Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Long Beach State |
Conference | Big West |
Record | 15–18 (.455) |
Biographical details | |
Born | February 19, 1980 |
Playing career | |
1999–2002 | Arkansas |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004–2006 | South Florida (assistant) |
2007–2008 | Western Kentucky (assistant) |
2008–2010 | Cleveland State (assistant) |
2010–2011 | Cleveland State (associate HC) |
2011–2012 | Arizona State (assistant) |
2012–2021 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
2021–2023 | Oklahoma (associate HC) |
2023–present | Long Beach State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2003–2004 | South Florida (DBO) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–17 (.469) |
Amy Wright (born February 19, 1980) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at California State University, Long Beach, a role she has held since April 2023. [1]
Sources [2]
GP | Games 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 |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
1998-99 | Arkansas | 34 | 131 | 35.7% | 20.0% | 64.6% | 1.8 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
1999-00 | Arkansas | 32 | 144 | 38.2% | 32.3% | 67.8% | 1.6 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
2000-01 | Arkansas | 33 | 239 | 45.7% | 30.0% | 60.8% | 3.2 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 7.2 |
2001-02 | Arkansas | 32 | 211 | 32.7% | 21.2% | 65.0% | 3.1 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
Career | 131 | 725 | 38.2% | 25.6% | 64.1% | 2.4 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 5.5 |
Wright began her coaching career at South Florida as an assistant coach after serving as director of basketball operations for one season. She also had stints as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky, Cleveland State, Arizona State, and Texas A&M prior to being named the associate head coach at Oklahoma prior to the start of the 2021–22 season. [3] [4]
Wright was named the head coach at Long Beach State on April 17, 2023. [1]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Long Beach State Beach (Big West Conference)(2023–present) | |||||||||
2023–24 | Long Beach State | 15-18 | 8-12 | T-7th | |||||
Long Beach State: | 15–18 (.455) | 8–12 (.400) | |||||||
Total: | 15–18 (.455) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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