Pam DeCosta
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|27}}
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.
| high_school = Lutheran (Denver, Colorado)
| college = Mesa State (1982–1986)
| career_start = 1986
| career_end = 1987
| years1 = 1986–1987
| team1 = Oberhausen
| coach_start = 1990
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| cyears1 = 1990–1992
| cteam1 = Metro State (asst.)
| cyears2 = 1992–1993
| cteam2 = Denver East HS (girls' varsity)
| cyears3 = 1993–1996
| cteam3 = Kansas (asst.)
| cyears4 = 1996–1998
| cteam4 = Oklahoma (asst.)
| cyears5 = 1998–2003
| cteam5 = Kansas (asst.)
| cyears6 = 2003–2007
| cteam6 = Lynn
| cyears7 = 2007–2011
| cteam7 = San Jose State
| cyears8 = 2011–2019
| cteam8 = Oklahoma (asst.)
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As player:
- First-team All-RMAC (1986)
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Pamela Suzette DeCosta (born August 27, 1964){{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach|title = NCAA® Career Statistics}} is an American college basketball coach, most recently as a women's basketball assistant coach at Oklahoma. Born in Denver,{{Cite web |title=KU loses aide |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/may/20/ku_loses_aide/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=LJWorld.com |language=en-US}} DeCosta played college basketball at Mesa State College and received her bachelor's degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208831271|title=Pam DeCosta|publisher=Oklahoma Sooners|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name =Lynn Fighting Knights
| conference=Sunshine State Conference
| startyear =2003
| endyear =2007
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2003–04
| name = Lynn
| overall = 5–22
| conference = 1–13
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2004–05
| name = Lynn
| overall = 12–16
| conference = 6–10
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2005–06
| name = Lynn
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 6–10
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2006–07
| name = Lynn
| overall = 17–11
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Lynn
| overall = {{Winning percentage|45|66|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|22|40|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name =San Jose State Spartans
| conference=Western Athletic Conference
| startyear =2007
| endyear =2011
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2007–08
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 3–28
| conference = 1–15
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2008–09
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 2–28
| conference = 1–15
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2009–10
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 6–23
| conference = 2–14
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2010–11
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 2–27
| conference = 2–14
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = San Jose State
| overall = {{Winning percentage|13|106|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|6|58|record=y}}
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{Winning percentage|58|167|record=y}}
| legend = no
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References
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External links
- [http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208831271 Oklahoma bio]
- [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sjsu/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010-11/misc_non_event/2010-11-w-baskbl-media-guide.pdf San Jose State bio (pp. 6-7)]
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