Albion College

Doreen Carden is the most successful coach in the history of the Albion College women's basketball program. In addition to leading the Britons to winning seasons 19 out of 24 years, Carden's resume includes winning a share of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association's regular season championship in 2005, and the MIAA Tournament title in 2004. Albion has made two trips to the NCAA Division III Championships with the 2005 squad advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. Carden currently has an overall record of 383-239.

Albion broke through during the second half of the 2003-04 season, winning 10 of its final 12 games. The Britons defeated the top two seeds on the road to win their first MIAA Tournament championship and to secure the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Albion finished the season with a school-record 23 victories.

Thanks to the outstanding records, Albion has placed 14 players on the MIAA first team during Carden's tenure. The list of Britons achieving All-MIAA first team status includes Amanda Yeager (2002), Sarah Caskey (2003, 2004, and 2005), Ruthie Sventickas (2005), Jaime Fornetti (2006), Jessica Babcock (2007), Brittany Kemperman (2008), Melissa Shaw (2009), Patty Rewa (2011 and 2012), Brett de Bear (2014), Darian Payne (2016) Oreyana Curry (2017), Evelyn Wischmeyer (2018), Rain Hinton (2019, 20, 21), Lolo Reed (2022), Daniah Beavers (2023), Brazyll Watkins (2024) and Emma Cooke (2025).

In addition, Caskey was the MIAA's MVP and a D3hoops.com honorable mention All-American in 2005.

Carden laid the foundation toward a coaching career when she worked at the Wolverine and Oakland University summer camps from 1991-94. She joined the Traverse City All-State Camp, which features some of the top players in Michigan, in 1997.

She returned to Sterling Heights Stevenson as the assistant girls varsity coach for one season in 1997. Carden also served as head coach of the AAU Michigan Raiders from 1997-99. Her 14 and under team advanced to the state tournament.

In 2000, Carden served as the co-coach at St. Clement High School.

As a player, Carden enjoyed success throughout her career. She helped Sterling Heights Stevenson reach the state quarterfinal in 1987 and the state semifinals in 1989. Carden earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Macomb Athletic Conference in 1988 and 1989. She received third team All-County status in 1987, and was promoted to first team All-County in 1988. In 1989, Carden was named All-County Most Valuable Player, first team All-Suburban,first team All-Metro, and third team All-State.

Oakland University won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1994. Carden served as Oakland's co-captain during the 1992-93 campaign. She was an Academic All-Conference performer in 1993-94 and was voted to six All-Tournament teams.

In addition to her high school coaching resume, Carden had worked as a cytotechnologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit from 1995-2001.

Carden and her husband, Scott, have two daughters, Brooke and Addison, and reside in Albion.