Dawn Plitzuweit

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Dawn Plitzuweit
Dawn Plitzuweit.jpg
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Dakota
ConferenceSummit League
Record80–22 (.784)
Annual salary$250,000[1]
Biographical details
BornOctober 31, 1972
West Bend, WI
Playing career
1990–1995Michigan Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1998Michigan Tech (assistant)
1998–2002Green Bay (assistant)
2002–2007Grand Valley State
2007–2012Michigan (assistant)
2012–2016Northern Kentucky
2016–presentSouth Dakota
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division II Tournament (2006)


2x Summit League regular season (2017-18, 2019-20)


2x Summit League conference tournament championship (2020, 2021)
Awards
As player:

2x GLIAC Player of the Year
2x WBCA All-Academic (1994, 1995)
Michigan NCAA Woman of the Year Award (1995)
GLIAC Freshman of the Year (1991)

As coach:

3x Summit League Coach of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020)[2]

Dawn Plitzuweit (PLITTS-zoo-white born October 31, 1972) is an American basketball coach, currently the head women's basketball coach at South Dakota.

Playing career[]

Michigan Tech statistics[]

Plitzuweit attended Michigan Tech between 1990-1995, but did not play basketball 1991-1992. In her freshman year she started all 29 games. Her sophomore year, 1992-1993, played in all 33 games leading Michigan Tech to a record of 30-3 scoring 12.4 points a game, 2nd on the team. Her Junior year she, once again, played in all 28 games. Her senior year she played in 29 of the 30 games that year and would finish her career with a playing record of 99-22.

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990-1991 Michigan Tech 29 268 .519 .000 .727 7.1 4.0 2.9 0.0 9.2
1992-1993 Michigan Tech 33 408 .529 .500 .683 7.0 3.2 2.6 0.02 12.4
1993-1994 Michigan Tech 28 340 .474 .130 .674 8.8 4.0 3.3 0.1 12.1
1994-1995 Michigan Tech 30 382 .523 .371 .678 6.1 3.5 2.2 0.1 12.7
Career 120 1,398 .511 .--- .690 6.0 3.7 2.8 0.1 11.6

Source: [3][4][5][6]

Early coaching career[]

Plitzuweit started her career at her Alma mater, Michigan Tech, under her collegiate coach Kevin Borseth, and would continue to coach with him at Green Bay and then Michigan.[7]

Grand Valley State[]

Over her career five year career at Grand Valley State, Plitzuweit reached the NCAA Division II Tournament four of the five years. In 2006, Grand Valley State, with a record of 33-3, won the 2006 NCAA Division II Tournament over American International College 58-52.

Northern Kentucky[]

Left Michigan at the end of the 2012 season and accepted the head coaching job at Northern Kentucky.[8] Northern Kentucky would go on to reach the WBI in all four years making it to the second round only once.

South Dakota[]

On April 22, 2016, Plitzuweit became the South Dakota head coach.

Personal life[]

Dawn is married and has a son and daughter.

Coaching Record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Grand Valley State (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2002–2007)
2002-03 Grand Valley State 24-7 13-5 2nd NCAA Div. II First Round
2003-04 Grand Valley State 11-15 8-10 5th-t
2004-05 Grand Valley State 28-6 16-2 1st-t NCAA Div. II Quarterfinals
2005-06 Grand Valley State 33-3 15-1 1st NCAA Div. II Champion
2006-07 Grand Valley State 21-8 14-4 1st NCAA Div. II First Round
Grand Valley State: 117–39 (.750) 66–22 (.750)
Northern Kentucky Norse (Atlantic Sun Conference/Horizon League) (2012–2016)
2012-13 Northern Kentucky 15-13 12-6 4th WBI First Round
2013-14 Northern Kentucky 18-13 13-5 3rd WBI Second Round
2014-15 Northern Kentucky 19-14 8-6 3rd WBI First Round
2015-16 Northern Kentucky 19-14 9-9 5th-t WBI First Round
Northern Kentucky: 71–54 (.568) 42–26 (.618)
South Dakota Coyotes (Summit League) (2016–present)
2016-17 South Dakota 23-9 11-5 4th WNIT Second Round
2017-18 South Dakota 29-7 14-0 1st WNIT Quarterfinals
2018-19 South Dakota 28-6 14-2 2nd NCAA First Round
2019-20 South Dakota 30-2 15-0 1st Postseason not held
2020-21 19-5 12-2 2nd NCAA First Round
South Dakota: 129–29 (.816) 66–9 (.880)
Total: 317–122 (.722)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/college/university-of-south-dakota/2019/07/09/south-dakota-coyotes-coach-dawn-plitzuweit-agree-extension-womens-college-basketball-usd-ncaa/3523422002/
  2. ^ https://www.thesummitleague.org/RecordBook/WomensBasketball.pdf
  3. ^ https://www.michigantechhuskies.com/sports/wbkb/wbasketball/Past_Stats/wbbstats1990-91.pdf
  4. ^ https://www.michigantechhuskies.com/sports/wbkb/wbasketball/Past_Stats/wbbstats1992-93.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.michigantechhuskies.com/sports/wbkb/wbasketball/Past_Stats/wbbstats1993-94.pdf
  6. ^ https://www.michigantechhuskies.com/sports/wbkb/wbasketball/Past_Stats/wbbstats1994-95.pdf
  7. ^ https://goyotes.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/dawn-plitzuweit/1003
  8. ^ https://nkunorse.com/news/2012/5/10/WBB_0510122956.aspx
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