Robinson come to Milligan from Appalachian Athletic Conference rival Montreat College where he had been at the helm for the past 12 seasons. During his time at Montreat, Robinson led his team to an AAC regular season championship, two AAC tournament championships and made two appearances at the national tournament. He was also named AAC Coach of the Year three times. Montreat finished this past season 11-20 and split their series with Milligan.

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