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Ronda Hubbard is in her seventh year as assistant women s basketball coach at Missouri Southern. She has been an assistant coach for the past 11 years. During her six years with the Lions, she has helped the team to a 98-70 record, including winning marks in four of the last five seasons. In 2000-01, Hubbard helped the University of Texas-Pan American post its most wins in a season since becoming an NCAA Division I institution in 1985, and the second most victories in school history. Prior to her stint at Texas-Pan American, she served on current Lions head coach Maryann Mitts staff as an assistant at Rockhurst University from 1996-2000. There, she helped the Lady Hawks post a 68-45 record and advance to the 1997-98 Sweet 16. Hubbard was also an assistant coach at Southwest Baptist University from 1994-96, helping guide the team to a 39-19 record. She also served as head girls basketball coach at Springfield Catholic High School from 1991-94, where she posted a 76-16 record and won back-to-back Missouri Class 2 state championships. She received a master s of science degree in education from Southwest Baptist in 1995, and a bachelor of science in physical education/health, secondary education from Southwest Missouri State University in 1991, where she played basketball from 1986-89. In addition to her basketball coaching duties, Hubbard is an instructor in the Missouri Southern kinesiology department. I left a Division I program to help coach Mitts take on the huge challenge of rebuilding this program, Hubbard said. Anyone that has been around her knows the amount of passion she brings to the game and how she teaches her team lessons not just on the court, but also how to win in the game of life .
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