Kelly Graves
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 Graves in March 2012 as Gonzaga head coach (Kingston Regional vs. Kentucky) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport(s) | Basketball | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 13-17 (.433) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
January 14, 1963 Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 1996–1997 1997–2000 2000–2014 2014–present |
Portland (asst.) St. Mary's (asst.) St. Mary's Gonzaga Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 395-179 (.688) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelly Graves (born January 14, 1963) is the current head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. Previously, Graves was the head women's basketball coach at St. Mary's from 1997 to 2000, as well as Gonzaga University from 2000 to 2014. He was formerly an assistant coach for the Portland Pilots (1994-1997) and St. Mary Gaels, where he later got his first head coaching stint with the Gaels from 1997-2000.[1] From the 2004-2005 season to the 2013-2014 season, he guided Gonzaga to ten consecutive West Coast Conference regular season titles. The 2007 team went 13-1 in conference play, and later won the WCC conference tournament. The school also received its first ever NCAA tournament appearance. He was named WCC co-coach of the year for his accomplishments. In 2005, 2010, and 2011, Gonzaga went undefeated in WCC regular season play.[1]
Rankings
In 2005, Gonzaga was ranked 23rd in the nation, which was its highest ranking ever in the polls. At the end of the 2009-2010 season, the Zags was ranked 12th in the final poll, which was their highest ranking ever in the polls. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, the Zags was ranked 8th in the final poll, which is their highest ranking ever in the polls.[2]
Regular Season by years
St. Mary's Gaels (1997–2000)
Graves led the Gaels to a winning season in the first season of coaching with a 19-9, 9-4 in WCC play, tied for fourth in the conference. The next year, Graves led the Gaels to their first ever NCAA tournament with a 27-7 record and tied for 1st in the WCC regular season conference. In his final year as coach of the Gaels, Graves led the Gaels to a NIT tournament and lost in the second round.[3]
Gonzaga Bulldogs (2000–2014)
In April 2000, Graves was named head coach for Gonzaga. In his 14 years as coach for the Bulldogs, Graves turned the program from a last-place finish in the WCC to a national contender.[4] For the past 10 years, Gonzaga have won or co-shared the regular season WCC title and the last six out of seven years, Gonzaga had made it into the NCAA tournament, with the WCC first ever at-large bid in the 2011-2012 basketball season.[5] On April 7, 2014, Oregon named Graves as their head coach.[6] On April 14, 2014, assistant coach Lisa Mispley Fortier succeeded Graves as head coach.[7]
Oregon Ducks (2014–present)
On April 7, 2014, Oregon named Graves as their head coach, succeeding Paul Westhead, who was let go at the end of the 2013-14 season.[6]
WCC and NCAA Tournament
2006–07 Season and Gonzaga's First Ever NCAA Tournament Appearance
In the 2006-2007 season in West Coast Conference play, Gonzaga guided to a 13-1 record in conference play. The lone loss was against Pepperdine at McCarthey Athletic Center. In the middle of the season, future All-American Courtney Vandersloot signed with the Zags.
In the WCC tournament, Gonzaga defeated Portland, San Francisco, and LMU to go to their first ever NCAA tournament.
In the NCAA tournament, Gonzaga played against Middle Tennessee State and they suffered an 85-46 loss at Stanford, where they finished their season with a 24-10 record.
2008–09 Season and Gonzaga's First Ever NCAA Tournament Victory
A couple of years later in the 2008-2009 season in WCC play, Gonzaga guided with a 12-2 record in conference play, with a loss to Portland at home and Pepperdine on the road.
In the WCC tournament, Gonzaga defeated LMU and San Diego to go to their second NCAA tournament.
In the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Graves guided Gonzaga to its first ever NCAA tournament victory over Xavier 74-59 at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, WA. They would unfortunately lose to University of Pittsburgh 65-60 in the second round.
2009–10 Season and Gonzaga's First Ever Sweet 16
In the 2009–10 season in West Coast Conference play, forward Heather Bowman broke the WCC and Gonzaga women's basketball school record of 2,133 points during the 2009-2010 season.[8]
Gonzaga went undefeated in West Coast Conference with a perfect 14-0 record and unbeaten in West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas, NV.
