Gail Goestenkors
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1981–1985 | Saginaw Valley State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1985–1986 | Iowa State (grad. asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1992 | Purdue (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2007 | Duke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2012 | Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Los Angeles Sparks (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Indiana Fever (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Central Michigan (AHC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Kentucky (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall | 498–163 (.753) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4x NCAA Regional—Final Four (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006) 7× ACC Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999, 2002–2004, 2007) Naismith Coach of the Year (2003) WBCA National Coach of the Year (2003) AP Coach of the Year (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gail Ann Goestenkors (born February 26, 1963)
She is perhaps best known as the women's college basketball head coach of Duke University and the University of Texas at Austin.[2] She led Duke from 1992 until 2007, when she was hired to replace the retiring Jody Conradt at Texas. Goestenkors left Texas following the 2011–12 season citing fatigue.[3]
At Duke, Goestenkors received recognition as the
In 2014–15, she was an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.[4][5]
Born in
Goestenkors was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as one of six members of the Class of 2015.[6]
NCAA Tournaments
Goestenkors' 1998-99 Duke team finished in second place, losing to the Carolyn Peck-coached Purdue Lady Boilermakers in the championship game.[7] Along the way, Duke defeated the Tennessee Lady Vols in the Elite Eight,[8] spoiling Chamique Holdsclaw's bid for a clean sweep of the national championship (Holdsclaw had starred on Tennessee's national championship teams as a freshman, sophomore and junior). Duke's historic upset ended the Lady Vols' three-year run of national championships with a 69–63 victory over Tennessee in the final of the 1999 East Regionaland that sent shock waves through the sport.[6]
Goestenkors' 2004-05 squad made the NCAA Elite Eight and posted a 31–5 record despite the loss of National Player of the Year[9] Alana Beard to graduation.
In 2003–04 with Beard leading the way, the Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, boasted a 30–4 record, won a fifth-straight ACC Tournament championship and fourth-straight ACC regular season title, and broke the
Goestenkors led the Blue Devils to an ACC-record 35-2 ledger in 2002-03 and their second straight NCAA Final Four appearance. For the second consecutive year, Duke posted a 19–0 record against ACC opponents. The 2001–02 season produced similar success. She led the Blue Devils to a 31–4 record and an NCAA Final Four appearance. Duke became the first ACC school to produce an undefeated 19–0 record in the ACC by winning the regular season and Tournament titles. The Blue Devils in 2000-01 posted a 30–4 record, won ACC Tournament and ACC regular season championships and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2006–2007 season ended with a 32–2 record and notched her school's first ever undefeated regular season. She is often known as the "winningest coach not to have won a championship",[10] being runner-up two times in fifteen years. Goestenkors also won the ACC Coach of the Year award in 2007 for the seventh time in fifteen years.[11]
USA Basketball
Goestenkors served as the head coach of the
Goestenkors served as an assistant coach to the national team in the 2002 World Championships, held during September in three cities in China, including
Goestenkors served as an assistant coach for the USA National team in 2006, a team in transition. Lisa Leslie, who had led the team in scoring in the 2004 Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, the 2000 Olympics, the 1998 World Championships, and the 1996 Olympics was no longer on the team. Sheryl Swoopes was available but hampered by injuries, and Dawn Staley moved on to coaching. Newcomers
Awards
- Associated Press National Coach of the Year (2007)[15]
- ACC Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)[11]
- WBCA District Coach of the Year (1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2006)
- WBCA National Coach of the Year (2003, 2007)[16]
- Victor Award Coach of the Year (1999, 2003)
- Naismith National Coach of the Year (2003)
- GBallMag.com Coach of the Year (2002)
- Basketball Times Coach of the Year (2000)
- Carol Eckman Award (2006)[17]
- US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award (2007)[18]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1992–2007) | |||||||||
1992–93 | Duke | 12–15 | 3–13 | 9th | |||||
1993–94 | Duke | 16–11 | 7–9 | 5th | |||||
1994–95 | Duke | 22–9 | 10–6 | 4th | NCAA Second Round
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1995–96 | Duke | 26–7 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round
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1996–97 | Duke | 19–11 | 9–7 | T–3rd | NCAA Second Round
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1997–98 | Duke | 24–8 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight
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1998–99 | Duke | 29–7 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Runner-Up
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1999–00 | Duke | 28–6 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen
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2000–01 | Duke | 30–4 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen
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2001–02 | Duke | 31–4 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Final Four
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2002–03 | Duke | 35–2 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Final Four
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2003–04 | Duke | 30–4 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight
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2004–05 | Duke | 31–5 | 12–2 | T–1st | NCAA Elite Eight
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2005–06 | Duke | 31–4 | 12–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Runner-Up
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2006–07 | Duke | 32–2 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen
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Duke: | 396–99 (.800) | 179–55 (.765) | |||||||
Texas Longhorns (Big 12 Conference) (2007–2012) | |||||||||
2007–08 | Texas | 22–13 | 7–9 | T–7th | NCAA Second Round
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2008–09 | Texas | 21–12 | 8–8 | 6th | NCAA First Round
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2009–10 | Texas | 22–11 | 10–6 | T–4th | NCAA First Round
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2010–11 | Texas | 19–14 | 7–9 | 7th | NCAA First Round
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2011–12 | Texas | 18–14 | 8–10 | 8th | NCAA First Round
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Texas: | 102–64 (.614) | 40–42 (.488) | |||||||
Total: | 498–163 (.753) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
Goestenkors's ex-husband is Mark Simons, who was an assistant coach at a number of women's college basketball programs, including Georgia Tech, Auburn and Michigan State.
References
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.
- ^ "The Herald-Sun - Ex Duke coach Gail Goestenkors quits at Texas cites fatigue". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ "TexasSports.com - Goestenkors introduced as Women's Basketball head coach". Archived from the original on June 6, 2007.
- ^ "Goestenkors and Kloppenburg added to Fever coaching staff". Archived from the original on January 2, 2015.
- ^ "SPARKS NAME GOESTENKORS AND KLOPPENBURG ASSISTANT COACHES". WNBA,com. Retrieved 13 Feb 2014.
- ^ a b Fleser, Dan (10 June 2015). "Gail Goestenkors honored for consistent coaching career". knoxnews.com. Retrieved 4 Jul 2015.
- ^ "CNN/SI - March to San Jose: 1999 NCAA Tournament - Purdue defeats Duke 62-45 to claim first national title - Monday March 29, 1999 10:18 AM". Archived from the original on 2006-02-14. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "ESPN.com Player of Year: Alana Beard". ESPN.com. 2004-03-11. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ "Rivals.com". n.rivals.com.
- ^ a b "Gail Goestenkors Named ACC Coach of the Year".
- ^ "1997 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2002". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "FIFTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2006". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.
- ^ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
- ^ "USBWA WOMEN'S HONORS". USBWA. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "2007-08 ACC Women's Basketball Media Guide - Year-by-Year Standings, Series and Coaches Records" (PDF). ACC. pp. 78–80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ "2007-08 Duke Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Sports. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-11-27.