Rusty Kennedy takes over as head women's basketball coach in 2010-11 looking to build upon the successful inaugural season of this past year. Kennedy comes to Our Lady of the Lake University from Clarendon College where in five seasons -- 2003-05, 2007-10 -- as head women's basketball coach/athletic director, he led the Lady Bulldogs to an 85-67 record including three trips to the post season, a scoring title in 2009-10 at 92.2 points per game and setting five NJCAA records. Kennedy's career record stands at 174-132 in 10 seasons as a college head coach.

In between his stints at Clarendon, Kennedy spent two seasons at North Arkansas College. In his two years at the helm of the Lady Pioneers they were a perennial top 20 team while compiling a record of 40-19; including 23-6 this past season while finishing region runner-up. His Northark teams also got the job done in the classroom as well finishing in the WBCA-NJCAA Academic Top 25 both years including third in 2006-07 with a GPA of 3.396.

Prior to coaching at Clarendon College, Kennedy spent three years at NAIA member Bacone College in Muskogee, Okla. During his two years as the head coach at Bacone, Kennedy posted a 39-28 record including a 24-10 mark in 2002-2003. In 2001-2002 he was named Red River Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for leading a young Lady Warriors' team to a 10-6 conference record and notching 15 wins on the season. Kennedy's teams also excelled off the floor as well posting back-to-back WBCA-NAIA Academic Top 25 finishes including 11th place in 2002 with a team grade point average of 3.428.

Prior to working at Bacone College, Kennedy served as head men's basketball coach at Central Baptist College in Conway, Ark., where his men's team was one game away from the national tournament. He also served as the school's athletic director and was responsible for Central Baptist's transition from a two-year to a four-year program in athletics. He also taught in the Physical Education department and coached volleyball.

In 1998-1999 Kennedy worked as the assistant men's basketball coach at his alma mater Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Okla. Working under his mentor, long time OWU coach Rocky Kent, Kennedy helped lead the Eagles to their best season in school history and a top 25 ranking. The Eagles also averaged over 94 points per game that season finishing second in the NAIA in that category.

Christopher Minner comes to OLLU from Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), an NCAA Division II school. There he served for two years as women's assistant basketball coach under OLLU Women's Head Basketball Coach Daryl Vincent. While at TAMIU, the team made the Heartland Conference Semi-Finals and it had its first-ever conference playoff berth.

Minner primarily managed TAMIU's defense and worked with the team on shooting and scoring. His work helped the team with a six-game improvement in the league and a five-game improvement in total wins for the season. TAMIU was ranked No. 4 in the nation in steals and No. 11 in turnover to assist ratio. It placed No. 1 in scoring offense, steals, forced turnovers and blocksin the conference. During his tenure, one of his players received Defensive Player of the Year, Coach Vincent was named Coach of the Year and the team had two all-conference first-team selections.Coach Minner was also the men's head golf coach at TAMIU.

Prior to TAMIU,Minner was the boys' varsity head basketball coach at Vacaville Chrisitian High School in California. He directed the Falcons to a 62-24overall record, winning one Sacramento Valley Christian League (SVCL) title and one Central ValleyChristian League title.In addition, he was named SVCL Coach of the Year in 2006, his team GPA was 3.42 and he had the most playoff wins for a boys' head varsity coach.

From 2002-2005, Minner was the women's head basketball coach for Napa Valley Community College. He was the all-time winningest coach in percentage and number of wins. Napa Valley showed steady improvement throughout Minner's tenure, improving from a 10-20 record in 2002 to a 16-10 mark in 2004. He guided the team to its first state playoff berth in 2003 and its highest ranking on record in that position.  

Throughout his career, Minner has also coached golf, baseball and cross-country.

Minner received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Sonoma State University and a master's degree in health, physical education and recreation from St. Mary's College of California.