In the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Graves guided Gonzaga to an 82-76 first round victory over Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell's University of North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team and a 72-71 second-round victory over Gary Blair's Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team on Vivian Frieson's game winning shot with 15 seconds left in the game. This marks the first appearance in the Sweet 16 for the Zags. Gonzaga played against Xavier women's basketball team and lost 74-56 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento.
2010–11 and Gonzaga's Magical Run in the NCAA Tournament
The next year, Gonzaga went undefeated in West Coast Conference with a perfect 14-0 record for the second year in a row and unbeaten in the WCC tournament in Las Vegas, NV.
In the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Graves guided Gonzaga to a 92-86 victory over Lisa Bluder's University of Iowa women's basketball team and a 89-75 victory over Nikki Caldwell's UCLA Bruins. Both games were held at the McCarthey Athletic Center. In the UCLA game, senior guard Courtney Vandersloot became the first Division I women's or men's basketball player to score 2,000 points and tally 1,000 assists in their career.[9] The Zags won 76-69 over Jeff Walz's Louisville Cardinals to set up their first ever Elite 8 matchup against Tara Vanderveer's Stanford Cardinals. Gonzaga's season ended with an 83-60 loss and the loss ended Courtney Vandersloot's magical career. At the end of the season, the University of Washington was interested in hiring Graves for head coach, but Graves wasn't interested in the job and he decides to stay with Gonzaga.[10] At the end of March 2011, Gonzaga signed an extension for Kelly Graves to coach the women's team until the 2020-2021 season.
The Post Vandersloot Era and 2012 NCAA Tournament
The next year, the Zags went through the conference with a 14-2 with their first WCC loss in nearly three years at home to St. Mary's and a 30 point loss to Jeff Judkins' BYU Cougars, which is their biggest loss in nearly 10 years.[11] The Zags won against the St. Mary's Gaels and lost to the BYU Cougars. The Cougars were automatically selected to the NCAA Tournament, while the Zags had to wait and see if they are in the tournament or not.
Since Gonzaga is one of 16 locations to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament, Gonzaga was picked as a #11 seed in the Kingston region as an at-large bid, the first in WCC women's basketball history. This is Gonzaga's fourth consecutive NCAA tournament. The Zags defeated Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer's Rutgers Scarlet Knights 86-73 and a 65-54 victory over Katie Meier's Miami Hurricanes to make their third consecutive Sweet 16 appearance. Both games were held at the McCarthey Athletic Center. [12][13] Gonzaga lost to Matthew Mitchell's Kentucky Wildcats 79-62 to end their season on 28-6.[14]
2012–13 Season and 2013 NCAA Tournament
The next year, Gonzaga went 15-1 in conference play with the lone loss at St. Mary's by a final of 54-51. Gonzaga picked up their ninth consecutive regular crown with a 66-55 win over BYU at their homecourt, where the Zags will be the #1 seed in the WCC tournament.[15]
Gonzaga defeated BYU 62-43 and defeated San Diego 62-50 to win their fifth WCC Tournament title and they are guaranteed to play at the McCarthey Athletic Center, where they will host Bill Fennelly's Iowa State Cyclones.
The Zags played against Iowa State in a sold out crowd of 6,000; mostly Zags fans. The Zags lost to the Cyclones 72-60, which ended their 15-game winning streak, four straight NCAA Tournament victories at McCarthey Athletic Center, and four consecutive first round victories.[16] The Zags ended the year with a 27-6 record.[16]
2013–14 Regular Season/Kelly Graves' Final Season at Gonzaga and 2014 NCAA Tournament
The next year, Gonzaga went 10-2 in non-conference. The biggest highlight in non-conference was the Ohio State game at Value City Arena, where Shaniqua Nilles scored the final four points of the game for the Zags, including the game winning jumper as time expired, where the Zags escaped with a 59-58 win.[17]
The Zags went 16-2 in conference play with both losses on the road at St. Mary's by a final of 79-78 in overtime on December 28, which was the start of West Coast Conference and at BYU on February 15 by a final of 62-52. Gonzaga picked up their tenth consecutive regular season crown with a 75-65 win over Saint Mary's at McCarthey Athletic Center on February 27, where the Zags will be the #1 seed in the WCC tournament.
