HISTORY
ALL-TIME USA WOMEN’S HEAD COACHES
*AS OF JAN. 1, 2026
USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
A
Frankie Allen
Tennessee State
1995 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 1996 R. William Jones Cup 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival (S)
2-2 9-0 3-1 5-0 8-0 4-0 N/A 4-0 6-0 4-1 8-0 5-0 3-2 9-0 3-1 1-0 N/A 6-1 5-0 NA 0-4 2-3 7-0 1-3 3-4 2-2 5-0 4-1 5-2 2-2 5-0 7-0 18-0 15-2 N/A
Bronze
Jane Albright-Dieterle Wisconsin
Gold Gold Gold Gold N/A N/A N/A Gold N/A Gold N/A N/A Gold N/A N/A N/A Gold
Northern Illinois
Mike Armstrong Geno Auriemma
Perry Meridian H.S. (IN)
2002 Youth Develpoment Festival (N)
Connecticut
2016 Olympic Games 2016 USA National Team
2016 USA National Team Minicamp
2015 USA National Team
2014 FIBA World Championship
2014 USA National Team 2012 Olympic Games 2012 USA National Team
2011 USA National Team European Tour
2010 World Championship
2010 pre-World Championship Exh. 2010 USA National Team (vs. WNBA Stars) 2010 USA National Team (Spring Training)
2009 USA National Team (UMMC Ekaterinburg Intl. Invitational) 3-0
2001 Junior World Championship
Bronze
2000 Junior World Championship Qualifier
Gold
1996 U.S. Select Team
1993 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 2003 Youth Dev. Festival (S)
Fourth Silver
Al Austin
Ribault H.S. (FL)
B
Meg Barber Leon Barmore Mildred Barnes
New York University
2024 FIBA U17 World Cup 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival (N) 1977 R. William Jones Cup 2011 Pan American Games 1988 R. William Jones Cup 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 2025 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 1992 Select Team 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2023 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2004 Junior World Championship Qualifier
Gold
Louisiana Tech
Fourth
Central Missouri State
Fifth
Ceal Barry
Colorado
Seventh Gold N/A Silver Gold Gold N/A N/A Bronze
Christina Batastini
St. Andrew’s School (RI) St. Andrew’s School (RI) St. Andrew’s School (RI) St. Andrew’s School (RI) St. Andrew’s School (RI)
N/A Gold Gold
Carla Berube
Tufts
2018 FIBA U17 World Cup
7-0 5-0 3-3 1-3 6-2 5-1 3-0 1-3 0-4 4-1 0-1 9-0 4-0 3-1 2-3 6-0 8-0 9-0 2-2 6-0 6-0 5-0 4-0 7-1
2017 FIBA Americas U16 Championship
Carole Baumgarten
Drake
1979 Spartacade
Seventh Fourth Bronze
1978 U.S. Olympic Festival (MW) 1993 World University Games
Joan Bonvicini
Arizona
Long Beach State
1990 Select Team (Czechoslovakia/Italy)
N/A Gold
1981 Select Team
1981 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival (N) 2015 Pan American Games
Fourth Fourth Silver
Gary Blair Lisa Bluder Doug Bruno
Arkansas
Iowa
DePaul (IL)
&2016 USA Select Team (vs. National Team) 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
N/A Gold Gold
Cheryl Burnett Dave Butcher
Southwest Missouri State Pickerington H.S. (OH)
1994 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 2004 Youth Dev. Festival (N)
Bronze
Silver
C
Mark Campbell Van Chancellor Joe Ciampi Cori Close Sherri Coale Ron Conner Jody Conradt
Union University Houston Comets
2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship 2004 Olympic Games 2002 World Championship 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival (N) 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup 2005 Youth Dev. Festival (B) 1987 Pan American Games 1982 COPABA Junior Tournament 2013 USA World University Games Team
Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold
Auburn
Bronze
UCLA
Oklahoma
Fairfield Union H.S. (OH)
Texas
USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
Jill Cook
Liberty Belles AAU (NY) Raytown Piperettes
