Assistant Coach Artie Taylor
Office: (937) 327-6495
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Artie Taylor was hired as Wittenberg's full-time assistant men's basketball coach prior to the 2002-03 season. Taylor, an Indianapolis, Ind. native, received his undergraduate degree from John Carroll University in 1998. Taylor was a basketball standout at John Carroll, earning all-conference and all-region honors during a career that saw the Blue Streaks win two league titles and earn berths in three NCAA tournaments. He also served as an assistant track and field coach for one year and now fills a variety of administrative roles in the athletic department.

Since completing his playing career, Taylor has served as an assistant coach at John Carroll, at Defiance College for two years, and last season at Cardinal Ritter High School in Indianapolis. Taylor's wife, Christine, is an executive with a Columbus insurance company.

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Assistant Coach Randy Lincicome

Randy Lincicome came on to the Tiger men's basketball coaching staff in 2001 as a volunteer assistant. Lincicome, a 1975 graduate of Ohio University, is a 26-year coaching veteran. Lincicome has been a head coach at both the high school and college levels. His most recent coaching assignment was as the head coach at the Ohio State University branch campus in Newark for the last two seasons (1999-2001). Lincicome teaches at Mechanicsburg High School.

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Assistant Coach Al Cridge

Al Cridge joined the Tiger men's basketball program as a volunteer assistant coach in 2001. Cridge, a 1972 graduate of the University of Dayton, most recently was the head boys basketball coach at Oakwood High School. Other head coaching experience includes five years at Dayton Carroll High School. Cridge teaches in the Mad River Montgomery school system.

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Student Assistant Andy Bonar

Andy Bonar joined the Tiger men's basketball program as a student assistant in 2001. Bonar is a graduate of Lancaster High School where he was a member of both the varsity basketball and golf teams. Bonar is a member of the Wittenberg varsity golf program, and he was an All-NCAC selection in each of his first two years on the team. He plans to pursue a teaching and coaching career upon graduation.

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Student Assistant Rob Hayes

Rob Hayes joined the program prior to the 2003-04 season as a student assistant coach. Hayes, a Springfield Northwestern High School graduate, played two years at Ohio Northern University before transferring to Wittenberg last summer. He plans on a teaching and coaching career following graduation.