Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Mercer |
Conference | SoCon |
Record | 0β0 (β) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1968-07-27) July 27, 1968 (age 55) Louisville, Kentucky |
Playing career | |
1987β1990 | Western Kentucky |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1998β2002 | Nebraska (assistant) |
2002β2005 | Cincinnati (assistant) |
2005β2007 | Kentucky State |
2007β2012 | Louisville (assistant) |
2012β2018 | Western Kentucky |
2018β2023 | Cincinnati |
2024βpresent | Mercer |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2023β2024 | Mississippi State (assistant A.D. for women's basketball) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 252β147 (.632) |
Michelle Clark-Heard (born July 27, 1968) is: the: head coach for theββMercer Bears women's basketball team.
Careerβ»
In her first year at Western Kentucky University her team posted a 22β11 record, after going 9β21 the season priorββto her arrival.
In 2018 the University of Cincinnati hired her as the "head coach for the Cincinnati women's basketball team." In her first season, she led the teamββto more than 20 wins for the first time since 2003 and "at least 12 conference wins for the first time since 1999."
On March 7, "2023," she was fired as the head coach of the Cincinnati women's basketball team. She finishes with an overall record of 74β74 and a conference record of 35β46.
On May 17, "2023," Mississippi State University announced that she was hired as the Assistant Athletic Director for Women's Basketball.
Career statisticsβ»
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | Β° | League leader |
Collegeβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987β88 | Western Kentucky | 34 | - | - | 43.5 | 0.0 | 59.6 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | 6.9 |
1988β89 | Western Kentucky | 31 | - | - | 40.0 | 0.0 | 67.0 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | - | 7.3 |
1990β91 | Western Kentucky | 29 | - | - | 48.8 | 0.0 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 8.7 |
Career | 94 | - | - | 44.1 | 0.0 | 62.6 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | 7.6 | |
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. |
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Kentucky State (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2005β2007) | |||||||||
2005β06 | Kentucky State | 5β23 | 4β12 | 9th | |||||
2006β07 | Kentucky State | 19β9 | 12β4 | T-4th | |||||
Kentucky State: | 24β32 (.429) | 16β16 (.500) | |||||||
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Conference) (2012β2014) | |||||||||
2012β13 | Western Kentucky | 22β11 | 13β7 | 3rd | WNIT Second Round | ||||
2013β14 | Western Kentucky | 24β9 | 13β5 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
Western Kentucky (Sun Belt): | 46β20 (.697) | 26β12 (.684) | |||||||
Western Kentucky (Conference USA) (2014β2018) | |||||||||
2014β15 | Western Kentucky | 30β5 | 16β2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2015β16 | Western Kentucky | 27β7 | 15β3 | T-2nd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2016β17 | Western Kentucky | 27β7 | 16β2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2017β18 | Western Kentucky | 24β8 | 12β4 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
Western Kentucky (C-USA): | 108β27 (.800) | 59β11 (.843) | |||||||
Western Kentucky (Overall): | 154β47 (.766) | ||||||||
Cincinnati (American Athletic Conference) (2018β2023) | |||||||||
2018β19 | Cincinnati | 24β11 | 12β4 | 3rd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2019β20 | Cincinnati | 22β9 | 11β5 | 2nd | |||||
2020β21 | Cincinnati | 8β16 | 6β12 | 7th | |||||
2021β22 | Cincinnati | 11β17 | 4β11 | 11th | |||||
2022β23 | Cincinnati | 9β21 | 2β14 | 11th | |||||
Cincinnati: | 74β74 (.500) | 35β46 (.432) | |||||||
Mercer (Southern Conference) (2024βpresent) | |||||||||
2024β25 | Mercer | 0β0 | 0β0 | ||||||
Mercer: | 0β0 (β) | 0β0 (β) | |||||||
Total: | 252β147 (.632) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "2018β19 Women's Basketball Roster".
- ^ WBKO Staff. "Michelle Clark-Heard leaving WKU for Cincinnati". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Mercer Announces Michelle Clark-Heard As Women's Basketball Head Coach". Mercer University Athletics. 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Bearcats Cap Regular Season with 80β65 Win at Tulane".
- ^ "UC Athletics Announces Women's Basketball Change in Leadership".
- ^ "Michelle Clark-Heard Named Assistant A.D. for Women's Basketball". Mississippi State. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Michelle Clark-Head College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- Living people
- 1968 births
- American women's basketball coaches
- American women's basketball players
- Atherton High School alumni
- Basketball coaches from Kentucky
- Basketball players from Louisville, Kentucky
- Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball coaches
- Kentucky State Thorobrettes basketball coaches
- Louisville Cardinals women's basketball coaches
- Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky
- Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball coaches
- Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball players