Carolyn Kieger

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Carolyn Kieger
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Kieger in 2024
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Penn State
Conference Big Ten
Record63–86 (.423)
Biographical details
Born (1983-08-17) August 17, 1983 (age 41)
Roseville, Minnesota
Playing career
2002–2006 Marquette
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2014 Miami (FL) (assistant)
2014–2019 Marquette
2019–present Penn State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2007–2008 Marquette (dir. of ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall162–150 (.519)
Tournaments2–3 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a coach

As a player

  • CUSA All-Freshman Team (2003)
Awards
Big East Co-Coach of the Year (2018)

Carolyn Kieger (born August 17, 1983) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Pennsylvania State University Lady Lions basketball team. [1] Formerly, she was the head coach for her alma mater, the Marquette Golden Eagles, from 2014 to 2019. [2] [3]

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Playing career

Kieger was born in Roseville, Minnesota. She attended college at Marquette University, where she was a four-year starter for the Golden Eagles, a three-year captain and is still their all-time assists leader. Kieger is the only player in program history with at least 1,200 career points, 400 career rebounds and 600 assists. Careerwise, she averaged 10.3 points per game and was a second team All-Big East Conference selection for the 2005–06 season, as well as, a second team All-Conference USA selection for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. During her senior year, she was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award. In 2006, she graduated cum laude from Marquette with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and electronic communications. [2]

Coaching career

Kieger spent six seasons as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Miami under head coach Katie Meier. She primarily focused on developing players in the guard position. During her time at Miami, the Hurricanes made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament and two appearances in the WNIT, including a trip to the final. [4]

Kieger was hired as the head coach of the Marquette women's basketball team on May 1, 2014, succeeding the program's all-time winningest head coach Terri Mitchell. [5] In five seasons at the helm of her alma mater, Kieger went 99–64 and appeared in three NCAA tournaments. In the 2018–19 season, Kieger's team notched a program record 27 wins, winning the 2019 Big East regular season title and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. [6] Kieger coached Marquette's first Big East Players of the Year in consecutive seasons: Allazia Blockton in 2017–18 and Natisha Hiedeman in 2018–19. [4]

On April 3, 2019, Kieger left her alma mater to become the head coach of the Penn State Lady Lions. Kieger expressed her desire to compete for national titles as the primary reason for her move to Penn State. [7]

Kieger struggled after the move to Penn State, leading her team to only one conference win in the 2019–20 season. The Lady Lions gradually improved year over year, improving their win total each season. However, the team continued to struggle and finished in the bottom fourth of the Big Ten each year from 2019 to 2023. In 2024, the Lady Lions got off to a torrid pace, beginning the season 16–5 and fueling speculation that the team would make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. [8] [9] However, a six game losing streak dashed the team's tournament hopes and they would fall to Villanova in the WBIT semifinal. [10]

Player stats

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
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2002–03Marquette3033846.7%42.6%87.5%4.74.21.5–11.3
2003–04Marquette3233637.1%29.7%74.5%3.65.92.0–10.5
2004–05Marquette3035541.7%26.6%81.8%3.76.21.70.011.8
2005–06Marquette3224840.3%27.8%77.6%3.76.11.1–7.8
Career124127741.2%31.0%80.5%3.95.61.60.010.3

Source: NCAA [11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Marquette Golden Eagles (Big East Conference)(2014–2019)
2014–15 Marquette 9–224–148th
2015–16 Marquette 14–169–95th
2016–17 Marquette 25–813–53rd NCAA Division I First round
2017–18 Marquette 24–1015–3T–1st NCAA Division I Second Round
2018–19 Marquette 27–815–31st NCAA Division I Second Round
Marquette:99–64 (.607)56–34 (.622)
Penn State Lady Lions (Big Ten Conference)(2019–present)
2019–20 Penn State 7–231–1714th
2020–21 Penn State 9–156–1311th
2021–22 Penn State 11–185–1312th
2022–23 Penn State 14–174–14T–12th
2023–24 Penn State 22–139–9T–6th WBIT Semifinals
Penn State:63–86 (.423)25–66 (.275)
Total:162–150 (.519)

      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

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References

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  4. 1 2 "Carolyn Kieger - Women's Basketball Coach". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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