Adrienne Shibles

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Adrienne Shibles
Current position
TitleAssociate Director of Athletics / SWA
Team Bates
Conference NESCAC
Biographical details
Alma mater Bates College BA
Smith College MS
Playing career
1987-1991 Bates
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996-2005 Swarthmore College
2008-2021 Bowdoin
2021-2023 Dartmouth
Head coaching record
Overall424–212 (.667)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x NCAA Runner-Up (2018, 2019)
2x NCAA Regional - Final Four (2018, 2019)
2x NESCAC (2009, 2020)
Centennial Conference (2001)
Awards
2019 DIII National Coach of the Year
2x Regional Coach of the Year (2018, 2019)
2x NESCAC Coach of the Year (2009, 2019)

Adrienne Shibles is a former American women's basketball coach who was most recently head coach of the Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team. [1] Currently Shibles is the associate director of athletics at Bates College in Maine. [2]

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Playing career

Shibles played collegiately at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. At Bates, she scored more than 1,000 career points. [3]

Coaching career

Bowdoin

She coached the Bowdoin Polar Bears women's basketball team to a 281-68 (.805) record, two New England Small College Athletic Conference championships, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, and back-to-back NCAA Division III title game appearances. Shibles stepped down in May of 2021 and left Bowdoin as the winningest coach in the programs history. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Swarthmore Garnet [5] (Centennial Conference)(1996–2005)
1996–97Swarthmore 7–164–11
1997–98Swarthmore 8–164–11
1998–99Swarthmore 12–127–8
1999–2000Swarthmore 14–119–4
2000–01Swarthmore 23–512–31stNCAA Second Round
2001–02Swarthmore 21–812–3
2002–03Swarthmore 21–812–3
2003–04Swarthmore 16–911–7
2004–05Swarthmore 16–1111–7
Swarthmore:138–96 (.590)
Bowdoin Polar Bears [6] (New England Small College Athletic Conference)(2008–2021)
2008–09Bowdoin 24–58–1T–1st NCAA Second Round
2009–10Bowdoin 22-75–45th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2010–11Bowdoin 24–66–3T–3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011–12Bowdoin 21–87–33rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2012–13Bowdoin 14–114–68th
2013–14Bowdoin 21–67–33rd NCAA First Round
2014–15Bowdoin 25–59–12nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2015–16Bowdoin 22–78–23rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016–17Bowdoin 21–58–23rd NCAA First Round
2017–18Bowdoin 29–39–12nd NCAA Runner–Up
2018–19Bowdoin 31–210–01st NCAA Runner–Up
2019–20Bowdoin 27–28–2T–2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen*
Bowdoin:281–68 (.805)
Dartmouth Big Green [7] (Ivy League)(2021–2023)
2021–22Dartmouth 3–232–127th
2022–23 Dartmouth 2–260–148th
Dartmouth:5–49 (.093)2–26 (.071)
Total:424–212 (.667)

      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

Personal life

Shibles is from Knox, Maine and graduated from Mount View High School in Thorndike, Maine. [3] In August 2022, she was inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame. [3]

References

  1. "Shibles Steps Down as Women's Basketball Head Coach". Dartmouth College Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. Royzman, Valerie (June 27, 2023). "Adrienne Shibles named Bates College's new associate athletic director". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Knox native Adrienne Shibles to be inducted into Maine Basketball Hall of Fame". PenBay Pilot.
  4. Canfield, Eric (May 3, 2021). "Bowdoin College women's basketball coach Adrienne Shibles accepts job at Dartmouth". The Times Record. Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  5. "Swarthmore Women's Basketball Year by Year Results". swarthmoreathletics.com. Swathmore Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  6. "Bowdoin Women's Basketball History and Scores" (PDF). athletics.bowdoin.edu. Bowdoin Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  7. "Women's Basketball Records & History". dartmouthsports.com. Dartmouth Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.