Chris Dailey
{{short description|American women's basketball coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Chris Dailey
| image = Chris Dailey - Associate Head Coach UConn Women's basketball Team.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Dailey in 2013
| current_title = Associate head coach
| current_team = Connecticut
| current_conference = Big East Conference
| current_record =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|9}}
| birth_place = New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date =
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| player_years1 = 1978–1982
| player_team1 = Rutgers
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1982–1983
| coach_team1 = Cornell (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1983–1985
| coach_team2 = Rutgers (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1985–1988
| coach_team3 = UConn (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1988–present
| coach_team4 = UConn (associate head coach)
| championships =
As player:
- AIAW tournament champion (1982)
As assistant coach:
- 12× NCAA tournament national champion (1995, 2000, 2002–2004, 2009, 2010, 2013–2016, 2025)
- 24× Big East regular season champion (1989–1991, 1994–2004, 2007–2011, 2021–2025)
- 7× AAC regular season champion (2014–2020)
- 23× Big East tournament champion (1989, 1991, 1994–2002, 2005, 2006, 2008–2012, 2021–2025)
- 7× AAC tournament champion (2014–2020)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
| WBHOF = chris-dailey
}}
Christine A. Dailey{{cite news |author= |date=21 June 1982 |title=Rutgers 1982 List of Graduates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/317596155/ |work=Central New Jersey Home News |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |access-date=8 April 2022}} (born September 7, 1959) is an American women's basketball coach, who has been the associate head coach for the Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team since 1988.{{cite web |title=Chris Dailey |url=https://uconnhuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=453&path=wbball |website=UConnHuskies.com |publisher=University of Connecticut |accessdate=March 19, 2019}} Dailey was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Early life and education
Raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dailey played prep basketball at St. Peter the Apostle High School.Staff. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/2018/06/11/former-rutgers-star-and-new-brunswick-native-chris-dailey-inducted-into-womens-basketball-hall-fame/691353002/ "Former Rutgers star and New Brunswick native Chris Dailey inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame"], Courier News, June 11, 2018. Accessed March 10, 2022. "Former Rutgers University and St. Peter's High School of New Brunswick star Chris Dailey, who recently completed her 33rd season as an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut, was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night."
Dailey graduated from Douglass College of Rutgers University in 1982. She played basketball for Rutgers from 1978–1982 and was a captain in her final two seasons. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in health and physical education.{{cite web |title=Chris Dailey ('82) Inducted Into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |url=https://scarletknights.com/news/2018/2/14/chris-dailey-82-to-be-inducted-into-womens-basketball-hall-of-fame.aspx |website=ScarletKnights.com |publisher=Rutgers University Athletics |accessdate=March 19, 2019}}
Coaching career
=UConn (assistant)=
Dailey was hired as an assistant for UConn in 1985 and was promoted to associate head coach in 1988. She has helped lead UConn to twelve national titles, 25 conference regular season titles, and 24 conference tournament championships. In 2018, Dailey and Mickie DeMoss were inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as the only assistant coaches to be inducted.{{cite web |title=Fittingly, Chris Dailey and Mickie DeMoss head into Women's HOF together |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/23697758/only-fitting-uconn-huskies-chris-dailey-tennessee-lady-vols-mickie-demoss-head-women-hall-fame-together |website=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPNW |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108214922/http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/23697758/only-fitting-uconn-huskies-chris-dailey-tennessee-lady-vols-mickie-demoss-head-women-hall-fame-together |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=UConn's Chris Dailey Inducted Into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |url=https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-dailey-hall-induction-20180609-story.html |website=Courant.com |publisher=Hartford Courant |accessdate=March 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207232707/https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-dailey-hall-induction-20180609-story.html |url-status=live }}
= Acting head coach =
If the head coach of the team is unable to be present for a game, the most senior assistant takes over head coaching duties. In the case of UConn that is Dailey, who was initially assistant coach, but then became associate head coach. Although NCAA rules credit the game result (win or loss) to the head coach of record and not to the acting head coach, both the media and fans tend to keep track of the results when an assistant steps in for the head coach. Dailey is currently 17–0 when filling in for Auriemma. 9 wins occurred during regular season play, 6 were in two different conference tournaments, and 2 were the first rounds of the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.{{Cite web |title=No. 5 UConn Beats Xavier for Sixth Straight Win |url=https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2023/1/5/womens-basketball-no-5-uconn-beats-xavier-for-sixth-straight-win.aspx |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=University of Connecticut Athletics |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=UConn vs. Xavier - Women's College Basketball Box Score - January 5, 2023 |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401487181 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://uconnhuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=453&path=wbball Connecticut Profile]
{{Women's Basketball Hall of Fame|Coach}}
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Category:20th-century American sportswomen
Category:American women's basketball coaches
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