Bobbie Kelsey
{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|30}}
| birth_place = Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
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| high_school = Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Georgia)
| college = Stanford (1992–1996)
| coach_start = 1996
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| cyears1 = 1996–1997
| cteam1 = Boise State (asst.)
| cyears2 = 1998–2000
| cteam2 = Florida (asst.)
| cyears3 = 2000–2002
| cteam3 = Evansville (asst.)
| cyears4 = 2002–2004
| cteam4 = Western Carolina (asst.)
| cyears5 = 2004–2007
| cteam5 = Virginia Tech (asst.)
| cyears6 = 2007–2011
| cteam6 = Stanford (asst.)
| cyears7 = 2011–2016
| cteam7 = Wisconsin
| cyears8 = 2017–2018
| cteam8 = Los Angeles Sparks (asst.)
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Bobbie Natasha Kelsey (born December 30, 1972) is an American former basketball coach for the WNBA. She is currently the Commissioner of Athletics for Milwaukee Recreation.
Career
Hired in April 2011,{{cite web|last=Punzel|first=Dennis|url=http://host.madison.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_b7efe7f4-6458-11e0-9557-001cc4c002e0.html|title=New UW women's basketball coach sets high bar: 'You can win national championships here'|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=April 12, 2011|accessdate=February 15, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413211124/http://host.madison.com/sports/college/basketball/women/article_b7efe7f4-6458-11e0-9557-001cc4c002e0.html|archivedate=April 13, 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Potrykus|first=Jeff|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/119666449.html|title=New UW women's coach Kelsey sees big potential|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=April 11, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415080140/http://www.jsonline.com/sports/badgers/119666449.html|archivedate=April 15, 2011|accessdate=February 15, 2019|url-status=dead}} her tenure at the University of Wisconsin ended on March 4, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/2016/3/5/11165362/wisconsin-basketball-bobbie-kelsey-coach-fired|title=Wisconsin women's basketball coach Bobbie Kelsey fired|website=Bucky's 5th Quarter|date=5 March 2016 |access-date=2016-03-09}} Her most recent coaching job was an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/19069424/los-angeles-sparks-hire-former-wisconsin-coach-bobbie-kelsey-assistant |title=LA Sparks hire former Wisconsin coach Bobbie Kelsey as assistant |date=April 3, 2017 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=April 5, 2017}}
She has been an assistant coach for Stanford University, and a four-year player for the Cardinal. Kelsey spent three years as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech before returning to her alma mater prior to the 2007-08 campaign. She has also held assistant coaching positions at Western Carolina, Evansville, Florida, and Boise State.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204151922/http://www.uwbadgers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=120&path=wbball|archivedate=February 4, 2016|title=2015-16 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff: Bobbie Kelsey, Head Coach|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com:80/coaches.aspx?rc=120&path=wbball|publisher=Wisconsin Badgers|accessdate=July 4, 2017|url-status=dead}} She currently works as a Conference Commissioner for the Milwaukee City Conference in Milwaukee WI which schedules and administers Game Scheduling, Officials Scheduling for all Milwaukee public high schools sports teams. Kelsey won the 2022 Milwaukee Public Schools Employee Golf League Championship, playing for Team Central Services .{{cite web |url=https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/News/Milwaukee-Recreation-welcomes-Bobbie-Kelsey-as-new-Commissioner-of-Athletics.htm |title=Milwaukee Recreation welcomes Bobbie N. Kelsey as new Commissioner of Athletics |date=July 24, 2019}} In October 2024 she came under fire from the MPS Athletics community for multiple instances of neglecting to complete paperwork. In 2023, incomplete paperwork led to the Riverside High School swim team being unable to compete in their sectional meet for the 2022–23 season. In 2024 the Pulaski and Bay View high school football teams were forced to forfeit multiple games, as well as incur two-year postseason bans because of missing paperwork.https://www.cbs58.com/news/dropped-the-ball-four-milwaukee-alders-tee-off-on-mps-athletics-commissioner-after-clerical-error-forfeits-two-football-seasons
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name =Wisconsin Badgers
| conference=Big Ten Conference
| startyear =2011
| endyear =2016
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 9–20
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding = T–9th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 12–19
| conference = 3–13
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 10–19
| conference = 3–13
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 9–20
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 11th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 7–22
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 13th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = {{winpct|47|100|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|19|65|record=y}}
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winpct|47|100|record=y}}
| legend=no
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{{1992 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball navbox}}
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Category:American women's basketball coaches
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