2008 Woodie Awards
Women's hoops coach quits
Amber Daulbaugh is second coach to leave in less than a year; Athletic Department already looking for replacement
By: Jamie Ford
Issue date: 4/6/06 Section: Sports
Editors' note:
The original story stated that Ryan Barke was banned from campus. The Journal received this information from former Public Safety manager Jamalh Bussey. Bussey is no longer employed with Webster. According to Ted Hoef, associate vice president and dean of students, Barke was not banned from campus, and The Journal was misinformed by Bussey. Hoef said he could only comment that Barke is no longer emplyed with Webster and was not banned from campus in anyway. This mistake was also repeated in The Journal article Former coach banned from campus, http://media.www.webujournal.com/media/storage/paper245/news/2005/09/29/News/Former.Coach.Banned.From.Campus-1001413.shtml
Webster University's Athletic Department has lost yet another coach. Women's head basketball coach Amber Daulbaugh unexpectedly resigned last week after only one season with the Gorloks.
Daulbaugh, who led last year's team to a 16-10 overall record with a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference mark of 12-2, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Webster's Director of Athletics Tom Hart said the coach resigned because she wanted a career change.
"She's going to pursue some other opportunities in the St. Louis area," Hart said. "She came into a tough situation here. I think that the challenges of the year helped (Daulbaugh) to evaluate what she wanted to do with her career and we wish her the best of luck."
Daulbaugh replaced former head coach Ryan Barke who was banned from Webster's campus after his unexpected departure from the university last July.
Junior guard Jana Elwood said she was surprised to learn of Daulbaugh's resignation.
"We had kind of thought that something might happen because of all the conflicts we had throughout the season," Elwood said, "but I never expected her to resign."
Multiple players said that relationships between team members and Daulbaugh weren't always pretty, but an uncomfortable Elwood didn't want to get too specific.
The original story stated that Ryan Barke was banned from campus. The Journal received this information from former Public Safety manager Jamalh Bussey. Bussey is no longer employed with Webster. According to Ted Hoef, associate vice president and dean of students, Barke was not banned from campus, and The Journal was misinformed by Bussey. Hoef said he could only comment that Barke is no longer emplyed with Webster and was not banned from campus in anyway. This mistake was also repeated in The Journal article Former coach banned from campus, http://media.www.webujournal.com/media/storage/paper245/news/2005/09/29/News/Former.Coach.Banned.From.Campus-1001413.shtml
Webster University's Athletic Department has lost yet another coach. Women's head basketball coach Amber Daulbaugh unexpectedly resigned last week after only one season with the Gorloks.
Daulbaugh, who led last year's team to a 16-10 overall record with a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference mark of 12-2, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Webster's Director of Athletics Tom Hart said the coach resigned because she wanted a career change.
"She's going to pursue some other opportunities in the St. Louis area," Hart said. "She came into a tough situation here. I think that the challenges of the year helped (Daulbaugh) to evaluate what she wanted to do with her career and we wish her the best of luck."
Daulbaugh replaced former head coach Ryan Barke who was banned from Webster's campus after his unexpected departure from the university last July.
Junior guard Jana Elwood said she was surprised to learn of Daulbaugh's resignation.
"We had kind of thought that something might happen because of all the conflicts we had throughout the season," Elwood said, "but I never expected her to resign."
Multiple players said that relationships between team members and Daulbaugh weren't always pretty, but an uncomfortable Elwood didn't want to get too specific.