Sue Troyan

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Sue Troyan
Playing career
1984–1988 Dickinson College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2022Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall420–352 (.544)
Tournaments0–4 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League (1997, 2009, 2010, 2021)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2022)

Sue Troyan is an American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Lehigh University, a position that she held from 1995 to 2022. Prior to coaching basketball at Lehigh, she was the university's softball coach for five years. [1]

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Player career

While attending Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Troyan competed in both basketball and track. She was voted the basketball team's most valuable player following her 1988 senior season, and was a three-time All-American in track. [2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Patriot League)(1995–present)
1995–96Lehigh 14–135–74th
1996–97Lehigh 15–157–53rd NCAA Tourney first round
1997–98Lehigh 11–174–85th
1998–99Lehigh 15–126–64th
1999–2000Lehigh 13–166–64th
2000–01Lehigh 16–147–53rd
2001–02Lehigh 12–168–63rd
2002–03Lehigh 12–159–53rd
2003–04Lehigh 13–169–53rd
2004–05Lehigh 16–149–52nd
2005–06Lehigh 10–185–96th
2006–07Lehigh 11–195–97th
2007–08Lehigh 18–139–53rd
2008–09Lehigh 26–712–21st NCAA Tourney first round
2009–10Lehigh 29–413–11st NCAA Tourney first round
2010–11Lehigh 21–1110–42nd WNIT first round
2011–12Lehigh 17–139–52nd
2012–13Lehigh 14–166–85th
2013–14Lehigh 13–185–138th
2014–15 Lehigh 19–129–96th
2015–16 Lehigh 18–1310–84th
2016–17 Lehigh 10–205–139th
2017–18 Lehigh 15–159–94th
2018–19 Lehigh 21–1012–63rd
2019–20 Lehigh 19–1110–86th
2020–21 Lehigh 10–67–52nd of 3 Central NCAA Tourney first round
Lehigh:411–350 (.540)207–171 (.548)
Total:411–350 (.540)

Personal life

She met her future husband Fran while finishing undergraduate studies at Dickinson University, where he was enrolled at Penn State Dickinson Law. When she accepted a graduate assistant's job with Lehigh's University women's basketball team and pursued her Master of Business Administration at Lehigh, he worked in nearby Allentown. She was offered an assistant coach's job with the basketball team and the head coaching position with the university's softball team. Fran became her assistant in softball and took over the head coaching job in 1995, after she was named the new head basketball head coach.

They reside in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, and have three children. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sue Troyan". lehighsports.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ Chavers, Gracie (February 19, 2017). "Working and living together: Lehigh's married coaches". thebrownandwhite.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Hays, Graham (March 10, 2009). "Family effort lifts Lehigh to NCAA berth". ESPN . Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bostrom, Don (April 13, 1995). "Lehigh Hoop Job Goes To Sue Troyan Husband Fran New Softball Coach". The Morning Call . Retrieved April 25, 2019.
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