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Coach Tim Abney
Women's Basketball Head Coach
Tim Abney is one of many coaches considered to be a "True Blue Tiger,” by playing, graduating with a degree and now coaching at Lincoln University.
Abney enrolled at Lincoln University in the fall of 1974 on a scholarship to play basketball and tennis. As a 6-2 guard, he played on some of the Blue Tigers most successful teams. During his collegiate career, the Blue Tigers were 83-29 (.741) and won two outright Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season championships in 1974-75 and 1976-77. He was named All-MIAA in basketball in 1976-77 and 1977-78. He also won the MIAA Sportsmanship Award for men's basketball during those same years.
After graduating with a degree in Business, he stayed on as a volunteer assistant coach for the Blue Tigers under head coach Don Corbett for the 1978-79 basketball season. He then followed Corbett to North Carolina Agricultural and Technological State University (Greensboro, N.C.), where he served as men's basketball assistant coach from 1979-86.
From 1986-99 he served as the women's basketball head coach for North Carolina A&T. While head coach of the Aggies, Abney compiled a 191-172 (.526) record. He guided North Carolina A&T to three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) regular season championships. Under his direction the Aggies earned their first invitation to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Tournament in the 1993-94 season.
Since his arrival in 1999 as women's basketball head coach, Abney has picked up his 200th career victory. The milestone win came against the Thorobrettes of Kentucky State University 70-64 in Frankfurt, Ky. on Feb. 24, 2001.
He is a native of Kansas City, Mo., where he played for famous Lincoln University alum Jack Bush, Sr. at Central (Mo.) High School. Abney is married to his wife Diane and they have three children; Darrell, Dannon and DeAndrea.
Tim Abney's career records as a head coach
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1986-87 North Carolina A&T
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6-19, 4-10 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
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1987-88 North Carolina A&T
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22-7, 13-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference $
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1988-89 North Carolina A&T
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17-12, 11-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference !
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1989-90 North Carolina A&T
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19-9, 12-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference $ |
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1990-91 North Carolina A&T
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22-8, 10-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1991-92 North Carolina A&T
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14-12, 7-7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1992-93 North Carolina A&T
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9-19, 5-11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1993-94 North Carolina A&T
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19-11, 11-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference # |
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1994-95 North Carolina A&T
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19-9, 13-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1995-96 North Carolina A&T
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18-11, 9-7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1996-97 North Carolina A&T
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11-16, 9-9 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1997-98 North Carolina A&T
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5-21, 4-14 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1998-99 North Carolina A&T
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10-18, 8-10 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
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1999-00 Lincoln University
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4-21 Independent |
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2000-01 Lincoln University
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5-20, 1-11 Heartland Conference |
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2001-02 Lincoln University
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10-17, 2-8 Heartland Conference |
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2002-03 Lincoln University
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13-15, 6-4 Heartland Conference* ^ |
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2003-04 Lincoln University
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13-12, 6-6 Heartland Conference*
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2004-05 Lincoln University
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10-16, 6-6 Heartland Conference*
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2005-06 Lincoln University
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1-23, 1-11 Heartland Conference
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| 13 seasons at N.C. A&T |
191-172 (.526) overall, 116-86 (.574) MEAC, $ outright MEAC champions, ! tied for the MEAC championship with Howard University (Washington D.C.), # made the first field of 64 into the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. |
| Seven seasons at Lincoln University |
56-124 (.311) overall, 22-46 (.324) HC, * denotes Blue Tiger teams, which qualified for the Heartland Conference Postseason Tournament, ^ Heartland Conference Women's Coach of the Year
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| 20 seasons as a head coach |
247-296 (.455) overall |
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