Bill Fenlon begins his 14th season as head coach at DePauw University and his 21st on the collegiate level. He is also a part-time assistant professor of kinesiology.

The winningest coach in DePauw history, Fenlon’s DePauw teams have posted a 213-122 record for a .636 winning percentage. Only Elmer McCall and Donovan Moffett have longer tenures as DePauw basketball head coaches. In 20 previous seasons as a collegiate head coach, Fenlon’s teams have posted a 320-191 record for a .626 winning percentage.

Last season Fenlon led the Tigers to a third straight appearance in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament and a tie for fifth in the conference standings. The 2003-04 Tigers finished with a 16-10 record, a fourth-place tie in the SCAC regular season standings and a tie for fifth at the conference tournament.

In 2002-03 he directed the Tigers to their second consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season title. The team ranked sixth in Division III rebound margin.

In 2002 he led DePauw to its first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and a bid into the NCAA Division III Championship. The 24-4 Tigers defeated Wittenberg in the second round and knocked off top-ranked Washington (Mo.) in the round of 16 before falling to eventual national champion Otterbein in the quarterfinals. Fenlon earned SCAC Coach of the Year honors and the Tigers were ranked fourth in the final D3hoops.com poll.

In 2000-01, he led the Tigers to a 19-6 record and a third-place finish in the SCAC. The team ranked eighth in Division III rebound margin, ninth in scoring defense, 20th in scoring margin and 28th in three-point percentage.

In 1999-2000 he directed a team of primarily freshmen and sophomores, to a second-place finish in their second year in the SCAC and a top-25 national ranking during the season.

In his first season with the Tigers in 1992-93, Fenlon led the Old Gold to an Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and a fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament despite being picked to finish third in the ICAC in a preseason poll of coaches. The Tigers ranked first in the nation in three-point percentage (45.6) and 11th in scoring defense (61.3) that season.

In 1994 the Tigers ranked ninth in Division III in scoring defense (62.9) and posted the best field goal percentage defense in DePauw history at 41.5 percent. The 1996 team ranked 12th in scoring defense (62.0), while the 1997 squad was 15th (60.9). In 1997-98 the Tigers ranked 20th in free throw percentage at 73.6 percent. The 1998-99 team was sixth in free throw percentage (76.3 percent) and 35th in three-point percentage (38.8 percent), while the 1999-2000 squad was third in three-point percentage (41.3).

Fenlon’s head coaching career began at the Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida. He also was an assistant coach for Team Florida, a 19 & under AAU team, that captured the AAU national championship. That team also had six future NBA draft picks on its roster. His first coaching job was as head coach of the Tampa Preparatory School where his team set the school record for victories in a season during the 1981-82 campaign.

Fenlon’s collegiate head coaching career began at the University of the South in 1985 where he directed the program for three years and led the Tigers to a first-ever national ranking (20th) in 1988. He was an assistant coach there from 1983-85.

He then took over at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1988 and immediately led the Engineers to a 19-7 record for the most wins in seven years. His three-year stint included an NCAA Division III tournament appearance and a first-round victory in 1989. He posted a 53-26 career record at Rose-Hulman and the Engineers ranked among the top 15 in Division III in scoring defense each year.

A head coach during the 1991-92 season at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Fenlon improved Southwestern from an 8-19 record in 1991 to 19-10. The team ranked in the top ten, nationally, in scoring defense.

A 1979 graduate of Northwestern University, Fenlon earned a bachelor of science degree in communications with a minor in English. He also earned three letters as a member of the Wildcats basketball team. Fenlon was an all-state high school player at Marist High School in Atlanta.

Fenlon’s wife, Gigi, is the coordinator of arts publicity and marketing at DePauw and a part-time instructor of communication and theatre. The Fenlons are the parents of Hannah and Quinn.