Personal information | |
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Born | Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. | December 30, 1972
Career information | |
High school | Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Georgia) |
College | Stanford (1992–1996) |
Coaching career | 1996–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1996–1997 | Boise State (asst.) |
1998–2000 | Florida (asst.) |
2000–2002 | Evansville (asst.) |
2002–2004 | Western Carolina (asst.) |
2004–2007 | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
2007–2011 | Stanford (asst.) |
2011–2016 | Wisconsin |
2017–2018 | Los Angeles Sparks (asst.) |
Bobbie Natasha Kelsey (born December 30, 1972) [1] is an American basketball coach for the WNBA.
Hired in April 2011, [2] [3] her tenure at the University of Wisconsin ended on March 4, 2016. [4] Her most recent coaching job was an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks. [5]
She has been an assistant coach for Stanford University, and a four-year player for the Cardinal. Kelsey spent three years as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech before returning to her alma mater prior to the 2007-08 campaign. She has also held assistant coaching positions at Western Carolina, Evansville, Florida, and Boise State. [6] She currently works as a Conference Commissioner for the Milwaukee City Conference in Milwaukee WI which schedules and administers Game Scheduling, Officials Scheduling for all Milwaukee public high schools sports teams. Kelsey won the 2022 Milwaukee Public Schools Employee Golf League Championship, playing for Team Central Services . [7]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference)(2011–2016) | |||||||||
2011–12 | Wisconsin | 9–20 | 5–11 | T–9th | |||||
2012–13 | Wisconsin | 12–19 | 3–13 | 11th | |||||
2013–14 | Wisconsin | 10–19 | 3–13 | 11th | |||||
2014–15 | Wisconsin | 9–20 | 5–13 | 11th | |||||
2015–16 | Wisconsin | 7–22 | 3–15 | 13th | |||||
Wisconsin: | 47–100 (.320) | 19–65 (.226) | |||||||
Total: | 47–100 (.320) |
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