Lapinski, Guthrie and Motondo Added to Guilford College Coaching Staff

Greensboro, N.C. (8/30/07) -- Guilford College added three assistant coaches to its athletic department staff Thursday. Athletics director Marion Kirby announced the appointment of Charette Guthrie as assistant women's basketball coach, Emily Lapinski as assistant women's swimming coach and Frank Motondo as assistant volleyball coach.

Guthrie makes her college coaching debut with the Quakers after starting in the high school and club ranks. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native starred on the hardcourts for North Forsyth High School where she helped coach Mike Muse's team reach the 1997 North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4-A final. Guthrie earned honorable mention All-America recognition from USA Today in 1997 and graduated ranked second among the Vikings' career scoring leaders. After starting her college basketball career at East Carolina University, she transferred to Winston-Salem State University for her final two seasons. The Rams averaged 19 wins per year and reached the 2001 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament semifinals with Guthrie on the roster. She earned All-CIAA Tournament honors and ranked among the league's top three-point shooters in 2001.

While completing her bachelor's degree in sport management, Guthrie served a year as a student assistant on coach Debra Clark's Winston-Salem State staff. After graduating in 2002, she spent two seasons as an assistant girls' coach at North Forsyth before helping Carver (N.C.) High School's girls to the 2005 regular-season Piedmont Triad 3-A Conference title. Guthrie assisted North Forsyth's boys' teams from 2000-04 and spent three years coaching the Kappa Magic boys' Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team. From 2005-07 she was the head girls' basketball coach at Atkins (N.C.) High School. Guthrie earned her master's degree in sports studies from High Point University in 2007 and directs the CP3 All-Stars AAU team. She joins Guilford head coach Stephanie Flamini in welcoming 12 letter winners from last year's 10-16, including Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) selection Tracey Croner '09.

Lapinski, a 2004 elementary education graduate of Northern Michigan University, was a member of the varsity swimming and diving team for four years. She gained coaching experience during two years as an assistant coach in the Marquette (Mich.) Area Public School System and as the swim coach and program coordinator for Marquette Community Schools. Lapinski directed the Holt Hurricanes Swim Club in 1998 and presently teaches in the Guilford County School District. She comes to head coach Steve Kaczmarek's staff to direct a team returning eight letter winners from last season's unit that placed 10th at the ODAC Championships.

Motondo comes to Guilford from New Jersey where he was head coach of West Windsor Plainsboro (N.J.) High School boys' and girls' volleyball teams from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, he was a volunteer assistant coach for Seton Hall University. A member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and the United States Association of Volleyball, Motondo moved to North Carolina in 2007 and has worked as an assistant coach with the Piedmont Triad Volleyball Club Juniors-17 team. He joins second-year head coach Emily Hayes' team that returns eight letter winners from last year's 3-25 unit, including honorable mention All-ODAC pick Kaci Loeffler '09.