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 included two league titles and berths in three NCAA Division III Tournaments. He also serves as marketing director for the Wittenberg University athletic department.

In his four seasons at Wittenberg, Taylor has coached some of the finest players in school history while helping the Tigers to three NCAA Division III Tournament berths.

Since completing his playing career, Taylor has served as an assistant coach at John Carroll, Defiance College and Cardinal Ritter High School in Indianapolis before arriving at Wittenberg. Taylor resides in Columbus with his wife, Christine, and their son, A.J.

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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 30-year coaching veteran who has been a head coach at both the high school and college levels at Mechanicsburg and Ohio State University-Newark respectively. He teaches at Mechanicsburg High School and lives in Grove City with his wife, Joyce.

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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, who teaches in the Mad River Montgomery school district, has extensive head high school coaching experience. His coaching credentials include stints as the head boys' coach at both Dayton Carroll and Oakwood High Schools.

Cridge and his wife, Patti, are the parents of six children and reside in Kettering.

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Student Assistant Drew Denisco

Drew Denisco, a current junior at Wittenberg, is in his second year as a student assistant coach for the program. Denisco, a member of junior varsity program in 2004-05, is a graduate of The Wellington School in Columbus.