Carrie Daniels (basketball)

Carrie Lynn Daniels (née Thompson; born November 25, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and the former women's head coach at Austin Peay State University (APSU).

Carrie Daniels
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamClarksville Academy
Biographical details
Born (1972-11-25) November 25, 1972 (age 51)
Scottsburg, Indiana
Playing career
1992–1996Austin Peay
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999UNLV (asst.)
1999–2006Western Kentucky (asst.)
2006–2015Austin Peay
2015–presentClarksville Academy

Early life and education

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A native of Scottsburg, Indiana, Carrie Lynn Thompson attended Austin Peay after earning All-American honors as a senior at Scottsburg High School. At APSU, she starred on its first team to qualify for the NCAA women's basketball tournament in 1996. That season, she was awarded APSU's Joy Award, which is presented annually to the university's top athlete. She was presented the 1995 Wilma Rudolph Award,[1] given by the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics[2] to "...honor student athletes who have overcome great personal, academic, and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics..." after missing most of the 1995–96 with a heart ailment.[3] She earned her bachelor's degree from Austin Peay in 1996 and a master's degree in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1999.[4] She is married to Billy Daniels, who played for the APSU men's basketball team during the time she was playing on the women's team. They have one son, Dalton.[5]

Coaching career

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Following her graduation from APSU, Daniels spent three years on the coaching staff of the women's basketball program at UNLV, serving as assistant coach to LaDonna Wilson-McClain, then as director of basketball operations to Regina Miller. She then was an assistant to three different head coaches during a seven-year stint at Western Kentucky University. On June 16, 2006, Daniels was named head coach of her alma mater. In her first six seasons, she led her teams to two OVC tournament titles and subsequent appearances in the NCAA tournament. With the first tournament title, she became the first APSU graduate to coach one of its teams into an NCAA tournament; with the second, she was the first APSU coach to qualify for an NCAA appearance twice.[5] On March 9, 2015, APSU declined to renew Daniels' contract.[6] Eight days later, Clarksville Academy hired Carrie Daniels as the new head girls' basketball coach.[7]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Austin Peay Lady Govs (Ohio Valley Conference) (2006–2015)
2006–07 Austin Peay 10–20 9–11 T–8th
2007–08 Austin Peay 6–23 3–17 10th
2008–09 Austin Peay 17–16 10–8 T–5th NCAA First Round
2009–10 Austin Peay 15–18 11–7 3rd NCAA First Round
2010–11 Austin Peay 15–18 12–6 5th
2011–12 Austin Peay 9–22 5–11 T–8th
2012–13 Austin Peay 7–21 2–14 6th (West)
2013–14 Austin Peay 12–18 6–10 5th (West)
2014–15 Austin Peay 10–20 7–9 T–7th
Total: 101–176

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Austin Peay statistics

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Source[8][9][10][11][12]

Ratios
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
1991–92 Austin Peay 21 37.4% 34.0% 78.6% 4.14 3.48 0.00 1.67 9.24
1992–93 Austin Peay 26 41.2% 35.7% 79.0% 5.77 3.46 0.08 2.58 15.35
1993–94 Austin Peay 2 33.3% 25.0% 100.0% 2.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 7.50
1994–95 Austin Peay 27 37.0% 26.2% 70.6% 3.59 3.52 0.07 1.96 7.85
1995–96 Austin Peay 29 33.7% 33.3% 73.7% 3.62 2.24 0.00 2.00 10.28
Career 105 37.4% 32.7% 76.5% 4.22 3.08 0.04 2.05 10.65
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
1991–92 Austin Peay 21 67 179 16 47 44 56 87 73 0 35 194
1992–93 Austin Peay 26 133 323 35 98 98 124 150 90 2 67 399
1993–94 Austin Peay 2 4 12 1 4 6 6 4 0 0 2 15
1994–95 Austin Peay 27 80 216 16 61 36 51 97 95 2 53 212
1995–96 Austin Peay 29 98 291 29 87 73 99 105 65 0 58 298
Career 105 382 1021 97 297 257 336 443 323 4 215 1118

References

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  1. ^ "Nfoura" (PDF). Retrieved March 10, 2012.[dead link]
  2. ^ National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Greatest Govs | Carrie Thompson". Austin Peay State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. ^ "Class Notes – 1990s". UNLV Magazine. (Fall 2004)
  5. ^ a b "2014–15 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff: Carrie Daniels, Head Coach". APSU Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  6. ^ Kirtley, Brad (March 9, 2015). "Daniels' contract not renewed as Lady Govs basketball coach". Austin Peay State University. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  7. ^ Selkow, Rob (March 17, 2015). "Clarksville Academy names Carrie Daniels new Head Coach for Girls Basketball". Clarksville Now. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  8. ^ "NCAA Statistics" (PDF). web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  9. ^ "NCAA Statistics" (PDF). web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  10. ^ "NCAA Statistics" (PDF). web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  11. ^ "NCAA Statistics" (PDF). web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  12. ^ "NCAA Statistics" (PDF). web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.