Beth Cunningham (basketball)
| Missouri State Lady Bears | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Missouri Valley Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 5, 1975 Greenville, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Bloomington South (Bloomington, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Notre Dame (1993–1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2001–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Philadelphia Rage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | VCU (assistant/assoc. HC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2012 | VCU | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2020 | Notre Dame (associate) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Duke (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Missouri State | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Beth Morgan Cunningham (born Beth Morgan on June 5, 1975 in Greenville, Ohio) is currently the head coach of the Missouri State women's basketball team. She was previously an associate head coach at Duke and Notre Dame and had been the women's basketball head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and a former women's basketball player.
As Beth Morgan, she played for the University of Notre Dame, the Richmond Rage/Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League and the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before turning to coaching.
She also played on the American teams in 1997 World University Games [1] and the 1999 Pan-American Games.[2]
Cunningham ranked as #1 on Notre Dame's all-time scoring list with 2,322 points, until surpassed by Skylar Diggins. Diggins had played 17 more games than Cunningham did at Notre Dame. During her career, she set or tied 28 school records. In her final two seasons, she was a first team all-Big-East selection.
Cunningham took over the VCU Rams for the 2003–2004 season after serving as assistant coach of the team for two years.
Her father, Bob Morgan, was the head baseball coach at Indiana University for 22 years before retiring in 2005.[3]
Notre Dame statistics
Source[4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 | Notre Dame | 29 | 518 | 46.8% | 37.1% | 78.6% | 4.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 17.9 |
| 1994-95 | Notre Dame | 27 | 482 | 44.9% | 38.1% | 80.2% | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 17.9 |
| 1995-96 | Notre Dame | 31 | 626 | 46.1% | 39.9% | 85.4% | 5.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
| 1996-97 | Notre Dame | 38 | 696 | 40.9% | 32.6% | 80.9% | 6.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 18.3 |
| Career | 125 | 2322 | 44.4% | 36.8% | 81.4% | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 18.6 |
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| VCU (Colonial Athletic Association) (2003–2012) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | VCU | 14-14 | 10-8 | T-4th | |||||
| 2004–05 | VCU | 11-18 | 6-12 | 7th | |||||
| 2005–06 | VCU | 13-15 | 6-12 | 9th | |||||
| 2006–07 | VCU | 17-13 | 9-9 | 6th | |||||
| 2007–08 | VCU | 26-8 | 13-5 | T-3rd | WNIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2008–09 | VCU | 26-7 | 15-3 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | VCU | 22-13 | 12-6 | 3rd | WNIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2010–11 | VCU | 19-12 | 13-5 | 4th | WNIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2011–12 | VCU | 19-15 | 9-9 | 6th | WNIT 3rd Round | ||||
| VCU: | 167-115 (.592) | 93–69 (.574) | |||||||
| Total: | 167–115 (.592) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Notes
- ^ "Eighteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Thirteenth Pan American Games -- 1999". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Head Coach Bob Morgan Resigns". University of Indiana. June 5, 2005. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Notre Dame Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-08.
External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- American women's basketball coaches
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Indiana
- Basketball coaches from Ohio
- Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Indiana
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Duke Blue Devils women's basketball coaches
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball coaches
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball players
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- Philadelphia Rage players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Bloomington, Indiana
- Universiade gold medalists for the United States
- Universiade medalists in basketball
- VCU Rams women's basketball coaches
- Washington Mystics players
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games