
Phone: 419-448-3260
Email: oswaldpf@tiffin.edu
Pam Oswald is entering her fifth season as the head coach of the Dragons women's basketball team for the upcoming 2011-12 season.
Oswald led Tiffin University to a
15-12 overall record and 9-10 record in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference in the 2010-11
season. The Dragons reached a number of firsts as a team during the season. TU
began the season with the best start in program history with a 5-0 record,
finishing the season with the best record (15-12) since 1995 and also recorded
the fewest turnovers in a season with 347. The Dragons led the GLIAC in steals
per game with 10 per outing and in turnover margin (+7.19), while ranking
second in scoring defense. It was also
the first season in which Tiffin University defeated Ashland, Findlay,
Hillsdale and Northern Michigan since joining the GLIAC.Mandy Jaeb earned her second consecutive First Team All-GLIAC honor while teammates Karli Mast and Jessica Harris were named Second Team selections.
During the 2009-10 season Tiffin posted a 7-20 record but proved much more
competitive than the previous season, dropping 8 of those games by 9 points or
less. The team posted a 4-18 mark in conference play, with most of those close
losses coming against GLIAC opponents.
In three years as an assistant coach at
Wheeling Jesuit University, she helped the Cardinals compile an impressive
67-26 record with two back to back seasons of 20 plus wins. Oswald's
contributions at Wheeling Jesuit saw the Cardinals post their most wins
since 1992-93 (27), and advance to the NCAA Tournament twice, a first in the
program's history. They also captured the 2005 West Virginia Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference tournament championship.
During the 2005-06 season Oswald stepped in as interim head coach for ten
games, racking up an impressive 9-1 record during WVIAC play. Under Oswald's
tutelage six players were selected as All-WVIAC honorees.
Prior to joining the Cardinals, Oswald spent three seasons (2001-2004) as an
assistant coach at Kent State University.
During her time at Kent State she worked with both guards and post players
(developing two All-MAC selection post players). While at Kent State the
Golden Flashes were the 2002 Mid-American Conference regular season and
tournament champions, participating in the NCAA tournament in 2002 & the WNIT in 2004.
A native of Berlin, OH Oswald joined the Flashes after spending 2 seasons as an
assistant at her alma mater Berlin-Hiland High School, where she helped coach
them to a 28-0 record and a Division IV State Championship in 2000.
A 1995 graduate of Malone University in Canton, OH, Oswald was inducted into
the Malone Athletic Hall of Fame in January of 2006 with a career total of
1,681 points and 1,127 rebounds. Oswald holds a bachelor's degree in
Communications/Broadcast from Malone University. Oswald is also a member of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association.
| Jean Raudensky | (1984-86) | 8-34 |
| George Janson | (1986-90) | 38-58 |
| Annette Kessler | (1990-98) | 100-99 |
| Leslie Mugg | (1998-05) |
78-113 |
| Shannon Potee | (2005-07) | 27-30 |
| Pam Oswald |
(2007- ) |
41-67 |
| 1984-85 | 3-15 | 1998-99 | 10-14 |
| 1985-86 | 5-19 | 1999-00 | 13-14 |
| 1986-87 | 12-11 | 2000-01 | 14-16 |
| 1987-88 | 4-20 | 2001-02 | 10-17 |
| 1988-89 | 8-16 | 2002-03 | 13-16 |
| 1989-90 | 14-11 | 2003-04 | 12-15 |
| 1990-91 | 18-9 | 2004-05 | 6-21 |
| 1991-92 | 17-11 | 2005-06 | 13-15 |
| 1992-93 | 17-11 | 2006-07 | 14-15 |
| 1993-94 | 14-17 | 2007-08 | 12-15 |
| 1994-95 | 17-10 | 2008-09 |
7-20 |
| 1995-96 |
9-20 |
2009-10 | 7-20 |
| 1996-97 |
8-20 |
2010-11 |
15-12 |
| 1997-98 | 10-17 |

Kylene Spiegel has been promoted to full time assistant in her third season with the Dragons. Spiegel's main responsibilities with the program include her role as recruiting coordinator and the coaching of Tiffin University's perimeter players. The TU graduate oversees fundraising, community service and public relations for the program. Spiegel also helps out with the monitoring of the team's academic performance.
Spiegel graduated from Tiffin University in 2009 after a four-year career that
saw her earn All-Conference and All-Independent honors while finishing with
1105 points. She holds TU career records for assists with 468, good for a 4.4
per game average. She also holds the single season record with 143 assists. She
has a degree in Sports Management and obtained her masters degree in Business
Leadership in the spring of 2011.
Spiegel is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
