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Not sure I saw an announcement on this but I see that former SIU head coach Dana Eikenberg is now the DOBO for the Shocker Women's Basketball program.
Eikenberg did win an MVC Championship at SIU with current Shocker Head Coach Jody Adams on her staff and Shocker Assistant Carlai Moore as her star players. Jody was also on Eikenberg's staff at UMKC.
However, once Jody left SIU things began to fall apart for Eikenberg and the SIU program has pretty much been in self-destruct mode ever since then.
Here is an article from 2008 that reports on the SIU melt-down under Eikenberg:
Ironically, Jayme Sweere one of the players who apparently had issues with Eikenberg is a Graduate Assistant on the Shockers Strength and Conditioning Staff under Kerry Rosenboom:
Not sure if this hiring was driven more by friendship than merit or need and perhaps being the DOBO on a Women's team is pretty insigificant but it would seem to add another element that will require at least some monitoring by Jody. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time Jody has had a DOBO on her staff.
I don't really know if adding Eikenberg to the staff is good, bad or indifferent but is does at least add another moving part to the equation I would think.
Eikenberg did win an MVC Championship at SIU with current Shocker Head Coach Jody Adams on her staff and Shocker Assistant Carlai Moore as her star players. Jody was also on Eikenberg's staff at UMKC.
However, once Jody left SIU things began to fall apart for Eikenberg and the SIU program has pretty much been in self-destruct mode ever since then.
Here is an article from 2008 that reports on the SIU melt-down under Eikenberg:
Ironically, Jayme Sweere one of the players who apparently had issues with Eikenberg is a Graduate Assistant on the Shockers Strength and Conditioning Staff under Kerry Rosenboom:
Not sure if this hiring was driven more by friendship than merit or need and perhaps being the DOBO on a Women's team is pretty insigificant but it would seem to add another element that will require at least some monitoring by Jody. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time Jody has had a DOBO on her staff.
I don't really know if adding Eikenberg to the staff is good, bad or indifferent but is does at least add another moving part to the equation I would think.
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