I ve got my own TV show, you travel on your own bus, you get the cheerleaders every game, you ve got the president every game, you ve got the vice president every game. Everything as a whole is just phenomenal. But with the added benefits come the high expectations placed on Vincent by California administrators and, more importantly, herself. Now it comes down to whether or not you can really coach, because now everything is in place for me, Vincent said. I m not climbing up a hill against anything, at Slippery Rock you do.
Every coach has to climb up some type of hill.
Vincent attributed much of the struggle to the large number of sports that the SRU athletic department budget has to be spread amongst. While Slippery Rock athletics supports 23 programs, California boasts only 15 sports. California offers the NCAA maximum 10 full scholarships for the women s basketball program, while Slippery Rock only offered two, Vincent said. So many times you have to go out and get into a money war with IUP, Cal, and even Edinboro to a point, Vincent said. Now the teams are going to have to money battle with me.