Muffet McGraw

Muffet McGraw
McGraw at the 2011 Women's Basketball Coaches Association convention in Indianapolis
Sport(s) Women's college basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Notre Dame
Conference ACC
Record 800–229 (.777)
Biographical details
Born (1955-12-05) December 5, 1955
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1974–1977 Saint Joseph's
1979–1980 California Dreams
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1979 Archbishop Carroll HS
1980–1982 Saint Joseph's (asst.)
1982–1987 Lehigh
1987–present Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall 888–270 (.767)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× NCAA Division I Tournament (2001, 2018)
8× NCAA Regional – Final Four (1997, 2001, 2011–2015, 2018)
4× ACC Tournament (2014–2017)
5× ACC regular season (2014–2018)
Big East Tournament (2013)
3× Big East regular season (2001, 2012, 2013)
5× MCC Tournament (1989–1992, 1994)
5× MCC regular season (1989–1991, 1994, 1995)
ECC Tournament (1986)
ECC regular season (1986)
Awards
4× AP Coach of the Year (2001, 2013, 2014, 2018)
3× WBCA Coach of the Year (2001, 2013, 2014)
3× USBWA Coach of the Year (2001, 2013, 2014)
3× Naismith Coach of the Year (2001, 2013, 2014)
John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2017)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2017 (profile)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Ann O'Brien "Muffet" McGraw (born December 5, 1955) is an American basketball coach, currently the head women's basketball coach at Notre Dame, where she has compiled an 800–229 (.777) record over 31 seasons. She has led her team to 8 Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018), and won the National Championship in 2001 and 2018. McGraw has led the Irish to 24 NCAA tournament appearances including a current streak of 22 straight. In the current streak, Notre Dame made it to the second round in all but one of the appearances. McGraw graduated from Saint Joseph's University and briefly played professionally for the California Dreams of the Women's Professional Basketball League.

McGraw has compiled 50 wins over ranked opponents, including 40 over the last 8 seasons. Her teams appeared in the AP poll 139 times during her tenure. Notre Dame finished in the Top 3 of the Big East in 9 out of the 11 seasons they were in the league and finished in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference in all 4 seasons since they entered the conference. Notre Dame also received 11 consecutive Top 20 ranked recruiting classes. She is the 27th coach in NCAA history to win over 500 career games, and is currently the 10th head coach in NCAA Division I basketball history to reach 800 career wins.

McGraw was awarded the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year and the Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2001. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.[1][2][3][4] In 2016, the John R Wooden award committee recognized McGraw with the 2017 Legends of Coaching Award.[5]

On April 1, 2018 McGraw achieved her 800th career victory at Notre Dame with a win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the National Championship game, marking her second national title with the Fighting Irish. She holds a record of 888–270 (.767) over 36 years of coaching, the past 31 years at Notre Dame.

Awards and honors

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lehigh Engineers (East Coast Conference) (1982–1987)
1982–83 Lehigh 14–9
1983–84 Lehigh 13–9
1984–85 Lehigh 20–8
1985–86 Lehigh 24–4
1986–87 Lehigh 17–11
Lehigh: 88–41 (.682)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (North Star Conference) (1987–1988)
1987–88 Notre Dame 20–87–32nd
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1988–1995)
1988–89 Notre Dame 21–1112–2T-1stWNIT Seventh Place
1989–90 Notre Dame 23–616–01st
1990–91 Notre Dame 23–915–11stWNIT Eighth Place
1991–92 Notre Dame 14–178–42ndNCAA First Round
1992–93 Notre Dame 15–1211–5T-2nd
1993–94 Notre Dame 22–710–21stNCAA First Round
1994–95 Notre Dame 21–1015–11stWNIT Third Place
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Big East Conference) (1995–2013)
1995–96 Notre Dame 23–815–32ndNCAA Second Round
1996–97 Notre Dame 31–717–12ndNCAA Final Four
1997–98 Notre Dame 22–1012–6T-4thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
1998–99 Notre Dame 26–515–33rdNCAA Second Round
1999–00 Notre Dame 27–515–12ndNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000–01 Notre Dame 34–215–1T-1stNCAA Champions
2001–02 Notre Dame 20–1013–32ndNCAA Second Round
2002–03 Notre Dame 21–1110–6T-5thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2003–04 Notre Dame 21–1112–4T-2ndNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2004–05 Notre Dame 27–613–3T-2ndNCAA Second Round
2005–06 Notre Dame 18–128–810thNCAA First Round
2006–07 Notre Dame 20–1210–6T-5thNCAA Second Round
2007–08 Notre Dame 25–911–54thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2008–09 Notre Dame 22–910–6T-4thNCAA First Round
2009–10 Notre Dame 29–612–4T-4thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2010–11 Notre Dame 31–813–3T-2ndNCAA Runner-Up
2011–12 Notre Dame 35–415–11stNCAA Runner-Up
2012–13 Notre Dame 35–216–01stNCAA Final Four
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Notre Dame 37–116–01stNCAA Runner-Up
2014–15 Notre Dame 36–315–11stNCAA Runner-Up
2015–16 Notre Dame 33–216–01stNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016–17 Notre Dame 33–415–11stNCAA Elite Eight
2017–18 Notre Dame 35–315–1T-1stNCAA Champions
Notre Dame: 800–229 (.777)404–85 (.826)
Total:888–270 (.767)[13]

      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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Naismith College Coach of the Year". Atlanta Tipoff Club. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "USBWA WOMEN'S HONORS". USBWA. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Muffet McGraw". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  5. 1 2 WNDU. "Muffet McGraw Named 2017 Wooden Legends of Coaching Award Recipient". Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw is AP Coach of the Year". CNS News. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Muffet McGraw Sweeps National Coach Of The Year Honors". Notre Dame Athletics. April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ Smith, Michelle (March 14, 2014). "Stewart is espnW player of the year". ESPN. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Breanna Stewart wins as sophomore". ESPN. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  11. ↑ "U.S. BASKETBALL WRITERS AWARDS". U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  12. ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2017-04-02/notre-dame-coach-muffet-mcgraws-road-basketball-hall-fame
  13. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  • "Muffet McGraw – University of Notre Dame Official Athletics Site". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
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