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28 years of coaching individuals, junior teams, college teams and men's and women's teams. 

Competitive Playdown Coaching Record (updated 4/2005)

• 11 World Junior men's, junior women's, women's championships
• Silver medalist at 2003 Junior Women's World Championships, Flims, Switzerland
• Silver medalist at 2005 Karuizawa International Curling Competition, Karuizawa, Japan
• Silver medalist at 2005 Women's World Championships, Paisley, Scotland
• Gold medalist at 2006 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Curling
• Team Leader -- Worlds (combined record 15-14 not included above)
• 15 firsts or seconds at Nationals
• 3 Olympic Trials and Qualifiers
• 26 firsts or seconds at State
• Has been instructing college curling classes, as time permits, for Marquette University and the University of Milwaukee since 1992.
• 1998 Olympic Developmental Coach of the Year

COACHING EDUCATION/ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Attended coaches' clinics at U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs in 1991, '93, '94 and twice in '95, Salt Lake Coaches Forum 1997
• Attended U.S. Olympic Coaches College, U.S. Training Center, Colorado Springs, 2003
• Attended Ray Turnbull clinics
• Attended coaches and competitors clinics in Canada sponsored by Curl Canada in 1990, 1998
• Certified Level IV Coach, Level III Instructor, Level II Official, Team Leader course

About Neil Doese:

Neil Doese's coaching experience covers the entire spectrum of competition, from the high school and college levels on up to world championships. Since 1992 he has taken the lead for teaching college curling classes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University, also in Milwaukee. He has also organized and conducted numerous curling clinics and camps throughout the country.

Personal goal: Doese would like to see the final phase of a new school that he has worked toward. Completion is scheduled for 2005.

Other favorite sports: Baseball, golf

Education: Bachelor's Degree - Briercrest College, Caronport, Saskatchewan, Canada

Hobbies: Collecting baseball cards. Doese is an avid fan of the Milwaukee Brewers. He enjoys spending time and attending sporting activities with his five grandchildren.