Kellie Harper

Kellie Jolly Harper
Sport(s) Women's college basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Missouri State
Conference MVC
Record 72–57 (.558)
Biographical details
Born (1977-05-03) May 3, 1977
Sparta, Tennessee
Playing career
1995–1999 Tennessee
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2001 Auburn (asst.)
2001–2004 Chattanooga (asst.)
2004–2009 Western Carolina
2009–2013 NC State
2013–present Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall 239–186 (.562)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2007 Southern Conference Champions (WCU)
2005, 2009 Southern Conference Tournament Champions (WCU)
Awards
2007 Southern Conference Coach of the Year (WCU)
3x NCAA National Champion (1996-1998) (Tennessee Lady Volunteers)

Kellie Jolly Harper (born May 3, 1977)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach of the Missouri State University Lady Bears. Prior to coaching at Missouri State, she served as head coach for four years of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team.

Playing career

Born Kellie Jean Jolly in Sparta, Tennessee, she is a graduate of White County High School in Sparta, Tennessee, where she earned many honors as a high school basketball player and ranked third academically in her graduating class.[2]

In college, she was one of the starting point guards for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers during their three consecutive NCAA women's national championships from 1996 to 1998. In 1997, Harper was named to the Final Four All Tournament team.[3]

Coaching career

On January 28, 2008, Kellie earned her 66th win, passing Beth Dunkenberger as the second winningest women's basketball coach in Western Carolina history with a 60–49 victory over College of Charleston at the Ramsey Center.

NC State athletic director Debbie Yow fired Harper on March 26, 2013, after Harper compiled an overall four-year record for the Wolfpack of 70-64 but only 23-29 within the Atlantic Coast Conference.

On April 10, 2013, Harper was named head coach of the Missouri State Lady Bears. Missouri State is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Personal life

Harper married Jon Harper in 1999. He served on her coaching staff at Western Carolina and at NC State.

Coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Western Carolina (Southern Conference) (2004–2009)
2004–05 Western Carolina 18–14 10–10 T-5th NCAA First Round
2005–06 Western Carolina 9–20 8–10 5th
2006–07 Western Carolina 24–10 15–3 1st WNIT Second Round
2007–08 Western Carolina 25–9 15–3 2nd WNIT First Round
2008–09 Western Carolina 21–12 14–6 T-3rd NCAA First Round
Western Carolina: 97–65 (.599)) 62–32 (.660)
NC State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2009–2012)
2009–10 NC State 20–14 7–7 T-5th NCAA First Round
2010–11 NC State 14–17 4–10 10th
2011–12 NC State 19–16 5–11 9th WNIT Second Round
2012–13 NC State 17-17 7-11 7th WNIT Second Round
NC State: 70-64 (.522) 23-39 (.442)
Missouri State (Missouri Valley Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Missouri State 14-17 8-10 T-6th
2014–15 Missouri State 18-15 13-5 3rd WNIT First Round
2015–16 Missouri State 24-10 14-4 T-2nd NCAA First Round
2016–17 Missouri State 16-15 12-6 3rd WNIT First Round
Missouri State: 72–57 (.558) 47–27 (.635)
Total: 239–186 (.562)

      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

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.
  2. ↑ Kellie Harper Bio on Catamountsports.com, accessed January 12, 2011
  3. ↑ Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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