HEAD COACH MELISSA MCFERRIN
MCFERRIN’S RECORD BY OPPONENT
Melissa McFerrin was named the University of Memphis women’s basketball coach on April 19th, 2008, becoming the fourth coach in the program’s modern history. McFerrin, the 2008 Patriot League Coach of the Year, spent the past four seasons at American University in Washington D.C. Her 2007 American team advanced to the Patriot League championship game and her 2008 squad won the school’s first-ever Patriot League regular season championship, finishing with an 18-14 overall record. That team won 11 of 12 games down the stretch, advancing to the post season for the first time since 1997-98 with a WNIT bid. In four seasons at American, McFerrin compiled a 50-70 record and guided five different Melissa McFerrin players to all-conference honors, while two other players earned all-freshman 5th Season at Memphis honors. Prior to her stint with American, McFerrin was an associate head coach at At Memphis: 80-54 (.597) the University of Minnesota from 2002-2004. She helped Minnesota to a 50-15 Career: 130-124 (.512) record, including an NCAA Final Four appearance in 2004 and a Sweet Sixteen berth in 2003. She signed two recruiting classes ranked in the top 20 at Minnesota, and helped guide two Kodak All-Americans, including WNBA player Lindsey Whalen. McFerrin’s time at Minnesota came after a five-year association with the WNBA. She began her affiliation with the WNBA as an assistant coach with the New York Liberty from 1997-1999, assisting with coaching duties for the 1997 WNBA Championship runner-up Liberty squad. She moved to the Washington Mystics as an assistant coach in 1999-2000, taking over as the Mystics’ General Manager in 2000. As the GM, she guided a team that made its first-ever WNBA play-off appearance in 2000, and handled all player trades and draft decisions before joining the coaching staff at Minnesota. Her WNBA stint followed a 14-year coaching career that made three different stops. McFerrin began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wayland Baptist University in Texas from 1983-84. She was then hired as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University, where she helped the Chippewas to a 95-77 record in her six seasons, including a 1985 Mid-American Conference championship. She left Central Michigan in 1990 to become an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at The Ohio State University. At Ohio State, she helped the Buckeyes to a 118-90 record and a 1993 Big Ten championship and an NCAA National Championship runner-up. That 1993 squad benefited from a 1992 McFerrin recruiting class that was ranked No. 1 in the nation, one of seven Buckeye recruiting classes to be nationallyranked under McFerrin’s watch at OSU. In 1996, McFerrin helped guide the Buckeyes to the NCAA Second Round before leaving the following season for the WNBA. A native of Cassville, Mo., McFerrin was a four-year letterwinner and starting point guard for the University of Missouri Tigers from 1979 to 1983. She helped Missouri to a 1983 Big Eight tournament championship and NCAA tournament berth and a 1982 NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance, earning Big Eight honorable mention honors and Scholar-Athlete awards along the way. She graduated cum laude with a degree in secondary education from Missouri in 1983, and received her master’s degree in physical education from Central Michigan in 1988.
MCFERRIN YEAR-BY-YEAR 2012-13 2011-12 2010-2011 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
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1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91 1989-90 1988-89 1987-88 1986-87 1985-86 1984-85 1983-84
Head Coach University of Memphis 2-1 Head Coach University of Memphis 25-8 Led team to third straight 20-win season for the first time in Memphis history since 1994-98 Head Coach University of Memphis 21-13 Head Coach University of Memphis 20-14 Led team to first 20-win season and first postseason bid since 2003-04 Head Coach University of Memphis 12-18 Guided team to first .500 or better non-conference schedule since 2004-05 and to four C-USA road wins. Head Coach American University 18-14 WNIT, school’s first post season since 1997-98 & first Patriot League regular season championship Head Coach American University 13-19 Patriot League championship game Head Coach American University 7-21 Head Coach American University 12-16 Associate Head Coach University of Minnesota 25-9 NCAA Final Four Associate Head Coach University of Minnesota 25-6 NCAA Sweet Sixteen General Manager WNBA, Washington Mystics 10-22 General Manager WNBA, Washington Mystics 14-18 Organization’s first WNBA playoffs Assistant Coach WNBA, Washington Mystics 12-20 Assistant Coach WNBA, New York Liberty 18-12 Assistant Coach WNBA, New York Liberty 17-11 WNBA Finalists Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 12-16 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 21-13 NCAA Second Round Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 17-13 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 14-14 Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 28-4 NCAA National Runner-Up, Big 10 Champions Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 15-13 No. 1 ranked recruiting class Assistant Coach The Ohio State University 11-17 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 14-14 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 12-17 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 16-13 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 17-11 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 18-11 Assistant Coach Central Michigan University 19-10 Mid-American Champions Graduate Assistant Coach Wayland Baptist University 20-12 Head Coaching Record
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
130-124 (Seven Years)
Alabama ............................................................................. 0-1 Albany................................................................................. 0-1 Appalachian State .............................................................. 0-1 Arkansas............................................................................. 0-1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff ............................................................ 1-0 Army ................................................................................... 4-4 Austin Peay State ............................................................... 0-1 Belmont .............................................................................. 1-1 Brown ................................................................................. 1-1 Bucknell .............................................................................. 2-7 Chattanooga ....................................................................... 1-0 Chicago State ..................................................................... 1-0 Cleveland State .................................................................. 0-1 Colgate ............................................................................... 7-3 Delaware ............................................................................ 