Chris Gobrecht
{{short description|American basketball coach (born 1955)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|2|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 1973–1976
| player_team1 = USC
| coach_years1 = 1977–1978
| coach_team1 = Santa Fe Springs HS
| coach_years2 = 1978–1979
| coach_team2 = Pasadena CC
| coach_years3 = 1979–1985
| coach_team3 = Cal State Fullerton
| coach_years4 = 1985–1996
| coach_team4 = Washington
| coach_years5 = 1996–1997
| coach_team5 = Florida State
| coach_years6 = 1997–2004
| coach_team6 = USC
| coach_years7 = 2005–2015
| coach_team7 = Yale
| coach_years8 = 2015–2024
| coach_team8 = Air Force
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- {{winning percentage|25|5|record=y}} (junior college)
- {{winning percentage|626|662|record=y}} (college)
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- 2× Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1987, 1988)
- MW Coach of the Year (2022)
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Christianne Geiger Gobrecht (born February 9, 1955) is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head coach of the United States Air Force Academy women's basketball team.{{Cite web |title=Women’s Basketball Head Coach Chris Gobrecht announces retirement |url=https://goairforcefalcons.com/news/2024/4/1/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-head-coach-chris-gobrecht-announces-retirement |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Air Force Academy Athletics |language=en}} A coach since 1977, she has been a head coach at the high school, junior college, and NCAA levels, and is known for only hiring female assistant coaches in order to protect opportunities for women.{{cite web |title=Air Force women's basketball coach Chris Gobrecht explains female-only hiring philosophy for assistants |url=https://gazette.com/sports/air-force-womens-basketball-coach-chris-gobrecht-explains-female-only-hiring-philosophy-for-assistants/article_9d47ae3a-81f6-11ea-aed5-a795ee7d14f8.html |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |access-date=28 July 2021}}
Coaching career
Gobrecht began her coaching career at Santa Fe Springs High School for one season before named the head coach at Pasadena City College, where she won a conference championship in her lone season there. She was also the head coach at Cal State Fullerton for six seasons prior to accepting the head coaching position at Washington, where she won two Pac-10 Conference titles and was named Pac-10 coach of the year twice. She was also the head coach at Florida State for one season prior to joining her alma mater USC in 1997. She led the Trojans to two WNIT appearances before she was fired at the end of the 2003–04 season.{{cite web |title=Women's Basketball Coach Chris Gobrecht Relieved Of Duties |url=https://usctrojans.com/news/2004/3/17/women_s_basketball_coach_chris_gobrecht_relieved_of_duties.aspx |website=USC Athletics |access-date=28 July 2021}} Gobrecht took the 2004–05 season off to spend time with family, accepting the head coaching position at Yale in 2005.{{cite web |title=Gobrecht uses family time to reflect, rejuvenate |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/gobrecht-uses-family-time-to-reflect-rejuvenate/ |website=Seattle Times |access-date=28 July 2021}}
Gobrecht was named the head coach at Air Force on April 14, 2015.{{cite web |title=Air Force hires Chris Gobrecht as women's basketball coach |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2015/04/14/air-force-hires-chris-gobrecht-as-womens-basketball-coach/25797121/ |website=USA Today |access-date=28 July 2021}} She signed a contract extension after the 2017–18 season that extended her contract through the 2022–23 season.{{cite web |title=Chris Gobrecht Receives Contract Extension |url=https://goairforcefalcons.com/news/2018/5/4/Chris_Gobrecht_Receives_Contract_Extension.aspx |website=Air Force Academy Athletics |access-date=28 July 2021}}
In 2022, the Mountain West Conference named Gobrecht the Coach of the Year in women's basketball after Air Force finished the regular season 17–12 (11–7 MW), the program's first winning season since it moved from Division II to Division I in 1996.{{cite web|url=https://themw.com/news/2022/3/6/athlete-awards-mountain-west-announces-2021-22-womens-basketball-all-conference-team-and-individual-awards.aspx|title=Mountain West Announces 2021-22 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team and Individual Awards|publisher=Mountain West Conference|date=March 6, 2022|accessdate=March 21, 2022}} After advancing to the second round of the 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Air Force finished the 2021–22 season 19–12 overall.{{cite web|url=https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2021-22|title=2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule|publisher=U.S. Air Force Academy|accessdate=March 21, 2022}}
On April 1, 2024, Gobrecht announced her retirement from coaching after a 44-year college basketball career.{{Cite web |last=Briggeman |first=Brent |date=2024-04-01 |title=Air Force's Chris Gobrecht announces retirement after 44 years of coaching in women's college basketball |url=https://gazette.com/sports/air-force-sports/air-forces-chris-gobrecht-announces-retirement-after-44-years-of-coaching-in-womens-college-basketball/article_9c41d984-f088-11ee-ac04-a35f8103d1b9.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cal State Fullerton Titans
| conference = Pacific Coast Athletic Association
| startyear = 1979
| endyear = 1985
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1979–80
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 7–23
| conference = 2–10
| confstanding =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1980–81
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 10–20
| conference = 2–10
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1981–82
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 18–12
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1982–83
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1983–84
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 17–11
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1984–85
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = 19–11
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = NWIT Fifth Place
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Cal State Fullerton
