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Fort Wayne, IN– New IPFW men's basketball coach Dane Fife has completed his coaching staff for the upcoming 2005-06 season.

Associate Head Coach Jeff Tungate
Last season, Tungate was an assistant on the staff at Oakland University, helping the Golden Griz earn a birth in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to joining the Oakland staff, he was the head coach at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee for five seasons. While with the Railsplitters he compiled a 60-74 record, including a 19-10 mark in the 2002-03 season, the most wins for the school in 15 years. Prior to taking over as head coach, Tungate spent one season as an assistant for Lincoln Memorial, helping guide the team to a 17-10 record and a Gulf South Conference-East championship. Before moving to Tennessee, Tungate was an assistant coach at Rochester College for three seasons.

Coach Fife on Tungate: "Jeff brings a wealth of experience to this staff and he we will all benefit from his experiences. Having had a taste of the NCAA tournament last year while he was at Oakland University, Jeff is very hungry to help IPFW get to a championship level. He not only brings a winners mentality, but he knows how to coach and he knows how to win."

Assistant Coach Tony Jasick
Jasick spent last season on the Middle Tennessee staff as a graduate assistant after spending the previous three years as an NCAA Division II assistant, most recently at Newberry College. Jasick began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the University of North Alabama (Gulf South Conference), where he worked under the school's all-time winningest coach, Gary Elliot. He spent the past three years as an NCAA Division II assistant and helped lead Newberry College to the program's most wins in more than 20 years in 2003-04. Newberry also made its first appearance in the conference tournament championship game last season.

Coach Fife on Jasick: "Tony brings to IPFW unparalleled experience in terms of organization and commitment to the making this team better. He is a prime example of a young coach who has paid his dues and his hard work is now paying off. We feel very fortunate to have Tony and are very certain that he will be a tremendous asset to this program."

Assistant Coach Jermaine Kimbrough
Kimbrough comes to IPFW after spending last season at UMass (Atlantic 10) on the staff of Head Coach Steve Lappas. Prior to his stint at UMass, Kimbrough was as an Administrative Assistant at Cleveland State where he aided the coaching staff with recruiting, scouting, student-athlete academic services, team travel, tape exchange, camp and various other duties. Kimbrough served as an assistant coach at Howard College in Texas from 2001-03 where he helped the Hawks to a national ranking as high as No. 2 in the nation. Howard had a 23-game win streak during his tenure and finished ranked No. 15 in the nation in 2002, when they won their conference championship. Kimbrough helped promote the program performing various roles as an assistant coach, recruiter and academic liaison.

Coach Fife on Kimbrough: "Jermaine has played in a successful program and coached in a successful program. He simply knows what it takes to win and he is more than willing to put in the effort. We are very excited to have Jermaine with us at IPFW and we cannot wait to see what he can bring to the table for us."