Cara Consuegra
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Cara Consuegra
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| position = Head coach
| team = Marquette Golden Eagles
| league = Big East Conference
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|4}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 146
| high_school = Linganore (Frederick, Maryland)
| college = Iowa (1997–2001)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2001
| draft_round = 4
| draft_pick = 54
| draft_team = Utah Starzz
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_position = Point guard
| career_number = 21
| coach_start = 2001
| years1 = 2001
| team1 = Utah Starzz
| cyears1 = 2001–2004
| cteam1 = Penn State (DBO)
| cyears2 = 2004–2011
| cteam2 = Marquette (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2011–2024
| cteam3 = Charlotte
| cyears4 = 2024–present
| cteam4 = Marquette
| tournament_record =
| awards = As head coach:
- C-USA regular season (2022)
- C-USA Tournament (2022)
- C-USA Coach of the Year (2022)
- Big East Co-Coach of the Year (2025)
As player:
- Big Ten Tournament MOP (2001)
| conference = Big East Conference
}}
Cara Ashley Consuegra (born March 4, 1979) is an American women's basketball coach, currently the head coach at Marquette.{{cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Ben |title=Marquette hires Charlotte's Cara Consuegra as next women's basketball coach |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2024/04/17/marquette-hires-cara-consuegra-to-replace-megan-duffy-as-head-coach/73357099007/ |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=17 April 2024}} Previously, she had been the head coach with the Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team,{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID%3D23200%26ATCLID%3D205146046 |title=Cara Consuegra Bio - Charlotte 49ers |accessdate=2015-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321220143/http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23200&ATCLID=205146046 |archive-date=2015-03-21 }} and before that she spent 7 seasons as an assistant coach at Marquette. Her current head coaching record is 224–164.
Consuegra played at Iowa from 1997–2001, where she was the first Hawkeyes player to score more than 1,000 points and 500 assists. She then played one year for the Utah Starzz in the WNBA.
College playing career
Source: {{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-05}}{{Cite web|title=FINAL 1998 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_2001_312_University%20of%20Iowa.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=5 June 2021|website=NCAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605195344/http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_2001_312_University%20of%20Iowa.pdf |archive-date=2021-06-05 }}
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
| 1997–98
|Iowa |24 |97 |35.6% |23.1% |62.9% |2.1 |3.9 |0.5 |0.1 |4.0 |
| 1998–99
|Iowa |27 |309 |45.7% |32.1% |68.2% |2.6 |5.7 |1.4 |0.1 |11.4 |
| 1999–2000
|Iowa |27 |394 |38.8% |21.3% |81.9% |3.7 |5.1 |2.0 |0.1 |14.6 |
| 2000–01
|Iowa |31 |347 |40.2% |26.5% |75.0% |2.9 |6.2 |2.0 |0.1 |11.2 |
| colspan="2" |Career
|109 |1147 |40.7% |25.5% |75.1% |2.9 |5.3 |1.5 |0.1 |10.5 |
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type=coach | conference= |postseason=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Charlotte 49ers
|startyear=2011
|conference=Atlantic 10 Conference
|endyear= 2013
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 26–6
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = WNIT Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Charlotte (Atlantic 10)
| overall = 42–20 ({{Winning percentage|42|20}})
| confrecord = 21–7 ({{Winning percentage|21|7}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Charlotte 49ers
|startyear=2013
|conference=Conference USA
|endyear=2023
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = T-6th
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T-7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 19–12
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 21–9
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =Postseason Cancelled
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 10–12
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 2nd (East)
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2021–22
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 1st (East)
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 12–19
| conference = 7–13
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Charlotte (C–USA)
| overall = {{Winning percentage|167|134|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|104|68|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Charlotte 49ers
|startyear=2023
|conference=American Athletic Conference
|endyear=2024
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Charlotte
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Charlotte (American)
| overall = {{Winning percentage|16|15|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|9|9|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Charlotte (Overall)
| overall = {{Winning percentage|225|169|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|134|84|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Marquette Golden Eagles
|startyear=2024
|conference=Big East Conference
|endyear=
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Marquette
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = WBIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Marquette
| overall = {{Winning percentage|21|11|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|12|6|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = {{Winning percentage|246|180|record=y}}
}}
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