The following coaches serve as instructors at our Newville location:
Dave Springer
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Dave Springer enters his 11th year as head coach of the Shippensburg University men’s basketball team. Over the course of 10 seasons, Springer has recruited and graduated the winningest senior class in school history and revitalized the program into a PSAC Championship contender.
Springer's teams have also built a reputation for playing tough, aggressive defense. In the 2005 and 2006 campaigns, his teams finished in the nation's top 10 in scoring defense, and were ranked fourth in 2005-06 after allowing just 59.1 points per game.
Springer's success did not go unnoticed, as he was tabbed PSAC Western Division Coach of the Year for the 2006 season. He was recently selected to serve as a member of the 2007-08 East regional advisory committee (RAC) for the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee. Among his duties were to rank the top teams in the region as well as aid with the selection process for the NCAA tournament.
Springer, who was an assistant coach at California University (Pa.) in 2001, has coached in the PSAC for 16 years at three different universities. Prior to taking the assistant’s job at California he was an assistant coach at Shippensburg for 11 years, coaching from 1989 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2000. He guided Millersville to an 11-15 record as the team’s head coach during the 1996-97 season.
While at Shippensburg, Springer built a reputation for hard work. He was an energetic teacher and a tireless recruiter. He also helped the team establish a support system for academics. That effort has paid dividends through the years, helping Shippensburg maintain high retention and graduation rates. Five players made the dean’s list in the spring of 2002.
Springer went to Millersville just before the start of the 1996-97 season to be the interim head coach. Among his accomplishments with the Marauders was the work he devoted to the Millersville department of athletics in its effort to organize an academic support program for the team. On the court, Millersville was in the hunt for a PSAC playoff berth until the last week of the season, winning eight of their last 13 games. One of the highlights of the year was an upset of PSAC champion Mansfield. It was the only conference loss of the season for the Mounties.
Springer spent seven summers coaching with Planet Basketball and The Hoop Camp. He has taken eight teams to Venezuela, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad-Tobago and Canada. In the summer of 1999 he took a senior team which included Shippensburg star Wayne Morris and six other All-PSAC players to Sweden. In the summer of 2000, before joining the staff at California, he helped organize the Shippensburg basketball team’s tour in Canada. The summer of 2003, he took Marcus Hudson and Chuck Davis on a six game tour to Toronto and Montreal.
Springer serves on the International Basketball Coaches Committee for the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He is Vice-President on the Advisory Board of the Boys and Girls Clubhouse in Shippensburg. He worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Central Pennsylvania to open a Shippensburg Clubhouse in March of 2004. Under his direction, many Red Raider players have worked as counselors at the Boys and Girls Club.
Springer's teams have also built a reputation for playing tough, aggressive defense. In the 2005 and 2006 campaigns, his teams finished in the nation's top 10 in scoring defense, and were ranked fourth in 2005-06 after allowing just 59.1 points per game.
Springer's success did not go unnoticed, as he was tabbed PSAC Western Division Coach of the Year for the 2006 season. He was recently selected to serve as a member of the 2007-08 East regional advisory committee (RAC) for the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee. Among his duties were to rank the top teams in the region as well as aid with the selection process for the NCAA tournament.
Springer, who was an assistant coach at California University (Pa.) in 2001, has coached in the PSAC for 16 years at three different universities. Prior to taking the assistant’s job at California he was an assistant coach at Shippensburg for 11 years, coaching from 1989 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2000. He guided Millersville to an 11-15 record as the team’s head coach during the 1996-97 season.
While at Shippensburg, Springer built a reputation for hard work. He was an energetic teacher and a tireless recruiter. He also helped the team establish a support system for academics. That effort has paid dividends through the years, helping Shippensburg maintain high retention and graduation rates. Five players made the dean’s list in the spring of 2002.
Springer went to Millersville just before the start of the 1996-97 season to be the interim head coach. Among his accomplishments with the Marauders was the work he devoted to the Millersville department of athletics in its effort to organize an academic support program for the team. On the court, Millersville was in the hunt for a PSAC playoff berth until the last week of the season, winning eight of their last 13 games. One of the highlights of the year was an upset of PSAC champion Mansfield. It was the only conference loss of the season for the Mounties.
Springer spent seven summers coaching with Planet Basketball and The Hoop Camp. He has taken eight teams to Venezuela, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad-Tobago and Canada. In the summer of 1999 he took a senior team which included Shippensburg star Wayne Morris and six other All-PSAC players to Sweden. In the summer of 2000, before joining the staff at California, he helped organize the Shippensburg basketball team’s tour in Canada. The summer of 2003, he took Marcus Hudson and Chuck Davis on a six game tour to Toronto and Montreal.
