Marianne Stanley
Old Dominion | |
1987–1989 | Penn |
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1989–1993 | USC |
1995–1996 | Stanford |
1996–2000 | California |
2000 | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
2001 | Washington Mystics (assistant) |
2002–2003 | Washington Mystics |
2004–2006 | New York Liberty (assistant) |
2006–2008 | Rutgers (assistant) |
2008–2009 | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
2010–2019 | Washington Mystics (assistant) |
2020–2022 | Indiana Fever |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
Marianne Crawford Stanley (born April 29, 1954) is an American basketball coach. She previously served as the head coach of the Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1]
Born in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, Stanley played high school basketball at Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.[2]: 193–194 She was inducted into the Prendergast Hall of Fame in 2014.
After transferring from West Chester State College (now
On January 26, 1975, she played in the first nationally televised women's intercollegiate basketball game. Facing Maryland at Cole Field House, Immaculata won 80–48.
On February 22, 1975, she played in the first women's basketball game played in Madison Square Garden. Immaculata beat Queens College 65–61.
The story of the basketball team was adapted into a movie, The Mighty Macs,[4] which was released in 2011. The 1972–1974 teams were announced on April 7, 2014, as part of the 2014 induction class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and were formally inducted as a team on August 8, 2014.[5] In 2022, Stanley and Theresa Grentz were inducted into the Naismith Hall for their subsequent accomplishments as college coaches.[6]
Stanley began her coaching career as an assistant at Immaculata under her former coach
Stanley later coached at
Stanley joined the New York Liberty as an assistant coach in 2004. She returned to the college coaching ranks in Sept.of 2006 as an assistant to C. Vivian Stringer at Rutgers University. They guided the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA finals in 2007.
The WNBA came calling in 2008 and Marianne left to join Coach Michael Cooper staff with the Los Angeles Sparks as an assistant from 2008 through 2009, and rejoined the Mystics as an assistant coach in 2010.
On November 27, 2019, Stanley was introduced as the head coach of the Indiana Fever. Stanley coached parts of three seasons with the team, amassing an 14–49 record before she was fired on May 25, 2022.[9]
Coaching Record
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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WAS | 2002 | 32 | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3rd in East | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Lost in Conference finals |
WAS | 2003 | 34 | 9 | 25 | .265 | 7th in East | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
IND | 2020 | 22 | 6 | 16 | .273 | 5th in East | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
IND | 2021 | 32 | 6 | 26 | .188 | 6th in East | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
IND | 2022 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | (fired) | - | - | - | - | – |
Career | 129 | 40 | 89 | .310 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
References
- ^ "Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ ISBN 0313309124.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ a b Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "ESPN Mighty Macs". YouTube.
- ^ Promotions, Milk Money. "The Mighty Macs - About The Movie". themightymacs.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ Coach Bio Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Marianne Stanley". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ VanTryon, Matthew. "Indiana Fever fires head coach Marianne Stanley, continuing tumultuous era for franchise". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 26 May 2022.