List of Clemson Tigers women's basketball head coaches

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Annie Tribble was head coach from 1976 to 1987. Annie Tribble (Taps 1977).png
Annie Tribble was head coach from 1976 to 1987.
Amanda Butler was head coach from 2018 to 2024. Amanda Butler.jpg
Amanda Butler was head coach from 2018 to 2024.

The Clemson Tigers women's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents Clemson University. They play at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). [1]

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The program has had eight head coaches. Clemson started an organized women's basketball program in 1975. The women have played in more than 1,000 games in a total of 49 seasons. In those seasons, four coaches have led the Tigers to at least one postseason tournament: Mary King, Annie Tribble, Jim Davis, and Amanda Butler. Davis is the only coach who has won conference championships with the Tigers. He is the all-time leader in games coached, wins, and winning percentage. The current head coach is Shawn Poppie.

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Coaches

Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.
#NameTermGCOWOLO%CWCLC%PWPLCCsAwards
1 Mary King 1975–1976251411.560
2 Annie Tribble 1976–1987335200135.5975753.518
3 Jim Davis 1987–2005552355197.643154124.5542 – 1996, 1999ACC Coach of the Year (1990, 1999)
4 Cristy McKinney 2005–20101525993.3881654.229
5 Itoro Umoh-Coleman 2010–2013882563.2841038.208
6 Audra Smith 2013–2018902664.289542.106
7 Amanda Butler 2018–202418781106.4333273.30543ACC Coach of the Year (2019)
8 Shawn Poppie 2024–present


See also

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Tigers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.

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  1. "Clemson University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.