MEN'S BASKETBALL: Veteran, Successful Ed Douma Joins Ferris State University Staff

BIG RAPIDS - If you know anything about the history of college basketball in West Michigan you probably know a little something about Ed Douma.

Douma, the long-time former head coach at Calvin College (where he won the Division III national championship during the 1991-92 season) and at Hillsdale College has joined the coaching staff of Ferris State University head coach Bill Sall. That staff includes Sall, top assistant Cory Anderson and assistants Bill Killian and Andy Bronkema, who are volunteers. Sall played his college basketball for Calvin College and played for Douma.

You would be hard pressed to find a more knowledgeable guy to add to your coaching staff than Coach Douma who also brings a high level of intensity to the court as well. Sall and Anderson are quite familiar with Douma through their ties with him dating back to the days of both men at Calvin College.

Here are the notes on Douma as compiled by Ferris Athletics Communications:

Douma Joins Staff: Longtime college basketball coach Ed Douma has joined the Bulldog staff for the 2009-10 season. Douma most recently served as head coach at GLIAC-member Hillsdale for nine years until 2007. His experience includes 33 years as a head coach at the collegiate level, including at his alma mater, Calvin College (NCAA-III), where he guided the Knights to the NCAA-III National Championship in 1991-92. He has also served as head coach at Alma College (NCAA-III), fellow GLIAC member Lake Superior State (NAIA), Kent State (NCAA-I) and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (NCAA-III). Douma owns a career mark of 561-295 and also won two MHSAA Class C State Championships at Shelby High School. FSU head coach Bill Sall played for Douma at Calvin and also served as one of his assistant coaches at both Calvin and Hillsdale.