| overall = {{winning percentage|84|92|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|25|53|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washington Huskies
| conference = Northern Pacific Conference
| startyear = 1985
| endyear = 1986
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1985–86
| name = Washington
| overall = 24–6
| conference = 11–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washington Huskies
| conference = Pac-10 Conference
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = 1996
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1986–87
| name = Washington
| overall = 23–7
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1987–88
| name = Washington
| overall = 25–5
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1988–89
| name = Washington
| overall = 23–10
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1989–90
| name = Washington
| overall = 28–3
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Elite Eight
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1990–91
| name = Washington
| overall = 24–5
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1991–92
| name = Washington
| overall = 17–11
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1992–93
| name = Washington
| overall = 17–12
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1993–94
| name = Washington
| overall = 21–8
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1994–95
| name = Washington
| overall = 25–9
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1995–96
| name = Washington
| overall = 16–13
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Washington
| overall = {{winning percentage|243|89|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|143|50|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Florida State Seminoles
| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 1997
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Florida State
| overall = 5–22
| conference = 0–16
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Florida State
| overall = {{winning percentage|5|22|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|0|16|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = USC Trojans
| conference = Pac-10 Conference
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 2004
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = USC
| overall = 12–15
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = USC
| overall = 7–20
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = T–9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–2000
| name = USC
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason = WNIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = USC
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = USC
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = WNIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = USC
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = USC
| overall = 15–13
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = USC
| overall = {{winning percentage|93|108|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|58|68|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Yale Bulldogs
| conference = Ivy League
| startyear = 2005
| endyear = 2015
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Yale
| overall = 3–24
| conference = 2–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Yale
| overall = 12–16
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Yale
| overall = 9–18
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Yale
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Yale
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Yale
| overall = 14–15
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = WNIT First Round
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Yale
| overall = 16–12
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Yale
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Yale
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Yale
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Yale
| overall = {{winning percentage|117|162|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|66|74|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Air Force Falcons
| conference = Mountain West Conference
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = 2024
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Air Force
| overall = 1–29
| conference = 1–17
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Air Force
| overall = 4–25
| conference = 2–16
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Air Force
| overall = 6–25
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Air Force
| overall = 8–22
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Air Force
| overall = 10–21
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Air Force
| overall = 8–18
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Air Force
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = WNIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Air Force
| overall = 13–18
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Air Force
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Air Force
| overall = {{winning percentage|84|189|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|50|112|record=y}}
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winning percentage|626|662|record=y}}
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Personal life
Gobrecht was married to Bob Gobrecht, who died in 2018 from an undisclosed illness.{{cite web |title=Career path, life experiences crafted Chris Gobrecht into coach to finally succeed with Air Force women's basketball |url=https://gazette.com/sports/career-path-life-experiences-crafted-chris-gobrecht-into-coach-to-finally-succeed-with-air-force/article_fa48db8e-81e4-11ea-82b1-8f08c6888d11.html |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |access-date=28 July 2021}} The couple had two children; Eric and Mady. Eric attended the Air Force Academy and is a Major stationed at Beale Air Force Base in California, while Mady played for her mother at Yale and is currently a nurse in Colorado Springs.{{cite web |title=Yale's Gobrechts share special bond |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/womens-college-basketball/yales-gobrechts-share-special-bond |website=Fox Sports |access-date=28 July 2021}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|AFAcoachG}}
- [https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/chris-gobrecht/352 Air Force Falcons profile]
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