Assistant men's basketball coach and DePauw
alumnus Brian Oilar will leaving DePauw to be
the head coach at Otterbein College.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
Gina Wills and Brian Oilar have become fixtures at DePauw University's athletic facilities. Wills patrols Reavis Stadium sideline as field hockey’s head coach and Oilar pacing the bench at Neal Fieldhouse serves as an assistant coach on the men’s basketball team.
On Tuesday, DePauw announced with statements on its website that both individuals decided to move on from DePauw and take head coaching positions at other schools.
Wills will move on to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia to head up the Generals’ field hockey program. Meanwhile, Oilar will take a promotion and join the head coaching ranks at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.
After eight seasons in Greencastle, Wills will be leaving behind what could be a very attractive position for prospective coaches. Last season Wills guided DePauw field hockey to a 16-3 overall record and a trip to the semifinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament.
Head field hockey coach Gina Wills went 121-40
in her eight years as a coach at DePauw.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
She will move on to head up Washington and Lee’s program that went 11-8 a season ago and went 4-4 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play.
Oilar had been a part of head coach Bill Fenlon’s staff since 2009 after graduating from the university the year before. Before joining Fenlon in a suit on the sidelines, Oilar served under him as a player for four seasons.
Oilar won’t be stepping into an ideal situation when he gets to Otterbein. A season ago, the Cardinals went 3-22 including a 54-42 loss at home against the Tigers.
DePauw athletic director Stevie Baker-Watson has not announced replacements for either coach.