Biography:

Coach Bill Schankel is entering his third season with the Lady Slaters, second as Head JH Coach.  He graduated from Bangor and played basketball.  After high school, Bill graduated from Churchman Business College.  Bill and his wife MaryAnn of 50 years are proud parents of one child, Bill and two grandchildren Aiden and Kayla. Bill is a retired postal clerk from Pen Argyl.  Bill’s coaching experience spans multiple decades in both basketball and softball.

Biography:

Coach Karyn begins her second year as a member of the Bangor Lady Slaters coaching staff.  A 1996 graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, she was a four-time all-conference player and earned All-American honors in basketball as a senior at Susquehanna University.  She also competed in track and field at Susquehanna, winning four Middle Atlantic Conference championships — three in the triple jump and one in the long jump.  Karyn worked at Kean University for a decade, last serving as the Director of Student-Athlete Services, NCAA Compliance Officer and Senior Woman Administrator.  She has been active in the UMBT Slater Youth Basketball program for the last four years.  Karyn and her husband Martin have two daughters, Julia and Kathryn, and reside in Mount Bethel. 

Biography:

I am a 1990 graduate from Phillipsburg High School and earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Education from FSU in 1995 and 1997 respectively.  I ran both Cross Country and Track & Field at Phillipsburg and FSU. While at P’Burg I was privileged to have been a varsity member of teams that won the East Penn Conference in Cross Country (’88 &’89) , Track (’87 &’90) as well as a NJ  State Sectional Title in Cross Country (’88). At FSU I enjoyed many team successes with multiple Conference championship teams in CC, Indoor & outdoor Track and Field as well as three team qualifying trips to NCAA Cross Country Nationals.  Individually, I was very successful with having earned  All-American finishes at NCAA nationals in CC twice, and a combined eleven times in Indoor and Outdoor Track.

I have been Coaching at Bangor since 2001 as either a volunteer, an assistant or as a head coach in High School Cross Country (volunteer ’01-’02, assistant ’03-’07, head ’08-present), Middle School Basketball (assistant ’03-’15, ’18-19, head ’16-’17), Junior High Basketball volunteer assistant (‘19-‘20) , and High School Track and Field (assistant ’02- ’06, head ’07-present). Over those years as the head coach these HS teams have earned twelve (12) Colonial League Championships (CC earned 5, track earned 7).

Personally, I am married to my wife Tanya and I am blessed with 5 children, two sons and three daughters (Aaron, Jacob, Sarah, (the twins) Grace and Hannah).