Felisha Legette-Jack

Felisha Legatte-Jack
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Buffalo
Biographical details
Born September 4, 1966
United States Syracuse, New York
Playing career
1984–1989 Syracuse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1991
1991–1993
1993–2000
2000–2002
2002–2006
2006-2012
Westhill Senior High School
Boston College (asst.)
Syracuse (asst.)
Michigan State (asst.)
Hofstra
Indiana
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

CAA Coach of the Year (2004)

Felisha Legette-Jack is the Head Women's basketball coach at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Prior to that, she spent six seasons at Indiana University, where she headed up the women's program, leading the Hoosiers to three postseason appearances.

Coming from a very athletically gifted family, she first came to prominence at Nottingham Senior High School in the mid 80s. Her brother, Ronnie, had led the Bulldogs to a state championship earlier, but Felisha went one better, leading the Lady Bulldogs to two state titles before going on to star at Syracuse University.

Legette-Jack was fired by Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass on Monday, March 12, 2012.[1] She was hired by University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Athletic Director Danny White on June 14, 2012, marking White's first coaching hire at UB.[2]

USA Basketball

Legette-Jack served as an assistant coach of the U19 team representing the USA at the 2005 FIBA Americas U19 Championship for Women in Tunis, Tunisia. The USA team won all eight of their games, including the championship game against Serbia & Montenegro. Crystal Langhorne hit 77.5% of her field goal attempts, to lead the USA scorers with over 16 points per game. Candice Wiggins was close behind with almost 16 points per game. The USA team was dominant, winning every game by more than 20 points.[3]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association) (2002–2006)
2002-2003 Hofstra 8-21 4-14 9th
2003-2004 Hofstra 14-14 11-7 T-2nd
2004-2005 Hofstra 13-16 7-11 7th
2005-2006 Hofstra 19-12 12-6 4th WNIT 2nd Round
Hofstra: 54-63 34-38
Indiana (Big Ten Conference) (2006–2012)
2006–2007 Indiana 19-14 6-10 T-8th WNIT 3rd Round
2007–2008 Indiana 18-15 10-8 T-5th WNIT 2nd Round
2008–2009 Indiana 21-11 11-7 T-5th WNIT Quarterfinal
2009–2010 Indiana 14-16 7-11 T-8th
2010–2011 Indiana 9-20 3-13 10th
2011–2012 Indiana 6-24 1-15 11th
Indiana: 87-100 39-64
Buffalo (Mid-American Conference) (2012–present)
2012–2013 Buffalo 12-20 8-8 4th (East)
2013–2014 Buffalo 17–13 10–8 3rd (East)
2014–2015 Buffalo 19–13 11–7 3rd (East) WNIT 1st round
Buffalo: 48-46 29-23
Total: 189-209

      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

External links

References

  1. Stuzman, Trent. "Felisha Legette-Jack fired". Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. Harris, Jay. "Legette-Jack named head women's basketball coach". WIVB.com News Channel 4. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  3. "SIXTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2005". USA Basketball. Retrieved 15 May 2013.