Gonzaga defeated San Francisco 81-68, defeated Saint Mary's 68-60, and defeated BYU 71-57 to win their sixth WCC Tournament title.
Gonzaga was selected as a #6 seed, where they played against James Madison University at Reed Arena at the University of Texas A&M campus, where they lost to the Dukes 72-63 to end their season at 29-5 and Graves' 14 years run as head coach for the Zags.[18]
2014-2015 season and Rebuilding Project at Oregon
Kelly Graves was introduced as the head coach of the Oregon Ducks women's basketball on April 7, 2014. The Oregon Ducks opened up the Kelly Graves era with a 100-77 win over Utah State.[19] The Ducks finished non-conference with a 7-4 record. Graves picked up his first career Pac-12 victory with a 62-46 over the UCLA Bruins at the Pauley Pavilion.[20] The Ducks finished their season with a 13-17 record, Graves' first losing season since his second year at Gonzaga back in 2001-2002 season. Graves finished Pac-12 Conference with a 6-12 record.
USA Basketball Assistant Coach
In April 2012, Graves was named as one of two assistant coaches for the USA U-18 basketball team, coached by Miami Hurricanes women's basketball coach Katie Meier and LSU women's basketball coach Nikki Caldwell is the other assistant coach.[21] The U-18 basketball won gold medal against Brazil, 71-47, which was their sixth straight gold medal.[22]
For the second straight year, Graves was named assistant coach, but this time for the USA U-19 women's basketball team. The USA U-19 team won their seventh straight gold medal with a 61-28 win over France.[23]
Notable Women's Basketball played under Coach Graves
- Heather Bowman- Gonzaga women's basketball all-time leading scorer (2006-2010).[8] Currently Gonzaga Women's Basketball Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator.[24]
- J.R. Payne- Saint Mary's women's basketball player (1997-1999). Currently head coach for Santa Clara women's basketball.[25]
- Katelan Redmon- Gonzaga women's basketball player (2009-2012). Transferred to Gonzaga from University of Washington during the offseason in 2008. Currently owns a business called Unique You Fitness in the Spokane area.[26]
- Courtney Vandersloot- Gonzaga women's basketball all-time assists leader and second-all time leading scorer (2007-2011).[27] She became the first player (either male or female) to score 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in their college basketball career.[28] Currently a WNBA player for the Chicago Sky and Bes,iktas, during the off-season.[29][30]
Former assistants as head coaches
- Lisa Mispley Fortier - Gonzaga director of basketball operations (2004-2006), then assistant coach (2007-2014). Currently head coach for Gonzaga women's basketball, succeeding Graves.[7]
- Jennifer Mountain - Gonzaga assistant coach (2001-2008). Formerly head coach for Santa Clara women's basketball from 2008-2014. Currently assistant coach for Portland State women's basketball.[31]
- J.R. Payne - Gonzaga assistant coach (2000-2005). Formerly head coach for Southern Utah University women's basketball from 2008-2014. Currently head coach for Santa Clara women's basketball.[25]
- Julie Shaw - Gonzaga assistant coach (2011-2013). Currently head coach for the La Verne women's basketball.[32]
Awards and honors
WCC Head Coach of the Year- 8 times (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014)
WCC Regular Season and Tournament Champs- 6 times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014)
WCC Regular Season Champs- 10 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014)
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Saint Mary's Gaels (WCC) (1997–2000) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Saint Mary's | 19-9 | 9-5 | T-4th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Saint Mary's | 27-7 | 9-5 | T-2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1999–00 | Saint Mary's | 20-10 | 11-3 | T-1st | WNIT 1st Round | ||||
| Saint Mary's: | 66-26 (.717) | 29–13 (.690) | |||||||
| Gonzaga Bulldogs (WCC) (2000–2014) | |||||||||
| 2000–01 | Gonzaga | 5-23 | 0-14 | 8th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Gonzaga | 11-18 | 2-12 | 8th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Gonzaga | 18-12 | 9-5 | T-2nd | |||||
| 2003–04 | Gonzaga | 18-12 | 10-4 | T-2nd | WNIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | Gonzaga | 28-4 | 14-0 | 1st | WNIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2005–06 | Gonzaga | 16-14 | 11-3 | T-1st | |||||
| 2006–07 | Gonzaga | 24-10 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2007–08 | Gonzaga | 25-9 | 13-1 | 1st | WNIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2008–09 | Gonzaga | 27-7 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Gonzaga | 29-5 | 14-0 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Gonzaga | 31-5 | 14-0 | 1st | NCAA Elite 8 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Gonzaga | 28-6 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Gonzaga | 27-6 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Gonzaga | 29-5 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Gonzaga: | 316-136 (.699) | 157–47 (.770) | |||||||
| Oregon Ducks (Pac-12) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Oregon | 13-17 | 6-12 | T-9th | |||||
| Oregon: | 13-17 (.433) | 6-12 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 395-179 (.688) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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† Also won WCC Tournament Championship.
