Tricia Cullop
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
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| name = Tricia Cullop
| image = Toledo Rockets WBB Head Coach Tricia Cullop (Cropped), January 2020.png
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| caption = Cullop in 2020
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Miami
| current_conference = ACC
| current_record = {{Winning percentage|14|15|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|24}}
| birth_place = Bicknell, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1989–1993
| player_team1 = Purdue
| coach_years1 = 1993-1994
| coach_team1 = Radford (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1994–1996
| coach_team2 = Long Beach State (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1996–2000
| coach_team3 = Xavier (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 2000–2008
| coach_team4 = Evansville
| coach_years5 = 2008–2024
| coach_team5 = Toledo
| coach_years6 = 2024–present
| coach_team6 = Miami
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|490|294|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
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| awards = Carol Eckman Award (2022)
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Tricia Cullop (born April 24, 1971) is the current head coach of the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team.{{cite web |title=Tricia Cullop |url=https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/wbball/roster/season/2024-25/coach/tricia-cullop/ |website=University of Miami Athletics |date=5 April 2024}} She previously was the head coach with the Toledo Rockets women's basketball team.
Early life
Cullop played basketball at Purdue under head coach Lin Dunn. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University in 1993.
Coaching career
Early in her career, she served as an assistant at Radford, Long Beach State, and Xavier.
=Evansville=
In 2000, she took over as the head coach at Evansville where she stayed for eight seasons with a 73–48 record. In her final season in 2007–08, the Purple Aces won the Missouri Valley Conference and advanced to the second round of the WNIT. She was the 2008 MVC coach of the year.{{cite web |title=Cullop Named Rawlings MVC Coach Of The Year |url=https://gopurpleaces.com/news/2008/3/13/WBB_0313082816 |website=University of Evansville Athletics |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=en |date=13 March 2008}}
=Toledo=
On April 18, 2008, she was named head coach at Toledo.{{Cite web|title=Tricia Cullop Named Head Women?s Basketball Coach at the University of Toledo|url=https://utrockets.com/news/2008/4/18/Tricia_Cullop_Named_Head_Women_s_Basketball_Coach_at_the_University_of_Toledo.aspx|access-date=2022-06-12|website=University of Toledo Athletics|language=en}} Her teams have won five MAC championships in 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, and 2024.{{Cite web|title=Toledo women's basketball clinches share of MAC title and No. 1 seed in tournament|url=https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/toledo-womens-basketball-clinches-share-of-mac-title-and-no-1-seed-in-tournament/512-7e457e03-b9de-4fa5-9cc0-e45a13808a70|access-date=2022-06-12|website=WTOL|language=en}} Her 2016–17 and 2022–23 teams won the MAC tournament.{{Cite web|title=Toledo makes 1st trip to NCAAs since 2001, beats NIU 82-71|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400946246|access-date=2022-06-12|website=ESPN|language=en}} The 2017 team qualified for the NCAA tournament where they lost to Creighton in the first round.{{Cite web|title=Seventh-seeded Creighton women rout No. 10 Toledo|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400946556|access-date=2022-06-12|website=ESPN|language=en}} In 2023, they defeated Iowa State before losing to Tennessee.{{cite web |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/2023/03/12/no-12-seed-ut-women-fifth-seeded-iowa-state-ncaa-tournament/stories/20230312127|title=No. 12 seed Toledo women draw fifth-seeded Iowa State in NCAA Tournament|website=Toledo Blade|language=en|access-date=2023-03-18}}{{cite web |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/cyclone-insider/2023/03/18/iowa-state-womens-basketball-toledo-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-cyclones-isu/70018083007/|title=Iowa State women's basketball team upset by Toledo in first round of NCAA Tournament|website=Des Moine Register|language=en|access-date=2023-03-19|first=Tommy|last=Birch}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/womens-basketball/2023/03/19/tennessee-lady-vols-basketball-toledo-jordan-walker-sophia-wiard-muskegon-michigan/70026031007/|title=Lady Vols basketball vs Toledo in March Madness a rematch for Jordan Walker, Sophia Wiard|website=The Tennessean|language=en|access-date=2023-03-19|first=Cora|last=Hall}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401528010|title=Toledo 47, Tennessee 84|website=ESPN|language=en|access-date=2023-03-22}} Her teams have played in the WNIT eight times including taking home the championship in the 2011 Tournament.{{cite news |url=https://womensnit.com/news/2019/2/17/postseason-wnit-toledo-celebrates-first-postseason-title.aspx |title=Toledo celebrates first postseason title |website=womensnit.com |date=April 2, 2011 |accessdate=June 12, 2022}} Her 2024 team advanced to the quarterfinals of the WBIT before losing to Washington State. She was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, and 2024.{{cite news |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/2013/03/11/UT-s-Cullop-named-coach-of-the-year/stories/20130311211 |title=UT's Cullop named coach of the year |website=Toledo Blade |accessdate=June 12, 2022}}
=Miami=
On April 5, 2024, she was named head coach of Miami, replacing Katie Meier.{{cite web |title=University of Miami Hires Tricia Cullop as Head Women’s Basketball Coach |url=https://miamihurricanes.com/news/2024/04/05/university-of-miami-hires-tricia-cullop-as-head-womens-basketball-coach/ |website=University of Miami Athletics |access-date=5 April 2024 |date=5 April 2024}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Evansville
|startyear=2000
|conference=Missouri Valley Conference
|endyear=2008
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = Evansville
| overall = 13–15
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T-5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Evansville
| overall = 15–15
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T-4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Evansville
| overall = 11–16
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = T-8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Evansville
| overall = 11–16
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Evansville
| overall = 17–11
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Evansville
| overall = 16–13
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Evansville
| overall = 19–12
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T-4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2007–08
| name = Evansville
| overall = 21–12
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason = WNIT second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Evansville
| overall = 123–110 ({{Winning percentage|123|110}})
| confrecord = 73–71 ({{Winning percentage|73|71}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Toledo
|startyear=2008
|conference=Mid-American Conference
|endyear=
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Toledo
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2009–10
| name = Toledo
| overall = 25–9
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = WNIT second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = postseason
| season = 2010–11
| name = Toledo
| overall = 29–8
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = WNIT Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2011–12
| name = Toledo
| overall = 24–10
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = T-1st (West)
| postseason = WNIT Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012–13
| name = Toledo
| overall = 29–4
| conference = 15–1
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = WNIT third round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Toledo
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T-2nd (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Toledo
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 4th (West)
| postseason = WNIT second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Toledo
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T-3rd (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2016–17
| name = Toledo
| overall = 25–9
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T-3rd (West)
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Toledo
| overall = 18–15
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 4th (West)
| postseason = WNIT second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Toledo
| overall = 21–12
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| postseason = WNIT second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Toledo
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T–5th (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Toledo
| overall = 12–12
| conference = 8–12
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2021–22
| name = Toledo
| overall = 29–6
| conference = 19–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = WNIT Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2022–23
| name = Toledo
| overall = 29–5
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2023–24
| name = Toledo
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = WBIT Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Toledo
| overall = {{Winning percentage|353|169|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|194|88|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Miami (FL)
|startyear=2024
|conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
|endyear=
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Miami (FL)
| overall = 14–15
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 16th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Miami
| overall = {{Winning percentage|14|15|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|4|14|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = {{Winning percentage|490|294|record=y}}
}}
References
External links
- [https://utrockets.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/tricia-cullop/53 Toledo Rockets coaching bio]
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