2003 Youth Dev. Festival (E) 1971 World Championship 1967 World Championship 1967 Pan American Games 1978 Olympic Festival (S)
5-0 5-3 1-5 6-2 1-3 2-2 1-3 7-0 2-2 8-0 3-0 3-2 5-0 8-1 1-0 9-1 6-2
Gold
Alberta Cox
Eighth
Eleventh
Silver Silver
Betty Jo Crumm
Weatherford College
D
Nancy Darsch
Ohio State
1990 Junior Select Team (Canada) 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 2005 World University Games 1983 U.S. Olympic Festival (E)
NA
Bronze
Kathy Delaney-Smith
Harvard Brandeis
Gold
Donna Devlin Anne Donovan
Bronze
USA Basketball
2008 Olympic Games
Gold Gold Silver Silver Gold N/A
Pre-2008 Olympic Exhibition Games
2008 USA National Team (Tour of Spain, Good Luck Beijing Tournament) 6-2
Seattle Storm
2007 USA National Team
14-0
2007 Select Team (FIBA World League Tournament)
2007 FIBA Americas Championship 2006 World Championship 2008 USA Exhibition vs. Australia 2006 USA Senior National Team
Bronze
N/A
Opals World
Lin Dunn
Purdue
1995 R. William Jones Cup
Bronze
E
Paula Edney
Athletes In Action Washington State
1995 Pan American Games
Competition Canceled
Kamie Ethridge Elaine Elliott
2023 FIBA AmeriCup
5-2 4-0
Silver Gold
Utah
1990 U.S. Olympic Festival (E)
F
Sharon Fanning
Tenn.-Chattanooga
1986 U.S. Olympic Festival (N) 2011 World University Games 2025 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2000 Olympic Games 1999 Pan American Games 1998 World Championship 1998 R. William Jones Cup 2025 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas 2003 World Championship For Young Women
1-3 6-0 3-2 8-0 4-3 9-0 5-0 14-2
Bronze
Bill Fennelly
Iowa State
Gold
Julia Ford
Grand Canyon
Seventh
First Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold
Nell Fortner
USA Basketball
Bronze
Jim Foster
Ohio State Vanderbilt
7-1 6-0 5-2 5-1
1997 World University Games 1993 Junior World Championship 1991 Junior Select Team (Mexico)
Seventh
NA
G
Fern Gardner
Utah
1979 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 1983 Pan American Games 1982 Select Team (Europe) 1979 World University Games 2003 Youth Dev. Festival (N) 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 2005 U19 World Championship 1997 R. William Jones Cup 2025 FIBA U16 AmeriCup 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 1992 Olympic Games 1990 World Championship 1990 Goodwill Games 1989 Select Team (Canada) 1985 R. William Jones Cup 1981 Junior Select (Yugoslavia)
2-2 5-0 7-0 1-4 3-1 8-0 19-4
Bronze
Frances Garmon
Texas Christian
Gold
Delta State College
NA
Gold
Dorothy Gaters Chris Gobrecht Gail Goestenkors
Marshall H.S. (IL)
Fourth Silver
Washington
Duke
Gold Silver Gold
6-1 6-0 2-2 4-1 8-0 5-0 2-2 7-1 9-0
Steve Gomez
Lubbock Christian University
Vince Goo
Hawaii Rutgers
Fourth Bronze
Theresa Grentz
Gold Gold Gold Gold NA
Sue Gunter
Stephen F. Austin State
1980 Olympic Games
DNC
1978 Select Team (Bulgaria)
8-3
NA
H
Sylvia Hatchell
North Carolina
1995 World University Games 1994 R. William Jones Cup
6-1 8-0
Silver Gold
USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
Francis Marion College Nashville Business College
1982 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 1963 Pan American Games 1957 World Championship 1953 World Championship 2000 R. Williams Jones Cup 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 2002 Youth Dev. Festival (W)
4-0 6-1 8-1 5-1 4-0 2-2 2-2 0-5 3-0 5-1 3-0 1-3 5-1 4-1 18-0 N/A
Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver
John Head
Bonnie Henrickson
Virginia Tech
Jorja Hoehn
Indiana
Caren Horstmeyer
Santa Clara
Dave Houle
Mountain View H.S. (UT)
Fourth
Damon Huffman
USA Basketball USA Basketball Seattle Storm
