Ruth Sinn
{{Short description|American basketball coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ruth Sinn
| image =
| position = Head Coach
| team = St. Thomas Minnesota Tommies
| league = Summit League
| coach_start = 1988
| image_size =
| caption =
| number =
| career_position =
| height_ft =
| height_in =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = North Saint Paul, Minnesota
| nationality = American
| high_school =
| college = St. Thomas (1980-1984)
| draft_year =
| draft_round =
| draft_pick =
| draft_team =
| draft_league =
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_number =
| years1 =
| team1 =
| cyears1 = 1988-2005
| cteam1 = Apple Valley High School (MN)
| cyears2 = 2005-present
| cteam2= St. Thomas
| highlights =
- 2002 Minnesota State Girls Basketball Coaches' Association Hall of Fame
- 1992 St. Thomas (MN) Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
- 9× MIAC Tournament Champion (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- 4× MIAC Coach of the Year (2008, 2012, 2015, 2017)
}}
Ruth Sinn is an American basketball coach, currently women's basketball head coach at St. Thomas (Minnesota). Sinn has coached the program since 2005. Sinn was previously head coach at Apple Valley High School (MN) for 17 years.
College career
Sinn played for St. Thomas (Minnesota) from 1980 to 1984, graduating with a BA in 1984.{{Cite web|url=https://tommiesports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/ruth-opatz-sinn/142|title=Ruth Opatz Sinn|access-date=2025-06-14}} As a player, Sinn earned All-MIAC honors in 1983 and 1984, was team captain as a senior, and MIAC champion in her junior and senior years. At the time, St. Thomas (Minnesota) competed in NCAA Division III.
USA Basketball
Sinn was an assistant coach for Team USA during the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship. At the 2019 championships in Puerto Aysen, Chile, Sinn helped Team USA to a perfect 6-0 record and the gold medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usab.com/staff-members/ruth-sinn|title=Ruth Sinn - Team USA|access-date=2025-06-14}}
Coaching career
Sinn was head coach at Apple Valley High School (Minnesota) for 16 seasons from 1988 to 2005. Her Apple Valley team played in three state tourneys and won eight section titles during her tenure as coach.{{Cite web|url=https://tommiesports.com/staff-directory/Ruth-Sinn/91|title=Ruth Sinn|access-date=2025-01-14}} Sinn compiled a 290-170 record during her high school coaching career.
In 2005, Sinn made the move to NCAA Division III college basketball as head coach of the St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies women’s program. At the DIII level, Sinn led the Tommies to a 355-88 (0.801) overall record from 2005 to 2021 when the Tommies left the DIII ranks.
During her tenure, the Tommies were highly successful as a DIII program, making the Final Four at the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament in 2012, 2017, and 2019.
For the 2021-22 season, the Tommies moved up to NCAA Division I college basketball, competing in the Summit League. As of the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, Sinn had compiled a 35-54 record as a DI head coach.