Muffet McGraw

Ann "Muffet" McGraw (born December 5, 1955) is an American former college basketball coach, who served as the head women's basketball coach at Notre Dame from 1987 to 2020, compiling a 905–272 (.769) record over 32 seasons. She led her team to nine Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019), seven championship game appearances (2001, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019), and two National Championships in 2001 and 2018.

Muffet McGraw
McGraw at the 2011 Women's Basketball Coaches Association convention in Indianapolis
Biographical details
Born (1955-12-05) December 5, 1955
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1974–1977Saint Joseph's
1979–1980California Dreams
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1979Archbishop Carroll HS
1980–1982Saint Joseph's (assistant)
1982–1987Lehigh
1987–2020Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall936–292 (.762)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2017 (profile)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

McGraw was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Saint Joseph's University and briefly played professionally for the California Dreams of the Women's Professional Basketball League. She coached at Archbishop Carroll HS from 1977 to 1979, and worked as an assistant coach at Saint Joseph's from 1980 to 1982. From 1982 to 1987 she was head coach at Lehigh University where one of her notable players was Cathy Engelbert.[1]

She became head coach at Notre Dame in 1987. Between 1987 and 2020, McGraw led the Irish to 24 NCAA tournament appearances including a streak of 22 straight seasons from 1995-2019. During the current streak, Notre Dame made it to the second round in all but one of the appearances, including 7 championship game appearances. McGraw 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.

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.[2][3][4][5] In 2016, the John R Wooden award committee recognized McGraw with the 2017 Legends of Coaching Award.[6]

She is the 27th coach in NCAA history to win over 500 career games, and is currently tied as the eighth head coach in NCAA Division I basketball history to reach 800 career wins. 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, her second national title with the Fighting Irish. On December 30, 2018, she notched her 900th career win against Lehigh, the team at which she began her collegiate coaching career in 1982.[7]

On April 22, 2020, McGraw announced that she was stepping down as the head coach of Notre Dame.[8]

Awards and honors

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
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) (2013–2020)
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
2018–19 Notre Dame 35–414–2T-1stNCAA Runner-Up
2019–20 Notre Dame 13–188–10T-9th
Notre Dame: 848–251 (.772)425–97 (.814)
Total:936–292 (.762)[16]

      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
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  7. "Ogunbowale scores 23 as Notre Dame's McGraw wins 900th". ESPN. December 30, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  8. Voepel, Mechelle. "Muffet McGraw steps down as women's basketball coach at Notre Dame". ESPN. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
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