Womhoops Guru

Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Guru's AP Poll Trivia: A Summer Look At Coaches Appearance History

By Mel Greenberg

First, as part of a Wednesday morning Guru-palooza post fiesta this is one of several posts -- the others are some local college news, leading with another Elena Delle Donne award, the philly summer league report, the combo wash-connecticut game as part of the weekly WNBA report, and this post, which, now that the 73 coaching changes have subsided, shows the summer post-season look at coaches appearances in the AP poll after the changes -- the most prominent of which has Pat Summitt off the active list after being No. 1 forever following her move to coach emeritus at Tennessee.

She's still the all-time leader and will likely stay there forever considering her lead on the overall list.

Here's the updated file.


Quick hits on AP poll (week 19– for coaches’ appearances week No. 19)
(This is 632nd poll after week 19). (Records on pages through week 19 -- Final –3/12/12)

This is the summer sheet updating the coaching changes involving those with AP ranked teams following the end of last season.

The next new file kicks in this fall following the AP preseason poll for the 2012-13 season.

Incidentally, happened to notice that prior to what next week's Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announcement for 2013 class inductees, the only coaches on the front part of the all-time list not currently inducted are No. 7 Jim Foster at Ohio State, No. 8 former Penn State coach Rene Portland, No.13 former Texas-Duke coach Gail Goestenkors (may not have enough years), No. 16 Seattle and former Long Beach-Arizona coach Joan Bonvicini, No. 17 Texas A&M coach Gary Blair, No. 23 Oklahoma coach Sherrie Coale (who also may not have enough years), while No. 24 Baylor coach Kim Mulkey is in as a player, and No. 27 Former Western Kentucky and Nebraska coach Paul Sanderford.

Coaches With Three Ranked Teams
C. Vivian Stringer (Cheyney-85), (Iowa-155), (Rutgers-167), 407
Jim Foster (St. Joe-35), (Vanderbilt-164), (Ohio St.-165), 364
Gary Blair (Stephen F. Austin-79), (Arkansas-67), (Texas A&M-119), 265
Marianne Stanley (Old Dominion-141), (Southern Cal-24), (Stanford*-18), 183
Lin Dunn (Miami-2), (Mississippi-1), (Purdue-130), 133
Don Perrelli (Northwestern-52), (S. Conn.-20), (St. John’s-1), 73
Tom Collen (Colorado St.-34), (Louisville-17), (Arkansas-7), 58
Sharon Fanning-Otis (Kentucky-4), (Miss. St.-48), (Tenn.-Chattannoga-4), 56
Debbie Yow (Florida-2), (Kentucky-21), (Oral Roberts-1), 24

Co-Coaches
Kittie Blakemore, Scott Harrelson – West Virginia 8
Sonja Hogg, Leon Barmore – Louisiana Tech 51
Jill Hutchison, Linda Fischer – Illinois St. 3
Jim Jarrett, Joyce Patterson – Georgia St. 1
Marianne Stanley, Amy Tucker – Stanford 18
Jim Bolla, Sheila Strike – UNLV 18

Coaches All Time Ranking Appearances

1. Pat Summitt, Tennessee – 618 (missed just 14 polls in entire AP history prior to retirement and move to coach emeritus after 2011-12.)
2. Andy Landers, Georgia – 479
3. Tara VanDerveer (2 schools – Ohio St., Stanford) – 426
4. C. Vivian Stringer (3 schools – Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers) – 407
5. **-Jody Conradt, Texas – 395
6. Geno Auriemma, Connecticut – 386
7. Jim Foster (3 schools – St. Joseph’s, Vanderbilt, Ohio St.) – 364
8. **-Rene Portland (2 schools – St. Joseph, Penn St.) – 336
9. **-Debbie Ryan, Virginia – 328
10. Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina – 326
10. **- Kay Yow, North Caro. St. – 326
12. **-Leon Barmore, Louisiana Tech (51-shared with Sonja Hogg) – 325
13. Gail Goestenkors (2 schools – Duke, Texas) – 295
14. **-Joe Ciampi, Auburn – 290
15. **-Sue Gunter (2 schools – Stephen F. Austin, LSU) – 270
16. &&-Joan Bonvicini (2 schools – Long Beach, Arizona) - 267
17. Gary Blair, (3 schools – Stephen F. Austin, Arkansas, Texas A&M) – 265
18. **-Marsha Sharp, Texas Tech – 264
19. **-Van Chancellor (2 schools – Mississippi, LSU) – 261
20. Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame – 235
21. **-Chris Weller, Maryland - 227
22. **-Theresa Grentz (2 schools – Rutgers, Illinois) – 225
23. Sherri Coale, Oklahoma 198
24. Kim Mulkey, Baylor 188
25. **-Marianne Stanley (3 schools – Old Dominion, Southern Cal, Stanford*) – 183
26. **-Paul Sanderford (2 schools – W. Kentucky, Nebraska) – 182
27. **-Marian Washington, Kansas – 176
**-Not in college or not in as a head coach

