Debbie Ryan

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Debbie Ryan(born November 4, 1952)is a formerwomen's basketballcoach who coached at theUniversity of Virginia.Ryan also coached the American women's basketball team at the2003 Pan American Games.She was diagnosed withpancreatic cancerin 2000 but is currently in remission.She was inducted into theWomen's Basketball Hall of Famein 2008. Ryan was also inducted into theVirginia Sports Hall of Famein 2012.

Debbie Ryan

Debbie Ryan in 2014
Biographical details
Born	(1952-11-04)November 4, 1952 Titusville, New Jersey,U.S.
Playing career
1971–1975	Ursinus
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HCunless noted)
1977–2011	Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall	739–324 (.695)
Bowls	56
Tournaments	69
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3×NCAA Regional—Final Four(1990, 1991, 1992) 11×ACC regular seasonchampion (1984, 1986–1988, 1991–1996, 2000) 3×ACC tournamentchampion (1990, 1992, 1993)
Awards
7× ACC Coach of the Year (1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000) Naismith College Coach of the Year(1991)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medal record Women'sBasketball Head coach forUnited States World University Games 2001 Beijing Team Competition Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team Competition

The US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) awarded her the Coach of the Year award in 1991.She was also named theNaismith College Coach of the Year.

Ryan started as an assistant coach at Virginia under head coach Dan Bonner.In 1977, Ryan, who had recently completed graduate school in Virginia, was asked to become the head coach of the women's basketball program. She accepted, to become only the third head coach in the program's history.Ryan resigned after 34 years of head coaching duties at UVA at the completion the women's 2010–11 basketball season.After her resignation, Ryan was a volunteer assistant coach ofSeattle Stormfor the 2011WNBAseason, reuniting with her former playerJenny Boucek,who is an assistant coach there.In 2014, Ryan was honored as one of theLibrary of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History"for her contributions to women's basketball and her actions as a cancer treatment advocate.

US basketball

Ryan served as the head coach of theUS representativeto the 1999 World University Games (also known as theUniversiade). The event was held inPalma de Mallorca,Spain. The US team opened with a 134–37 win over South Africa. The second game was against Canada, which the US team lost in a close match 68–67. The US could not afford to lose another game if they wished to win a medal, and won the next game against Japan 106–66. They next faced undefeated Russia, and fell behind by twelve points at halftime, but came back and won 79–68. The US fell behind in their next game against undefeated China, but rallied and went on to win 89–78. They beat Brazil to advance to the semi-final, where they faced Lithuania. The game was not close, with the US winning 70–49. That set up a rematch with China, on their home court with 18,000 spectators. The USA only had a four-point lead at halftime, but did better in the second half, and won 87–69 to claim the gold medal.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Virginia(ACC)(1977–2011)
1977–78	Virginia	8–17	1–5	6th
1978–79	Virginia	16–12	2–4	6th
1979–80	Virginia	20–12	3–5	6th	WNIT Second Round
1980–81	Virginia	22–10	5–2	4th	AIAW First Round
1981–82	Virginia	17–11	2–5	5th
1982–83	Virginia	15–13	4–9	6th
1983–84	Virginia	22–7	11–3	1st	NCAA First Round
1984–85	Virginia	21–8	9–5	3rd	NCAA First Round
1985–86	Virginia	26–3	13–1	1st	NCAA First Round
1986–87	Virginia	26–5	12–2	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1987–88	Virginia	27–5	12–2	T-1st	NCAA Elite 8
1988–89	Virginia	21–10	8–6	4th	NCAA Sweet 16
1989–90	Virginia	29–6	11–3	2nd	NCAA Final Four
1990–91	Virginia	31–3	14–0	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
1991–92	Virginia	32–2	15–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
1992–93	Virginia	26–6	13–3	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1993–94	Virginia	27–5	15–1	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1994–95	Virginia	27–5	16–0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1995–96	Virginia	26–7	13–3	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1996–97	Virginia	23–8	12–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
1997–98	Virginia	19–10	9–7	5th	NCAA Second Round
1998–99	Virginia	20–9	12–4	2nd	NCAA First Round
1999–00	Virginia	25–9	13–3	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
2000–01	Virginia	18–14	8–8	5th	NCAA First Round
2001–02	Virginia	17–13	9–7	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
2002–03	Virginia	17–14	9–7	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2003–04	Virginia	13–16	6–9	7th
2004–05	Virginia	21–11	8–6	5th	NCAA Second Round
2005–06	Virginia	20–12	5–9	9th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2006–07	Virginia	19–15	5–9	8th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2007–08	Virginia	24–10	10–4	T-3rd	NCAA Second Round
2008–09	Virginia	24–10	8–6	T-5th	NCAA Second Round
2009–10	Virginia	21–10	9–5	3rd	NCAA First Round
2010–11	Virginia	19–16	5–7	8th	WNIT Quarterfinals
Virginia:		739–324 (.694)	160–92 (.635)
Total:		739–324 (.694)
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

• List of college women's basketball coaches with 600 wins
• Virginia Cavaliers basketball

External links

• Bio from the 2003 Pan American Games
• Bio from VirginiaArchived2007-01-02 at theWayback Machine
• Debbie Ryan | Expert Healthcare Articles