Photo Gallery: David Doyle
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two of the winningest coaches in Big South history and two soccer All-Americans have been elected for enshrinement in the Big South Conference Hall of Fame. Former UNC Asheville men's basketball coach Eddie Biedenbach, former Coastal Carolina softball coach Jess Dannelly, former Campbell men's soccer player David Doyle and former Radford women's soccer player Sue Williams comprise the 2015 Big South Conference Hall of Fame Class. The four will be officially inducted on Thursday, May 28 during a special ceremony as part of the Big South's annual spring meetings at the Marriott Resort in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
The Hall of Fame was created in 2003 as part of the League's 20th Anniversary celebration, and now totals 57 former Big South Conference student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors with the addition of this year's class.
Doyle will be the fifth representative of Campbell University to be inducted into the Big South Hall of Fame, joining former Athletics Director Wendell Carr (2003 inaugural class), men's basketball player Joe Spinks (2004), women's basketball player Tammy Brown Tew (2006) and women's golfer Janet Wooten Collins (2008).
Below is a look at the 2015 inductees:
David Doyle, Campbell Men's Soccer Player, 1983-86
Doyle was Campbell's first Division I men's soccer All-American and the second in Big South history in 1986 after leading the Big South and nation in scoring as a senior with 34 goals and six assists for 74 points. A two-time Big South All-Conference pick in 1985 and 1986, Doyle was a three-time Big South All-Tournament team member (1984, 1985, 1986). He led the Camels to the 1984 and 1985 Big South regular-season and tournament championships, and a tournament runner-up finish in 1986. He ended his career ranked among the top 25 scorers all-time in NCAA Division I history with 72 goals in 75 games, with 163 points (72 goals, 19 assists) -- tops among all Campbell players at the Division I level (since 1977). He led Campbell in scoring all four years and ranks third all-time in school history in points, and second in goals and hat tricks (7).
Since men's soccer became an official Big South sport in 1984, Doyle ranks third in league history with 64 career goals and fourth with 141 points. He was the conference scoring champion in 1985 and 1986 with 42 and 74 points, respectively, and remains the Big South's single-season record holder for goals scored (34 in 1986). Doyle, who was named Campbell's Outstanding Male Athlete for the 1986-87 academic year, was voted to the Big South Men's Soccer All-Decade Team for 1984-89. He was selected in the first round (third overall) by the Kansas City Comets in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) draft and was Named MISL Rookie of the Year in 1987. He was a 10-time All-Star and all-league selection, as well as MVP of the Continental Indoor Soccer League All-Star Game in 1996 and MVP of the World Indoor Soccer League in 1999. He played with the Dallas Sidekicks from 1991-2004. Upon his retirement in 2004 at the conclusion of a 19-season career, Doyle ranked among the top 10 scorers in U.S. professional indoor soccer history. He was inducted into the Campbell Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Doyle is now coaching at Flower Mound High School in the Dallas area. He and his wife Jolyne have two sons, Conor and Brendan. Conor is also a professional soccer player with DC United of Major League Soccer.
Eddie Biedenbach, UNC Asheville Men's Basketball Head Coach, 1996-2013
Biedenbach is the Big South's all-time winningest men's basketball coach with 256 overall victories as well as the all-time leader with 156 Big South wins. Now the third men's basketball head coach to be enshrined in the Conference's Hall of Fame, Biedenbach was 20-14 all-time in the Big South Tournament, the most wins by any coach. UNC Asheville advanced to the Big South Tournament semifinals 12 times under Biedenbach, and reached the Championship game six times. He directed Asheville to five outright/shared regular-season championships (1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2012) and three Big South Tournament titles (2003, 2011, 2012). Biedenbach led the Bulldogs to four NCAA postseason appearances (3 NCAA Tournament – 2003, 2011, 2012; 1 NIT – 2008), and the 2008 NIT appearance was the first-ever in Big South history.
Biedenbach is the only coach in league history with two NCAA Tournament victories (2003, 2011), and UNC Asheville became the first men's basketball team in Big South history to win an NCAA Tournament contest in 2003. The 2011-12 squad won both the Big South regular-season and tournament titles in the same year for the first time, and Asheville narrowly missed becoming the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed when it fell to Syracuse by seven points (72-65) in 2012. A three-time Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2008), he guided the Bulldog program to Top 4 finishes in the regular-season in 13 of his 17 seasons, and the Bulldogs' 16-2 Big South record in 2011-12 set a school record and tied the Conference mark for most League wins. Biedenbach went 256-258 in 17 seasons at UNC Asheville, including 156-102 in Big South games. He was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame and Western North Carolina Hall of Fame in 2014, and the UNC Asheville Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.
Jess Dannelly, Coastal Carolina Softball Head Coach, 1988-2009
Dannelly retired as the Big South's all-time winningest softball coach with 669 victories (now second) and finished his coaching career ranked as the 44th winningest coach in NCAA history. He was the conference's all-time leader in Big South wins with 185 until this past March, and recorded a 48-36 record in the Big South Championship with five titles -- most in Big South history. Dannelly's squads also won six regular-season crowns. He was part of the Southeast Regional coaching staff of the Year in 2000 and directed Coastal to 12 Big South Championship game appearances. Dannelly led Coastal to four NCAA Tournament appearances (1998-00-01-06), the most by any Big South softball coach, and the Chanticleers also earned an at-large appearance in the 1992 National Invitation Championship in Macomb, Ill. -- the league's first-ever postseason appearance. Dannelly won a record seven Big South Coach of the Year awards (1989-91-92-94-00-03-06) and was voted to the Big South Softball All-Decade Teams for 1990-99 and 2000-09 as head coach. He coached seven Big South Player of the Year honorees, 64 First-Team All-Conference selections, 11 NFCA All-Region First-Team and 12 Second-Team honorees, and five of his former players have been inducted into Big South Hall of Fame.
Dannelly's 2000 NCAA squad became the first women's athletic program in Big South history to earn a victory in an NCAA Championship event when the Chanticleers defeated No. 21 Florida Atlantic. Coastal earned a final national ranking of No. 29 following the 2000 season. His 1994 squad posted one of the best seasons in Big South history, going 44-15 -- which remains tied for the most wins in school history -- and had the NCAA Academic Athlete of the Year as well as the Big South Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and four All-Conference players. He was inducted into Coastal Carolina's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.
Sue Williams, Radford Women's Soccer Player, 1990-93
Despite playing just one season of league competition -- 1993 was the first year of Big South women's soccer -- Williams is the only single-season player to rank in career categories as she holds the BSC record for assists per game (1.00) and tied for 15th in total assists (19). The inaugural Big South Women's Soccer Player of the Year in 1993, Williams was the Big South's first-ever Women's Soccer All-American that season. She was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy in 1993 -- the Big South's lone finalist for National Player of the Year. In 1993, Williams led the Big South in scoring with 55 points, which was second in the NCAA, tied for the league lead with 19 assists and was second in goals with 18. She still owns the league record for highest single-season average for assists per game (1.00), assists (tied with 19) and points per game (2.89). Her single-season points and goals scored rank second and sixth, respectively, in the Conference record book.
Her offensive output in 1993 guided the Highlanders to a 15-3-2 mark (all three losses on the road), which at the time matched the program record for wins, and is still the second-highest total in school history. A four-year starter at forward, Williams was Radford's MVP each season and finished her career as the Highlanders' all-time leader with 57 goals, 32 assists and 146 points from 1990-93. She was inducted into the Radford Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999 and was voted to the Big South Women's Soccer All-Decade Team for 1993-99.
