Clarisse Garcia

Last updated
Clarisse Garcia
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Charleston Southern
Conference Big South
Record7–52 (.119)
Biographical details
Born (1984-12-18) December 18, 1984 (age 39)
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Playing career
2003–2007 Villanova
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2009 Seton Hill (GA)
2009–2010 Stetson (assistant)
2010–2012 Palm Beach Atlantic
2012–2013 Alabama (assistant)
2013–2016 Wake Forest (assistant)
2016–2021 Auburn (assistant)
2021–present Charleston Southern
Head coaching record
Overall17–66 (.205)

Clarisse Garcia (born December 18, 1984) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the women's basketball team at Charleston Southern University. [1]

Contents

Playing career

Garcia played basketball at Villanova from 2003 to 2007, where she was a walk-on player. During her time at Villanova, she was a three-time member of the dean's list, as well as a three-time Big East All-Academic member.

Coaching career

Garcia began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, before moving on to Stetson in 2009 as an assistant coach.

Garcia was named the head coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a Division II school in Florida in May 2010. She compiled a 15–39 record in two seasons before she stepped down to take an assistant coaching position at Alabama in 2012. [2] She spent one season at Alabama before joining Wake Forest as an assistant. She was also an assistant coach at Auburn from 2016 to 2021. [3]

Garcia was named the head coach at Charleston Southern on May 3, 2021. [4]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (2010–2012)
2010–11Palm Beach Atlantic 8–20
2011–12Palm Beach Atlantic 7–19
Palm Beach Atlantic:15–39 (.278)
Charleston Southern Buccaneers (Big South Conference)(2021–present)
2021–22 Charleston Southern 2–272–1512th
2022–23 Charleston Southern 5–253–1510th
Charleston Southern:7–52 (.119)5–30 (.143)
Total:22–91 (.195)

      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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