Head Coach:
Megan Duran

Duran was named the head women's basketball coach at Washington College in May 2008. Duran's previous coaching experience includes stints at Pfeiffer University, Newbury College, and Hartwick College.

Duran came to Washington College from Pfeiffer, a Division II institution in North Carolina, where she served as the assistant coach for the Falcons during the 2007-08 season, aiding in recruiting, scouting, conducting practices and other duties. Prior to her stay at Pfeiffer, Duran spent one year as the head women's basketball coach, sports information director, assistant athletic director, and senior woman administrator at Newbury College in Massachusetts. Duran's first collegiate coaching experience came at Hartwick College in upstate New York, where she served as an assistant coach for two seasons.

In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Duran's resume includes time spent coaching freshman and junior varsity basketball at Stafford High School in her native Stafford, VA. While at Stafford High School, Duran also spent time as the assistant varsity softball coach and volunteered her time to coach the Stafford 14u AAU girls basketball team.

Duran played collegiate basketball at Division II Francis Marion University in South Carolina. As a two-year starter and two-year captain, Duran helped lead the Patriots to four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. In three of those four appearances, Francis Marion advanced to at least the Sweet Sixteen and reached the national semifinals during the 1997-98 season.

Proficient in several computer programming languages, Duran earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Francis Marion in May 2001.

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Assistant Coach:
Rnesha Baldwin

Rnesha Baldwin is in her first year as an assistant women's basketball coach at Washington College. Baldwin's basketball story is one of perseverance and dedication.

A native of Bolingbrook, IL, Baldwin was a two-time All-Area and All-Conference basketball player at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL, where her team was ranked as high as No. 5 in the Chicago Tribune poll. With a torn right rotator cuff, a partial tear of her right medial collateral ligament and a twisted left ankle, Baldwin helped lead her high school team to a runner-up finish in the state tournament.

Baldwin's collegiate basketball career began at Division II Francis Marion University where she played for two years before transferring to Coker College, another Division II school. As a senior at Coker, she was originally redshirted after tearing her medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament, and anterior cruciate ligament, but she returned to play nearly 30 minutes in her first game back and started the final seven games of her collegiate career. After completing her basketball eligibility at Coker, Baldwin spent one season on the school's cross country team.

Baldwin received a B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in counseling from Coker in 2005 and a B.A. in Business Administration from Coker the followng year. After college, Baldwin worked for three years as a house parent at the Connie Maxwell Children's Home, a crisis home for neglected and abused children in Chesterfield, SC. She most recently worked at a therapeutic wilderness program for at-risk teenage boys in Tennessee where she was solely responsible for 10 to 12 teenage boys in the wilderness.

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Assistant Coach:
Nicole Parr

Nicole Parr, who played four years for the Shorewomen, has served as a volunteer assistant coach at Washington College since the 2003-04 season. She is responsible for practice planning and on-the-floor coaching. In addition, she plays a pivotal part in the team's on-campus recruiting efforts.

Parr graduated from Washington in 2002 and currently teaches at Kent County High School.

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