Marianne Stanley

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Marianne Stanley
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Indiana Fever
PositionHead coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1954-04-29) April 29, 1954 (age 67)
Yeadon, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolArchbishop Prendergast
(Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania)
CollegeImmaculata (1972–1976)
Coaching career1977–present
Career history
As coach:
1977–1987Old Dominion
1987–1989Penn
1989–1993USC
1995–1996Stanford
1996–2000California
2000Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)
2001Washington Mystics (assistant)
2002–2003Washington Mystics
2004–2006New York Liberty (assistant)
2006–2008Rutgers (assistant)
2008–2009Los Angeles Sparks (assistant)
2010–2019Washington Mystics (assistant)
2020–presentIndiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Marianne Crawford Stanley (born April 29, 1954) is an American basketball coach, currently head coach of the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1]

Born in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, Stanley played high school basketball at Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.[2]: 193–194  She was inducted into the Prendergast Hall of Fame in 2014.

After transferring from West Chester State College (now West Chester University),[2]: 195  Stanley played collegiate basketball at Immaculata College.[3] The women's basketball team played in six straight AIAW basketball tournament final fours from 1972 to 1977, five straight finals from 1972 to 1976. They won three consecutive national championships from 1972 to 1974. Among her teammates were future prominent women's coaches Theresa Grentz and Rene Portland. The team was featured for its 1970s accomplishments on a SportsCenter special[3] on March 23, 2008.

On January 26, 1975, she played in the first nationally televised women's intercollegiate basketball game. Facing Maryland at Cole Field House, Immaculata won 80–48.

On February 22, 1975 she played in the first women's basketball game ever played in Madison Square Garden. Immaculata beat Queens College 65–61.

The story of the basketball team was adapted into a movie, The Mighty Macs,[4] which was released in 2011. The 1972–1974 teams were announced on April 7, 2014 as part of the 2014 induction class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and were formally inducted as a team on August 8, 2014.[5]

Stanley began her coaching career as an assistant at Immaculata under her coach, Cathy Rush. Stanley's first head coach position was at Old Dominion University in 1977–78, in which they won the NWIT tournament. In 1979 and 1980 the team won the AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament. Stanley took the 1984-85 team to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship finishing with a 31–3 season.[6]

Stanley later coached at Penn, USC, Stanford and California joining the WNBA as an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2000. She joined the Mystics in 2001, and was named head coach of the team in 2002. That year Stanley earned WNBA Coach of the Year honors, guiding the Mystics to the Eastern Conference finals.[7] She was also inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame the same year.

Stanley joined the New York Liberty as an assistant coach in 2004. She returned to the college coaching ranks in Sept.of 2006 as an assistant to C. Vivian Stringer at Rutgers University. They guided the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA finals in 2007.

The WNBA came calling in 2008 and Marianne left to join Coach Michael Cooper staff with the Los Angeles Sparks as an assistant from 2008 through 2009, and rejoined the Mystics as an assistant coach in 2010.

On November 27, 2019 Stanley was introduced as the head coach of the Indiana Fever.

Coaching Record[]

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
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Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
WAS 2002 32 17 15 .531 3rd in East 5 3 2 .600 Lost in Conference Finals
WAS 2003 34 9 25 .265 7st in East - - - - Missed Playoffs
IND 2020 22 6 16 .265 5th in East - - - - Missed Playoffs
Career 88 32 56 .364 5 3 2 .600

References[]

  1. ^ "Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hawkes, Nena Ray and Seggar, John F. (2000). Celebrating Women Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 193–200. ISBN 0313309124.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bztw90sAQA
  4. ^ Promotions, Milk Money. "The Mighty Macs - About The Movie". themightymacs.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2015-09-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Coach Bio Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Marianne Stanley". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 2021-06-05.

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