Tricia Cullop
,_January_2020.png) Cullop as head coach for Toledo in 2020. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Miami |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 24, 1971 Bicknell, Indiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | Purdue |
| Coaching career ( Long Beach State (asst.) | |
| 1996–2000 | Xavier (asst.) |
| 2000–2008 | Evansville |
| 2008–2024 | Toledo |
| 2024–present | Miami |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 476–279 (.630) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| WNIT (2011) | |
| Awards | |
| Carol Eckman Award (2022) | |
Tricia Cullop (born April 24, 1971)[1] is the current head coach of the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team.[2] She previously was the head coach with the Toledo Rockets women's basketball team.
Early life
Cullop played basketball at Purdue under head coach Lin Dunn. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University in 1993.[2]
Coaching career
Early in her career, she served as an assistant at
Evansville
In 2000 she took over as the head coach at Evansville where she stayed for eight seasons with a 73–48 record. In her final season in 2007–08, the Purple Aces won the Missouri Valley Conference and advanced to the second round of the WNIT. She was the 2008 MVC coach of the year.[2][3]
Toledo
On April 18, 2008, she was named head coach at Toledo.[4] Her teams have won five MAC championships in 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, and 2024.[2][5] Her 2016–17 and 2022–23 teams won the MAC tournament.[6] The 2017 team qualified for the NCAA tournament where they lost to Creighton in the first round.[7] In 2023, they defeated Iowa State before losing to Tennessee.[8][9][10][11] Her teams have played in the WNIT eight times including taking home the championship in the 2011 Tournament.[12] Her 2024 team advanced to the quarterfinals of the WBIT before losing to Washington State. She was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, and 2024.[2][13]
Miami
On April 5, 2024, she was named head coach of Miami, replacing Katie Meier.[14]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference) (2000–2008) | |||||||||
| 2000–01 | Evansville | 13–15 | 8–10 | T-5th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Evansville | 15–15 | 9–9 | T-4th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Evansville | 11–16 | 5–13 | T-8th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Evansville | 11–16 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Evansville | 17–11 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Evansville | 16–13 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Evansville | 19–12 | 11–7 | T-4th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Evansville | 21–12 | 13–5 | T-1st | WNIT second round | ||||
| Evansville: | 123–110 (.528) | 73–71 (.507) | |||||||
| Toledo (Mid-American Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Toledo | 18–13 | 11–5 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Toledo | 25–9 | 12–4 | 1st (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Toledo | 29–8 | 14–2 | 1st (West) | WNIT Champions | ||||
| 2011–12 | Toledo | 24–10 | 13–3 | T-1st (West) | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Toledo | 29–4 | 15–1 | 1st (West) | WNIT third round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Toledo | 16–16 | 9–9 | T-2nd (West) | |||||
| 2014–15 | Toledo | 19–14 | 10–8 | 4th (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Toledo | 17–13 | 12–6 | T-3rd (West) | |||||
| 2016–17 | Toledo | 25–9 | 12–6 | T-3rd (West) | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Toledo | 18–15 | 8–10 | 4th (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Toledo | 21–12 | 11–7 | 2nd (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Toledo | 14–17 | 7–11 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Toledo | 12–12 | 8–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Toledo | 29–6 | 19–1 | 1st | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2022–23 | Toledo | 29–5 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Toledo | 28–6 | 17–1 | 1st | WBIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| Toledo: | 353–169 (.676) | 194–88 (.688) | |||||||
| Miami (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Miami | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Miami: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 476–279 (.630) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 29 Sep 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tricia Cullop". University of Miami Athletics. 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Cullop Named Rawlings MVC Coach Of The Year". University of Evansville Athletics. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Tricia Cullop Named Head Women?s Basketball Coach at the University of Toledo". University of Toledo Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Toledo women's basketball clinches share of MAC title and No. 1 seed in tournament". WTOL. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Toledo makes 1st trip to NCAAs since 2001, beats NIU 82-71". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Seventh-seeded Creighton women rout No. 10 Toledo". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "No. 12 seed Toledo women draw fifth-seeded Iowa State in NCAA Tournament". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ Birch, Tommy. "Iowa State women's basketball team upset by Toledo in first round of NCAA Tournament". Des Moine Register. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ Hall, Cora. "Lady Vols basketball vs Toledo in March Madness a rematch for Jordan Walker, Sophia Wiard". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "Toledo 47, Tennessee 84". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Toledo celebrates first postseason title". womensnit.com. April 2, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "UT's Cullop named coach of the year". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "University of Miami Hires Tricia Cullop as Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Miami Athletics. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.