McNeese adds Yang, Stotler to women’s basketball coaching staff

LAKE CHARLES—McNeese first year head women’s basketball coach Lynn Kennedy has completed his coaching staff by announcing the addition of Steve Yang and Jordan Stotler.

“Steve will be an incredible addition to our staff,” said head coach Lynn Kennedy. “He brings extensive experience in recruiting the South, Midwest, and East Coast regions. He has successfully coached at every level and has coached with some of the best basketball coaches in the nation. We are excited to welcome Steve and his wife, Lisa and their three children to Lake Charles.”

Yang spent the last four years at Georgetown where he was an interim assistant coach/Director of Basketball Operations.

While at Georgetown he was part of a team that ranked No. 21 in the Big East 2018 recruiting class per ASGR and Top 40 in the country. He was also part of a team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT and he coach the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, several All-Big East selections, and two All-Big East Conference Tournament performers as well as a student-athlete that was named to the Big East All-Freshman Team and NCAA Women of the Year nominee.

Prior to joining the Georgetown staff, Yang was the Director of Basketball Operations at George Mason University from 2015-17 where he coached two Atlantic 10 All-Conference players, an Allstate WBCA Good Works Team student-athlete, an Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team, and several players who were named to the Dean’s List.

In the summer of 2018, Yang was part of the inaugural Teamworks Basketball Leadership Committee. Yang and the committee helped shape the future of student-athlete engagement and developed best practices throughout the athletics industry focusing specifically on basketball.

The 2006 graduate of Missouri State has had stops at his alma mater as well as at Winthrop University, the University of Illinois-Springfield and George Mason.

While at Springfield, Yang took over as the interim head coach after spending time as an assistant coach and community event coordinator. Before Springfield, Yang spend the 2013-14 season as the director of operations at Winthrop University.

His stint at Winthrop followed a season as the Director of Operations at Missouri State. Before this, Yang spent four years at Evangel University as an assistant coach and video coordinator as well as serving as an assistant on both the men’s and women’s basketball coaching staffs at McCook (Neb.) Community College for one year. He was also the boy’s varsity coach at Miami School in Amoret, Missouri.

The native of Tulsa, Ok., Yang earned his Bachelor of Science in recreation and leisure studies degree from Missouri State in 2006 and his Master of Science in administrative studies and sports management from Missouri State in 2010.

Yang and his wife, Lisa, have two sons, Lincoln and Landon, and a daughter, Scarlett.

Stotler, a former Portland State star and professional who played in Germany for BC Pharmaserv Marburg, which played in the top professional division in Germany.

“We are thrilled that Jordan has accepted our position,” Kennedy said. :She will bring her experience at Umpqua, one of the best junior college programs on the west coast and then at Portland State, where she was part of our championship team. Her professional experience will also be valuable to our players with that same goal.”

The native of Roseburg, OR., Stotler played for PSU for two seasons (2018-2020). She broke PSU’s single season blocks record and tied the second best single most blocks in the Big Sky Conference history with 100 during the 2019-20 seasons. Stotler led the team and ranked seventh in the Big Sky Conference with 3.1 bpg. Stotler also ranked third in the league with 10.4 ppg. and 7.6 rpg. Tied the PSU program record with nine blocked shots against Tennessee during the 2019-20 season.

The two-year letterwinner for the Vikings was a starter on the 2018-19 Big Sky Conference Champion team.

Stotler began her collegiate career at Umpqua Community College where she was the NWAACC Southwest Region MVP as a freshman and broke the single-season record for blocked shots two years in a row. She was a four-year team MVP at Roseburg High School and two-time first team All-Southwest Conference selection.