Chrissy Roberts

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Chrissy Roberts
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamLindenwood Lions
Conference Ohio Valley
Biographical details
Born (1975-12-25) December 25, 1975 (age 49)
Eminence, Kentucky
Playing career
1993–1995 Kentucky
1996–1998 Eastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999 Eastern Kentucky (GA)
1999–2000 Tennessee Tech (asst.)
2000–2002Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
2002–2008 East Carolina (asst.)
2008–2018Eastern Kentucky
2020–2022 Indianapolis (asst.)
2022–Present Lindenwood (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall122–194 (.386)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
OVC Player of the Year (1998)
2x First-team All-OVC (1997, 1998)

Chrissie Roberts (born December 25, 1975) [1] is an American college basketball coach and the former women's head coach at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky.

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Biography

A native of Eminence, Kentucky, Roberts won first team All State honors and was an All-American selection at Eminence High School, and she was picked to play in the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star game. After attending Kentucky for two years, she transferred to EKU. In her two seasons at Eastern, Roberts led the Lady Colonels to two OVC regular season titles, a conference tournament championship, and appearances in the NCAA and WNIT tournaments. During her junior season (1996–97), she nead the nation in three point shooting, winning both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Edward S. Steitz Award and the AT&T Long Distance Award. Her shoes, jersey and practice gear were enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was named an OVC First Team All-Conference member in both seasons and, in the 1997–98 season, was named OVC Player of the Year and was an Honorable Mention selection on the Kodak All-American Team. She still holds the EKU records for most three point field goals in a season (85 in 1996–97) and highest career three point shooting percentage (47.6%). She was named a member of the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007. [2] [3] Roberts earned her bachelor's degree in sports supervision in 1998 and her master's degree in sports administration in 1999, both from EKU. [4]

Career statistics

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1993–94 Kentucky 28--38.335.666.71.91.10.90.0-4.3
1994–95 Kentucky 27--40.136.278.93.01.91.10.1-7.9
1995–96 Eastern Kentucky Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules
1996–97 Eastern Kentucky 30--46.048.882.33.82.81.60.1-13.4
1997–98 Eastern Kentucky 28--48.645.989.23.24.42.20.1-15.2
Career113--44.543.283.53.02.61.50.1-10.2
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [5]

Coaching career

After graduating from Eastern Kentucky, Roberts remained there as a graduate assistant coach while earning her master's degree. She then spent one year as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech before returning to EKU for two more years as an assistant coach. In 2002, Roberts began a six-year stint as an assistant for the East Carolina Pirates. On June 3, 2008, Roberts was named as the eighth coach in the history of Eastern Kentucky women's basketball program and returned to her alma mater. [6]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Eastern Kentucky University (Ohio Valley Conference)(2008–2019)
2008–09Eastern Kentucky 7–204–14t-8th
2009–10Eastern Kentucky 12–178–10t-4th
2010–11Eastern Kentucky 6–213–1510th
2011–12Eastern Kentucky 13–167–9t-6th
2012–13Eastern Kentucky 18–1211–5t-2nd East0–1 (WBI)
2013–14Eastern Kentucky 17–139–7t-2nd East
2014–15Eastern Kentucky 9–174–129th
2015–16Eastern Kentucky 18–1210–64th
2016–17Eastern Kentucky 12–207–9t-6th
2017–18Eastern Kentucky 8–195–139th
2018–19Eastern Kentucky 2–270–1812th
Eastern Kentucky:122–194 (.386)68–118 (.366)
Total:122–194 (.386)

      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

References

  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  2. "Chrissy Roberts Class of 1998". www.ekusports.com/. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  3. EKU – Women's Basketball – All-Time Roster.
  4. Eastern Kentucky University Athletics – 2011–12 Basketball (W) Coaching Staff.
  5. "Chrissy Roberts College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  6. ""Chrissy Roberts Named EKU Head Coach". East Carolina Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  7. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.