Gail Goestenkors

Gail Goestenkors

Goestenkors in March 2009
Sport(s) Women's basketball
Biographical details
Born (1963-02-26) February 26, 1963
Waterford, Michigan
Playing career
1981–1985 Saginaw Valley State
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
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.)
Head coaching record
Overall 498–163 (.753)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
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)
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Assistant Coach for  United States
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team Competition
Assistant Coach for  United States
FIBA World Championship for Women
2006 Brazil Team Competition
Head Coach for  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2005 Tunis Team Competition
Assistant Coach for  United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team Competition
Assistant Coach for  United States
FIBA World Championship for Women
2002 China Team Competition
Head Coach for  United States
William Jones Cup
1997 Taipei Team Competition

Gail Ann Goestenkors (born February 26, 1963),[1] is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. Previously, she was an assistant coach of the Los Angeles Sparks.[2] Indiana Fever,[3]

Prior to entering the professional ranks, Goestenkors spent twenty years as a college basketball head coach for Duke University and The University of Texas.[4] 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.[5]

Born in Waterford, Michigan, Goestenkors attended Saginaw Valley State University, where she played under future Purdue head coach Marsha Reall. After graduating in 1985, Goestenkors became a graduate assistant coach at Iowa State. After one season, she left to become an assistant coach at Purdue under Lin Dunn, where she remained until becoming head coach at Duke in 1992.

Goestenkors accumulated an impressive record at Duke and is one of the most accomplished women's basketball coaches in the nation. She received recognition as the ACC Coach of the Year a record 7 times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007). In the 2001-02 season, Goestenkors led the Blue Devils to the first undefeated regular season in ACC women's basketball history — a feat she would repeat two other times during her tenure at Duke (2003, 2007). During her final ten seasons at Duke, Goestenkors led the Blue Devils to NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen appearances every year, seven Elite Eight appearances, four Final Four appearances, and two appearances in the NCAA Championship game. During her tenure, her teams won five ACC tournament championships and eight ACC regular season titles. Goestenkors holds the ACC record for fewest games required to achieve 300 wins (387 games).

She's 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 a shock wave 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 University of Connecticut's 69-game home winning steak with a 68-67 comeback victory in Hartford, Connecticut.

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 USA representative to the 1997 William Jones Cup competition The event was held in Taipei, Taiwan during August 1997. The USA team won their first six games. Four of the six were decided by six points or fewer, including the semifinal game against Japan which went to overtime. In the gold medal game, the USA faced undefeated South Korea. The USA team played to a six-point margin early in the second half, but could not extend the margin. South Korea came back, took the lead, and held on to win the championship and the gold medal 76-71.[12]

Goestenkors served as an assistant coach to the National team in the 2002 World Championships, held during September in three cities in China, including Nanjing, China. The USA won the opening six preliminary rounds easily, with no contest closer than 30 points. That included the opening round game against Russia, who has played them close ant he 1998 Championship final. In the opening game, the USA won 89–55 behind 20 points form Lisa Leslie and 17 from Sheryl Swoopes. The USA wasn't seriously challenged in the quarterfinals, where they beat Spain by 39 points. The semifinal game against Australia was closer, but Leslie had a double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds to help the USA team win by 15 points. In the championship game, much like the 1998 finals, the rematch was much closer. This time the USA team did not have to play form behind, and had a ten-point lead late ant he game, but the Russians cut the lead to a single point with just over three minutes remaining. The game remained close, and was within three points with just over twelve seconds to go, but Swoopes was fouled and sank the free throws to give the USA a 79–74 win and the gold medal.[13]

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 Sue Bird, Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi picked up the slack, but it was a team in transition. As an additional challenge, some members of the squad were unable to join the team for practices due to WNBA commitments. The team started out strong, winning each of the six preliminary games, including the game against Russia. In the quarterfinals, the USA team beat Spain 90–56. The semifinal was a rematch against Russia, but this time the Russian team prevailed, 75–68. The USA faced Brazil in the bronze medal game, and won easily 99–59.[14]

Awards

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Duke (ACC) (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
1995–96 Duke 26–7 12–4 2nd NCAA Second Round
1996–97 Duke 19–11 9–7 T–3rd NCAA Second Round
1997–98 Duke 24–8 13–3 1st NCAA Elite Eight
1998–99 Duke 29–7 15–1 1st NCAA Runner-Up
1999–00 Duke 28–6 12–4 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000–01 Duke 30–4 13–3 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2001–02 Duke 31–4 16–0 1st NCAA Final Four
2002–03 Duke 35–2 16–0 1st NCAA Final Four
2003–04 Duke 30–4 15–1 1st NCAA Elite Eight
2004–05 Duke 31–5 12–2 T–1st NCAA Elite Eight
2005–06 Duke 31–4 12–2 T–2nd NCAA Runner-Up
2006–07 Duke 32–2 14–0 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Duke: 396–99 (.800) 179–55 (.765)
Texas (Big 12) (2007–2012)
2007–08 Texas 22–13 7–9 T–7th NCAA Second Round
2008–09 Texas 21–12 8-8 6th NCAA First Round
2009–10 Texas 22–11 10-6 T-4th NCAA First Round
2010–11 Texas 19–14 7-9 7th NCAA First Round
2011–12 Texas 18–14 8-10 8th NCAA First Round
Texas: 102–64 (.614) 40-42 (.488)
Total: 498–163 (.753)

      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

Source:[19][20]

Personal life

Goestenkors' ex-husband is Mark Simons, an assistant coach for the Auburn women's basketball team. Assistant coach at Michigan State, 2012 to present.

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.
  2. ↑ "SPARKS NAME GOESTENKORS AND KLOPPENBURG ASSISTANT COACHES". WNBA,com. Retrieved 13 Feb 2014.
  3. ↑ Goestenkors and Kloppenburg added to Fever coaching staff
  4. ↑ http://www.herald-sun.com/view/full_story/17937268/article-Ex-Duke-coach-Gail-Goestenkors-quits-at-Texas--cites-fatigue
  5. ↑ TexasSports.com - Goestenkors introduced as Women's Basketball head coach
  6. 1 2 Fleser, Dan (10 June 2015). "Gail Goestenkors honored for consistent coaching career". knoxnews.com. Retrieved 4 Jul 2015.
  7. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/1999/ncaa_tourney/women/news/1999/03/28/championship_story/
  8. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-566104.html
  9. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=1756822
  10. ↑ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ac-7168152
  11. 1 2 http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=810992
  12. ↑ "1997 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2002". USA Basketball. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "FIFTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2006". USA Basketball. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  15. ↑ FEINBERG, DOUG (2007-04-01). "Goestenkors, Paris Win AP Women's Awards". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  16. ↑ "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.
  17. ↑ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
  18. ↑ "USBWA WOMEN'S HONORS". USBWA. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "2007-08 ACC Women's Basketball Media Guide - Year-by-Year Standings, Series and Coaches Records" (PDF). ACC. pp. 78–80. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  20. ↑ "2007-08 Duke Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Sports. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
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