Jody Conradt

Jody Conradt
Title Head coach College University of TexasSport BasketballBorn May 13, 1941(1941-05-13) (age 67) Place of birth Goldthwaite, TexasCareer highlights Championships 1986 NCAA National Champions Playing career 1959–1963 BaylorCoaching career (HCunless noted) 1969–2007 University of Texas, head coach 1976–2007

Jody Conradt (born May 13, 1941) is a retired women's basketball coach. She was the head coach for the women's team at University of Texas at Austin (UT). Her coaching career spanned 38 years, with the last 31 years at UT from 1976 to 2007. She also served concurrently as the UT women's athletic director from 1992 to 2001. During her tenure at UT, she achieved several notable personal and team milestones in collegiate basketball. At retirement, she had tallied 900 career victories, second place in all time victories for a NCAA Division I college basketball coach.

1 Awards and honors
2 Milestones
3 Coaching records
4 References
5 External links

Prior to her career at UT she served as women's basketball head coach at Sam Houston State University from 1969 to 1973 and at the University of Texas at Arlington from 1973 to 1976.

She was born in Goldthwaite, Texas, United States. She was a standout basketball player at Goldthwaite High School (Texas), where she averaged 40 points per game. After high school, she played collegiate basketball at Baylor University, earning a degree in physical education in 1963. She finished her collegiate basketball career averaging 20 points per game. After graduation, she taught and coached at Waco Midway High School and earned her master's degree from Baylor in 1969.

In 38 seasons her head coaching record was 900–306. During her tenure at UT, her record was 783–245.

She was succeeded as UT women's basketball head coach by Gail Goestenkors, the former women's basketball head coach at Duke University.

Awards and honors

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

International Women's Sports Hall of Fame

International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame

Texas Women's Hall of Fame

Texas Sports Hall of Fame

UT Women's Athletics Hall of Honor

Carol Eckman Award - Women's Basketball Coaches Association (1987)

Outstanding Commitment to Women's Athletics - National Association for Girls and Women in Sports (1991)

Harvey Penick Award for Excellence in the Game of Life - Caritas of Austin (2003)

CASEY Award - Kansas City Sports Association (2004)

Conference Coach of the Year - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2003, 2004

National Coach of the Year - 1980, 1984, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2004

Milestones

First women's basketball collegiate coach to reach 700 career victories

Coached first NCAA Division I women's basketball team to an undefeated season and an NCAA National Championship (1986)

99% graduation rate for the individuals on her teams [1]

Coaching records

At Sam Houston State University

Year Record 1969–1970 17–2 1970–1971 18–7 1971–1972 19–7 1972–1973 20–7

At University of Texas - Arlington

Year Record 1973–1974 9–14 1974–1975 11–14 1975–1976 23–11

At University of Texas - Austin

Year Record Conf Record Conf Reg Season Conf Tourn Post Season 1976–77 36–10 – – - 3rd AIAW 1977–78 29–10 – – - 5th AIAW 1978–79 37–4 – – - 3rd AIAW 1979–80 33–4 – – - 5th AIAW 1980–81 28–8 – – - 9th AIAW 1981–82 35–4 – – - 2nd AIAW 1982–83 30–3 8–0 1st - 2nd NCAA Midwest Regional 1983–84 32–3 16–0 1st - 2nd NCAA Midwest Regional 1984–85 28–3 16–0 1st - 3rd NCAA Mideast Regional 1985–86 34–0 16–0 1st - 1st NCAA National Champions 1986–87 31–2 16–0 1st - NCAA Final Four 1987–88 32–3 16–0 1st - NCAA Round Two 1988–89 27–5 16–0 1st - NCAA Round Two 1989–90 27–5 15–1 T1st - NCAA Round Two 1990–91 21–9 14–2 2nd - NCAA Round Two 1991–92 21–10 13–4 2nd 2nd NCAA Round One 1992–93 22–8 15–2 T1st 2nd NCAA Round One 1993–94 22–9 13–4 3rd 1st NCAA Round One 1994–95 12–16 7–7 T4th - - 1995–96 21–9 13–1 T1st - NCAA Round Two 1996–97 22–8 12–4 T2nd - NCAA Round Two 1997–98 12–15 7–9 7th - - 1998–99 16–12 10–6 4th - NCAA Round One 1999–00 21–13 9–7 6th 2nd NCAA Round One 2000–01 20–13 7–9 7th - NCAA Round One 2001–02 22–10 10–6 5th - NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2002–03 29–6 15–1 1st 1st NCAA Final Four 2003–04 30–5 14–2 T1st 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2004–05 22–9 13–3 2nd - - 2005–06 13–15 7–9 T8th - - 2006–07 18–14 6–10 T7th - -