1974-1977 St. Joseph's Name Muffet McGraw Titles Head coach 1980-1982 St. Joseph's (asst.) | Position(s) Guard Spouse Matt McGraw (m. 1977) Role Basketball Coach | |
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Born December 5, 1955 (age 68) PA ( 1955-12-05 ) 1977-1979 Archbishop Carroll H.S. Awards Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year Similar People Jewell Loyd, Kayla McBride, Natalie Achonwa, Geno Auriemma, Skylar Diggins Profiles | ||
Muffet mcgraw at media day notre dame womens basketball
Ann O'Brien McGraw (born December 5, 1955), better known as Muffet McGraw, is currently the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Notre Dame. In 29 seasons at Notre Dame, she compiled a 662–217 (.753) record. She led her team to 7 Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015), and won the National Championship in 2001 against Purdue. Notre Dame has made it to the fourth round of the tournament 6 out of the last 11 seasons (through the 2013 tournament), and had 20-win seasons in 13 out of the past 14 seasons. McGraw led the Irish to 24 NCAA tournament appearances including a current streak of 22 straight. In the current streak, Notre Dame made it to the second round in all but one of the appearances. McGraw graduated from Saint Joseph's University and briefly played professionally for the California Dreams of the Women's Professional Basketball League.
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McGraw has compiled 50 wins over ranked opponents, including 40 over the last 8 seasons. Her teams appeared in the AP poll 139 times during her tenure. Notre Dame finished in the Top 3 of the Big East in 9 out of the 11 seasons they have been in the league and finished in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference in all 4 seasons since they entered the conference. Notre Dame also received 11 consecutive Top 20 ranked recruiting classes. She is the 27th coach in NCAA history to win over 500 career games, and is currently the 10th head coach in NCAA Division I basketball history to reach 800 career wins.
McGraw was awarded the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year and the Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2001. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.
On February 5, 2013 McGraw achieved her 700th career victory with a win over the Villanova Wildcats in Philadelphia, her hometown, by a score of 59–52, making her the 13th coach in Division 1 history to reach the 700 win milestone. She holds a record of 700–257 (.739) over 31 years of coaching, the past 26 years at Notre Dame.
In 2016, the John R Wooden award committee recognize McGraw with the 2017 Legends of Coaching Award. This award is presented annually to a college basketball coach who "exemplifies Wooden's high standards of coaching success and personal achievement".
