Gordy Presnell

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Gordy Presnell
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Team Boise State Broncos
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Born (1960-07-20) July 20, 1960 (age 64)
Lapwai, Idaho

Gordy Presnell (born July 20, 1960) is the women's basketball coach for Boise State University since 2005. Before joining Boise State, Presnell coached boys basketball teams for Lapwai High School and Kendrick High School during the 1980s. After joining Seattle Pacific University as a graduate assistant in 1986, Presnell became their women's basketball coach in 1987. With Seattle Pacific, Presnell's team won three Pacific West Conference events and reached the final of the 2005 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. Upon leaving the team in 2005, Presnell had 396 wins and 127 losses.

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Presnell became the head coach of the women's basketball team at Boise State University in 2005. From 2007 to 2020, Presnell's team won the WAC women's basketball tournament once and the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament five times. In between this time period, Presnell and his team reached the second round of the 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament and the 2014 Women's Basketball Invitational. With the two schools, Presnell received nine conference Coach of the Year awards from the 1990s to 2019. For Division II schools, Presnell won the WBCA National Coach of the Year Award in 2003 and 2004. As a women's basketball coach, Presnell won his 700th game in 2021.

Early life and education

Presnell was born in Lapwai, Idaho on July 20, 1960. [1] He started his basketball experience as a child while living at the Nez Perce Reservation. [2] During his studies at Northwest Nazarene University, Presnell continued to play basketball throughout the early 1980s. He also briefly attended the University of Idaho in 1986. [3] In the late 1980s, Presnell completed his education at Seattle Pacific University. [4]

Career

Early career

In the mid-1980s, Presnell was an assistant coach with Lapwai High School and Kendrick High School when they won Idaho championships in boys basketball. [4] During this time period, Lapwai was the A-3 division winner in 1984 and Kendrick was the A-4 division winner in 1985. [5] [6] As the boys basketball coach for Kendrick, Presnell and his team were fifth at the A-4 division of the 1986 Idaho championships. [3] [7]

Seattle Pacific

In 1986, Presnell worked for Seattle Pacific in men's basketball as a graduate assistant. [3] Starting in 1987, Presnell was the women's basketball coach for Seattle Pacific when they competed in the NAIA. [8] While working as a coach for Seattle Pacific, Presnell also stocked ice cream trucks until 1989. [3]

In 1991, Presnell's team began playing in the NCAA Division II. [8] During the early 1990s, Seattle Pacific played in the Continental Divide Conference before joining the Pacific West Conference upon its creation in 1992. [9] While in the Pacific West, Presnell's team won the conference in 1997 and 1998. [10] Seattle Pacific won an additional Pacific West title in women's basketball during 2001. [11]

That year, Seattle Pacific was scheduled to move into the newly established Great Northwest Athletic Conference. [12] While part of the GNAC, Presnell and Seattle Pacific reached the final of the 2005 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament in March 2005. [13] [14] Upon leaving the team in June 2005, Presnell had accumulated 396 wins and 127 losses, won six conference championships and reached the postseason 14 times with Seattle Pacific. [15]

Boise State

Presnell became the coach of the women's basketball team at Boise State University in 2005. [16] While with Boise State, Presnell and the team were the 2007 WAC women's basketball tournament champions. [17] In 2011, the school joined the Mountain West Conference. [18] Between 2015 and 2020, Presnell and his team won the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament five times. [19] At the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Presnell and his team reached the first round in 2007. [20] [21]

In the early 2010s, Presnell considered taking a sabbatical to look after his ill mother. [22] From 2015 to 2019, Presnell and Boise State appeared in four more NCAA Tournaments. [23] [24] Presnell's team had received a spot in the 2020 edition before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the NCAA event from happening. [25] During this time period, Boise State reached the second round of the 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament and the 2014 Women's Basketball Invitational. [26] [27] By 2023, Presnell had 334 wins and 227 losses with Boise State and entered the 2023-24 season with the 10th most wins among active Division I women's basketball head coaches. [28]

