Marianne Stanley
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Personal information | |
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Born | Yeadon, Pennsylvania,U.S. | April 29, 1954
Career information | |
High school | Archbishop Prendergast (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
College | Immaculata(1972–1976) |
Position | Head coach |
Coaching career | 1977–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1977–1987 | Old Dominion |
1987–1989 | Penn |
1989–1993 | USC |
1995–1996 | Stanford |
1996–2000 | California |
2000 | Los Angeles Sparks(assistant) |
2001 | Washington Mystics(assistant) |
2002–2003 | Washington Mystics |
2004–2006 | New York Liberty(assistant) |
2006–2008 | Rutgers(assistant) |
2008–2009 | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
2010–2019 | Washington Mystics (assistant) |
2020–2022 | Indiana Fever |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Basketball Hall of Fame as coach | |
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
Marianne Crawford Stanley(born April 29, 1954) is an Americanbasketballcoach. She previously served as the head coach of theWashington MysticsandIndiana Feverof theWomen's National Basketball Association(WNBA).[1]
Born inYeadon, Pennsylvania,Stanley played high school basketball atArchbishop Prendergast High SchoolinDrexel Hill, Pennsylvania.[2]: 193–194 She was inducted into the Prendergast Hall of Fame in 2014.
After transferring from West Chester State College (nowWest Chester University),[2]: 195 Stanley played collegiate basketball atImmaculata College.[3]The women's basketball team played in six straight AIAW basketball tournament final fours from 1972 to 1977, five straight finals from 1972 to 1976. They won three consecutive national championships from 1972 to 1974. Among her teammates were future prominent women's coachesTheresa GrentzandRene Portland.The team was featured for its 1970s accomplishments on aSportsCenterspecial[3]on March 23, 2008.
On January 26, 1975, she played in the first nationally televised women's intercollegiate basketball game. Facing Maryland at Cole Field House, Immaculata won 80–48.
On February 22, 1975, she played in the first women's basketball game played in Madison Square Garden. Immaculata beat Queens College 65–61.
The story of the basketball team was adapted into a movie,The Mighty Macs,[4]which was released in 2011. The 1972–1974 teams were announced on April 7, 2014, as part of the 2014 induction class of theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,and were formally inducted as a team on August 8, 2014.[5]In 2022, Stanley and Theresa Grentz were inducted into the Naismith Hall for their subsequent accomplishments as college coaches.[6]
Stanley began her coaching career as an assistant at Immaculata under her former coachCathy Rush.Stanley's first head coaching position was atOld Dominion Universityfor theLady Monarchsin 1977–78. In her first season, they won theNWIT tournament.The Lady Monarchs went on to win theAIAW women's basketball tournamentin1979and1980.She took the1984–85 teamto theNCAA championship,finishing 31–3 overall and 6–0 in conference play.[7]
Stanley later coached atPenn,USC,Stanfordand Californiajoining theWNBAas an assistant with theLos Angeles Sparksin 2000. She joined the Mystics in 2001, and was named head coach of the team in 2002. That year Stanley earnedWNBA Coach of the Yearhonors, guiding the Mystics to the Eastern Conference finals.[8]She was also inducted into theWomen's Basketball Hall of Famethe same year.
Stanley joined theNew York Libertyas an assistant coach in 2004. She returned to the college coaching ranks in Sept.of 2006 as an assistant toC. Vivian StringeratRutgersUniversity. They guided the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA finals in 2007.
The WNBA came calling in 2008 and Marianne left to join Coach Michael Cooper staff with the Los AngelesSparksas an assistant from 2008 through 2009, and rejoined the Mystics as an assistant coach in 2010.
On November 27, 2019, Stanley was introduced as the head coach of the Indiana Fever. Stanley coached parts of three seasons with the team, amassing an 14–49 record before she was fired on May 25, 2022.[9]
Coaching Record
[edit]Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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WAS | 2002 | 32 | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3rd in East | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Lost inConference finals |
WAS | 2003 | 34 | 9 | 25 | .265 | 7th in East | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
IND | 2020 | 22 | 6 | 16 | .273 | 5th in East | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
IND | 2021 | 32 | 6 | 26 | .188 | 6th in East | - | - | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
IND | 2022 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .222 | (fired) | - | - | - | - | – |
Career | 129 | 40 | 89 | .310 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
References
[edit]- ^"Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach".WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.Retrieved2019-11-30.
- ^abHawkes, Nena Ray and Seggar, John F. (2000).Celebrating Women Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary.Greenwood, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 193–200.ISBN0313309124.
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:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^abArchived atGhostarchiveand theWayback Machine:"ESPN Mighty Macs".YouTube.
- ^Promotions, Milk Money."The Mighty Macs - About The Movie".themightymacs.com.Retrieved2017-10-03.
- ^"The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-08-10.Retrieved2015-09-11.
- ^Jensen, Mike (2022-09-09)."Theresa Grentz and Marianne Stanley: From Delco to Immaculata to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame".Philadelphia Inquirer.Retrieved2022-10-04.
- ^Coach BioArchived2012-10-21 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Marianne Stanley".Old Dominion University.Retrieved2021-06-05.
- ^VanTryon, Matthew."Indiana Fever fires head coach Marianne Stanley, continuing tumultuous era for franchise".The Indianapolis Star.Retrieved26 May2022.
External links
[edit]- 1954 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American women's basketball coaches
- Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- California Golden Bears women's basketball coaches
- Immaculata Mighty Macs women's basketball players
- Indiana Fever coaches
- Los Angeles Sparks coaches
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- New York Liberty coaches
- Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball coaches
- Penn Quakers women's basketball coaches
- People from Yeadon, Pennsylvania
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Stanford Cardinal women's basketball coaches
- USC Trojans women's basketball coaches
- Washington Mystics head coaches