Cindy Russo

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Cindy Russo
Biographical details
Born (1952-09-07) September 7, 1952 (age 72)
Portsmouth, Virginia
Playing career
1972–1975 Old Dominion
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1977Old Dominion (asst.)
1977–1978 FIU
1978–1980 Lamar
1980–2015FIU
Head coaching record
Overall707–408 (.634)

Cindy Russo (born September 7, 1952) served as the women's basketball head coach at Florida International and Lamar. Retiring in January 2015, [1] [2] her career spanned 39 years with 38 of those years as a head coach. She had several accomplishments over her career. She guided the FIU Panthers to 20 consecutive winning seasons. Her teams also achieved 20 win seasons 18 times. Her teams participated in six NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments, seven WNIT tournaments, and two NCAA Division II Tournaments. [3]

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Russo was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and graduated from Old Dominion University in 1975. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
FIU Golden Panthers (AIAW independent)(1977–1978)
1977–78FIU 8–14
Lamar Lady Cardinals [5] (AIAW Independent)(1978–1980)
1978–79Lamar 16–11
1979–80Lamar 20–11
FIU Golden Panthers [6] (AIAW Independent)(1980–1982)
1980–81FIU 7–13
1981–82FIU 27–10AIAW Small College First Round [7]
FIU Golden Panthers [6] (NCAA Division II independent)(1982–1987)
1982–83FIU 17–7NCAA D-II First Round [7]
1983–84FIU 17–11
1984–85FIU 22–6
1985–86FIU 26–2NCAA D-II First Round [7]
1986–87FIU 21–7NCAA D-II Second Round [7]
FIU Golden Panthers [8] (New South Women's Athletic Conference/Trans America Athletic Conference [9] )(1987–1998)
1987–88FIU 21–79–32nd
1988–89FIU 20–711–11st
1989–90FIU 20–910–2T–1st
1990–91FIU 16–137–53rd
1991–92FIU 23–1010–2T–1stWNIT Consolation [7]
1992–93FIU 25–612–01stWNIT Third Place [7]
1993–94FIU 25–411–11st NCAA D-I First Round
1994–95FIU 27–515–11st NCAA D-I Second Round
1995–96FIU 23–516–01st
1996–97FIU 21–912–41st NCAA D-I First Round
1997–98FIU 29–215–11st NCAA D-I Second Round
FIU Golden Panthers [6] [10] (Sun Belt Conference)(1998–2013)
1998–99FIU 23–79–32nd NCAA D-I First Round
1999–2000FIU 16–1310–6T–3rd
2000–01FIU 20–1011–52nd (East)WNIT First Round [7]
2001–02FIU 27–613–11st (East) NCAA D-I Second Round
2002–03FIU 19–119–5T–2nd (East)WNIT First Round [7]
2003–04FIU 0–16*0–9*
2004–05FIU 18–117–74th (East)
2005–06FIU 19–139–53rd (East)WNIT Second Round [7]
2006–07FIU 16–149–93rd (East)
2007–08FIU 13–188–104th (East)
2008–09FIU 6–244–146th (East)
2009–10FIU 14–169–9T–4th (East)
2010–11FIU 16–1610–62nd (East)
2011–12FIU 23–1110–63rd (East) WNIT Second Round
2012–13FIU 19–1312–83rd (East) WNIT First Round
FIU Panthers [6] (Conference USA)(2013–2015)
2013–14FIU 15–186–10T–9th [11]
2014–15 FIU 3–13**0–5**
Total:707–395 (.642)

      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

* 2003–04 wins vacated by the NCAA; FIU originally finished 4th in the East Division.
** Partial season. Coach Russo resigned effective immediately on January 22, 2015. Interim head coach completed the season. Inge Nissen became interim head coach and went 0–13 (all in C-USA), for the team to finish 3–26 (0–18 C-USA) and in 14th place. [12]

See also

References

  1. David J. Neale (January 22, 2015). "Longtime FIU women's basketball coach Cindy Russo retires". Miami Herald. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  2. Tim Reynolds (Associated Press) (January 22, 2015). "Cindy Russo resigns as FIU coach". ESPN. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  3. "Cindy Russo - Head Coach". Florida International University. Archived from the original on June 9, 2016.
  4. "Cindy Russo". FIU. 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  5. "2012–13 Women's Basketball Information Guide" (PDF). Lamar Athletics. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "2015–16 Women's Basketball" (PDF). Conference USA. pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "All-time postseason results" (PDF). 2014-15 FIU Women's Basketball Media Guide. Florida International University. pp. 59–60.
  8. "Yearly Standings" (PDF). 2014–15 Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Record Book. Atlantic Sun Conference. pp. 5–6. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. "Division I Conference Champions Season-by-Season" (PDF). 2003 Women's Basketball Records Book. NCAA. p. 174. Note: From 1986–91, the conference operated as the New South Women's Athletic Conference before merging with the TAAC in 1992. Known as the Trans America Athletic Conference from 1992 to 2001
  10. "2015–16 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Guide". Sun Belt Conference. pp. 70–73. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  11. "C-USA Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  12. "FIU" (PDF). 2015-16 Women's Basketball. Conference USA. 2015. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.