Coaches

Steve Lanpher
Head Coach

Now in his fifth season at the helm of the women's basketball program, Lanpher led the WildCats to their most successful season in program history in 2022-23 with a team record 19 wins as the WildCats advanced to the ODAC Semifinals for the first time ever. Kylie Stark and Teniyah Crenshaw-Patterson were both named to the All-Conference Team.

In the 2021-22 season, Lanpher led the WildCats to an overall record of 16-7 and 12-5 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The team had two players named to the ODAC All-Conference Team for the first time ever in Stark and Crenshaw-Patterson with Crenshaw-Patterson being named the Rookie of the Year. Both players also earned All-Region accolades by D3Hoops.com.

Lanpher was named head coach in August 2019 and brought with him over 25 years of coaching experience at the Division I, Division III, and two-year college level. He came to Randolph from the Combine Academy in Lincolnton, N.C. where he was the head women's basketball coach and executive director.

Prior to the Combine Academy, Lanpher was the head women's basketball coach at Division I New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, N.J. from 2012-2018. While there, he guided the program to 55 overall wins. In his first season in 2012-2013, he led the team to the most Division I wins in a season with 16 and the Great West Conference Championship, which was the first in program history. He recruited and coached three all-conference, two all-freshman, and one all-academic selection including the 2012-13 Great West Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Before arriving in New Jersey, Lanpher was an associate head coach at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Vermont. While with the Catamounts, Lanpher's teams were 92-40. The 2008-09 and 2009-10 squads were America East Tournament Champions and NCAA Tournament participants. He recruited and coached eight America East All-Conference, two All-Rookie, and four All-Defensive Team players as well as the 2007-08 Player of the Year, 2007-08 Defensive Player of the Year, and the 2006-07 Rookie of the Year.

From 2002-2006, Lanpher was the head coach at Division III Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. While there, his record was 92-28. His 2005-06 team was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament Champion and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Both the 2002-03 and 2004-05 teams participated in the ECAC Tournament. Lanpher was named the 2003-04 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Co-Coach of the Year. He recruited and coached eight GCAC All-Conference Team players as well as the 2005-06 Player and Rookie of the Year.

Lanpher was also head coach at Pratt Community College in Pratt, KS from 1999-2001 and led the program to an increase of 10 wins from the first to second seasons. At Dean College in Franklin, Mass., he was named the 1997-1998 NJCAA Region XXI Coach of the Year.