| Anthony Turner |
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Assistant Coach
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| Alma Mater:
Colorado, '99
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Anthony Turner returns for his second season as an assistant coach at Oregon State, just a year after helping guide the Beavers to one of their finest campaigns in school history.
Turner moved to Corvallis from UNLV prior to last season, and immediately made an impact with the team's post players. He mentored Tiffany Ducker in her senior year, and watched as the center averaged 7.0 rebounds per game, including a season-high 17 against Washington State.
Turner also had a chance to tutor Kirsten Tilleman during her freshman campaign. The former Montana State Player of the Year finished the year with 18 starts and 4.1 rebounds per game. She had at least five rebounds in seven of her last 18 games, which were all starts. Tilleman had 10 rebounds twice, the second time coming against New Mexico in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.
The 2009-10 season will be Turner's 10th as a coach, and the second after leaving UNLV. He made a big mark with the Lady Rebels.
In the six years he spent in Las Vegas, Turner made a lasting mark on the Lady Rebels program. He tutored two All-American Honorable Mention players in RanDee Henry and Sherry McCracklin, who both earned the honor during the 2003-04 season. Henry earned Mountain West Conference Newcomer of the Year honors that season while McCracklin was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors. Both were also selected to the All-MWC First-Team in 2003-04; McCracklin earned a third-team selection the previous season while Henry was named to the second-team in 2004-05.
An excellent recruiter, Turner assisted with all aspects of recruiting, both on campus and off, and garnered commitments from several top 50 recruits. He recruited Sequoia Holmes, who recently signed a contract with the WNBA's Houston Comets. Holmes ended her career at UNLV as a three-time All-MWC selection, just the fifth different player in school history to accomplish the feat.
A two year-starter at UNLV was Shamela Hampton, a center, who, under Turner's tutelage, averaged better than 12 points per game while averaging 6.6 rebounds last season as a junior. She earned All-MWC Third-Team honors the past two seasons.
All told, Turner mentored players who earned Mountain West Conference Newcomer of the Year honors, the MWC Defensive Player of the Year, two league scoring leaders, a MWC rebounding leader and a league steals leader as well as numerous All-Conference honorees.
During his tenure at UNLV, the Lady Rebels made four WNIT appearances, including a trip to the final game in 2004. The 2003-04 team posted 26 wins, tying it for third-most in school history.
Prior to joining the staff at UNLV, Turner was an assistant coach at San Diego State from 2000-02. While there, he assisted with the day-to-day operations of the program as well as with recruiting, scouting reports, film exchange, court instruction and conditioning. His primary focus was the team's guard play and he directed the Aztecs' summer camps.
From 1999-2000, Turner worked with the Mile High Magic, an AAU club based out of Denver. With the Magic, he coordinated tryouts and assisted with game-planning and strategies.
A graduate of Colorado with a degree in English, Turner worked as a student assistant with the Buffaloes from 1997-99, assisting with scouting reports, editing practice tapes and keeping statistics during games.
Turner married the former Jaime Oltman on August 31, 2008, and the couple is expecting their first children (twins) in February.
