Todd Starkey

{{short description|American basketball coach}}

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Kent State

| current_conference = MAC

| current_record = {{winning percentage|164|111|record=y}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|6|5|mf=y}}

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| alma_mater = Montreat (1993)

| player_years1 = ?

| player_team1 = Mars Hill

| player_years2 = ?

| player_team2 = Montreat

| player_positions =

| coach_sport1 = Men's basketball

| coach_years2 = 1998–2003

| coach_team2 = Montreat (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2003–2005

| coach_team3 = Lenoir–Rhyne (assistant)

| coach_sport4 = Women's basketball

| coach_years5 = 2005–2014

| coach_team5 = Lenoir–Rhyne

| coach_years6 = 2014–2016

| coach_team6 = Indiana (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 2016–present

| coach_team7 = Kent State

| overall_record = {{winning percentage|329|206|record=y}}

| tournament_record = {{plainlist|

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| championships = {{plainlist|

  • MAC Tournament (2024)
  • 2 MAC East Division (2017, 2020)
  • 3 South Atlantic regular season (2009, 2010, 2013)
  • South Atlantic Conference Tournament (2009)

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Todd Starkey (born June 5, 1971){{Cite tweet|number=1401168974243676168|user=KentStWBB|title=Wishing a Happy Birthday to our leader, @ToddStarkey33 ! We hope you have the best day ever! P.S. You don’t look a day over 25|author=Kent State Women's Basketball}} is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Kent State University.{{cite web |title=Todd Starkey Named Kent State Women's Basketball Head Coach |url=https://www.kent.edu/einside/news/todd-starkey-named-kent-state%E2%80%99s-womens-basketball-head-coach |website=Kent State University |access-date=19 June 2021}}

Career

He was previously an assistant coach at Indiana University Bloomington and was also the head women's basketball coach at Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2005 to 2014, where he won a national coach of the year award in 2009.{{cite web |title=Lenoir-Rhyne's Starkey Named Region 3 Women's Basketball Coach Of The Year |url=https://www.thesac.com/sports/wbkb/2008-09/releases/a1293.html |website=South Atlantic Conference |access-date=19 June 2021}}

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne Bears

| conference = South Atlantic Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2014

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 10–18

| conference = 3–11

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 16–12

| conference = 9–7

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2007–08

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 15–13

| conference = 5–9

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2008–09

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 27–5

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Round of 32

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2009–10

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 21–8

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Round of 64

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2010–11

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 14–13

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = T–3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 19–9

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–13

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 19–10

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division II Round of 64

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2013–14

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = 24–7

| conference = 17–5

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Round of 64

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{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Lenoir–Rhyne

| overall = {{winning percentage|165|95|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winning percentage|95|57|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Kent State Golden Flashes

| conference = Mid-American Conference

| startyear = 2016

| endyear =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = division

| season = 2016–17

| name = Kent State

| overall = 19–13

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = 1st (East)

| postseason = WNIT first round

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2017–18

| name = Kent State

| overall = 13–19

| conference = 5–13

| confstanding = 4th (East)

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2018–19

| name = Kent State

| overall = 20–13

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th (East)

| postseason = WNIT second round

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = division

| season = 2019–20

| name = Kent State

| overall = 19–11

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = T–1st (East)

| postseason = Postseason not held {{Efn|Season not played past March 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic}}

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2020–21

| name = Kent State

| overall = 11–9

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2021–22

| name = Kent State

| overall = 19–12

| conference = 10–10

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason = WNIT second round

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = Kent State

| overall = 21–11

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = WNIT first round

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2023–24

| name = Kent State

| overall = 21–11

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = Kent State

| overall = 21–12

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Kent State

| overall = {{winning percentage|164|111|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winning percentage|97|65|record=y}}

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{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = {{winning percentage|329|206|record=y}}

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= Notes =

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Personal life

Starkey's son Drew Starkey is an actor.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Carly |date=2024-11-29 |title=Drew Starkey Says He Has a “Little Bit of Troy Bolton in Me” With Love for Acting and Basketball |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/drew-starkey-troy-bolton-love-acting-basketball-1236073810/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

References

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