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COACHING STAFF

Head Women's Basketball Coach

Steve High

 

► 4th year at Dodge City Community College

Hometown: Keokuk, IA

High School: Keokuk High School

College: University of Northern Iowa

The 2010-2011 season will mark Steve High’s 4th year as head women’s basketball coach at Dodge City Community College and 36th year in the coaching profession. Prior to his arrival in Dodge City, Coach High spent 18-years at the helm of the Gorilla Women’s Basketball program at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS. High was the winningest coach in the 33-year history of the program, compiling 299 victories. Coach High fashioned the Gorillas into perennial contenders, winning two MIAA championships, and earning five NCAA Division II National Tournament berths. The MIAA is widely considered to be one of the top women’s basketball conferences in the nation. During High’s 18-year tenure at PSU, all but two of his student-athletes that completed their eligibility graduated and the team’s academic grade point average during that same time was 3.377.

Prior to coaching at Pittsburg State University Coach High was an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska from 1986-1989. While High was at Nebraska, the Lady Huskers went from seventh in the Big Eight to winning its first and only conference title in 1987, and a first-ever berth in the NCAA Division I National Tournament and backed it up with another trip to the NCAA’s in 1988. Before serving as an assistant coach at Nebraska, Coach High was the girls’ basketball coach at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, IA for four seasons. He posted a 67-25 overall record at LMHS, leading the Lady Lions to Iowa’s first-ever five-on-five girls’ basketball state title. High was named Metro Coach of the Year in 1984 and 1985 and was conference and state coach of the year in 1985.  

Coach High earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education and Health from the University of Northern Iowa in 1974. High and his wife of 36 years, Anne, who is an out-patient addictions counselor at New Chance, Inc. in Dodge City, have a daughter Morgan, and a son Taylor.  Morgan competed four years in track and field at Kansas State University and was a Big XII High Jump Champion, earned indoor and outdoor All-American honors. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from KSU and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Pittsburg State University in 2008. Morgan and her husband, David Lemen, have a five-year-old daughter and a newborn son and reside in Oregon City, OR. Taylor is a 2008 graduate of the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Science with an emphasis in Sports and Fitness Management and is the assistant women’s basketball coach at DCCC.

The High’s reside in Dodge City.   

 

Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

Taylor High

 

► 3rd year at Dodge City Community College

Hometown: Pittsburg, KS

High School: Girard High School

College: University of Kansas

 

Taylor High enters his third year as the assistant women’s basketball coach at Dodge City Community College. Coach High graduated in May of 2008 from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science with an emphasis in Sports and Fitness Management.

While attending KU, Taylor worked for four years as a student manager and his senior year as head manager for Coach Bill Self’s Kansas men’s basketball program. During his time on the staff the Jayhawks captured four Big XII regular season championships, three consecutive Big XII post-season tournament titles, and the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s National Championship.

As the head manager for KU men’s basketball Coach High’s responsibilities included the management of a student support staff of nine; including scheduling, hiring, training, and team building for games, travel, and practice. Also assisting the coaching staff in the organizing and participating in the execution of practice drills, preparation of team scouting reports and the production of edit tapes, video exchange, and film breakdowns. Aided the staff with on-campus recruiting which included the scheduling of campus tours, facilities tours, and highlight video presentations. Coach High assisted with individual workouts for Jayhawk players preparing for the National Basketball Association draft and helping to organize and administer the Bill Self Holiday Clinic and Coaches Clinic.

Coach High’s responsibilities with the Lady Conq program include monitoring team academics, aiding student-athletes with class scheduling and financial aid, coordinating prospective student-athlete recruitment, scouting of opponents, production of game and opponent video edits, and on-court coaching of the guards. He is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

As a high school player Coach High was an all-conference and all-state basketball selection and all-state track and field competitor, a member of the National Honor Society, as well as a senior class valedictorian. Taylor is the son of Lady Conq Head Coach Steve High and his wife Anne and he resides in Dodge City.