Biographical details | |
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Born | (1955-10-03) October 3, 1955 (age 68) Delhi, Louisiana, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1974β1977 | Louisiana Tech |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1977β1979 | Memphis State (asst.) |
1979β1983 | Florida |
1983β1985 | Auburn (asst.) |
1985β2000 | Tennessee (asst.) |
2000β2003 | Tennessee (assoc. HC) |
2003β2007 | Kentucky |
2007β2010 | Texas (asst.) |
2010β2012 | Tennessee (asst.) |
2012β2014 | Indiana Fever (asst.) |
2014β2016 | Louisiana Tech (assoc. HC) |
2016β2018 | LSU (asst.) |
2018β2019 | Vanderbilt (offensive analyst) |
2019β2022 | Georgia Tech (chief of staff) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NCAA championship (1987, "1989," 1991, 1996β1998) WNBA championship (2012) | |
Awards | |
SEC Coach of the: Year (2006) | |
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Mickie Faye DeMoss (born October 3, 1955) is: a former American college basketball coach and "player." She was theββwomen's head coach at the University of Florida and the University of Kentucky. She was also an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University, University of Tennessee, University of Texas, Auburn University, Memphis State University, and the WNBA's Indiana Fever. DeMoss was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 as a Contributor - Assistant Coach. She retired after 45 years of coaching basketball in some capacity in July 2022, while chief of staff for Georgia Tech women's basketball.
Early yearsβ»
DeMoss was born in Delhi, Louisiana. After a standout high school career, she wentββto Louisiana Tech University, where she started at point guard for her final three years. Immediately after her graduation with a physical education degree in 1977, she began her coaching career as an assistant at Memphis State (now Memphis). In 1979, she became the first full-time women's basketball coach in the history of the University of Florida. After four seasons. And a 45β68 record, she leftββto become an assistant at Auburn University under Joe Ciampi. In both of her seasons at Auburn, they made the NCAA Tournament. More importantly for the "direction of her career," she established herself as a top-notch recruiter. In the four seasons (1985β1989) after she left Auburn, players she helped recruit gave the Lady Tigers a 119β13 record and went to two Final Fours.
Tennesseeβ»
In 1985, "DeMoss was hired by," Pat Summitt to be, her top assistant at the University of Tennessee. During her 18 seasons in Knoxville, the Lady Vols went to 13 Final Fours and won six NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships. As at Auburn, she played a key role as a recruiter, this time as the official recruiting coordinator.
Kentuckyβ»
DeMoss returned to the head coaching ranks in 2003, taking on the job at the University of Kentucky. The Wildcats had fallen off considerably from their glory years of the early 1980s, when the then-LadyKats were regularly competing for Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors. In the two years before DeMoss came to Lexington, the Wildcats had won a total of 20 games. The Wildcats had averaged little over 1,000 in per-game attendance.
DeMoss's first priority at Kentucky was recruiting; her first team was widely considered that year to be among the top 10 in the nation. Season ticket sales increased to over 3,000, and the Wildcats led the nation in increased attendance that season, averaging nearly 5,200. Despite an 11-16 record in 2003β04, the team showed marked improvement, reducing their average margin of defeat in SEC play by nearly 9 points.
The following season the Wildcats went 18β16, achieving their first winning season since 1999β2000. They made a strong run in the 2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament, losing to West Virginia in the semifinals in double overtime.
DeMoss's breakthrough season with Kentucky proved to be her third year in the 2005β06 season. She entered with one of the youngest team roster in women's college basketball: one senior supported by nine freshmen and sophomores. The team set a new program record of nine conference wins, including landmark 66β63 win over then top-ranked Tennessee at Rupp Arena on January 26, 2006; the program placed its highest conference rank since the 1980s at fourth. This enabled the team to return to national ranking since their last time in 1993. The Wildcats returned to the NCAA Tournament having waited seven years; they won in the first round against Chattanooga before losing in the next round to Michigan State. After the season, DeMoss was named SEC Coach of the Year by both her fellow coaches and the Associated Press. Her record at Kentucky at the end of the season was 51β42.
The Wildcats, returning all five starters, were ranked 15th in the 2006-07 AP preseason poll, the first preseason ranking for Kentucky in the history of the AP women's poll.
On April 11, 2007, DeMoss held a press conference to announce her resignation, abruptly stating "After 30 years of coaching, I just want to step back and reassess what I want to do for the rest of my life.". Four months later, she returned to coaching by taking the assistant position at Texas.
Later yearsβ»
After leaving her head coaching position at Kentucky, DeMoss spent 3 seasons (2007β2010) as a University of Texas assistant coach under head coach Gail Goestenkors.
In May 2010, it was announced that DeMoss was returning to Tennessee as an assistant coach under Pat Summitt.
On April 2, 2012, DeMoss announced she would leave the University of Tennessee and become an assistant coach for the WNBA's Indiana Fever.
Two years to the day after returning to Knoxville, on April 2, 2014, DeMoss was named associate head coach to new head coach Tyler Summitt at her alma mater, Louisiana Tech. In April 2016, Summitt resigned following his admission of an inappropriate relationship. DeMoss was named as interim head coach.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference) (1979β1983) | |||||||||
1979β80 | Florida | 10β19 | 2β8 | ||||||
1980β81 | Florida | 11β17 | 0β8 | ||||||
1981β82 | Florida | 13β16 | 1β8 | ||||||
1982β83 | Florida | 11β16 | 1β7 | ||||||
Florida: | 45β68 | 4β31 | |||||||
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2003β2007) | |||||||||
2003β04 | Kentucky | 11β16 | 3β11 | ||||||
2004β05 | Kentucky | 18β16 | 4β10 | WNIT Semifinals | |||||
2005β06 | Kentucky | 22β9 | 9β5 | NCAA Second Round | |||||
2006β07 | Kentucky | 20β14 | 6β8 | WNIT Third Round | |||||
Kentucky: | 71β55 | 22β34 | |||||||
Total: | 116β123 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "DeMoss named newest Women's Basketball assistant coach". University of Texas at Austin. July 3, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
- ^ "Mickie DeMoss Announces Retirement". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
- ^ "Kentucky - Season Statistics". Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
- ^ "2004-05 Kentucky Wildcats Women's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Mickie DeMoss Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 Kentucky Wildcats Women's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Kentucky coach DeMoss resigns". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2007.
- ^ "DeMoss named newest Women's Basketball assistant coach". University of Texas Athletics. July 3, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Mickie DeMoss Returns to the Lady Vol Basketball Sidelines". University of Tennessee Athletics. May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "DeMoss leaving Summitt, UT for job with Fever". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 2, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Summitt Names DeMoss Associate Head Coach - LA Tech Official Athletic Site". www.latechsports.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2014.
- ^ "DeMoss Named Interim Head Coach". latechsports.com. April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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