2022 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2021 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Dan Hughes
2019 NCAA Tour
2019 Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Jacqueline Hullah Jill Hutchinson
Dartmouth College
1991 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 1983 World University Games 1978 COPABA Junior Tournament
Bronze
Illinois State
Gold Silver
I
Rick Insell
Central H.S. (TN)
2002 Youth Dev. Festival (S)
2-3
Silver
J
Maryalyce Jeremiah Sydney Johnson
Indiana
1983 U.S. Olympic Festival (N) 2024 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup
1-3 4-1
Fourth Silver
USA Basketball
K
Dave Ketterman Lucille Kyvallos
Stephen F. Austin Queens College
#1982 Select Team (Bolivia) 1977 World University Games
2-1 6-2
N/A
Silver
L
Andy Landers Kara Lawson
Georgia
1991 U.S. Olympic Festival (N)
2-2
Silver
Duke
2025 USA National Team Durham Minicamp 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup
7-0 3-2
Gold
Kara Leary
New England Crusaders AAU
2002 Youth Dev. Festival (E)
Bronze
Joe Lewandowski Nick LoGalbo Annette Lynch
Butler County Community College 2025 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series
N/A 15-1
N/A N/A
Lane Technical College Prep (IL)
2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival (W)
Rhode Island
2-2
Silver
M
Caddo Matthews
Hutcherson Flying Queens California Poly Pomona
1955 Pan American Games 1978 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 2007 FIBA U21 World Championship 2006 FIBA Americas U20 Championship
8-0 2-2 1-3 8-0 5-0 6-1 5-0 6-0 5-2 3-1 9-0 5-0 4-0 4-1 4-1 N/A 7-0 7-0 6-0 3-2 2-2 1-3
Gold
Darlene May
Bronze Fourth Gold Gold Silver Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Bronze
Linda MacDonald Joanne P. McCallie
Temple
Michigan State
Suzie McConnell-Serio Pittsburgh
2017 FIBA U19 World Cup
2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Joe McKeown
Northwestern Florida State
2015 World University Games 1993 R. William Jones Cup 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival (N)
Marynell Meadors
Katie Meier
Miami
2013 USA U19 World Championship Team 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Pat Meiser
Penn State
1979 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 2019 Pan American Games 2025 FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2025 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2024 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 1982 U.S. Olympic Festival (N) 1976 Olympic Games
Suzy Merchant Todd Monsey
Michigan State
Silver Sixth N/A Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver
Highland Park H.S. (TX) Highland Park H.S. (TX) Highland Park H.S. (TX) Indiana University Indiana University Cal State - Fullerton
Teri Moren
Billie Jean Moore Sheila Moorman
James Madison
Ellen Mosher
Minnesota
Fourth
N
Barbara Nelson
Wingate
2010 FIBA U17 World Championship 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship
8-0 5-0
Gold Gold
USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
O
Dori Oldaker
Mt. Lebanon H.S. (PA)
2016 FIBA U17 World Championship 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship
6-1 4-1
Bronze Bronze
2014 Youth Olympic Games
13-0
Gold Gold Gold Gold
Louise O’Neal Carol Owens
Dartmouth College Northern Illinois
1979 Junior Select
4-0 8-1 5-0
2009 FIBA U19 World Championship 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
P
Jody Patrick Don Perrelli Sue Phillips
Flint Hill School (VA)
2004 Youth Dev. Festival (E) 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival (S)
1-4 0-4
Fourth Fourth 83-80 100-79 Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Gold Silver Bronze Fourth Bronze Bronze NA
Northwestern
Archbishop Mitty H.S.
