Marshall University Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / Director of Quantitative Analytics
- Email:
- whiteselt@marshall.edu
- Phone:
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Prior to joining the Herd staff, Whitesel spent eight years at Transylanvania in the same capacity, leading the Pioneers to unprecedented success, which included a 91-2 record over the final three seasons in Lexington. That record included a 33-0 record in the 2022-23 season when Transy won the first national championship in school history and a 31-1 mark in the 2023-24 season that advanced to the NCAA Division III Final Four.
Prior to joining the TU staff in 2014, Whitesel served as an Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach for the women's basketball program at Lewis & Clark College under head coach Juli Fulks for 10 years. While at Lewis & Clark, Tim helped the Pioneers win the Northwest Conference twice and participate in the NCAA tournament three times.
Previous to Lewis & Clark, Tim was the Head Girls Coach at Sunset High School in Portland, Oregon, and coached collegiate men's basketball at Concordia University (Oregon) and Eastern Oregon University.
A native of Fredonia, New York, Tim earned his B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Philosophy from State University of New York, College at Fredonia. Tim continued his education at the University of Rhode Island where he graduated with his M.S. in Zoology and later his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences.
Tim also works as a Fisheries Scientist for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and serves as an Adjunct Professor for Portland State University’s Department of Biology. Tim currently resides in Brush Prairie, Washington, with his wife MaryLouise and daughter Natalie.
