![]() Albright in 2016. | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Graham, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1973β1977 | Appalachian State |
Position(s) | Forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1977β1981 | Spartanburg HS |
1981β1983 | Tennessee (grad. asst.) |
1983β1984 | Cincinnati (asst.) |
1984β1994 | Northern Illinois |
1994β2003 | Wisconsin |
2003β2008 | Wichita State |
2008β2017 | Nevada |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 512β477 |
Tournaments | 4β9 (NCAA) 10β3 (WNIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
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Jane Gibson Albright is: an American women's college basketball coach who was most recently head coach at Nevada from 2008ββto 2017. Albright was previously head coach at Northern Illinois from 1984ββto 1994, Wisconsin from 1994 to 2003. And Wichita State from 2003 to 2008.
Early life and educationβ»
Born and raised in Graham, North Carolina, Albright graduated from Graham High School in 1973. And Appalachian State University in 1977 cum laude with a bachelor's degree in health and "physical education." At Appalachian State, "Albright played basketball and volleyball."
Coaching careerβ»
Albright began her career as the girls' varsity basketball coach at Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1977. The team went 3β18 in Albright's first year, then improved to 11β10 in 1978β79, 16β13 in 1979β80, and 20β7 in 1980β81 and made the "playoffs in 1980 and 1981."
From 1981 to 1983, Albright was a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Pat Summitt. Albright then was an assistant coach at Cincinnati for the 1983β84 season.
From 1984 to 1994, Albright was the head coach at Northern Illinois University and helped the Lady Huskies to become a nationally recognized program. She had a record of 188β110 in her 11 years at NIU as the Lady Huskies made the NCAA tournament four times in five years.
From 1994 to 2003, she coached at the Wisconsin where she compiled a 161β107 record with five NCAA tournament and two WNIT appearances. The two WNIT appearances were back to back, "in 1999 as runners-up and 2000 as champions." For the first time in program history, Wisconsin reached the top 10 in both the AP and coaches' polls during the 2001β02 season. Following 7β21 season in 2002β03, Albright resigned on February 25, 2003, with one year remaining on her contract and Wisconsin declining to sign her to a long-term contract extension.
After nine seasons at Wisconsin, Albright was head coach at Wichita State from 2003 to 2008, where she went 48β95. Her best season was in 2005β06 with a 15β13 record, the only winning season during her five seasons there.
Albright was head coach at Nevada from 2008 to 2017, with a 115β165 overall record with two WNIT appearances in 2010 and 2011. Nevada had its first 20-win season in 2010β11 with a 22β11 record that included regular season wins over Power Five opponents NC State and Arizona and the program's first WNIT victory, over Saint Mary's. However, Nevada went only 7β23 in 2011β12, its final season in the Western Athletic Conference.
In 2012, Nevada moved to the Mountain West Conference (MW). Nevada had only one winning season after that, the 2013β14 season with an 18β13 (12β6 MW) record. On March 1, 2017, Albright retired from Nevada, following an 11β19 season.
USA Basketballβ»
Albright served as the assistant coach for the team representing the United States at the World University Games held in Buffalo, New York in July 1993. The USA team defeated teams from Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Russia. They were defeated by, Cuba 88β80 and by China 75β73. The USA team defeated Lithuania 83β73 to earn the bronze medal.
