Spence comes to the Vandals after spending the 2021-22 season at the helm of the Miles Community College Pioneers women's basketball team (NJCAA). He boasts an overall record of 601-377Â as a head women's basketball coach over a 30-year span across NCAA Division I and Division II, NAIA, and NJCAA schools.
Prior to Miles City Spence spent nine seasons coaching the Newman Jets where he is the career leader in wins with 120. Under Spence, the Jets reached the Heartland Conference tournament in six of his seven seasons. 13 players have achieved all-conference honors. He coached two freshmen of the year and one player of the year.
Spence also served as the head women's coach at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas. From 2003-2011 Spence was the head coach at NCAA D1 New Mexico State where he is the second-winningest coach in program history (110) and led the Aggies to three straight WAC Tournament Championship games (2006-2008). Before becoming the coach at New Mexico State, Spence was a head coach at Marymount College in Salina, KS, Butler County Community College (117 wins) in El Dorado, KS, and Cowley County Community College (171 wins) in Arkansas City, KS. He also served as athletic director and head men's coach at Colby Community College in Colby KS.
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