Active Coaches-All Time AP Ranking Appearances

1. Andy Landers, Georgia – 479
2. Tara VanDerveer (2 schools – Ohio St., Stanford) – 426
3. C. Vivian Stringer (3 schools – Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers) – 407
4. Geno Auriemma, Connecticut – 386
5. Jim Foster (3 schools – St. Joseph’s, Vanderbilt, Ohio St.) – 364
6. Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina – 326
7.&&--Joan Bonvicini (2 schools – Long Beach, Arizona) - 267
8. Gary Blair, (3 schools – Stephen F. Austin, Arkansas, Texas A&M) – 265
9. Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame – 235
10. Sherri Coale, Oklahoma – 198
11. Kim Mulkey, Baylor – 188
12. Joanne P. McCallie (2 schools - Michigan St., Duke) – 165
13. Melanie Balcomb (2 schools – Xavier, Vanderbilt) – 153
14. Brenda Frese (2 schools, Minnesota, Maryland) – 140
15. Kristy Curry (2 schools – Purdue, Texas Tech) – 136
16. Doug Bruno, DePaul – 135
17. Bill Fennelly, (2 schools – Toledo, Iowa St.) – 131
18. %%- Joe McKeown (2 schools – New Mexico St., George Washington) – 116
19. ==== Jim Davis, Clemson, 106
20.)))-Chris Gobrecht (Washington) - 104
21.@@@@- Cathy Inglese (2 school, Vermont, Boston College) – 98
22. !!!- Jane Albright (2 schools – N. Illinois, Wisconsin) – 96
23. Debbie Patterson, Kansas St. – 92
24. Pam Borton, Minnesota – 75
25. Charli Turner Thorne, Arizona St. – 74
26. Joanne Boyle, California (2 schools – California, Virginia) – 61
27. Tom Collen, (3 schools, Colorado St., Louisville, Arkansas) – 58
28. Sue Semrau, Florida St. – 57
29. ***-Kathy Olivier, UCLA 52
30. ^^^-Kevin McGuff, Xavier – 50
31. Mike Carey, West Virginia – 48
32. ____Terri Williams-Flournoy, Georgetown – 48
33. Bonnie Henrickson, (2 schools -- Virginia Tech, Kansas) – 45
34. Matthew Mitchell, Kentucky – 45
35. Harry Perretta, Villanova – 44
35. Sharon Versyp, Purdue – 44
35. Jeff Walz, Louisville – 44
38. Suzy Merchant, Michigan St. – 41
39. Connie Yori (Creighton, Nebraska) – 40
40. Jeff Mittie, TCU – 38
41. Agnus Berenato (2 schools – Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh) – 37
42.%=%= Matt Bollant, Wis.-Green Bay – 35
43. Lisa Stockton, Tulane – 34
44. $$$- June Daugherty (2 schools – Boise St.,Washington) – 32
45. Dawn Staley (Temple, South Carolina) – 31
46. MaChelle Joseph, Georgia Tech -- 30
47. Katie Meier, Miami –30
48. Lisa Bluder (2 schools – Iowa, Drake) – 28
49. Terri Mitchell, Marquette – 25
50. Kevin Borseth, Wis.-Green Bay – 24
51. ()() Kim Barnes Arico, St. John’s 23
&&-Active at Seattle; )))-Active at Yale; $$$-Active at Washington State.; %%-Active at Northwestern; !!!-Active at Nevada; @@@@-Active at Rhode Island; ()()-Active at Michigan; ^^^-Active at Washington; ==== Active at Tennessee Tech; ____Active at Auburn; %=%= Active at Illinois.

-- Mel

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