Husson Women's Basketball Camps Coaching Staff

Kissy Walker

Head Coach

Kissy Walker has served as the head coach of the Husson women's basketball program since 1989-90 and has led the Eagles to 12 conference championships and 12 NAIA/NCAA National Tournament appearances. Additionally, Walker's teams have won five out the last seven conference titles and Walker has been named conference coach of the year 11 times, Maine State coach of the year three times, NAIA District V coach of the year twice and New England Women's Basketball Association Coach of the Year once.

The winningest coach in program history and the longest tenured head coach for a single sport in Husson University Athletics' history, Walker has been inducted into the Husson Sports Hall of Fame, Maine Basketball Hall of Fame and New England Basketball Hall of Fame.

Walker has spent over 30 years on the bench for the Husson as both an assistant and head coach racking up the second most wins in the North Atlantic conference since the 2003-04 season, while taking over a program that holds the most victories in NCAA Division III women's basketball history with over 1,100 wins.

Additionally, Walker became just the 32nd NCAA DIII women's basketball coach to surpass 500 career victories in 2019 and has accumulated 10 20-win seasons in her career while recruiting 20 of the programs 23 1,000-point scorers.

Prior to being named as the head coach of the women’s basketball program, Walker served as an assistant coach for the Eagles after spending two years teaching physical education and coaching girls basketball, softball and gymnastics at the Holbrook Middle School in Holden, Maine.

A 1986 graduate of the University of Maine Orono, Walker earned a bachelor of science in health and physical education and a masters degree in business administration from Husson in 2003. Additionally, Walker was a four-year letter winner and captain for the women’s basketball team at the University of Maine from 1983-86.

Walker is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WCBA). As well as a former member of the Maine Association of Physical Education (MAPHERED), the Board of Directors for the Bangor Humane Society and is the former president of The Maine Sports Legends, which awards annual scholarships to Maine youths.

A native of Santa Anna, Calif., Walker attended Cony High School in Maine. She and her son, Isaiah live in Orono, Maine.

Randy Dodge

Assistant Coach

Randy Dodge joined the Husson University women's basketball program as an assistant coach prior to the 2003-04 season, after previously being on the staff from 1991-94 and 1996-2001.

AT A GLANCE:

  • Since joining coach Walker's staff, Dodge has helped the Eagles to ten conference championships and 11 national championship tournament appearances, including a NAIA Fabulous Final Four appearance in 1992-93.
  • At Husson, Dodge has helped guide the Eagles to a 499-268 (.651) overall record with an impressive 330-72 (.821) mark in conference contests.

  • 1991-1994: Husson University (Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach)
  • 1996-2001: Husson University (Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach)
  • 2000-2003: Husson University (Head Softball Coach)
  • 2003-Present: Husson University (Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach)

  • A native of Hampden, Maine (Hampden Academy).
  • Earned a bachelor of science in business administration with an emphasis in sport management from Husson University in 2002.
  • He has also served as Husson’s residential director for eight years (1994-2002).
  • Resides in Bangor, Maine

Steve Waceken

Assistant Coach

Steve Waceken joined the Husson University women's basketball program as an assistant coach prior to the 2017-18 season and is known as a read & react offense guru.

AT A GLANCE:

  • Since joining coach Walker's staff in the fall of 2017, Waceken has helped the Eagles win three North Atlantic Conference Championships (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) and make three-straight NCAA Championship appearances (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20).
  • At Husson, Waceken has helped guide the Eagles to a 118-52 (.694) overall record with an impressive 76-10 (.884) mark in North Atlantic Conference contests.

  • 2017-Present: Husson University (Assistant Basketball Coach)

  • A native of Millinocket, Maine (Stearns Senior/Junior High School).
  • He is currently employed at Dennis Paper & Foodservice as a district sales representative and is the owner of Rick’s Market in East Millinocket, Maine.
  • He currently resides in Millinocket, Maine and has four children: Jonathan, Jessica, Colby and Calli.

Lauree Gott

Assistant Coach

Lauree Gott, the most successful (.929) head coach in team history by winning percentage, joined the Husson University women's basketball program as an assistant coach prior to the 2018-19 season, after previously serving as the team's head coach during the 1988-89 season.

AT A GLANCE:

  • During her first stint at Husson as the head coach, Gott led the Braves to a 26-2 mark, earning the program’s first-ever Western Maine Athletic Conference and NAIA District 5 Championships in 1988-89.

  • 1988-1989: Husson University (Head Women's Basketball Coach)
  • 2018-Present: Husson University (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach)

  • As a player, Gott was a four-year letterwinner as a forward for the women’s basketball team at the University of Maine from 1983,84-87.
  • Was a two-time captain for the Black Bears and was named to the 1986-87 Seaboard Conference All-Conference First Team.

  • A native of Old Town, Maine (Old Town High School).
  • Earned her bachelor of science in elementary education from the University of Maine in 1987.
  • Earned a Master’s Degree in teachers of geoscience from Mississippi State University in 2002.
  • Resides in Old Town, Maine and is currently doing business development for Howard Tool Company in Bangor, Maine.
  • Inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

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