Betsy Harris

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Betsy Harris
East Central Community College
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1972-04-02) April 2, 1972 (age 51)
Jacksonville, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
High school Decatur
(Decatur, Mississippi )
College Alabama (1990–1994)
Playing career1994–1999
Position Guard
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As player:
1995 Oviedo
1995–1996 Breiðablik
As coach:
1999–2001 West Alabama (assistant)
2001–2002 Troy (assistant)
2002–2003 East Central (assistant)
2003–2010 West Alabama (assistant)
2010–2011 Meridian (assistant)
2011–2014 Coastal Georgia
2014–2022 Florida Southern
2022–present East Central
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • SSC champion (2018, 2019)
  • WBCA South Region Coach of the Year (2019)
  • 3× SSC Coach of the Year

Betsy Harris (born April 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional player.

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Early life

Harris was born in Jacksonville, Florida. [1] She went to Decatur High School, in Decatur, Mississippi, where she won the state championship in 1990. [2]

College career

Harris played college basketball for the University of Alabama from 1990 to 1994. She led Alabama to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip the NCAA Division I Final Four in 1994. She earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a senior in 1994 and was also named the MVP of the Midwest Regional and earned a spot on the 1994 Final Four All-Tournament Team. [3]

Alabama 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
YearTeamGPGSFGFGAFG%3FG3FGA3PA%FTFTAFT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPointsPPG
1990–91 Alabama 292210527737.9%4310939.4%8310777.6%0.551.860.071.2133611.59
1991–92Alabama30610828937.4%4914833.1%648278.0%2.531.430.001.2332910.97
1992–93Alabama313112529242.8%8920842.8%486277.4%3.521.290.061.4238712.48
1993–94Alabama333315638540.5%9126434.5%668974.2%2.971.520.090.8847014.24
Career12392494124339.7%27272937.3%26134076.8%2.431.520.061.18152212.37

Professional career

After graduating in 1994, Harris went on to play four years professionally in Greece (Apollon), Iceland (Breiðablik), Spain (CD Universidad de Oviedo), Sweden (Ockelbo BBK), and Switzerland (ABB Baden). [3]

After starting the year playing in Spain, [1] Harris signed with reigning Icelandic champions Breiðablik in August 1995. [5] She helped Breiðablik win the Icelandic Super Cup [6] and reach the playoffs. [7] After the season, where she averaged 26.6 points per game, [8] she was named the Foreign Player of the Year. [9]

In 1998, she was invited to training camp with the WNBA's Detroit Shock. [3]

Coaching career

In 2014, Harris was hired as the head coach of Florida Southern women's basketball team. In 2019, she won her second-consecutive Sunshine State Conference championship. [2] During her stint with Florida Southern, she was a three-time Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year and the WBCA South Region Coach of the Year in 2019. She stepped down from her post in August 2022 and took over as head coach at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi. [10] [11]

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  2. 1 2 Elton Hayes (12 March 2019). "29 years to the day". Meridian Star . Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Betsy Harris Named Moccasins New Womens Basketball Coach". fscmocs.com. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "2016-17 Alabama Women's Basketball Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  5. ↑ "Nýr erlendur leikmaður til Blika". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 August 1995. p. C1. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Teitur og Anna María best". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 May 1996. p. D1. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Robert Magobet (5 August 2022). "Florida Southern women's basketball coach Betsy Harris steps down". The Ledger . Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Betsy Harris Named ECCC Women's Basketball Head Coach". ecccathletics.com. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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