Thursday, May 25, 2006

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University director of athletics Stan Williamson has announced the renewal of multi-year contract agreements with head women’s basketball coach Wanda Watkins and head men’s basketball coach Robbie Laing.

"We are pleased to extend our agreements with Coach Watkins and Coach Laing,” said Williamson. “These are certainly exciting times in the life of our University, and this measure will ensure that both will coach our teams when we move into the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center in the fall of 2008."

Now entering his fourth year at Campbell, Laing’s Fighting Camels ranked as one of the most improved men’s programs in the NCAA Division I ranks during 2005-06. The Fighting Camels ended the year as the country’s second-highest scoring team, and only one other school among 334 NCAA Division I members boasted a greater jump in conference victories from the 2004-05 season.