Springer serves on the International Basketball Coaches Committee for the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He is Vice-President on the Advisory Board of the Boys and Girls Clubhouse in Shippensburg. He worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Central Pennsylvania to open a Shippensburg Clubhouse in March of 2004. Under his direction, many Red Raider players have worked as counselors at the Boys and Girls Club.
Eric Rahauser
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Eric Rahauser ‘11M was named the acting assistant men’s basketball coach at Shippensburg University for the 2011-12 season. Rahauser has been an integral member of the men’s basketball coaching staff for the last two seasons under Dave Springer while also serving as the graduate assistant in the sports information office.
Over the last two years at Shippensburg, Rahauser was one of the team’s primary recruiters and helped coordinate all aspects of scouting and pre-game preparation. On the floor, Rahauser was a primary mentor to the guards and was influential with the team’s defensive instruction. He was also the co-director of the SU summer basketball camps and completed internships with the Shippensburg Boys & Girls Club and SU’s office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes.
Rahauser was a four-year letter winner with the Red Devil men’s basketball program, serving as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons. He moved into a starting role midway through the 2007-08 campaign, helping Dickinson reach the Centennial Conference playoffs for the first time since 1997.
Rahauser, earned a degree in American Studies in May of 2009. He is also a native of the Mercersburg Academy and received the Plantz Award in 2001, an honor bestowed upon the best male athlete in the senior class. He has extensive backgrounds in basketball camps, serving as an instructor for both Dickinson College and Rutgers University. He has also served as a director of residence and a writing instructor for the Young Writer’s Camp at Mercersburg Academy.
Over the last two years at Shippensburg, Rahauser was one of the team’s primary recruiters and helped coordinate all aspects of scouting and pre-game preparation. On the floor, Rahauser was a primary mentor to the guards and was influential with the team’s defensive instruction. He was also the co-director of the SU summer basketball camps and completed internships with the Shippensburg Boys & Girls Club and SU’s office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes.
Rahauser was a four-year letter winner with the Red Devil men’s basketball program, serving as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons. He moved into a starting role midway through the 2007-08 campaign, helping Dickinson reach the Centennial Conference playoffs for the first time since 1997.
Rahauser, earned a degree in American Studies in May of 2009. He is also a native of the Mercersburg Academy and received the Plantz Award in 2001, an honor bestowed upon the best male athlete in the senior class. He has extensive backgrounds in basketball camps, serving as an instructor for both Dickinson College and Rutgers University. He has also served as a director of residence and a writing instructor for the Young Writer’s Camp at Mercersburg Academy.
Matt Hilton
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Matt Hilton joins Shippensburg after a successful playing career at Ursinus College in which he scored 1,318 points.
At Ursinus, Hilton was a senior captain who finished his career as a three-time All-Centennial Conference athlete and a three-time All-Centennial Conference Outstanding Academic Achievement Award winner. Hilton was awarded the 2010-11 Ehret Prize as Ursinus’s Athlete of the Year and also was selected as the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete award.
On the court, Hilton finished his career with a three-pointer in 60 straight games, the second-longest streak in Centennial Conference history. He also shot 91 percent from the foul line (274-of-301) during his four-year career, which also set a new conference record. His three-point percentage (44.6) during his four-year career also set a new Centennial record.
For six years, Hilton was a regular coach and instructor at youth basketball camps in his native Lewistown. He orchestrated team practice sessions by leading drills and presentations while mentoring youth with a focus on basketball skill development.
Hilton graduated cum laude from Ursinus in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in business and economics while completing a minor in coaching.
At Ursinus, Hilton was a senior captain who finished his career as a three-time All-Centennial Conference athlete and a three-time All-Centennial Conference Outstanding Academic Achievement Award winner. Hilton was awarded the 2010-11 Ehret Prize as Ursinus’s Athlete of the Year and also was selected as the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete award.
On the court, Hilton finished his career with a three-pointer in 60 straight games, the second-longest streak in Centennial Conference history. He also shot 91 percent from the foul line (274-of-301) during his four-year career, which also set a new conference record. His three-point percentage (44.6) during his four-year career also set a new Centennial record.
For six years, Hilton was a regular coach and instructor at youth basketball camps in his native Lewistown. He orchestrated team practice sessions by leading drills and presentations while mentoring youth with a focus on basketball skill development.
Hilton graduated cum laude from Ursinus in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in business and economics while completing a minor in coaching.