Annette Wiles
Head Coach

Annette Wiles is in her eighth season of directing the Fort Hays State University women's basketball program. Last season, she guided the team into their first year of play in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

During the 2005-06 season, she led the Lady Tigers to a 21-7 record and a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament appearance. The Lady Tigers have reached the 20-win plateau three times in Wiles’ seven seasons with Fort Hays State.

In 2004-05, she led the Lady Tigers to a 22-8 record, a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament appearance, and the program’s first ever appearance in the NCAA II National Tournament last season. Her Lady Tigers were given the eighth seed in the North Central Regional and lost in the first round to region host and top seed North Dakota. The 2004-05 season was FHSU’s best season since Wiles took over the program in 2000.

In 2003-04, Wiles guided FHSU to a 15-13 record and a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament berth. Wiles led the Lady Tigers to a 20-8 record in 2002-03. That squad also posted the 16th-best grade point average in all of NCAA II. In 2001-02, she guided FHSU to a 17-10 record including wins in eight of their last ten games. She directed FHSU to a 15-15 record in her first season at the helm of the Lady Tiger program.

Wiles is a member of both the Tiger and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fames. She was inducted into the FHSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. She became a member of just the second class to ever be inducted into the RMAC Hall of Fame in 2003.

During the summer of 2001 she was selected to coach the U.S. team at the Arafura Games where she led the squad to a second-place finish. She was also selected to coach the U.S. squad at the World University Games during the summer of 2002.

Wiles returned to her alma mater prior to the 2000-01 season after coaching for seven years at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan. She led BC to seven consecutive seasons of 21 or more wins and a school record 28 victories during the 1999-00 season. The Swedes made four NAIA National Tournament appearances under her direction finishing in the Elite 8 once and Sweet 16 twice. BC captured the 1998 and 2000 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season titles and the 1995, 1999 and 2000 post-season KCAC tournament titles during her tenure.

She was twice named KCAC Coach of the Year, in 1998 and 2000. The Kansas Basketball Coaches Association honored her as their coach of the year in 1995 and 1999 and she was named Sears Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in 1998. The Bethany College women's basketball team was the number one academic NAIA team in 1996 and 1998 with grade point averages of 3.62 and 3.71, respectively.

Playing center, Wiles guided the 1991 FHSU women's basketball team to a 34-2 record and NAIA National Championship. The 1991 squad captured the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and NAIA District 10 titles on the way to the national title. She was named most valuable player at the 1991 national tournament in addition to earning All-RMAC honors the same season. The two-time All-American played four seasons at FHSU from 1987-91 and ended her career as the top scorer and rebounder in the history of the women's program with 2,407 points and 961 rebounds. Wiles still holds those career records today.

She received a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from FHSU in 1991 and a master's degree in Athletic Administration in 1993 from FHSU.

M. Shane Larson
Assistant Coach

M. Shane Larson is in his second season as assistant coach of the Fort Hays State women's basketball program. The Waterville, Kan., native joined the program in the summer of 2006. He assists in all facets of the FHSU women's basketball program and focuses primarily on recruiting. This is Larson's second stint with the women's program after serving as a graduate assistant at FHSU from 2000-2002.

Larson returns to FHSU after serving as Head Girls Basketball Coach at Washington High School in Washington, Kan., from 2003-2006. Before serving as the graduate assistant at Fort Hays State, Larson was the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan., from 1998-2000.

Prior to his coaching days, Larson competed in track and field/cross country for two years at Cloud County Community College and two years at Bethany College. At Cloud County, he finished in the top 13 nationally in the pentathalon. At Bethany College, he earned all-conference honors in both cross country and track and field.

Larson attained his bachelor's degree in Social Science Education from Bethany College in 2000. In 2002, he earned his master's degree in Sports Administration from Fort Hays State University. Larson is married to the former Jennie Williams, also of Waterville, Kan.

Whitney Corley
Graduate Assistant

Whitney Corley is in her second season as graduate assistant coach of the Fort Hays State women's basketball program. A native of Mooreland, Okla., Corley was a student assistant coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, during the 2005-2006 season. She played basketball at Southwestern from 2003-2005. Prior to that, she played basketball at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Okla., from 2001-2003. Corley was an NAIA Division II All-American and was the 2005 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She was named twice to both the All-Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference and Academic All-Conference Teams.

Corley earned a bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education from Southwestern College in 2006.