:Amy Ruley

{{Infobox college coach

|name=Amy Ruley

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1955|10|24}}

|birth_place=Lowell, Indiana, U.S.

|player_years1=1975–1978

|player_team1=Purdue

|player_positions=Point guard

|coach_years1=1979–2008

|coach_team1=North Dakota State

|overall_record=671–198

|WBHOF=amy-ruley

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Women’s Basketball}}

{{MedalSport|Assistant coach for {{USA}} }}

}}

Amy Ruley (born October 24, 1955) is a former women's head basketball coach at North Dakota State University. Ruley has the greatest number of victories of any women's coach at NDSU, with over 600 wins, and led the Bison to 5 NCAA Division II championships. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.wbhof.com/inductees.html|title=WBHOF Inductees|publisher=WBHOF|access-date=2009-08-01|archive-date=2017-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206134733/http://www.wbhof.com/Inductees.html|url-status=dead}} She is a graduate of Purdue University, where she was a member of the first varsity Purdue Boilermakers team, scoring the program's first points.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/basketball/college/lowell-native-amy-ruley-a-benefactor-of-title-ix-progress/article_d7ae7c3b-263c-5ffa-86d0-5ce45750ae2b.html|title=Lowell native Amy Ruley a 'benefactor' of Title IX progress|last=Hamnik|first=Al|date=2012-06-23|work=Northwest Indiana Times|access-date=2017-07-10|language=en}}

On Monday, March 3, 2008, Ruley announced that she would step down as coach after the game that evening against Centenary College (La.) and remained at NDSU until August 2017. She joined the Minnesota State University of Moorhead (MSUM) [https://www.mnstate.edu/alumni/ Foundation] as Senior Director of Development for Athletics in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://news.mnstate.edu/2017/07/amy-ruley-and-mark-hensrud-welcomed-to-msum-alumni-foundation/|title=Amy Ruley and Mark Hensrud Welcomed to MSUM Alumni Foundation|website=News|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-21}} She had since joined the Sanford Health Foundation in 2019, with plans to retire in February 2022.

Purdue statistics

Source{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/1617_WBBMediaGuide.pdf|title=Purdue Media Guide|access-date=2017-09-05|archive-date=2017-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808005253/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/1617_WBBMediaGuide.pdf|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!PPG

1975–76

|Purdue

|16

|117

|0.0%

|39.2%

|1.9

|0.6

|0.0

|7.3

1976–77

|Purdue

|23

|212

|40.5%

|73.9%

|2.2

|2.9

|1.7

|9.2

1977–78

|Purdue

|19

|131

|54.0%

|31.4%

|2.5

|1.7

|1.4

|6.9

Career

|Purdue

|58

|460

|0.0%

|51.4%

|1.9

|1.1

|7.9

USA Basketball

In 1995, Ruley served as the assistant coach to the R. William Jones Cup Team. The competition was held in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won its first six games, but four of the six were won by single-digit margins. Their seventh game was against Russia, and they fell 100–84. The final game was against South Korea, and a victory would assure the gold medal, but the South Korean team won 80–76 to win the gold medal. The USA team won the bronze medal.

Awards

1997 – Carol Eckman Award
2000 – Inducted into North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame{{cite web| url = http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/basketball/college/lowell-native-amy-ruley-a-benefactor-of-title-ix-progress/article_d7ae7c3b-263c-5ffa-86d0-5ce45750ae2b.html| title = Lowell native Amy Ruley a 'benefactor' of Title IX progress {{!}} College Basketball {{!}} nwitimes.com}}
2001 – Coach Ruley received the United States Sports Academy's C. Vivian Stringer Coaching Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID%3D11922%26SPID%3D698%26DB_OEM_ID%3D2400%26ATCLID%3D75933%26Q_SEASON%3D2005|title=Amy Ruley - North Dakota State University|access-date=2006-04-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000427/http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11922&SPID=698&DB_OEM_ID=2400&ATCLID=75933&Q_SEASON=2005|archive-date=2011-06-04}}
2004 – Inducted into Purdue Boilermakers Athletic Hall of Fame{{Cite web|url=http://www.purduesports.com/school-bio/pur-hallfame.html|title=Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame|website=purduesports.com|access-date=2017-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423073252/http://www.purduesports.com/school-bio/pur-hallfame.html|archive-date=2013-04-23|url-status=dead}}
2004 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Head coaching record

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

|type=coach

|conference=

|postseason=

|poll=no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=North Dakota State

|startyear=1979

|conference=North Central Conference

|endyear=2006

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1979–1980

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 14–15

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1980–1981

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 19–12

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1981–1982

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 22–10

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = 4th

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1982–1983

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 16–10

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1983–1984

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 15–12

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1984–1985

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 19–8

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1985–1986

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 24–9

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = 2nd

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1986–1987

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 26–4

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = t-5th

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1987–1988

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 28–3

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = t-3rd

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1988–1989

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 23–7

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1989–1990

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 25–5

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1990–1991

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 31–2

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = 1st

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1991–1992

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 29–4

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = 2nd

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1992–1993

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 30–2

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = 1st

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1993–1994

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 27–5

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = 1st

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1994–1995

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 32–0

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = 1st

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1995–1996

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 30–2

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = 1st

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1996–1997

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 28–1

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–1998

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 22–6

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–1999

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 24–5

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1999–2000

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 28–4

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = 2nd

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–2001

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 25–8

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–2002

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 18–10

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = t-3rd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–2003

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 26–7

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = t-3rd

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2003–2004

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 24–7

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = t-1st

| postseason = Region

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2004–2005

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 26–1

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding =

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–2006

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 9–17

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding =

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–2007

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 14–11

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding =

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=North Dakota State

|startyear=2007

|conference=The Summit League

|endyear=

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2007–2008

| name = North Dakota State

| overall = 17–11

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = T2nd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall=671–198

|poll=no

}}

Notes

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web|title=1995 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/wjcup_1995.html |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428070959/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/wjcup_1995.html |archive-date=28 April 2013 }}

{{cite web|title=Carol Eckman Award|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_carol-eckman|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=1 Jul 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715085310/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_carol-eckman|archive-date=2014-07-15|url-status=dead}}

}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000427/http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11922&SPID=698&DB_OEM_ID=2400&ATCLID=75933&Q_SEASON=2005 Amy Ruley profile at gobison.com]
[https://news.mnstate.edu/2017/07/amy-ruley-named-to-msum-development-position/ Amy Ruley named to MSUM Foundation as Sr. Director of Development for Athletics]

Category:1955 births

Category:Living people

Category:American women's basketball coaches

Category:American women's basketball players

Category:North Dakota State Bison women's basketball coaches

Category:Point guards

Category:Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball players

Category:20th-century American sportswomen

:Amy Ruley

Purdue statistics

USA Basketball

Awards

Head coaching record

See also

Notes

External links