2024 Women’s Junior Select/Nike Hoop Summit 2023 Women’s Junior Select/Nike Hoop Summit 2021 FIBA Americas U16 Championship 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship 2013 USA U16 National Team 2003 Youth Dev. Festival (W) 1999 World University Games 1997 Junior World Championship 1996 COPABA Junior World Champ. Qualifying 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup
Won Won
7-0 6-0 7-0 5-0 2-3 4-2 6-1 4-1 2-3 1-3 2-3 5-1
San Jose Cagers AAU (CA)
Rene Portland
Penn State
1986 Junior Select (Canada) 1985 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 2004 Youth Dev. Festival (S) 1998 World Youth Games
Jill Prudden
Oak Ridge H.S. (TN)
Q
Edwina Qualls
Wisconsin
1979 U.S. Olympic Festival (MW)
2-2
Silver
R
Jill Rankin Schneider
Monterey H.S. (TX)
2012 FIBA U17 World Championship 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship
8-0 5-0 2-1 7-2 0-4 5-1 4-4 8-0 6-0 N/A 3-0 N/A 2-0 N/A 8-0 2-0 N/A N/A 3-0 5-1 3-0 N/A N/A
Gold Gold
Texas
#1982 Select Team (Bolivia) 1980 R. William Jones Cup 1979 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 1971 Pan American Games 1964 World Championship 1959 Pan American Games 2024 Olympic Games
NA
Cherri Rapp
Texas A&M
Bronze Fourth Silver Fourth
Harley Redin
Wayland Baptist College
Gold Gold N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Gold
Cheryl Reeve
Minnesota Lynx
2024 USA National Team Minneapolis Minicamp 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 USA National Team Brooklyn Minicamp
2023 NCAA Tour and Training Camp
2023 USA National Team Minneapolis Minicamp
2022 FIBA World Cup
2022 FIBA World Cup Qualifying
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2022 USA National Team Washington D.C. Minicamp 2022 USA National Team Minneapolis Minicamp
2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament &
2019-20 NCAA Tour
2019 Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tammi Reiss
Rhode Island Rhode Island
2023 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2022 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 2005 Youth Dev. Festival (R) 2010 Youth Olympic Games 2005 Youth Dev. Festival (Wh) 1983 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 2024 Olympic Games (3x3)
Harold Rhodes Diane Richardson Kathy Richey-Walton
Washington State
3-1 3-2 6-1 2-3
Gold
Riverdale Baptist H.S. (MD) Southwest DeKalb H.S. (GA)
Bronze Bronze Silver Silver N/A N/A N/A Gold Bronze
Colleen Riley Jennifer Rizzotti
Cal State - Fullerton Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun
1-3 6-4 N/A N/A N/A 8-1 5-0
2024 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2023 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2022 FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Hartford
Gold
USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
Sue Rojcewicz
San Francisco
1985 U.S. Olympic Festival (E)
3-1
Silver 90-78 Gold N/A NA Gold Eighth Gold Gold Gold N/A Silver Gold
Dan Rofles
Incarnate Word Academy (MO)
2025 Women’s Junior Select/Nike Hoop Summit 2023 FIBA Americas U16 Championship 2023 Women’s Junior National Team April Minicamp*
Won 6-0 N/A 7-1 4-0 4-3 7-0 7-0 4-0 N/A
Carol Ross Amy Ruley Cathy Rush
Florida
1998 Select Team
North Dakota State Immaculata College
1993 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 1975 World Championship 1975 Pan American Games 1987 R. William Jones Cup 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 2003 Pan American Games 2001 World University Games 1989 Junior World Championship &2010 Select Team
JoAnn Rutherford
Missouri
Debbie Ryan
Virginia
5-2 7-1 3-4 6-0 3-1
Seventh
1988 COPABA Junior World Champ. Qualifying
Gold Gold
1987 U.S. Olympic Festival (W)