0-2 Drexel ................................................................................. 0-2 East Carolina..................................................................... 5-4 Eastern Washington ........................................................... 0-1 FIU ...................................................................................... 1-1 Fordham ............................................................................. 3-0 Furman ............................................................................... 1-1 George Mason .................................................................... 0-2 Georgetown ........................................................................ 0-3 Grambling State ................................................................ 2-0 Holy Cross .......................................................................... 3-7 Houston ............................................................................. 1-3 Howard ............................................................................... 0-1 Illinois ................................................................................ 0-1 Illinois State ...................................................................... 1-0 Indiana ................................................................................ 1-1 Jackson State ..................................................................... 2-0 James Madison .................................................................. 0-1 Kansas................................................................................ 0-1 Kent State ........................................................................... 0-1 Lafayette ............................................................................. 6-2 Lehigh ................................................................................. 4-4 Liberty ................................................................................. 0-3 Louisiana Tech.................................................................... 2-1 Longwood ........................................................................... 1-1 Loyola-Marymount .............................................................. 1-1 Marshall ............................................................................. 5-4 Maryland-Baltimore County ................................................ 1-2 Maryland-Eastern Shore..................................................... 0-2 McNeese State ................................................................... 1-0 Middle Tennessee ............................................................. 0-1 Mississippi .......................................................................... 0-2 Mississippi State ................................................................. 0-1 Missouri ............................................................................. 1-2 Missouri State ..................................................................... 0-1 Monmouth........................................................................... 1-1 Morgan State ...................................................................... 0-1 Mount St. Mary’s................................................................. 1-0 Murray State ....................................................................... 0-1 Navy ................................................................................... 5-5 North Carolina A&T............................................................. 1-0 North Dakota State ............................................................. 2-0 Northern Arizona................................................................. 1-0 Northwestern State ............................................................. 1-0 Ohio University ................................................................... 1-1 Penn ................................................................................... 2-0 Prairie View A&M .............................................................. 0-0 Radford ............................................................................... 0-1 Rice .................................................................................... 4-1 Sacramento State ............................................................... 0-1 Saint Louis ........................................................................ 3-0 Seton Hall .......................................................................... 1-1 SMU.................................................................................... 3-2 South Alabama ................................................................... 1-1 Southeastern Louisiana ...................................................... 1-0 Southern Miss ................................................................... 7-3 St. Johns............................................................................. 0-1 St. Peters ............................................................................ 0-1 Stephen F. Austin................................................................ 1-0 Tennessee State ................................................................. 1-0 Tennessee Tech ................................................................ 1-0 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.................................................. 1-0 Texas-Arlington ................................................................ 1-1 Towson ............................................................................... 0-2 Tulane ................................................................................ 1-4 Tulsa .................................................................................. 4-0 UAB .................................................................................... 4-4 UALR.................................................................................. 2-0 UCF .................................................................................... 5-4 UMKC ................................................................................. 1-0 UNC Asheville..................................................................... 1-0 UNC Wilmington ................................................................. 0-1 UT Martin ............................................................................ 2-0 UTEP .................................................................................. 1-3 Villanova ............................................................................. 0-1 Virginia Commonwealth...................................................... 0-1 Wagner ............................................................................... 3-0 West Virginia ...................................................................... 0-2 Western Michigan ............................................................... 2-0 Wichita State ...................................................................... 2-0 William & Mary.................................................................... 1-0 Winthrop ............................................................................. 1-0 Wright State ...................................................................... 0-0
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