Beth Morgan (basketball)
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 5, 1975 Greenville, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||
| High school |
Bloomington South (Bloomington, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Notre Dame (1993–1997) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Philadelphia Rage | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | VCU (Asst./Assoc. HC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2012 | VCU | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Notre Dame (Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Beth Morgan Cunningham (born Beth Morgan on June 5, 1975 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an assistant coach at Notre Dame and had been the women's basketball head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and a former women's basketball player.
As Beth Morgan, she played for the University of Notre Dame, the Richmond Rage/Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League and the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before turning to coaching.
She also played on the American teams in 1997 World University Games [1] and the 1999 Pan-American Games.[2]
Cunningham ranked as #1 on Notre Dame's all-time scoring list with 2,322 points, until surpassed by Skylar Diggins. During her career, she set or tied 28 school records. In her final two seasons, she was a first team all-Big-East selection.
Cunningham took over the VCU Rams for the 2003-2004 season after serving as assistant coach of the team for two years.
Her father, Bob Morgan, was the head baseball coach at Indiana University for 22 years before retiring in 2005.[3]
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| VCU (Colonial Athletic Association) (2003–2012) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | VCU | 14-14 | 10-8 | T-4th | |||||
| 2004–05 | VCU | 11-18 | 6-12 | 7th | |||||
| 2005–06 | VCU | 13-15 | 6-12 | 9th | |||||
| 2006–07 | VCU | 17-13 | 9-9 | 6th | |||||
| 2007–08 | VCU | 26-8 | 13-5 | T-3rd | WNIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2008–09 | VCU | 26-7 | 15-3 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | VCU | 22-13 | 12-6 | 3rd | WNIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2010–11 | VCU | 19-12 | 13-5 | 4th | WNIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2011–12 | VCU | 19-15 | 9-9 | 6th | WNIT 3rd Round | ||||
| VCU: | 167-115 (.592) | 93–69 (.574) | |||||||
| Total: | 167–115 (.592) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Notes
- ↑ "Eighteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ↑ "Thirteenth Pan American Games -- 1999". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Head Coach Bob Morgan Resigns". University of Indiana. June 5, 2005. Retrieved 22 Oct 2013.