Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball

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Cal Poly Mustangs
Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball team
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UniversityCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Head coach Shanele Stires (2nd season)
Conference Big West
Location San Luis Obispo, California
Arena Mott Athletics Center
(Capacity: 3,032)
Nickname Mustangs
ColorsPoly green, copper gold, and stadium gold [1]
     
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NCAA tournament appearances
2013
Conference tournament champions
2013
Conference regular season champions
2011, 2012

The Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball team represents California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference, which they have played in since 1996, two years after joining Division I. The team plays its home games in Mott Athletics Center.

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History

Cal Poly began playing women's basketball at the intercollegiate level in 1974 in the AIAW, with NCAA-sponsored play beginning in 1981.

The Mustangs have had three teams tie for the school record for wins (21) in a season: the 1981–82 squad coached by Marilyn McNeil and the 2008–09 and 2012–13 squads coached by Faith Mimnaugh.

Following Sharon Chatman (1974–75) and Mary Stallard (1975–79), McNeil coached Cal Poly from 1979 to 1986 before becoming an athletics administrator on campus. In 1994, McNeil departed Cal Poly to become the athletic director at Monmouth University, [2] from which she retired in 2021. [3] Taking over after Jill Orrock (1986–95) and Karen Booker (1995–97), Mimnaugh served as head coach from 1997 to 2022. [4] Shanele Stires, former WNBA player [5] and head coach at Cal State East Bay, was hired as the team's seventh head coach on April 14, 2022. [6]

The furthest the team has advanced came in March 2013, [7] when Cal Poly defeated Pacific 63–49 to win the Big West Conference women's basketball tournament, their first conference tournament championship [8] after two previous years of regular-season titles. [9] Seeded 14th in their ensuing NCAA Tournament appearance, [10] they lost 85-55 to Penn State in the first round. Cal Poly qualified for the semifinal round of the Big West Tournament in March 2020, but the postseason was abruptly canceled due to COVID-19 after the Mustangs had won comfortably [11] twice in the tournament's earlier rounds. [12]

The team has made four WNIT appearances, losing to California (Berkeley) in 2011, [13] Washington in 2012, [14] San Diego in 2014, [15] and Pacific in 2024.

Division I Season-by-Season Results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Karen Booker (American West)(1995–1996)
1995-1996Karen Booker 5–232–4Member of American West during transition from DII to DI
Karen Booker (Big West Conference)(1996–1997)
1996–1997Karen Booker 4–233–126th (West)
Karen Booker win–loss total:9–46
Faith Mimnaugh (Big West Conference)(1997–2022)
1997–98Faith Mimnaugh 6–203–126th (West)
1998–99Faith Mimnaugh 8–182–13T–5th (West)
1999–00Faith Mimnaugh 9–195–10T–4th (West)
2000–01Faith Mimnaugh 12–175–96th
2001–02Faith Mimnaugh 11–177–95th
2002-03Faith Mimnaugh 10–176–106th
2003–04Faith Mimnaugh 14–1410–84th
2004–05Faith Mimnaugh 11–165–139th
2005–06Faith Mimnaugh 13–147–7T–3rd
2006–07Faith Mimnaugh 14–149–5T–3rd
2007–08Faith Mimnaugh 13–198–8T–5th
2008–09Faith Mimnaugh 21–1111–53rd
2009–10Faith Mimnaugh 18–1111–5T–2nd
2010–11Faith Mimnaugh 18–1312–41stWNIT First Round
2011–12Faith Mimnaugh 17–1512–41stWNIT First Round
2012–13Faith Mimnaugh 21–1113–52ndNCAA Tournament First Round
2013–14Faith Mimnaugh 18–1411–52ndWNIT First Round
2014–15Faith Mimnaugh 15–1410–63rd
2015–16Faith Mimnaugh 15–167–96th
2016–17Faith Mimnaugh 11–187–97th
2017–18Faith Mimnaugh 17–1211–52nd
2018–19Faith Mimnaugh 6–213–139th
2019–20Faith Mimnaugh 11–186–108thCancelled
2020–21Faith Mimnaugh 13–118–86th
2021–22Faith Mimnaugh 3–222–1311th
Faith Mimnaugh win–loss total:325–392
Shanele Stires (Big West Conference)(2022–Present)
2022–23Shanele Stires 10–187–127th
2023–24Shanele Stires 17–1413–74thWNIT First Round
Shanele Stires win–loss total:27–32
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      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

NCAA tournament results

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2013 #14First Round#3 Penn StateL 55−85

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