Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball

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Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball
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UniversityUniversity of Nevada, Reno
Head coach Amanda Levens (1st year season)
Conference Mountain West
Location Reno, Nevada
Arena Lawlor Events Center
(Capacity: 11,784)
Nickname Wolf Pack
ColorsNavy blue and silver [1]
   
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The Nevada Wolf Pack women's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Nevada, Reno. The team is currently a member of the Mountain West Conference, which is a Division I conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [2]

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History

Though the Wolf Pack began play in 1899, record were not accurately kept up to date until the 1981–82 season, considered by the school to be the first for the program. They played in the West Coast Athletic Conference from 1985 to 1987, the Mountain West from 1987–88, the Big Sky Conference from 1988–1992, the Big West Conference from 1992–2000, and the Western Athletic Conference from 2000–2012 before joining the Mountain West Conference in 2012. they made the WNIT in 2007 and 2011, winning their First Round game in the latter year against St. Mary's 65–62 but losing in the Second Round to USC 78–59. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, they have a 363–583 all-time record. [3]

SeasonCoachRecordConference Record
1981–82Julie Hickey12–15n/a
1982–83Julie Hickey8–18n/a
1983–84Chuck Ayers8–18n/a
1984–85Anne Hope9–15n/a
1985–86Anne Hope17–87–5
1986–87Anne Hope9–194–8
1987–88Anne Hope9–182–14
1988–89Chickie Mason2–250–16
1989–90Chickie Mason6–212–14
1990–91Tommy Gates5–223–13
1991–92Tommy Gates8–185–11
1992–93Tommy Gates4–224–13
1993–94Ada Gee3–240–18
1994–95Ada Gee10–186–12
1995–96Ada Gee9–176–12
1996–97Ada Gee13–139–5
1997–98Ada Gee19–910–4
1998–99Ada Gee9–194–10
1999-00Ada Gee19–108–6
2000–01Ada Gee16–139–7
2001–02Ada Gee9–196–12
2002–03Ada Gee10–193–15
2003–04Kim Gervasoni3–262–16
2004–05Kim Gervasoni8–223–15
2005–06Kim Gervasoni13–178–8
2006–07Kim Gervasoni17–1510–6
2007–08Kim Gervasoni18–129–7
2008–09Jane Albright18–1410–6
2009–10Jane Albright17–1610–6
2010–11Jane Albright22–119–7
2011–12Jane Albright7–233–11
2012–13Jane Albright8–232–14
2013–14Jane Albright18–1312–6
2014–15Jane Albright9–215–13
2015–16Jane Albright5–254–14
2016-17Jane Albright11-195-14
2017-18Amanda Levens19–177–11

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