University Baylor University Nickname Lady Bears Home Away Head coach Kim Mulkey Arena Ferrell Center | Location Waco, TX Colors Green and Gold Away Alternate Conference Big 12 Conference Division Division I (NCAA) | |
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The Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. They currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Kim Mulkey.
Contents
- Olga Fallen years 19741979
- Sonja Hogg years 19942000
- Kim Mulkey years 2000present
- Conference Honors and Awards
- National Honors and Awards
- Ferrell Center
- Year by year results
- References
The Lady Bears went undefeated at 40–0 to become the 2012 NCAA Division I National Champions in Women's College Basketball.
Olga Fallen years (1974–1979)
Olga joined the faculty of Baylor University in 1956 and served as an assistant professor of physical education through 1997. She developed Baylor's women's athletic program from its beginning within the physical education department in 1959 and from 1972 to 1979, served as the coordinator of women's athletics. She was inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. Under her coaching the softball team, advanced to the AIAW regional tournament in 1978 and 1979. The Bearette basketball team posted a five-year record of 143–50 and earned two consecutive bids to the national AIAW tournament in 1976 and 1977, rated fifth and seventh in the nation those years.
Sonja Hogg years (1994–2000)
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Kim Mulkey years (2000–present)
In 2000, Kim Mulkey took over a Baylor program that had finished the 1999–2000 season 7–20 and last in the Big 12 Conference. In her first season at Baylor, she turned the Lady Bears program around, leading the team to its first NCAA tournament bid. The Lady Bears have now (as of 2011) put together eleven consecutive 20-win seasons and only once has the team lost more than 10 games in a season. The rise of the Baylor program under Mulkey was capped off in 2005 with a national title. This made her the fourth person to have won NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and a head coach (after Joe B. Hall, Bob Knight and Dean Smith) and the first woman to do so.
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Conference Honors and Awards
Southwest Conference Player of the Year
Big 12 Player of the Year
Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
National Honors and Awards
USBWA National Freshman of the Year
Elite 89 Award
Wade Trophy
Naismith College Player of the Year
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
WBCA Defensive Player of the Year
NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Nancy Lieberman Award – Nation's top collegiate point guard
Ferrell Center
The Ferrell Center is an arena in Waco, Texas. It was built in 1988 and is located adjacent to the Brazos River. When the Lady Bears play, the arena can hold 10,350.
Year by year results
Conference tournament winners noted with # Source