Jill Pizzotti
{{Short description|American basketball player-coach}}
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| current_title = Head Coach
| current_team = DePaul
| current_conference = Big East
| current_record = {{winpct|13|19|record=y}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|18}}
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| player_years1 = 1984–1988
| player_team1 = Southeast Missouri State
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1989–1991
| coach_team1 = Southeast Missouri State (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1991–1992
| coach_team2 = Northern Kentucky (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1992–1995
| coach_team3 = Indiana (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 1995–2005
| coach_team4 = Saint Louis
| coach_years5 = 2005–2010*
| coach_team5 = Manager of Women's College Basketball - Nike
| coach_years6 = 2010–2011
| coach_team6 = West Virginia (asst.)
| coach_years7 = 2011–2014
| coach_team7 = DePaul (asst.)
| coach_years8 = 2014–2024
| coach_team8 = DePaul (AHC)
| coach_years9 = 2024–2025
| coach_team9 = DePaul (interim HC)
| coach_years10 = 2025–present
| coach_team10 = DePaul
| overall_record = 126–186 (.404)
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| championships = {{plainlist|
- MIAA tournament champion (1987)
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Jill M. Pizzotti (born June 18, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at DePaul University. She was previously the head coach at Saint Louis University from 1995 to 2005 and served as assistant then associate head coach under Doug Bruno at DePaul from 2011 to 2024.
Early life
Pizzotti graduated from Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois in 1983. She was inducted into her school's inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite web |title=Jill M. Pizzotti |url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/staff-directory/jill-m-pizzotti/51 |website=Big East Conference |publisher=DePaul University Athletics |access-date=April 3, 2025}}
Coaching history
=Early career=
Pizzotti played collegiately at Southeast Missouri State University from 1984 to 1988, prior to the university's move up from Division II in 1991.{{cite web |title=Conference Timeline - History |url=https://themiaa.com/sports/2012/5/21/history.aspx?id=5& |website=Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association |access-date=April 5, 2025}} The 1986–1987 team would go on to win their conference championship, the first ever post season championship in program history and breaking Central Missouri's four-championship-streak.{{cite web |title=1986-87 Women's Basketball Team |url=https://semoredhawks.com/sports/2021/8/25/1986-87-womens-basketball-team |website=Women's Basketball |publisher=Southeast Missouri State University Athletics |access-date=April 3, 2025}} After graduating, she joined the university as a graduate assistant coach in the women's basketball program under local SEMO legend, head coach Ed Arnzen. In 1991 the team repeated their previous success with another conference championship. Once again breaking another three-championship-streak by UCM. After two seasons, Pizzotti was named assistant coach at Northern Kentucky University for one year. By 1992 she was again named assistant coach at Indiana University Bloomington until 1995.
=Saint Louis University=
Pizzotti became head coach for the first time at Saint Louis University from 1995 to 2005. Her tenure was largely uneventful and the team reached the post season only once. The 2003 WNIT saw the Billikens reach only the first round before losing to Iowa 64―93.{{cite web |title=2003 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament |url=https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4//03_post_bracket.pdf?id=33 |website=WNIT |access-date=April 4, 2025 |date=2003}} She would leave the university after 10 years, finishing with a (113–167) record.{{cite web |title=Jill Pizzotti |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/jill-pizzotti-1.html |website=sports-reference |publisher=Sports Reference Purpose |access-date=April 3, 2025}}
=DePaul University=
After a one-year stint at West Virginia University, Pizzotti was picked up as the assistant coach of the DePaul Blue Demons starting in 2011.{{cite web |title=Pizzotti and Ryckbosch Join Women's Basketball Staff |url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2011/6/21/Pizzotti_and_Ryckbosch_Join_Women_s_Basketball_Staff |website=Big East Conference |publisher=DePaul University Athletics |access-date=April 3, 2025 |date=June 21, 2011}} She was elevated to the position of associate head coach in 2014. Just prior to the start of the 2024–25 season, it was announced that then head coach Doug Bruno was to miss the opener due to a "medical complication."{{cite web |title=DePaul Head Coach Doug Bruno to Miss Season Opener |url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2024/11/4/womens-basketball-depaul-head-coach-doug-bruno-to-miss-season-opener |website=Big East Conference |publisher=DePaul University Athletics |access-date=April 3, 2025 |date=November 4, 2024}} Pizzotti was made interim head coach in his absence. She would go on to coach the entire season, finishing with a 13–19 record and 6th in the conference. The best since the 2021–22 season. In March 2025, it was announced that Bruno would step down after 39 seasons as head coach. On April 3, the university announced that they had chosen Pizzotti as the next head coach of the women's basketball program.{{cite web |title=Jill M. Pizzotti Named DePaul Women’s Basketball Head Coach |url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2025/4/3/womens-basketball-jill-m-pizzotti-named-depaul-womens-basketball-head-coach |website=Big East Conference |publisher=DePaul University Athletics |access-date=April 3, 2025 |date=April 3, 2025}} On April 29, it was announced that former WNBA player Kathleen Doyle would serve as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.{{cite web |title=Kathleen Doyle Tabbed Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator |url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2025/4/29/womens-basketball-kathleen-doyle-tabbed-assistant-coach-recruiting-coordinator |website=Womens Basketball |publisher=Big East Conference |access-date=April 29, 2025 |date=April 29, 2025}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Saint Louis
|startyear=1995
|conference=CUSA
|endyear= 2005
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995–96
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 6–21
| conference = 1–13
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 10–18
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 13–14
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 16–12
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–2000
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 4–12
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 14–14
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 14–15
| conference = 6–8
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 17–14
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 8–19
| conference = 2–12
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 4–23
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = {{Winning percentage|113|167|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|44|104|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=DePaul
|startyear= 2024
|conference=Big East
|endyear=
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = DePaul (interim HC)
| overall = 13–19
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2025–26
| name = DePaul
| overall = –
| conference = –
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| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = DePaul
| overall = {{Winning percentage|13|19|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|8|10|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = {{Winning percentage|126|186|record=y}}
}}
References
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{{Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Big East Conference women's basketball coach navbox}}
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