DAYTON DAILY NEWS                   Copyright (c) 1997, Dayton Newspapers Inc.DATE: Tuesday, March 18, 1997               TAG: 9703180078EDITION: CITY          SECTION: SPORTS      PAGE: 1D TYPE: PROFILE SOURCE: By Chick Ludwig        DAYTON DAILY NEWS                             WSU MEN'S BASKETBALL                          SCHILLING WAS BORN TO COACH * The Raiders' new leader comes from a family of coaches and teachers.    Looking back, it was inevitable that Ed Schilling would become a basketballcoach.   His dad, Edmund, played for the legendary Tony Hinkle at Butler Universityin 1965-66 and 1966-67, coached five years at Marian College in Indianapolisin the 1970s and is an associate professor of education at IndianaUniversity-Purdue University at Indianapolis.   His mom, Ina, is a kindergarten teacher whose father, Walter Cross, was aprep track and basketball coaching icon at Kokomo (Ind.) High School.   "You can see that Ed has all kinds of basketball genes," Schilling's dadsaid. "And he's done all he's needed to do to prepare himself for thisassignment."   Schilling, a 31-year-old assistant coach for the NBA's New Jersey Nets,gets introduced as Wright State University's fifth men's head basketball coachat noon today in the Berry Room of WSU's Ervin J. Nutter Center.   "It's always good to have a member of the `Cradle of Coaches' get anothernice step in his career," said Jerry Peirson, who coached Schilling at MiamiUniversity from 1984-88.   Schilling was a 6-foot-2 point guard who played alongside Dayton's RonHarper (Kiser) and Ron Hunter (Chaminade-Julienne) for two seasons on his wayto becoming the Redskins' career assists leader with 629.   After spending two years at Western Boone High School in Thorntown, Ind.,where he coached former WSU player Jon Ramey, Schilling moved on to Logansport(Ind.) High School for four years.   He worked two seasons for John Calipari - at UMass in 1995-96 and with theNets this season - and has been a coach, counselor and lecturer at theprestigious Five-Star Basketball Camp in Coraopolis, Pa., since 1985.   "This may sound kind of corny, but he's been just a super kid all along,"the elder Schilling said.   "We tried to teach him good work habits and to always have respect forothers. Stay humble in victory and never put yourself above the team.   "He's always been very goal-oriented. I think you'll see his teams reflectthat personality. You'll see him make better people of the students whorepresent the school.   "The name of the game now is recruiting and molding the guys he has. He'llestablish discipline, but he's not going to be emotional about it. You'llnever see him embarrass a player on the floor."   An example of Schilling's commitment: As a kid, he kept meticulous recordsof his shooting and dribbling statistics.   "It got to the point where I'd say, `Calm down a little,' but he was alsoso focused and committed," Schilling's dad said.   One of the highlights of Ramey's career at Western Boone was when the teamspent the night in the gymnasium.   "We called it `The Overnight,'' Ramey said. "All the lights were turned offin the gym except for the scoreboard. We stood in a circle at halfcourt, andeverybody talked about their hopes and dreams.   "Ed was always doing neat stuff like that. As a coach and person, he'sexciting to be around. As a motivator and teacher, he's somebody you'll call10 years from now when you need advice."LENGTH:   68 linesILLUSTRATION: COLOR PHOTO: Ed Schilling  CATEG: SPORTS SUBJ: COLLEGE BASKETBALL      COACHES NA: ED SCHILLING    WSUGEOG:  AT:  ENHANCER: ref7