S
Paul Sanderford
Western Kentucky (see ‘Rankin’ above) Southern Illinois Southern California
1993 U.S. Olympic Festival (N)
2-2
Bronze
Jill Rankin Schneider
Cindy Scott Linda Sharp
1985 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 1987 World University Games 1981 R. William Jones Cup 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 1983 R. William Jones Cup 1982 U.S. Olympic Festival (W) 2004 Youth Dev. Festival (W)
3-1 4-1 7-1 4-0 2-2 2-2 5-0 6-0 1-2 6-0 N/A N/A 6-0 6-0 6-0 N/A N/A 0-1 7-0 5-0 N/A 5-0 3-2 4-2 2-2 4-2 3-4 5-1 1-3 6-0 8-0 6-2 5-1 5-1 6-0 5-0
Gold Fifth Fifth Gold Silver Silver Gold Gold N/A Gold N/A N/A Gold Gold N/A N/A N/A N/A Gold Gold N/A Gold Silver Fifth Silver
Marsha Sharp
Texas Tech
2002 World Championship Young Women Qualifier
Juliene Simpson
Arizona State
Results unavailable
Brad Smith Dawn Staley
Oregon City H.S. (OR)
South Carolina
2020 Olympic Games 2021 USA National Team 2021 FIBA AmeriCup
2021 USA National Team San Antonio Minicamp 2021 USA National Team South Carolina Minicamp
2019 FIBA AmeriCup 2018 FIBA World Cup 2018 USA National Team
2017 USA National Team Minicamp
2017-20 USA National Team
&2016 USA Select Team (vs. National Team) 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
&2010 Select Team
Temple
2007 Pan American Games 1987 Select Team (Korea) 1985 Junior World Championship 1981 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 1991 Pan American Games 1985 World University Games 1982 U.S. Olympic Festival (E) 1984 Olympic Games 1984 R. William Jones Cup 1983 World Championship 1979 World Championship
Marianne Stanley
Old Dominion
C. Vivian Stringer
Iowa
Bronze Fourth
1989 COPABA World Championship Qualifying
Silver
Cheyney State
Bronze
Pat Head Summitt
Tennessee
Gold Gold Silver Gold Silver Gold Gold
1979 Pan American Games 1979 R. William Jones Cup
1977 Junior Pan American Games
T
Joni Taylor
Texas A&M
2023 FIBA U19 World Cup
7-0 6-0 3-1 7-0
Gold Gold Gold Gold
2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship
Ann Tribble
Clemson
1981 U.S. Olympic Festival (S) 2009 World University Games
Charli Turner Thorne
Arizona State
U
USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
Jill Upton
Mississippi University for Women
1973 World University Games
5-3
Silver
V
Tara VanDerveer
Stanford
1996 Olympic Games
8-0
Gold
1995-96 USA Women’s National Team
52-0
NA
1994 Goodwill Games 1994 World Championship
4-0 7-1 6-1 8-0 2-3 1-3 7-0 6-0 3-0 7-1 2-2 3-1 8-0 2-2 4-0 4-1 1-3 3-9 5-0 4-0 5-0 7-1 NA 4-0
Gold
Bronze
1993 COPABA World Championship Qualifying
Gold Gold
1991 World University Games 1990 Select Team (Yugoslavia/USSR) 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival (E)
NA
Fourth
W
Jeff Walz
Louisville
2019 FIBA U19 World Cup
Gold Gold First Silver Gold Silver Gold Silver Bronze NA Bronze
2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship 2017 U24 Four Nations Tournament
Marian Washington
Kansas
1982 R. William Jones Cup 1981 U.S. Olympic Festival (MW) 1994 Select Team (Israel/France) 1992 R. William Jones Cup 1986 Select Team (Canada) 1978 U.S. Olympic Festival (E)
Chris Weller
Maryland
Nancy Wilson
South Carolina
1992 COPABA Junior World Champ. Qualifying
1985 U.S. Olympic Festival (N)
Dixie Woodall
Oral Roberts College
1978 Select Team (Asia)
NA
Y
Kay Yow
North Carolina State
1988 Olympic Games 1986 World Championship 1986 Goodwill Games 1981 World University Games 1981 Select Team (Cuba) 1983 U.S. Olympic Festival (S)
Gold Gold Gold Silver
Susan Yow
East Tennessee State
Gold
Legend
# - Shared head coaching duties & - co-head coach * - official title was lead coach
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