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Theresa Shank Grentz

Current position
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	(1952-03-24) March 24, 1952 (age 72) Glenolden, Pennsylvania
Head coaching record
Overall	671-309
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 2001

Theresa Shank Grentz (born March 24, 1952), from Glenolden, Pennsylvania, is the former head coach of the women's basketball program at the University of Illinois, Rutgers University and St. Josephs. She is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Her career record is 671-309 and she served as a head coach for 32 years, with the last 13 as the Illinois head coach. She was the Olympic head coach in 1992; the team captured the Bronze medal in Barcelona.

Immaculata

Grentz(née Shank) intended to go to college out of state, but while a high school senior, her family's house burned down, losing everything, so she decided to attend Immaculata. There she played for the Mighty Macs and led the team to three straight AIAW National Championships between 1972 and 1974. The 1974 title game was the first ever live coverage of a US women's basketball game. She scored over 1,000 points, and earned First Team All-America status three times. Immaculata retired her jersey, number 12. She was named the AMF Collegiate Player of the Year.

During her four years at the Pennsylvanian college, the Mighty Macs won three AIAW National Championships, from 1972-74. Grentz scored more than 1,000 career points for the Mighty Macs and was named a first team All-American for three consecutive years. She was named the 1974 AMF Collegiate Player of the Year and had her No. 12 jersey retired by Immaculata.

Grentz played before the first ever television audience of women's basketball when Immaculata won its third title on March 23, 1974.

St. Josephs

After graduating in 1974, Grentz began teaching at an elementary school, while working as a part-time assistant coach at Saint Joseph's College, where she later became head coach and compiled a record 27–5 in two seasons.

Rutgers

Grentz coached future New York Liberty player Sue Wicks at Rutgers, where she became the first full-time women's basketball head coach in the nation. She led Rutgers to nine straight postseason appearances and a 434-150 (.743) record during her tenure and won the 1982 AIAW National Championship.

Grentz guided the Lady Knights to a 30-3 record in 1986-87 to earn the Converse National Coach of the Year award. She also has been named the March of Dimes Coach of the Year (1990–91), the Metropolitan Women's Basketball Association Coach of the Year (1992–93) and the Newark Star Ledger Coach of the Year (1985–86). In addition, Grentz has twice been named the Kodak District II Coach of the Year and was honored four times as the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year.

University of Illinois

Grentz retired following the 2006-07 season after 12 season with the Illini. She compiled a record of 210-156 at Illinois, including one Big Ten Championship (1997), two Sweet Sixteens and five NCAA Tournament appearances.

USA Basketball

Grentz served as coach of the USA team at the 1990 Goodwill games, and the 1990 World Championships. The 1990 team won the gold medal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Grentz served as head coach of the 1992 Olympic team in Barcelona, which won the bronze medal.

Prior to serving as Olympic coach, Grentz had previous international experience. In 1981, she directed the U.S. Dial Junior National Team in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and the U.S. Maccabiah Team in Israel, where the team won a silver medal. In 1985, she won the gold medal with the U.S.A. Select Team at the Jones Cup Tournament in Taiwan. Grentz coached the U.S. World University Games team in Toronto in 1989 before heading the 1990 U.S. World Championships team in Malaysia and the U.S. Goodwill Games team in Seattle. Both of her 1990 national teams won gold medals in their respective tournaments.

Records

The Grentz Record

See also

• List of college women's basketball coaches with 600 wins

Notes

1. "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
2. "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
3. Grundy p. 160
4. ^ Porter pp. 176–177
5. ^ "Player Bio: Theresa Grentz". CSTV Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2006-08-04.
6. "NCAA Women's Basketball Coaching Records through 2010-11" (pdf). Retrieved 2013-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
7. "Hall of Famer Theresa Grentz Steps Down as Illinois Women's Basketball Coach". CSTV Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
8. "ELEVENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 1990". USA Basketball. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
9. "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

References

• Grundy, Pamela (2005). Shattering the glass. New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-822-1.
• David L. Porter, ed. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30952-6.

Theresa Grentz – championships, awards and honors

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