Head coaching record

Sources:

Pacific West Basketball championships record book, [29] NCAA  Coaching records, [30] NCAA DII, Mountain West standings, Boise State Schedule [31] ,Western Athletic Conference record book [32]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Seattle Pacific Falcons (Independent)(1987–1990)
1987–88Seattle Pacific 16–11
1988–89Seattle Pacific 24–6NAIA district tournament second round
1989–90Seattle Pacific 21–9NAIA district tournament second round
1990–91Seattle Pacific 18–11
Seattle Pacific(NAIA):79–37
Seattle Pacific Falcons (Continental Divide Conference)(1991–1992)
1991–92Seattle Pacific 17–13
Seattle Pacific (Division II):17–13
Seattle Pacific Falcons (Pacific West conference)(1922–2001)
1992–93Seattle Pacific 17–10
1993–94Seattle Pacific 17–10
1994–95Seattle Pacific 21–8 NCAA DII Second Round
1995–96Seattle Pacific 17–10
1996–97Seattle Pacific 26–3 NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
1997–98Seattle Pacific 27–3 NCAA DII Elite Eight
1998–99Seattle Pacific 19–10 NCAA DII First Round
1999–00Seattle Pacific 21–7 NCAA DII First Round
2000–01Seattle Pacific 24–5 NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
Seattle Pacific (Division II):189–66
Seattle Pacific Falcons (Great Northwest Athletic Conference)(2001–2005)
2001–02Seattle Pacific 22–6 NCAA DII First Round
2002–03Seattle Pacific 29–1 NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
2003–04Seattle Pacific 30–1 NCAA DII Elite Eight
2004–05Seattle Pacific 30–3 NCAA DII Runner-up
Seattle Pacific (Division II):61–26 (.701)
Seattle Pacific (Division II):346–142 (.709)
Boise State Broncos (Western Athletic Conference)(2005–2011)
2005–06Boise State 15–156–106th
2006–07Boise State 24–912–41st NCAA First Round
2007–08Boise State 24–814–21st
2008–09Boise State 16–159–7T-5th
2009–10Boise State 19–128–8T-4th
2010–11Boise State 12–193–138th
Boise State (Western Athletic Conference):110–78 (.585)52–44 (.542)
Boise State Broncos (Mountain West Conference)(2011–present)
2011–12Boise State 15–165–96th
2012–13Boise State 12–194–127th
2013–14Boise State 18–1412–63rd WBI Second Round
2014–15Boise State 22–1110–7T-4th NCAA First Round
2015–16Boise State 27–1619–112nd
2016–17Boise State 27–813–63rd NCAA First Round
2017–18Boise State 23–1014–41st NCAA First Round
2018–19Boise State 28–516–21st NCAA First Round
2019–20Boise State 24–913–52nd
2020–21Boise State 14–910–86th
2021–22Boise State 8–214–1310th
2022–23Boise State 17–1611–76th
2023–24Boise State 21–1310–8T-5th WNIT First round
Boise State (Mountain West):256–167 (.605)141–98 (.590)
Total:366–245 (.599)193–142 (.576)

      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

Awards

In women's basketball, Presnell was Coach of the Year three times for Seattle Pacific as a member of the Pacific West Conference during the 1990s. [33] [10] He received an additional Coach of the Year award from the PWC in 2001. [34] In the GNAC, Presnell was named Coach of the Year consecutively from 2003 to 2005. [35]

During this time period, he won the WBCA National Coach of the Year Award in 2003 and 2004 for Division II schools. [36] [37] While at Boise State, Presnell received the 2007 Coach of the Year award with the Western Athletic Conference. [38] He also was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain West Conference in 2019. [39] [40]

Overall performance and personal life

Overall, Presnell won his 600th women's basketball game in 2016. [41] In 2021, he won his 700th game. [19] In May of 2024, his alma mater, Northwest Nazarene, awarded him an honorary doctorate degree. [42] Presnell has two kids and is married. [28]

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