Maura McHugh (born June 20, 1953) is a former basketball coach who has coached at the college level, in the WNBA and ABL. She was a four-year starter at Old Dominion University in the early 1970s. She was one of the first women's basketball players in the nation to receive a scholarship. She began as a graduate assistant coach at Penn State University before being promoted to assistant coach for two seasons. Her first head coaching position was at the University of Oklahoma where she coached for seven seasons. She followed up her time at Oklahoma with six years at Arizona State University. She also coached the now defunct Long Beach Stingrays of the ABL for one year in 1997–98[2] and followed that up with a stint as both assistant coach and head coach for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. Most recently, she served as head coach of the women's basketball program at Stony Brook University from 2003 to 2007.[3][4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 20, 1953 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1975[1] | Old Dominion |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–80 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1980–87 | Oklahoma |
| 1987–93 | Arizona State |
| 1997–98 | Long Beach Stingrays (ABL) |
| 1999–2001 | Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) (Asst. Coach) |
| 2001–03 | Sacramento Monarchs |
| 2004–07 | Stony Brook |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 267–200 (college) 35–35 (WNBA) |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA) 3–2 (WNBA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Big Eight regular season (1986) | |
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Sooners (Independent) (1980–1982) | |||||||||
| 1980–81 | Oklahoma | 21–11 | |||||||
| 1981–82 | Oklahoma | 17–14 | |||||||
| Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1982–1987) | |||||||||
| 1982–83 | Oklahoma | 17–11 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
| 1983–84 | Oklahoma | 22–10 | 8–6 | 3rd | NWIT Sixth Place | ||||
| 1984–85 | Oklahoma | 23–7 | 10–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 1985–86 | Oklahoma | 24–7 | 10–4 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1986–87 | Oklahoma | 18–10 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| Oklahoma: | 142–70 (.670) | 41–29 (.586) | |||||||
| Arizona State Sun Devils (Pac 10 Conference) (1987–1993) | |||||||||
| 1987–88 | Arizona State | 11–17 | 5–13 | T–8th | |||||
| 1988–89 | Arizona State | 9–19 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
| 1989–90 | Arizona State | 13–15 | 5–13 | T–8th | |||||
| 1990–91 | Arizona State | 14–14 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 1991–92 | Arizona State | 20–9 | 11–7 | 5th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1992–93 | Arizona State | 17–10 | 10–8 | T–4th | |||||
| Arizona State: | 79–89 (.470) | 39–69 (.361) | |||||||
| Stony Brook Seawolves (America East Conference) (2003–2007) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Stony Brook | 8–20 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Stony Brook | 20–10 | 12–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2006–07 | Stony Brook | 18–11 | 14–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Stony Brook: | 46–41 (.529) | 32–18 (.640) | |||||||
| Total: | 267–200 (.572) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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WNBA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 2001 | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2nd in Western | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Lost Conference Finals |
| Sacramento | 2002 | 32 | 14 | 18 | .438 | 6th in Western | – | – | – | Missed playoffs | |
| Sacramento | 2003 | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | – | – | – | Fired mid-season | ||
| Career | 70 | 35 | 35 | .500 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | |||
References
edit- ^ "2021–22 Old Dominion Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). ODUSports.com. Old Dominion University. 2021. p. 80. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Gustkey, Earl (1998-03-11). "'ray of Hope". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Maura McHugh". Stony Brook University Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Maura McHugh Steps Down as Head Women's Basketball Coach; Assistant Coach Michele Cherry Named Successor". Stony Brook University Official Athletic Site. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2009-10-21.