Shauna Green

{{short description|American basketball coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Shauna Green

| image = 250105 Gophers Illinois JohnMc025 (cropped).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Green in 2025

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Illinois

| current_conference = Big Ten

| current_record = {{Winning percentage|63|35|record=y}}

| contract =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|31}}

| birth_place = Clinton, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| player_years1 = 1998–2002

| player_team1 = Canisius

| coach_years1 = 2002–2005

| coach_team1 = Loras (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 2005–2007

| coach_team2 = Loras

| coach_years3 = 2007–2012

| coach_team3 = Providence (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2012–2015

| coach_team4 = Dayton (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2015–2016

| coach_team5 = Northwestern (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 2016–2022

| coach_team6 = Dayton

| coach_years7 = 2022–present

| coach_team7 = Illinois

| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|219|110|record=y}}

| tournament_record =

| championships = WBIT 2024

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Shauna Geronzin Green (born October 31, 1979) is an American basketball coach.

Career

She coaches the Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team at the University of Illinois. She was hired in March 2022. Green's .621 winning percentage after her first two seasons at Illinois is the best start for the program's head coach, after Theresa Grentz's 1995–97 teams won .617 percent of their games.{{cite news |last=Daniels |first=Matt |date=April 5, 2024 |title=The Daily Pitch |url=https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/the-daily-pitch-from-sports-editor-matt-daniels-april-5-2024/article_03b7a824-7778-548e-98d5-fc8cdf4586b2.html |newspaper=The News-Gazette |location=Champaign, Illinois |access-date=September 23, 2024}} On October 24, 2024, the university announced that Green's contract had been extended for two additional years, keeping the coach at Illinois at least through the 2029–30 season.{{cite news |last=Vozzelli |first=Joe |date=October 24, 2024 |title=Illinois women's basketball coach lands contract extension |url=https://www.news-gazette.com/newsletter/content/sports/illini_basketball/illinois-womens-basketball-coach-lands-contract-extension/article_1042786a-9247-11ef-aa29-cf4de38e15a2.html |newspaper=The News-Gazette |location=Champaign, Illinois |access-date=October 31, 2024}}

In her first season at Dayton, Green won the WBCA Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year after "leading the team to a 22–10 record, 13–3 A-10 mark, and a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament".{{cite web|url=http://daytonflyers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=602|title=2016–17 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff|publisher=daytonflyers.com|access-date=24 March 2018}}

Canisius statistics

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

1998–99

|Canisius

|22

|329

|46.7%

|33.3%

|77.7%

|7.7

|3.9

|1.0

|0.1

|15.0

1999-00

|Canisius

|29

|595

|42.0%

|40.3%

|83.1%

|9.9

|1.6

|0.8

|0.2

|20.5

2000–01

|Canisius

|28

|518

|40.9%

|38.0%

|68.2%

|8.0

|1.6

|1.2

|0.1

|18.5

2001–02

|Canisius

|28

|570

|38.7%

|32.2%

|72.0%

|8.3

|1.8

|1.2

|0.1

|20.4

Career

|

|107

|2012

|41.4%

|36.1%

|75.5%

|8.5

|2.1

|1.0

|0.1

|18.8

{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-02}}

Head coaching record

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Loras Duhawks

| conference = American Rivers Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2007

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Loras

| overall = 12–15

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Loras

| overall = 17–10

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Loras

| overall = 29–25 ({{winpct|29|25}})

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Dayton Flyers

| conference = Atlantic 10 Conference

| startyear = 2016

| endyear = 2022

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2016–17

| name = Dayton

| overall = 22–10

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = T-1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2017–18

| name = Dayton

| overall = 23–7

| conference = 15–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2018–19

| name = Dayton

| overall = 17–14

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = T-4th

| postseason = NCAA Women's NIT first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2019–20

| name = Dayton

| overall = 25–8

| conference = 15–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2020–21

| name = Dayton

| overall = 14–5

| conference = 12–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Women's NIT first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2021–22

| name = Dayton

| overall = 26–6

| conference = 14–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Dayton

| overall = 127–50 ({{winpct|127|50}})

| confrecord = 79–13 ({{winpct|79|13}})

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Illinois Fighting Illini

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| startyear = 2022

| endyear =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = Illinois

| overall = 22–10

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = T-5th

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = postseason

| season = 2023–24

| name = Illinois

| overall = 19–15

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason = WBIT Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = Illinois

| overall = 22–10

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = T-5th

| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Illinois

| overall = {{Winning percentage|63|35|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|30|24|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{Winning percentage|219|110|record=y}}

}}

Honors

  • Canisius Athletic Hall of Fame (2012){{Cite web|title=Shauna Geronzin Green (2012) – Hall of Fame|url=https://gogriffs.com/hof.aspx?hof=80|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Canisius College Athletics|language=en}}

References

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