Head Coach Doreen Belkowski

It took Doreen Belkowski just a little more than three years to become the winningest coach in the history of the Albion College women's basketball program.

During the 2003-04 season, Belkowski led Albion to its first Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament title and a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Belkowski's three-year record at Albion is 55-27, a winning percentage of .671.

Belkowski started to turn the Albion program in the right direction as soon as she arrived on campus. Albion won 17 games during the 2001-02 season, an improvement of 13 victories. The Britons continued the momentum during the 2002-03 season with 15 victories despite losing two key players to injury.

Albion broke through during the season half of the 2003-04 season, winning 10 of its final 12 games. The Britons defeated the top two seeds on the road to win their first MIAA Tournament championship and to secure the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Albion finished the season with a school-record 23 victories.

Thanks to the outstanding records, Albion has celebrated first team all-MIAA selections each of the past two seasons. Post player Amanda Yeager was tabbed for all-league first team honors in 2002, and guard Sarah Caskey was a first team all-league honoree in 2003 and 2004.

Belkowski laid the foundation toward a coaching career when she worked at the Wolverine and Oakland University summer camps from 1991-94. She joined the Traverse City All-State Camp, which features some of the top players in Michigan, in 1997.

She returned to Sterling Heights Stevenson as the assistant girls’ varsity coach for one season in 1997. Belkowski also served as head coach of the AAU Michigan Raiders from 1997-99. Her 14 and under team advanced to the state tournament.

In 2000, Belkowski served as the co-coach at St. Clement High School.

As a player, Belkowski enjoyed success throughout her career. She helped Sterling Heights Stevenson reach the state quarterfinal in 1987 and the state semifinals in 1989. Belkowski earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Macomb Athletic Conference in 1988 and 89. She received third team All-County status in 1987, and was promoted to first team All-County in 1988. In 1989, Belkowski was named All-County Most Valuable Player, first team All-Suburban, first team All-Metro, and third team All-State.

Oakland University won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1994. Belkowski served as Oakland’s co-captain during the 1992-93 campaign. She was an Academic All-Conference performer in 1993-94 and was voted to six All-Tournament teams.

In addition to her high school coaching resume, Belkowski had worked as a cytotechnologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit from 1995-2001.

Assistant Coach Scott Carden

Scott Carden is in his fourth season as an assistant coach in the Albion College women's basketball program. He also serves as the head coach for the Britons' baseball team in the spring.

Carden is a graduate of Macomb Lutheran North High School and Bowling Green State University.

At Bowling Green, Carden was a catcher on the Falcons' 1995 and '98 Mid-American Conference championship teams. He earned a bachelor of arts and sciences degree in comprehensive science/secondary education with a minor in chemistry in 1998.

From 1998 to 2001, Carden taught physical science and chemistry at L'Anse Creuse High School.

In 2000, Carden served as the freshman and assistant varsity basketball coach at L'Anse Creuse. The varsity squad won the conference tournament title.

In the summer of 2000, Carden worked at the L'Anse Creuse Elementary Summer Basketball Camp. This past summer, Carden helped organize and run the St. Clement Summer Women's Basketball Camp.

Assistant Coach Becky Campbell

Former Albion College standout Becky Campbell returns to the Briton program for her first season as an assistant coach. Campbell will also serve as head coach of the Britons’ junior varsity program.

Campbell was added to the list of honorable mention players in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association by the league coaches two times during her Briton career. She was the Britons’ top scorer in the 2000-01 campaign, averaging 9.9 points per game. She averaged 9.8 points per contest during the 2001-02 season. Campbell’s senior season was limited when she suffered a broken thumb just weeks before the first game.

Campbell continues to hold Albion’s school record for the highest three-point field goal percentage in a season, knocking down nearly 41 percent of her long distance attempts during the 2001-02 season.

Campbell received her bachelor’s degree in economics and management from Albion in 2003 and immediately went on to pursue a master’s degree at Western Michigan University. She expects to earn her M.A. in pedagogy in December of 2005.

In addition to her course work at WMU, Campbell works as a graduate assistant in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation department at WMU.

Updated December 17, 2004 by Albion College Sports Information