Kate Cummings is entering her fifth season as the head coach of the Oilers women’s basketball team during the 2010-11 campaign.

Last season, Cummings led the Oilers to a 22-9 record, as they captured the GLIAC South Division title for the first time since the 1999-00 season. Findlay also qualified for the GLIAC Tournament and reached the semi finals for the first time in school history before dropping out of the tournament in the second round.

The 2009-10 campaign also saw the Oilers reach the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in school history. The Oilers earned the fifth seed in the Midwest Region and defeated the University of Wisconsin-Parkside 54-51 to reach the round of 32 before falling to top seed Michigan Technological University in the second round.

During the 2008-09 campaign, Cummings led Findlay to a 14-13 record, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the GLIAC Tournament.

In 2007-08, she guided Findlay to a 9-17 record with a 3-14 mark in the GLIAC. Two of the Oilers three wins in the GLIAC came over North Division champion Michigan Tech University and GLIAC Tournament qualifier Ferris State University.

During her first season in 2006-07, Cummings and her team went 6-21 with a 2-15 mark in the GLIAC. Her season was highlighted by a 66-65, last second win over Grand Valley State University, who was ranked 12th in the nation at the time.

Cummings came to Findlay from Ohio Dominican, where she posted a 204-144 record over 11 years. She also led the Panthers to four National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) tournament appearances including a berth in the “Sweet 16” during the 1999-00 season, en route to a school record 27 wins.

Cummings, who won an American Mideast Conference tournament championship in 2004, has coached nine NAIA academic all-Americans, eight 1,000 point scorers and Ohio Dominican’s first ever NAIA all-American.

A 1988 graduate from Gahanna Lincoln High School, Cummings received her bachelor’s of science degree in physical education and health from the University of Rio Grande in 1993. A forward on the women’s basketball team, she was instrumental in the Red women’s 1990-91 conference championship and was named first team all-conference and all-district that same year. Cummings also garnered NAIA all-American scholar-athlete honors while at Rio Grande.

Cummings also served as an assistant coach at Rio Grande for two seasons, helping the Red women win back-to-back conference championships in 1992-93 and 1993-94. The program also made a trip to the NAIA Division I national tournament in 1993-94.

From Rio Grande, Cummings made her way to Eastern Kentucky University and served as the women’s basketball graduate assistant. In 1995, Cummings completed her master’s degree in Sport Administration and assisted in the basketball team’s first ever Ohio Valley Conference title during the 1994-95 season.

Cummings and her husband, Kelly, have three daughters, Allyson, Bailey and Cameron.

Patterson is entering his seventh season as the top assistant for The University of Findlay’s women’s basketball team in the 2010-2011 campaign.

Last season, the 2009-2010 Oilers finished with a 22-9 record, capturing the GLIAC South Division title for the first time in ten years. Patterson took on the Interim Head Coaching role in two pivotal games to finish up the season on the road at Ashland and Tiffin to secure the title and propel the team into the NCAA Tournament hunt as coach Kate Cummings was on maternity leave. The Oilers made the semi-finals of the GLIAC Tournament for the first time in school history before being selected as an at large #5 seed for the NCAA Tournament. Making their first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, the Oilers won their first round match-up with Wisconsin-Parkside before falling to Michigan Tech in the second round on their home court.

Patterson’s responsibilities include serving as the recruiting coordinator, scouting, game preparation, offensive design and implantation, as well as working with the wings and point guards. In his time at Findlay, he has coached four all-conference guards and three first team all-defensive selections. He also coached former point guard Audra Mihalic to career marks as she set the UF all-time assist record while still finishing third on the all-time scoring list.

Previously, Patterson served as an assistant basketball coach for the men’s and women’s teams at the same time for West Liberty State College. Along with his coaching instruction, he served as the recruiting coordinator and helped the Lady Hilltoppers to 24 wins in 2003 and 25 wins in 2004, which included a WVIAC Tournament Championship and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.

Patterson has experience at the Division 1 level as well, serving on staff at Kent State University where he worked with the men’s basketball program. He worked with Gary Waters and Stan Heath both of whom won MAC Coach of the Year Awards.

During his tenure at Kent State, Patterson helped the Golden Flashes reach the NCAA Tournament twice, defeating Indiana in the first round (2001), and finishing the ’02 campaign with a trip to the Elite Eight. During the magical 2002 campaign, Patterson helped the Golden Flashes to a school record 30 wins, including a MAC record 21 wins in a row, and they defeated three nationally ranked opponents (No. 20 Oklahoma State, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Pittsburgh) en route to the Elite Eight while finishing the year ranked 12th in the nation.

Before Kent State, Patterson served as an assistant women’s basketball and assistant softball coach at Hiram College.

The Uhrichsville, Ohio, native began his coaching career at Claymont High School, his alma mater, where he was a three sport stand-out. His coaching duties included working with the boy’s basketball team and he was also an assistant baseball coach.

Patterson graduated from Malone College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He also earned his master’s degree in Sports and Recreation Management from Kent State.

Lacy Romine is entering her first year on staff as an assistant coach at The University of Findlay. Her primary responsibilities include managing the day-to-day operations of the team, film exchange, off campus recruiting, scouting, game preparation and working with the teams shooting guards.

Romine comes to Findlay following an accomplished playing career at Ashland University. At Ashland, she was a four-year letter winner, starting 86 of 105 games she played while leading her team in three point shooting percentage, steals and assist to turnover ratio. As a junior, Romine nailed 48 three’s, ranking fourth all-time at AU in long range buckets for a season and third overall in three point percentage. A two-time academic all-GLIAC award winner, Romine was named to the GLIAC all-defensive team during her senior season and served as captain of the Eagles.

A Kettering, Ohio native, Romine led teams at Fairmont High School to consecutive regional championship games, three consecutive district championship titles and was named the Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year her senior year while playing for Tim Cogan. She also compiled all-Ohio and all-district awards on the hardwood.

Romine has a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Eeducation with an emphasis in Integrated Language Arts and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Educational Administration.

Lydia Mihalik is entering her second year with the Oilers coaching staff in 2010-11 after a successful playing career with the Oilers.

Mihalik was named second team all-conference during the 2002-03 season when she averaged 14.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per game and for her career, racked up 703 points and 416 rebounds in 89 games.

She currently is employed by the Hancock Regional Planning Commission and resides in Findlay with her husband, Drew, and their children, Joseph James and Elizabeth Maye.

Kari Weisenburger is entering her second year with the Oilers coaching staff in 2010-11 after serving as an assistant coach with Riverdale Local School from 2006-09.

Weisenburger played basketball for the Oilers from 2001-05, serving as the team captain during her senior season. She is currently employed at Riverdale Local School as a teacher for geometry and calculus.

She currently resides in Findlay with her husband, Kyle.