Sue Semrau

Susan Paige Semrau (born March 9, 1962)[1] is the head women's basketball coach at Florida State University.

Sue Semrau
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamFlorida State
ConferenceACC
Record475–257 (.649) includes 22 wins vacated by NCAA in 2006–07 and 2007–08
Biographical details
Born (1962-03-09) March 9, 1962
Seattle, Washington
Alma materUC San Diego
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1991Occidental College
1991–1994Northern Illinois (asst.)
1994–1997Wisconsin (asst.)
1997–presentFlorida State
Medal record
Assistant Coach for  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2011 Chile Team competition
FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
2010 Colorado Springs Team competition

She has compiled a 468-252 career record at FSU. Coach Sue is in her 23rd season at FSU.[2] She has guided the Seminoles to appearances in the NCAA tournament 15 total times, including 14 out of the past 15 seasons including three Elite Eights. Sue Semrau at FSU has never lost a 1st Round NCAA tournament game, going 15-0. This year (2019-2020), Coach Sue hit the 200 ACC wins milestone as a head coach.

Prior to being at Florida State, she was the head coach of Division III's Occidental College for four seasons[3] before spending six seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois University (1991–92 through 1993–94) and the University of Wisconsin (1994–95 through 1996–97).[4]

Semrau grew up in the state of Washington, and attended Shorecrest High School in Seattle. At first, she stayed in Washington for college, playing for Puget Sound for two years before transferring to UC-San Diego for her final two seasons.[3]

Career milestones
  • All-time winningest coach at Florida State University [5]
  • 200 career wins (and counting) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
  • Defeated Clemson at Clemson for the first time in school history
  • Eight straight wins over the Clemson Tigers (school record)
  • Defeated Virginia for the first time in school history
  • 3-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year [5]
  • 2-time co-champions of the ACC
  • First Sweet 16 appearance in 2006–2007 season
  • Named United States Marine Corps/WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year
  • 2013—Kay Yow Heart Coach of the Year[6]
  • 2015—Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year[7][8]

Coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Florida State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1997–present)
1997–98 Florida State 9–185–117th
1998–99 Florida State 7–202–149th
1999–00 Florida State 12–174–128th
2000–01 Florida State 19–129–74thNCAA Round of 32
2001–02 Florida State 13–154–129th
2002–03 Florida State 17–138–84thWNIT Second Round
2003–04 Florida State 15–157–95thWNIT Second Round
2004–05 Florida State 24–89–54thNCAA Round of 32
2005–06 Florida State 20–1010–44thNCAA Round of 32
2006–07 Florida State 24–10 *10–44thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2007–08 Florida State 19–14 *7–75thNCAA Round of 32
2008–09 Florida State 26–812-2T-1stNCAA Round of 32
2009–10 Florida State 29–612–2T-1stNCAA Elite Eight
2010–11 Florida State 24–811–33rdNCAA Round of 32
2011–12 Florida State 14–176–108th
2012–13 Florida State 23–1011–74thNCAA Round of 32
2013–14 Florida State 21–127–99thNCAA Round of 32
2014–15 Florida State 32–514–22ndNCAA Elite Eight
2015–16 Florida State 25–813–3T-3rdNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016–17 Florida State 28–713–3T-2ndNCAA Elite Eight
2017–18 Florida State 26–712–43rdNCAA Round of 32
2018–19 Florida State 24–910–66thNCAA Round of 32
2019–20 Florida State 24–811–7T-4thPostseason cancelled
Florida State: 475–257 (.649)207–151 (.578)
Total:475–257 (.649)

      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

* 16 wins in 2006–07 and 6 wins in 2007–08 vacated by NCAA[9]

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. "Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves interviews at Washington but says he'll stay with Bulldogs". Seattle Times. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Herald, Miami. "FSU WBB Head Coach Sue Semrau Wins FCA Kay Yow Heart Coach of the Year | Seminoles Chant". miamiherald.typepad.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  7. "FSU's Semrau wins AP Coach of the Year award". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  8. "Semrau Named Associated Press Coach of the Year". Seminoles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  9. "Academic scandal costs Florida State 22 wins, 16 from breakout season". Hoopfeed.com. February 8, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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