MARY ANN HITCHENS (70-42, .625, SEVEN SEASONS) 1971-72..................................................................8 1972-73..................................................................9 1973-74..................................................................8 1974-75................................................................12 1975-76................................................................12 1976-77..................................................................9 1977-78................................................................12
4 5 7 5 6 9 6
.667 .643 .533 .706 .667 .500 .667
3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals 3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals 3rd Place, Mid-Atlantic Regionals 3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals 3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals 3rd Place, EAIAW Regionals 2nd Place, EAIAW Regionals
JOYCE PERRY (266-212, .556, 18 SEASONS) 1978-79..................................................................6 1979-80..................................................................7 1980-81................................................................21 1981-82..................................................................9 1982-83................................................................12 1983-84................................................................22 1984-85................................................................19 1985-86................................................................15 1986-87................................................................10 1987-88................................................................18 1988-89................................................................23 1989-90................................................................21 1990-91................................................................18 1991-92................................................................15 1992-93................................................................17 1993-94................................................................10 1994-95................................................................12 1995-96................................................................11
11 13 7 14 12 4 9 15 17 11 6 9 11 14 11 17 15 16
.353 .350 .750 .391 .500 .846 .679 .500 .370 .621 .793 .700 .621 .517 .607 .370 .444 .407
1st Place, East Coast Conference West (4-4) 1st Place, East Coast Conference (8-0); 2nd, ECC Tournament 2nd Place, East Coast Conference (11-3) 3rd Place, East Coast Conference (8-6); 2nd, ECC Tournament 6th Place, East Coast Conference (5-9) 3rd Place, East Coast Conference (9-5) 1st Place, East Coast Conference (13-1); ECC Champions 1st Place, East Coast Conference (10-4); ECC Champions 1st Place, East Coast Conference (10-2); ECC Champions 4th Place, North Atlantic Conference (7-7) 4th Place, North Atlantic Conference (8-6) 5th Place, North Atlantic Conference (7-7) 7th Place, North Atlantic Conference (5-10) 5th Place, North Atlantic Conference (9-9)
TINA MARTIN (309-177, .636, 16 SEASONS) 1996-97..................................................................9 1997-98..................................................................6 1998-99................................................................16 1999-00................................................................21 2000-01................................................................26 2001-02................................................................23 2002-03................................................................22 2003-04................................................................19 2004-05................................................................25 2005-06................................................................22 2006-07................................................................26 2007-08..................................................................7 2008-09................................................................15 2009-10................................................................21 2010-11................................................................20 2011-12................................................................31
19 21 11 8 5 7 9 10 6 8 6 24 15 12 14 2
.321 .222 .593 .724 .839 .767 .710 .655 .806 .733 .813 .226 .500 .636 .588 .939
7th, America East (6-12) 10th, America East (3-15) 5th, America East (10-8) 3rd, America East (13-5) 1st, America East (17-1); America East Tournament Champions; NCAA East Regional 2nd, Colonial Athletic Association (15-3); CAA Semifinals; WNIT First Round T-1st, Colonial Athletic Association (15-3); CAA Tournament Runners-up; WNIT First Round 4th, Colonial Athletic Association (10-8); CAA Semifinals 1st, Colonial Athletic Association (16-2); CAA Tournament Runners-up; WNIT First Round 3rd, Colonial Athletic Association (13-5); CAA Semifinals; WNIT First Round T-2nd, Colonial Athletic Association (16-2); CAA Semifinals; NCAA Greensboro Regional 9th, Colonial Athletic Association (6-12) 9th, Colonial Athletic Association (7-11) 4th, Colonial Athletic Association (11-7); CAA Semifinals; WNIT First Round T-5th, Colonial Athletic Association (10-8); CAA Tournament Runners-Up; WNIT First Round 1st, Colonial Athletic Association (18-0); CAA Champions; NCAA Second Round
Totals ..................................................................645
431
.599
Only three women have held the post of women’s basketball head coach at the University of Delaware since the sport’s inception in 1971. All three were on hand for the announcement of Tina Martin as Delaware’s new head coach in 1996. Pictured from left to right above are Mary Ann Hitchens (1971-78), Joyce Perry (1978-96), and Tina Martin (1996-Present).
(Photo courtesy of Kathy Atkinson)
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