Still more to do at Eastern for women's coach Wendy Schuller

Six seasons of slow steady progress building his basketball program at Eastern Washington University helped get Jim Hayford a new gig at Seattle University last month.

While there are no guarantees, after 16 seasons as head coach of the Eagle women, Wendy Schuller seems content to continue building her program at Eastern. After all, what would the city of Cheney do without her husband Mark, the man of many hats at City Hall?

Ever since an injury-riddled season in 2007-08 that produced a 4-25 finish, things have moved upward and forward under Schuller’s direction. The past eight seasons, follow...