After 16 seasons as the head women's basketball coach at Stevenson, Chris Ramer has announced his resignation. He will continue to serve as the University's assistant athletic director and head men's golf coach.

"I would like to thank our past president, Carolyn Manuszak, our past Senior Woman's Administrator, Carol Zimmerman and our Athletic Director Brett Adams," said Ramer. "They gave me an opportunity to not only coach at the college level, but to start a program from its beginnings."

"In addition, I would like to give a special thanks to our current President, Dr. Kevin Manning. Under his leadership, he has been very supportive of me personally, and the women's basketball program as a whole, as we strive to be a national leader in Division III athletics."

Ramer was named head coach in 1995 and has been the only head coach in the history of the women's basketball program. He coached in 403 career games, leading the Mustangs to four conference tournaments in seven years and two NEAC South Division titles. He earned his 100th career win with a 55-53 victory over Salisbury on Jan. 20, 2010.

Ramer has mentored six all-conference selections and led Stevenson to its first 20-win season when the team went 20-7 in 2005-06 and advanced to the ECAC Division III South Championhip. He also led the Mustangs to a 19-10 record in 2006-07 during their last season in the NEAC.

"Coaching these past 16 years, I have had many memorable coaching moments that I will cherish forever," said Ramer. "I had the opportunity to open two new gyms in my career. My first year team was a very special group of young ladies who had very little basketball experience but never gave up on the game. They were the start of something special and I kept telling them and myself that small steps breed success."

Ramer has also served as the head men's golf coach at Stevenson since 2004 and was named CAC Coach of the Year in 2008. During his seven seasons, the Mustangs have had 15 all-conference selections, three runner-up finishes at the conference championship and made their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Men's Golf Championship in 2007.

During the 2009-10 season, Stevenson set the school record for lowest team round, lowest team tournament and lowest individual tournament while also obtaining All-Academic Team honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America. Senior Matt Lukehart was recognized as a Cleveland Golf/Srixon Division III All-America Scholar by the GCAA while the team was honored as a GCAA All-Academic Team.

Ramer has also served as a physical education professor and intramural director.

"Chris has been an integral part of our department," said Director of Athletics Brett Adams. "It is very difficult to imagine that the sideline will be manned by someone else. Our 16 years together has been a great coaching experience. His relationship with the students and their academic success, there is no comparison."

A 1971 graduate of Towson University, Ramer began the Towson Rec Council girls' basketball program in 1970 and was involved with the program for 27 years. He also started the Towson Tornadoes AAU girls program in 1990 which expanded to become the Maryland Tornadoes.

Ramer was a physical education teacher in the Baltimore County school system for over 30 years. He and his wife, Jeannette, live in Towson and have three daughters, Nicole, Julia and Jessica.