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'''Suzie McConnell-Serio''' (born July 29, 1966)<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/> is an American [[women's basketball]] coach and former player. She is currently the head coach for the women's basketball team at the [[University of Pittsburgh]]. In 2004, she was named [[WNBA Coach of the Year]] as coach of the [[Minnesota Lynx]].
'''Suzie McConnell-Serio''' (born July 29, 1966)<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/> is an American [[women's basketball]] coach and former player. She was most recently the head coach for the women's basketball team at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] from 2013 to 2018. In 2004, she was named [[WNBA Coach of the Year]] as coach of the [[Minnesota Lynx]].


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 17:29, 5 April 2018

Suzie McConnell-Serio
Current position
Record67–87 (.435)
Biographical details
Born (1966-07-29) July 29, 1966 (age 57)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1984–1988Penn State
1998–2000Cleveland Rockers
Position(s)
Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–2003Oakland Catholic HS
2003–2006Minnesota Lynx
2007–2013Duquesne
2013–2018Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall190–155 (.551)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3×
All-American (1988)
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (1988)
All-WNBA First team (1998)
2× Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (1998, 2000)
WNBA Coach of the Year Award
(2004)
Medal record
Women’s basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team competition
FIBA World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 USSR Team competition
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield Team competition
William Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place 1985 Taipei Team competition
Assistant coach for the  United States
Women's national basketball team
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team competition

Suzie McConnell-Serio (born July 29, 1966)

WNBA Coach of the Year as coach of the Minnesota Lynx
.

Career

Born in

triple-doubles, which at the time was an NCAA all-divisions women's record (later equaled by Louella Tomlinson of Saint Mary's). This record has since been broken by Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu.[6]

Before joining the Minnesota Lynx, McConnell-Serio served as head coach of the girls basketball team at Oakland Catholic High School in Pittsburgh for 13 years, from 1991-2003. During that time, her teams won 3 PIAA state championships (1993, 2001, 2003), were runners-up twice (2000-2002), and won five consecutive district championships (1999-2003). On December 17, 2002, Suzie reached a coaching milestone with her 300th win. She finished her high school coaching career after the 2002-2003 season with a 321-86 record.

She also played in the WNBA. The former point guard played three seasons with the Cleveland Rockers (1998-2000). As a first-year player in 1998, she earned WNBA Newcomer of the Year and All-WNBA First Team honors after averaging 8.6 ppg and 6.4 apg (second in the league). She was a two-time winner of the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (1998 and 2000), and finished her professional career with averages of 6.4 ppg and 4.6 apg in 81 contests.

In January 2003, McConnell-Serio returned to the WNBA as head coach of the Minnesota Lynx and took a team that finished 10-22 in the previous season to an 18-16 record and first-ever playoff appearance.

One year later, she took a team picked to finish last in the Western Conference by a number of preseason publications and made a return trip to the playoffs and in the process was named the 2004 WNBA Coach of the Year. The '04 Lynx, who earned a franchise-best #3 seed in the WNBA Western Conference, tied franchise records for wins (18), home victories (11) and road wins (7) all set in McConnell-Serio's first season. In addition, Minnesota enjoyed a franchise record six-game winning streak.

However, the Lynx struggled in the 2005 and 2006 season, and she resigned at mid-season on July 23, 2006.

Prior to her professional playing career, McConnell Serio won two Olympic medals. She was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. women's basketball team in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and earned a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

She also won a

World University Games. She won the 2004 WNBA Coach of the Year Award. In 1999, Sports Illustrated
magazine named her one of the Top 50 Athletes of the Century in the state of Pennsylvania.

On April 13, 2007, she was named the head coach at Duquesne University.

On April 12, 2013, she was named the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh.

Penn State statistics

Source[7]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1985 Penn State 33 415 45.8% NA 74.3% 2.8 9.7 NA NA 12.6
1986 Penn State 32 382 44.2% NA 78.9% 2.9 10.6 NA NA 11.9
1987 Penn State 30 418 50.1% NA 72.3% 4.7 11.8 NA NA 13.9
1988 Penn State 33 682 49.9% 40.0% 81.1% 5.0 8.9 3.9 0.2 20.7
Career 128 1897 47.8% 40.0% 77.0% 3.9 10.2 NA NA 14.8

Personal life

She is married to Pete Serio, with whom she has four children: Peter, Jordan, Mandi and Madison, all of whom have played basketball.

McConnell-Serio is a member of the

Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee.[8]

Her brother Tom played two seasons at Davidson College and was the head coach for Saint Francis, Pa. from 1992–99 and has been an assistant coach at Wake Forest, Marquette and Dayton as well as women's assistant coach at the University of Colorado with sister Kathy. Before becoming the current head coach of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women's team, he served as an assistant at Old Dominion.

Her sister Kathy, who was her teammate on the 1984 PIAA Championship team, is now Suzie's associate head coach at the University of Pittsburgh. Kathy was previously the head coach at Tulsa (1999-05) and the University of Colorado (2006–10) before accepting a position as an assistant coach with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock. She was also an assistant coach at the University of Illinois (1996–99) and Rutgers (1994–95). Her first coaching job out of college was at the University of Pittsburgh as a recruiting coordinator during the 1991 season. Kathy played in four NCAA Championships while at the University of Virginia.

Her brother Tim played at Waynesburg and has served as the boy's coach at Chartiers Valley since 1992 and has won over 80 percent of his games while earning his 400th career win in 2010.

Her sister Maureen played at the University of Pittsburgh, and her nephew T. J. McConnell (Tim's son) was on the Duquesne men's basketball team for two seasons (2011 and 2012) before transferring to Arizona. T.J. McConnell is currently a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Head coaching record (College)

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Duquesne Dukes (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2007–2013)
2007–08 Duquesne 15–15 6–8 7th
2008–09 Duquesne 20–12 9–5 T–4th WNIT 1st Round
2009–10 Duquesne 20–12 9–5 T–4th WNIT 1st Round
2010–11 Duquesne 24–9 9–5 3rd WNIT 3rd Round
2011–12 Duquesne 20–12 7–7 T-6th WNIT 1st Round
2012–13 Duquesne 24–8 11–3 T-4th WNIT 2nd Round
Duquesne: 123–68 (.644) 51–33 (.607)
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Pittsburgh 11–20 3–13 T–14th
2014–15 Pittsburgh 20–12 9–7 7th
NCAA 2nd Round
2015–16 Pittsburgh 13–18 4–12 T–12th
2016–17 Pittsburgh 13–17 4–12 T–11th
2017–18 Pittsburgh 10–20 2–14 T–14th


Pittsburgh: 67–87 (.435) 22–58 (.275)
Total: 190–155 (.551)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 26 Sep 2015.
  2. ^ "Suzie McConnell-Serio". Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  3. ^ "2010–11 Women's Basketball Individual Statistics: Courtney Vandersloot". NCAA. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "Only One". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 21, 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Frances Pomeroy Naismith". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Ionescu sets NCAA mark for triple-doubles in Oregon's win". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 31, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  8. ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Retrieved 2009-08-01.

External links

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