Head Coach Charlie Just spent 15 seasons as the head coach of the Golden Eagles women’s basketball program. Just, a 40-year veteran of coaching, has amassed over 500 wins in his collegiate career and more than 750 total wins.
TEAM/STUDENT-ATHLETE HONORS AND ACCOLADES
- 2008-09 USCAA National Championship
- 2-time SLIAC Tournament Champions(2014, 2015)
- 2015 SLIAC Regular Season Champions (2014-15)
- USCAA All-Americans: Beth Jamison (2011), Kelly Harrod (2010, 2011), Shae Mercer (2009),
- SLIAC Players of the Year: Alex Martin (2018-19), Kelly Harrod (2012-13)
- SLIAC Newcomer of the Year: Kayla Styles (2014-15)
- D3basketball.com All-Central Region: Alex Martin (2018-19), Kelly Harrod (2012-13)
- D3basketball.com Central Region Rookie of the Year: Kayla Styles (2014-15)
- 27 SLIAC Academic All-Conference selections
- 19 SLIAC All-Conference Team selections
- 12 SLIAC All-Defensive Team selections
SPALDING HIGHLIGHTS
- 3-time SLIAC Coach of the Year (2013-14, 2014-15, 2018-19)
- Earned 500th win as a women’s college coach
- Back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances (2014, 2015)
- Back-to-back SLIAC Tournament Championships (2014, 2015)
PRIOR TO SPALDING
Prior to coaching Spalding, Coach Just built a successful program at Mercy Academy in Louisville, compiling a record of 183 – 52 during his 7 year tenure with the Jaguars. Coach Just’ teams won five district championships, three regional championships and made three state tournament appearances, finishing as state runner-up in 1982.
Coach Just then became the first full-time head women’s basketball coach at Bellarmine University. In fourteen years at Bellarmine Coach Just’ teams won 299 games. Coach Just gained national recognition leading his teams to eight NCAA Division II tournaments, reaching the Elite Eight four times and the Final Four in 1994. In 1998, Just made a career change when he assumed the duties of head men’s basketball coach at Bellarmine. He held that position for four seasons, qualifying for the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament in each of his last three years. His 2000-01 team posted the school’s highest GLVC finish in nearly a decade.
Coach Just moved back to women’s basketball in 2003 when he accepted a position at Holy Cross High School. In his two years at Holy Cross, his teams finished with a 27-26 record and made two appearances in the Kentucky “All-A” State Tournament. He then assumed the reins at Spalding for the 2005-06 campaign. After starting slowly in a program that only had one winning season in school history, his 2008-09 Golden Eagle team reached the pinnacle of success by capturing the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national championship and setting numerous school records along the way.
PERSONAL
Coach Just was an All-Region and honorable mention All-State basketball player at St. Xavier High School in Louisville. He played his college basketball at Ohio Northern University, where he started for four years and earned all-conference honors each of his last three seasons. He scored 1,245 points during his career and still holds the school record for single-game assists (14) and career assists (414). Coach Just and his wife Deanna live in the Fern Creek area. They have two children, Kate and Kyle.
