Robin Harmony
{{short description|American college basketball coach (born 1961)}}
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| name = Robin Harmony
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Charleston
| current_conference = CAA
| current_record = {{Winning percentage|94|74|record=y}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|20}}
| birth_place = Hershey, Pennsylvania
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| player_years1 = 1980–1984
| player_team1 = Miami (FL)
| player_years2 = 1984–1985
| player_team2 = Avon Cosmetics of Northampton, England
| player_positions = Guard
| coach_years1 = 1985–1987
| coach_team1 = Miami (FL) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1987–1988
| coach_team2 = Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1988–1993
| coach_team3 = Miami (FL) (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1993–2005
| coach_team4 = Miami (FL) (assoc. HC)
| coach_years5 = 2005–2013
| coach_team5 = St. Thomas (FL)
| coach_years6 = 2013–2019
| coach_team6 = Lamar
| coach_years7 = 2019–present
| coach_team7 = Charleston
| overall_record = Division I (NCAA) {{winpct|341|198|record=y}}
NAIA 131–48({{winpct|131|48}})
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| championships = 3 Sun Conference Championship (2009, 2011, 2013){{cite web|title=STU Women's Basketball Clinches regular season championship!|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2011/2/18/WBB_0218114756.aspx?path=wbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=October 24, 2014|date=February 18, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Sun Conference Champions!!!|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2013/2/16/WBB_0216130105.aspx?path=wbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=October 24, 2014|date=February 16, 2013}}
Sun Conference tournament championship (2010){{cite web|title=Lady Bobcats Win Sun Conference Championship, Beat Northwood 65–60|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2010/2/27/WBB_0227103215.aspx?path=wbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=October 24, 2014|date=February 27, 2010}}
Southland Conference regular season championship (2014 (co champ), 2018, 2019)
| awards = Southland Conference Coach of the Year, 2018{{cite web |author1=Pat Murray |title=2017–18 season was a memorable one for Cards |url=https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2018/4/3/womens-basketball-2017-18-season-was-amemorable-one-for-cards.aspx?path=wbball |publisher=Lamar University Athletics |accessdate=April 23, 2019 |date=April 3, 2018}}
Sun Conference Coach of the Year (2009, 2013){{Cite web|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2009/2/27/WBB_0227091350.aspx?path=wbball|title=Sun Conference honors Bobcats}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2013/2/21/WBB_0221132307.aspx?path=wbball|title=Coach Harmony, Cc Cousins, Dannisha Pierce Headline Sun Conference Awards}}
University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame (1997){{Cite web |url=http://umsportshalloffame.com/inductees.asp?ID=3 |title=University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=2014-09-16 |archive-date=2014-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010024036/http://umsportshalloffame.com/inductees.asp?ID=3 |url-status=dead }}
Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Legend (2013){{Cite web|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2013/1/31/WBB_0131130445.aspx?path=wbball|title=Coach Robin Harmony Named Acc Legend}}
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Robin Harmony (born October 20, 1961) is an American college basketball coach. She currently serves as head coach of the College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team. She previously was head coach at Lamar and St. Thomas University. Prior to that, she served as assistant coach (six years) and associate head coach (twelve years) at Miami Hurricanes. She split her stay at the University of Miami by serving as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University for one season prior to her return to the Hurricanes.
Playing career
Harmony was a three-year letter winner at Hershey High School located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. At the University of Miami, she earned a letter all four years playing for the Miami Hurricanes. At Miami, Harmony recorded total of 1,308 points, 750 rebounds, 415 assists and 314 steals in four seasons. As of April, 2013, she still held the Miami single-game record for assists with 14 and was 10th on Miami's all-time scoring chart and fifth in rebounding. After graduation, she continued playing basketball for the Avon Cosmetics women's team in Northampton, England. She was named Most Valuable Player for the team in her one season there. Harmony also had coaching duties with the team.
Harmony received several honors as a player. Inducted in the Class of 1997, she was the first women's basketball player to be inducted into the University of Miami's Sports Hall of Fame. In 2013, Harmony was named an Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Legend.
Coaching career
=University of Miami=
Harmony spent 18 years on the staff of the University of Miami. She served as Assistant Coach for six years and Associate Head Coach for twelve years. While Coach Harmony was at Miami, the Hurricanes won three Big East regular season championships and two Big East conference tournament championships. The Hurricanes also participated in post season play seven time advancing to the sweet 16 one time.
=St. Thomas University=
Harmony became the first women's basketball coach of NAIA St. Thomas University in 2005. While at St. Thomas, her teams compiled an overall record of 131–48, won three regular season championships, and one Sun Conference tournament championship. Her teams participated in the NAIA National Tournament three times.
