Molly Goodenbour

Molly Goodenbour
Sport(s) Women's Basketball
Biographical details
Born February 8, 1972
Playing career
1989–1993
1996–1997
1997–1998
1999–2000		 Stanford
Richmond Rage (ABL)
Portland Power (ABL)
Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA)
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1995
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2012
2012-present		 USF (assistant)
Santa Rosa JC (assoc HC)
Santa Rosa JC
USF (lead assistant)
CSU Chico
UC Irvine
Cal State Dominguez Hills
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

Bay Valley Conference Coach of the Year (2005)
California Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year (2008)

Molly Goodenbour is a former college and professional basketball player and current head coach of the Cal State Dominguez Hills women's basketball team.

College career

Goodenbour graduated from Waterloo West High School in Waterloo, Iowa and went on to play basketball at Stanford from 1989 to 1993.[1] Goodenbour was a freshman reserve guard on Stanford's 1990 National Championship team. As a junior in 1992, she was named Most Outstanding Player as Stanford repeated as national champions in 1992.[2] In the tournament, she set the record for most three-pointers made with 18.[1][2]

USA Basketball

Goodenbour was named to the team representing the USA at the 1995 Pan American Games, however, only four teams committed to participate, so the event was cancelled.[3]

Professional career

Following her college career, Goodenbour played professional basketball in Sweden, and then played in the American Basketball League for the Richmond Rage in 1996–97 and the Portland Power in 1997–98, and for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WBNA in 1999–2000.[1]

Coaching career

Goodenbour coached women's basketball for one year in 1994–95 for the University of San Francisco before embarking on her professional career. She returned to coaching in 2002 as associate head coach at Santa Rosa Junior College. She became head coach in 2003, guiding the team to two conference titles. She was named Bay Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2005.[1] In 2005, she returned to USF as lead assistant coach for one season, then was hired as head coach for the Chico State Wildcats in 2006. She was named California Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2008 as the Wildcats compiled a 28–6 record and finished the season ranked 17th in the Division II Coaches Poll.[1]

Goodenbour was hired to coach women's basketball at UC Irvine in 2008, where she remained for four years.[1][4]

After her four-year stint as Anteater head coach, Goodenbour was hired as head coach of the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros, replacing Van Girard, the winningest women's basketball head coach in the program's history. With her hire, Goodenbour became the fourth head coach in CSUDH women's basketball history. [5] [6]

Personal

Goodenbour is married to Pat Fuscaldo, head men's basketball coach at Sonoma State University.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Molly Goodenbour". UC Irvine. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Goodenbour keys Stanford to second championship". The Vindicator. April 6, 1992. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Twelvth [sic] Pan American Games -- 1995". USA Basketball. Retrieved 16 Oct 2013.
  4. ↑ Peñaloza, David Carrillo (August 4, 2008). "UCI has new Molly". The Daily Pilot. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ Miranda, Mel (June 7, 2012). "CS Dominguez Hills Names Molly Goodenbour Women's Basketball Head Coach". Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Molly Goodenbour".