Inge Nissen
{{short description|Danish basketball player and coach}}
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| nationality = Danish
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| college = Old Dominion (1976–1980)
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| career_position = Power forward / center
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| coach_start = 1989
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| years1 = 1980–1981
| team1 = Chicago Hustle
| cyears1 = 1989–2015
| cteam1 = FIU (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2015
| cteam2 = FIU (Interim HC)
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As player
- All-WBL (1981)
- WBL All-Star (1981)
- Kodak All-American (1980)
- 2× AIAW national champion (1979, 1980)
- No. 42 retired by Old Dominion Lady Monarchs
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Inge Nissen is a Danish basketball player and coach. A 2012 inductee to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Nissen was a star for the Danish national team and a college All-American at Old Dominion University.{{cite web| last = Voepel | first = Mechelle | title = Nissen gets her time in spotlight | work = ESPN.com | date = June 8, 2012 | url = https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8025059/inge-nissen-inducted-women-basketball-hall-fame | access-date = May 2, 2015}} After her playing career, Nissen became an assistant coach for long-time Florida International University coach Cindy Russo and was named interim head coach when Russo retired during the 2014–15 season.{{cite web| last = Neal | first = David | title = Longtime FIU women's basketball coach Cindy Russo retires | work = Miami Herald | date = January 22, 2015 | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/conference-usa/florida-international-university/article7937700.html | access-date = May 2, 2015}}
Old Dominion University statistics
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|Year |Team |GP |Points |FG% |FT% |RPG |APG |BPG |PPG |
| 1976-77
|Old Dominion |32 |592 |52.3% |53.9% |12.8 |1.8 |2.5 |18.5 |
| 1977-78
|Old Dominion |32 |662 |47.2% |70.8% |11.8 |1.0 |2.5 |20.7 |
| 1978-79
|Old Dominion |34 |749 |52.1% |74.7% |10.0 |0.8 |4.5 |22.0 |
| 1979-80
|Old Dominion |37 |644 |43.7% |70.3% |10.3 |1.9 |2.6 |17.4 |
| Career
| |135 |2647 |48.7% |68.3% |11.2 |1.4 |1.9 |19.6 |
Head coaching record
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|startyear=2015
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| season =2014–15
| name =FIU
| overall =0–13*
| conference =0–13*
| confstanding =14th
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150317054654/http://fiusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=75&path=wbball FIU bio]
- [http://www.wbhof.com/Nissen.html Women's Basketball HOF profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501090805/http://www.wbhof.com/Nissen.html |date=2015-05-01 }}
{{Women's Basketball Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:All-American college women's basketball players
Category:Danish expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Danish women's basketball coaches
Category:Danish women's basketball players
Category:FIU Panthers women's basketball coaches