Bobbie Kelsey

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Bobbie Kelsey
Personal information
Born (1972-12-30) December 30, 1972 (age 52)
Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Career information
High school Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Georgia)
College Stanford (1992–1996)
Coaching career1996–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.)
2007–2011Stanford (asst.)
2011–2016 Wisconsin
2017–2018 Los Angeles Sparks (asst.)

Bobbie Natasha Kelsey (born December 30, 1972) [1] is an American former basketball coach for the WNBA. She is currently the Commissioner of Athletics for Milwaukee Recreation.

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Career

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] In October 2024 she came under fire from the MPS Athletics community for multiple instances of neglecting to complete paperwork. In 2023, incomplete paperwork led to the Riverside High School swim team being unable to compete in their sectional meet for the 2022–23 season. In 2024 the Pulaski and Bay View high school football teams were forced to forfeit multiple games, as well as incur two-year postseason bans because of missing paperwork. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference)(2011–2016)
2011–12Wisconsin 9–205–11T–9th
2012–13 Wisconsin 12–193–1311th
2013–14 Wisconsin 10–193–1311th
2014–15 Wisconsin 9–205–1311th
2015–16 Wisconsin 7–223–1513th
Wisconsin:47–100 (.320)19–65 (.226)
Total:47–100 (.320)

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Punzel, Dennis (April 12, 2011). "New UW women's basketball coach sets high bar: 'You can win national championships here'". Wisconsin State Journal . Archived from the original on April 13, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Potrykus, Jeff (April 11, 2011). "New UW women's coach Kelsey sees big potential". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin women's basketball coach Bobbie Kelsey fired". Bucky's 5th Quarter. March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "LA Sparks hire former Wisconsin coach Bobbie Kelsey as assistant". ESPN.com. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ "2015-16 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff: Bobbie Kelsey, Head Coach". Wisconsin Badgers. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Milwaukee Recreation welcomes Bobbie N. Kelsey as new Commissioner of Athletics". July 24, 2019.
  8. ↑ https://www.cbs58.com/news/dropped-the-ball-four-milwaukee-alders-tee-off-on-mps-athletics-commissioner-after-clerical-error-forfeits-two-football-seasons
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