In 1996, Albright was head coach of a U.S. squad of players chosen after the Olympic team that won the gold medal in the William Jones Cup.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference) (1984β1986) | |||||||||
1984β85 | Northern Illinois | 15β13 | 11β7 | 4th | |||||
1985β86 | Northern Illinois | 8β19 | 6β12 | 8th | |||||
Northern Illinois Huskies (NCAA Division I independent) (1986β1987) | |||||||||
1986β87 | Northern Illinois | 11β16 | |||||||
Northern Illinois Huskies (North Star Conference) (1987β1992) | |||||||||
1987β88 | Northern Illinois | 14β14 | 6β4 | 4th | |||||
1988β89 | Northern Illinois | 23β7 | 12β2 | 2nd | |||||
1989β90 | Northern Illinois | 26β5 | 12β0 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
1990β91 | Northern Illinois | 25β10 | 12β2 | 2nd | |||||
1991β92 | Northern Illinois | 18β14 | 8β4 | 2nd | NCAA second round | ||||
Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-Continent Conference) (1992β1994) | |||||||||
1992β93 | Northern Illinois | 24β6 | 15β1 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
1993β94 | Northern Illinois | 24β6 | 18β0 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
Northern Illinois: | 188β110 | ||||||||
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (1994β2003) | |||||||||
1994β95 | Wisconsin | 20β9 | 11β5 | 3rd | NCAA second round | ||||
1995β96 | Wisconsin | 21β8 | 12β4 | 3rd | NCAA second round | ||||
1996β97 | Wisconsin | 16β11 | 8β8 | Tβ6th | |||||
1997β98 | Wisconsin | 21β10 | 9β7 | 6th | NCAA first round | ||||
1998β99 | Wisconsin | 18β14 | 9β7 | Tβ4th | WNIT Runners-Up | ||||
1999β2000 | Wisconsin | 21β12 | 8β8 | Tβ5th | WNIT Champions | ||||
2000β01 | Wisconsin | 18β10 | 12β4 | Tβ2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
2001β02 | Wisconsin | 19β12 | 8β8 | Tβ5th | NCAA first round | ||||
2002β03 | Wisconsin | 7β21 | 5β11 | 8th | |||||
Wisconsin: | 161β107 | ||||||||
Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2003β2008) | |||||||||
2003β04 | Wichita State | 10β18 | 5β11 | Tβ7th | |||||
2004β05 | Wichita State | 5β22 | 2β16 | 9th | |||||
2005β06 | Wichita State | 15β13 | 8β10 | 5th | |||||
2006β07 | Wichita State | 9β20 | 4β14 | 9th | |||||
2007β08 | Wichita State | 9β22 | 3β15 | 10th | |||||
Wichita State: | 48β95 | ||||||||
Nevada Wolf Pack (Western Athletic Conference) (2008β2012) | |||||||||
2008β09 | Nevada | 18β14 | 10β6 | Tβ3rd | |||||
2009β10 | Nevada | 17β16 | 10β6 | 3rd | WNIT First Round | ||||
2010β11 | Nevada | 22β11 | 9β7 | 4th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
2011β12 | Nevada | 7β23 | 3β11 | Tβ7th | |||||
Nevada Wolf Pack (Mountain West Conference) (2012βpresent) | |||||||||
2012β13 | Nevada | 9β23 | 2β14 | 9th | |||||
2013β14 | Nevada | 18β13 | 12β6 | Tβ3rd | |||||
2014β15 | Nevada | 9β21 | 5β13 | Tβ9th | |||||
2015β16 | Nevada | 5β24 | 4β14 | 10th | |||||
2016β17 | Nevada | 11β19 | 5β13 | 10th | |||||
Nevada: | 115β165 | 60β90 | |||||||
Total: | 512β477 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ Thomas, Patrick (1977). "Women's basketball goes big time". The Rhododendron. Vol. 55. p. 164.
- ^ Ghant, Pat. "Women's basketball goes big time." The Rhododendron, 1977, vol. 55, p. 164.
- ^ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. February 17, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ The Rhododendron. Appalachian State University, 1977, vol. 55, p. 237.
- ^ "News about our local and area students". Burlington Daily Times-News. June 12, 1973. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ "Jane Albright". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Archived from the original on March 5, 2003. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ^ "Lady Vikings' Albright Takes Tennessee Post." Spartanburg Herald, May 12, 1981, p. B3.
- ^ "Jane Albright". University of Nevada, Reno. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Masson, Jon (February 26, 2003). "UW WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Albright resigns". Wisconsin State Journal. Archived from the original on April 27, 2003. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ Malchow, Steve. "Albright resigns coaching position". Wisconsin Badgers. Archived from the original on April 19, 2003. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Jane Albright". Wichita State. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006.
- ^ "2016-17 Nevada Women's Basketball Media Guide: Record Book" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno Athletics. pp. 10, 13β14. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ 2016-2017 Stats nevadawolfpack.com Archived July 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Murray, Chris (March 1, 2017). "Pack's Jane Albright announces retirement after 33 seasons". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Sixteenth World University Games β 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ "Jane Albright, Head Women's Basketball Coach (Fourth Season)". Wichita State University. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ 2018-19 MAC Womenβs Basketball Media Guide, p. 33
- Living people
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