# Also won WCC Regular Season Championship.
‡ Also won both WCC Regular Season and
Tournament Championship.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anonymous (2011-06-03). "Gonzaga University News Service » Blog Archive » Coach Kelly Graves to Discuss Winning at Dean’s Business Forum June 16". News.gonzaga.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ "College Women's Basketball - Rankings - Rivals.com". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ "WNIT calls on Gaels, Broncos". sfgate.com. 2000-03-13. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ↑ "Kelly Graves". WBasketball.ZagExperience.com. 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "Women Bulldogs Face Rutgers Saturday". News.gonzaga.edu. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Kelly Graves leaving Gonzaga for Oregon". Spokesman.com. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lisa Mispley Fortier replaces Graves at Gonzaga". Spokesman.com. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "WNBA.com: Prospect: Heather Bowman". WNBA.com. 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "Courtney Vandersloot hits D-I record". Sports.espn.go.com. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ↑ "Kelly Graves turns down Washington, will remain head coach at Gonzaga - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ↑ "Zags Dealt Worst WCC Loss in 10 Years". Go Zags.com. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
- ↑ "Gonzaga takes care of Rutgers". Spokesman.com. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ↑ "Gonzaga Women Prepares for Third-Straight Sweet 16 Appearance". News.gonzaga.edu. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ↑ "Gonzaga bows out". Spokesman.com. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ "BYU women's basketball: Cougar comeback falls short on Senior Day". deseretnews.com. 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-23..
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Iowa State wins at No. 12 seed Gonzaga's homecourt in tourney opener". ESPNgo.com. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ↑ "Zags defeat Ohio State at the Buzzer". youtube.com. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ↑ "Burkholder leads James Madison over Gonzaga 72-63". espn.go.com. 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ↑ "Early Barrage Helps Oregon Women To Season-Opening Win". goducks.com. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
- ↑ . espn.go.com. 2015-01-05 http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/boxscore?gameId=400590457. Retrieved 2015-01-05. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Kelly Graves Named Assistant on USA Basketball U18 Team". Gozags.com. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ↑ "USA Women's U18 Team Golden After Erasing Double-Digit Deficit To Eclipse Brazil 71-47". USABasketball.com. 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ "USA Defeats France, Wins Gold Medal at Women’s FIBA U19 World Championship". slamonline.com. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
- ↑ "Heather Bowman bio". gozags.com. 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Santa Clara Names JR Payne As Ninth Head Women's Basketball Coach". santaclarabroncos.com. 2014-04-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
- ↑ "After school fitness program offered at PRE". priestrivertimes.com. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
- ↑ "Courtney Vandersloot Biography". GoZags.com. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ↑ "Courtney Vandersloot Reaches 2,000 Points, 1,000 Assists". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ↑ "WNBA.com: Courtney Vandersloot". WNBA.com. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ↑ "SKY Vandersloot Overseas". WNBA.com. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Hires Jennifer Mountain as Assistant Coach". goviks.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
- ↑ "Julie Shaw". leopardathletics.com. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
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