Adrienne Shuler
	Position: Assistant Coach

Adrienne Shuler is currently serving in her second season as an assistant coach with the Lady Pirates.

Shuler, who played professionally with the WNBA's Washington Mystics in the summer of 1998, joins the Pirate coaching staff after serving as the head coach at Appalachian State for six seasons.

"Adrienne Shuler is a great addition to our staff," said head coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener. "Her experience as a head coach will be very valuable for our players and our program. She is a great teacher and motivator. She played at the highest level and has a great understanding of the game. She is a quality person as well as a great coach and I look forward to what she will bring to the team."

During the 2005-06 campaign, Shuler led the Mountaineers to their second-most conference wins in a season in program history and the 13th-most overall wins in school history, as the team compiled a 15-13 season record and 11-7 Southern Conference ledger. Appalachian's fourth-place finish in the league was its highest since a third-place showing during the 1996-97 campaign.

Shuler also guided Kiki Conyers to becoming the 17th player in school history to score 1,000 points in her career as she ended her collegiate playing days ranked ninth on Appalachian's career scoring chart with 1,211 points. Conyers also earned All-Southern Conference honors.

In her first season as head coach in 2002-03, Shuler led Appalachian to a 9-19 record and an 8-10 mark in conference play. The Mountaineers' eight league victories marked a three-game improvement from the previous campaign and the squad's most Southern Conference wins since the 1999-2000 season. Among the year's highlights was Conyers earning Southern Conference Freshman-of-the-Year accolades.

Previous to taking over the Appalachian program, Shuler spent seven seasons at Furman, first as an assistant coach and later as associate head coach. During those seven years under head coach Sherry Carter, Shuler helped the Paladins post a 114-85 (.573) record and a 73-43 (.629) mark in conference play. Furman earned the Southern Conference title in 1997 as well as the league's tournament crown. The Paladins also enjoyed an NCAA appearance in 2001.

As a player, Shuler enjoyed a standout career as a point guard at the University of Georgia from 1987-91. During her collegiate career, she was a member of the Bulldogs' 1991 Southeastern Conference Championship team and toured Yugoslavia and Russia as part of the 1990 United States Olympic Select Team.

A Dean's List member in 1989 and 1991, Shuler captained the Lady Bulldogs in 1990 and 1991. She was tabbed the Southeastern Conference Player-of-the-Week for the week of February 20, 1989, the only Bulldog to receive the honor in that season. Shuler was also one of three members of the team named to the 1989 All-SEC Team by the league's head coaches.

In the summer of 1998, Shuler returned to the court as a point guard for the Washington Mystics, an expansion franchise in the WNBA. During her 25-game stint, she scored 89 points and averaged 14.5 minutes per game. Shuler recorded a career-high 14 points on August 9 when she hit the game-winning shot with 3.8 seconds left on the clock to lift the Mystics over the Los Angeles Sparks.

Shuler served brief stints at Georgia College and State University in 1994-95 as a basketball and cross country coach, and then at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Fla. during the 1993-94 season. She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Marshall in 1992.