Head Coach: David Zinn
zinndav@meredith.edu

David Zinn enters his fourth year as head coach of the Meredith College basketball team. During the 2005-2006 season, Zinn led the team to a 13-11 record and the Association of Division III Independents Northeast Regional championship. He also was named as the NCAA Division III Association of Independents Coach of the Year.

Zinn began his coaching career with two years of teaching World History and coaching basketball and track at James Wood High School in Winchester, Va. Zinn then went to the University of Tennessee as a graduate student where he taught undergraduate physical education courses and worked for the Total College Sports Network (TCSN), covering the 1998 National Champion University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer Basketball team.

Coach Zinn then worked for two years at Cumberland College (Ky.) as the Assistant Varsity and Head Junior Varsity Coach on the staff of Melissa Irvin. In those two years, the Lady Indians amassed a record of 48-18, set several school records, and reached the Sweet 16 of the NAIA National Tournament in 2001. In 2001, Coach Zinn took over an NCAA II program at Salem International University (W.Va.) as the head coach, sports information director, and sport management professor. In three seasons, the Tigers set a number of school records and one NCAA II record for 3-point shooting before Zinn came to Meredith.

A veteran of summer basketball camps, Coach Zinn has served on the staff of some of the top camps in the nation including Tennessee, Oklahoma, Duke, North Carolina State, Purdue, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Princeton, and the Five-Star Basketball Camp for Girls, among others.

A strong proponent of academics, Coach Zinn is a 1995 graduate of West Virginia University, with a degree in Secondary Education. Zinn has also earned two master's degrees: one in Sports Administration from the University of Tennessee and one in Secondary Education from Cumberland College.

In addition to his duties with the basketball team, Coach Zinn teaches undergraduate courses as an Assistant Professor in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department, works as an undergraduate advisor for Meredith students and serves as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Meredith athletes. He is also an active member of the WBCA.

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Assistant Coach: Heather Herr
herrhe@meredith.edu

Coach Heather Herr enters her second year as assistant coach with the Basketball Team at Meredith College. Herr comes to Meredith College from Pennsylvania, where she has been coaching for ten years. She is an energetic and hardworking basketball enthusiast dedicated to the game and winning.

Herr has over 20 years of playing and coaching experience at various levels. Her high school team won the YAIAA Division II Championship during all three years of her high school career. Her love of the game of basketball gave her the initiative to start a team at Harcum College. They went on to become the first athletic team in school history to win a Region 19 Championship (2006). Harcum’s women's basketball is quickly becoming known as a formidable power within the mid-Atlantic region.

Herr began her coaching career coaching 8 year-old girls, and worked her way up to the high school level. She has coached different levels including recreation leagues, high schools, and AAU teams, having worked with East Prospect, Hellam, Columbia Jr./Sr. High School and Chickies Rock AAU. Her background also includes officiating games.

A strong proponent of academics, Heather received the Distinguished Scholar/Athlete Award her senior year of high school. She was also nominated Who’s Who in American Junior Colleges and graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Harcum College.

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Assistant Coach: Erin Willis

Erin Willis enters her second year as assistant coach with the Basketball Team at Meredith College.

Willis is a graduate of Russell Sage College in Troy, NY. While at Russell Sage, Willis was a 5-year member of the basketball team and was named team captain her senior year. Over her career at Sage, Erin left her mark on the school record books as she is currently ranked #3 in school history in career 3-pointers and blocks, and is 5th all-time at Sage in career steals.

Coach Willis comes to Meredith with several seasons of AAU coaching experience with a variety of age groups. Erin also spent the 2005-2006 season as the assistant JV Girls' Basketball at Scotia-Glenville High School.

 

 

 

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Assistant Coach: Kevin Walker

Coach Kevin Walker enters his first year as assistant coach with the Basketball Team at Meredith College.
 
Walker has many years of playing and coaching experience at various levels. His last coaching position was as an Assistant Coach at Neuse Baptist Church.  He has coached in various recreational leagues while attending East Carolina University from 1989-1992 including at the AAU level.  His playing experience stems from his career at Matoaca (Va.) High School.  He also participated in Coach Morgan Wooten’s basketball camp in Takoma Park, Md.  

Walker is the supervisor of the copy center at Meredith College.

 

 

 

 

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Student Assistants: Danielle Stott, Carol Roberson