Eckerd College Women's Basketball

Honsinger earned his 100 career coaching victory November 11, in a 65-59 win over UPR-Bayamon. A former player for the Tritons, Honsinger has quickly made an impact on the women's program. In 2009, he became the school's first women's basketball head coach to be named the Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year since 1986 after Eckerd set a new record for overall wins (17) and conference victories (9). The success came after a huge improvement in 2007-08, which saw the Tritons go 15-13 -- including a program-best 8-0 start to SSC play. During the process, he had two players recognized on the All-SSC team (Olivia Nagle and Ashley Lutz), with Lutz becoming a two-time member following the 2009-10 campaign. The strides continued into 2008-09, matching the team's mark for wins in a season (17) and SSC victories (9). The Tritons also reached the SSC Tournament semifinals for the second time in the last three years. Prior to leading the Eckerd program, Honsinger, a native of Albany, N.Y., was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the College of Saint Rose. Away from Eckerd, Honsinger has also served as a coach and speaker at numerous camps and clinics, both domestic and abroad. He graduated from Eckerd with a degree in psychology in 1998, and he later received his master's degree in education administration from The College of Saint Rose in 2004.  Honsinger and his wife, Karen, reside in St. Petersburg and have two daughters, Reese and Anna, and a son, Myles.