=Lamar University=
Harmony was named Lamar women's basketball head coach on April 30, 2013. The Lady Cardinals compiled an overall record of 18–13 and conference record of 13–5 in Coach Harmony's first year at Lamar. Her team was Southland Conference co-champion in the regular season. The Lady Cardinals participated in the WNIT, the fourth post season tournament for the Lady Cardinals in a five-year period. Her 2017–18 and 2018–19 teams won the Southland Conference regular season championship with a 17–1 record each season. The teams competed in the WNIT both years following losses in the Southland Conference women's basketball tournament.
On April 28, 2015, it was announced that Harmony had signed a three-year contract extension as Lamar's head coach.{{cite web|title=Harmony Signs 3-Year Extension|url=http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042815aaa.html|publisher=Lamar University Department of Athletics|accessdate=May 5, 2015|date=April 28, 2015}}
Coach Harmony resigned her position on April 19, 2019 to become head women's basketball coach for the College of Charleston.{{cite web |author1=Travis Rae |title=Harmony Steps Down as Women's Head Coach |url=https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2019/4/19/womens-basketball-harmony-steps-down-as-womens-head-coach.aspx?path=wbball |publisher=Lamar University Athletics |accessdate=April 20, 2019 |date=April 19, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Charleston hires Lamar's Harmony as women's basketball coach |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2019/04/19/charleston-hires-lamars-harmony-as-womens-basketball-coach/39368601/ |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=April 20, 2019 |date=April 19, 2019}}{{cite web |title=BC-BKW—College of Charleston-Coach |url=https://apnews.com/f120546f88fd4f3e9b7db7ecae1167dd |publisher=The Associated Press |accessdate=April 20, 2019 |date=April 19, 2019}}
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Head coaching record
Source:
- Charleston{{Cite web |title=2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule |url=https://cofcsports.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=College of Charleston Athletics |language=en}}
- CAA{{Cite web |title=Conference Standings |url=https://caasports.com/allstandings.aspx |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=caasports.com |language=en}}
- Lamar{{Cite web |title=2022-23 WBB Media Guide (PDF) |url=https://lamarcardinals.com/documents/2022/10/11/2022-23_Media_Guide.pdf |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Lamar University Athletics |page=56 |language=en}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=St. Thomas Bobcats
|startyear=2005
|conference=Sun Conference
|endyear=2013
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = St. Thomas
| conference = 6–6
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2008–09
| name = St. Thomas
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2009–10
| name = St. Thomas
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA DII Tournament first round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2010–11
| name = St. Thomas
| conference = 12–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| season = 2011–12
| name = St. Thomas
| overall = 24–9{{cite web|title=STU MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HOOPS BOTH HEADED TO NATIONAL TOURNEY|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2012/2/29/MBB_0229124533.aspx?path=mbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=December 21, 2014|date=February 29, 2012}}{{cite web|title=WOMEN'S HOOPS FALLS IN FIRST ROUND|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2012/3/7/WBB_0307124527.aspx?path=wbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=December 21, 2014|date=March 7, 2012}}
| conference = 13–3
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| postseason = NAIA DII Tournament first round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012–13
| name = St. Thomas
| overall = 27–4{{cite web|title=STU MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS HEADED TO NATIONALS|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2013/2/27/WBB_0227132655.aspx?path=mbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=December 21, 2014|date=February 27, 2013}}{{cite web|title=BOBCATS FALL IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT|url=http://www.stubobcats.com/news/2013/3/6/WBB_0306133407.aspx?path=wbball|work=St. Thomas University Athletics|publisher=|accessdate=December 21, 2014|date=March 6, 2013}}
| conference = 14–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA DII Tournament first round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal|
| name = St. Thomas
| overall = 132–49 ({{Winning percentage|132|49}})
| confrecord = 66–15 ({{Winning percentage|66|15}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Lamar Lady Cardinals
|startyear=2013
|conference=Southland Conference
|endyear=2019
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2013–14
| name = Lamar
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = WNIT first round
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| season = 2014–15
| name = Lamar
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Lamar
| overall = 12–19
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T-8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Lamar
| overall = 22–8
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = WBI First round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =2017–18
| name =Lamar
| overall =22–8
| conference =17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| championship = conference
| postseason =WNIT First round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =2018–19
| name =Lamar
| overall =24–7
| conference =17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| championship = conference
| postseason =WNIT First round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal|
| name = Lamar
| overall = {{Winning percentage|115|68|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|83|25|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=College of Charleston
|startyear=2019
|conference=Colonial Athletic Association
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =2019–20
| name = Charleston
| overall = 13–17
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = T–8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =2020–21
| name = Charleston
| overall = 6–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =2021–22
| name = Charleston
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season =2022–23
| name = Charleston
| overall = 11–18
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 10th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2023–24
| name = Charleston
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–3rd
| championship =
| postseason = WNIT second round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2024–25
| name = Charleston
| overall = 24–7
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| championship =
| postseason = WNIT
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal|
| name = Charleston
| overall = {{Winning percentage|94|74|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|50|48|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|341|191|record=y}}
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