Amy Ruley

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Amy Ruley
Biographical details
Born (1955-10-24) October 24, 1955 (age 67)
Lowell, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1975–1978 Purdue
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–2008 North Dakota State
Head coaching record
Overall671–198
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Assistant coach for Flag of the United States.svg  United States
William Jones Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Taipei, Taiwan Team Competition

Amy Ruley (born October 24, 1955) is a former women's head basketball coach at North Dakota State University. Ruley has the greatest number of victories of any women's coach at NDSU, with over 600 wins, and led the Bison to 5 NCAA Division II championships. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. [1] She is a graduate of Purdue University, where she was a member of the first varsity Purdue Boilermakers team, scoring the program's first points. [2]

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On Monday, March 3, 2008, Ruley announced that she would step down as coach after the game that evening against Centenary College (La.) and remained at NDSU until August 2017. She joined the Minnesota State University of Moorhead (MSUM) Foundation as Senior Director of Development for Athletics in 2017. [3] She had since joined the Sanford Health Foundation in 2019, with plans to retire in February 2022.

Purdue statistics

Source [4]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%FT%RPGAPGSPGPPG
1975–76Purdue161170.0%39.2%1.90.60.07.3
1976–77Purdue2321240.5%73.9%2.22.91.79.2
1977–78Purdue1913154.0%31.4%2.51.71.46.9
CareerPurdue584600.0%51.4%1.91.91.17.9

USA Basketball

In 1995, Ruley served as the assistant coach to the R. William Jones Cup Team. The competition was held in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won its first six games, but four of the six were won by single-digit margins. Their seventh game was against Russia, and they fell 100–84. The final game was against South Korea, and a victory would assure the gold medal, but the South Korean team won 80–76 to win the gold medal. The USA team won the bronze medal. [5]

Awards

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
North Dakota State (North Central Conference)(1979–2006)
1979–1980North Dakota State 14–150–04th
1980–1981North Dakota State 19–120–05thRegion
1981–1982North Dakota State 22–100–02nd4th
1982–1983North Dakota State 16–100–03rd
1983–1984North Dakota State 15–120–04th
1984–1985North Dakota State 19–80–04th
1985–1986North Dakota State 24–90–02nd2nd
1986–1987North Dakota State 26–40–01stt-5th
1987–1988North Dakota State 28–30–01stt-3rd
1988–1989North Dakota State 23–70–01stRegion
1989–1990North Dakota State 25–50–02ndRegion
1990–1991North Dakota State 31–20–02nd1st
1991–1992North Dakota State 29–40–01st2nd
1992–1993North Dakota State 30–20–01st1st
1993–1994North Dakota State 27–50–02nd1st
1994–1995North Dakota State 32–00–01st1st
1995–1996North Dakota State 30–20–01st1st
1996–1997North Dakota State 28–10–01stRegion
1997–1998North Dakota State 22–60–02ndRegion
1998–1999North Dakota State 24–50–02ndRegion
1999–2000North Dakota State 28–40–01st2nd
2000–2001North Dakota State 25–80–02ndRegion
2001–2002North Dakota State 18–100–0t-3rd
2002–2003North Dakota State 26–70–0t-3rdRegion
2003–2004North Dakota State 24–70–0t-1stRegion
2004–2005North Dakota State 26–10–0
2005–2006North Dakota State 9–170–0
2006–2007North Dakota State 14–110–0
North Dakota State (The Summit League)(2007–present)
2007–2008North Dakota State 17–1112–6T2nd
Total:671–198

      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

Notes

  1. ↑ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  2. ↑ Hamnik, Al (2012-06-23). "Lowell native Amy Ruley a 'benefactor' of Title IX progress". Northwest Indiana Times. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Amy Ruley and Mark Hensrud Welcomed to MSUM Alumni Foundation". News. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Purdue Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  5. ↑ "1995 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lowell native Amy Ruley a 'benefactor' of Title IX progress | College Basketball | nwitimes.com".
  8. ↑ "Amy Ruley - North Dakota State University". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2006-04-03.
  9. ↑ "Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame". purduesports.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

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