Carolyn Kieger

Carolyn Kieger

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Penn State
Conference	Big Ten
Record	60–85 (.414)
Biographical details
Born	(1983-08-17) August 17, 1983 Roseville, Minnesota
Playing career
2002–2006	Marquette
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2014	Miami (FL) (assistant)
2014–2019	Marquette
2019–present	Penn State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2007–2008	Marquette (dir. of ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall	159–149 (.516)
Tournaments	2–3 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big East regular season (2018) Big East tournament (2017)
Awards
Big East Co-Coach of the Year (2018)

Carolyn Kieger (born August 17, 1983) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Pennsylvania State University Lady Lions basketball team. Formerly, she was the head coach for her alma mater, the Marquette Golden Eagles, from 2014 to 2019.

Playing career

Kieger was born in Roseville, Minnesota. She attended college at Marquette University, where she was a four-year starter for the Golden Eagles, a three-year captain and is still their all-time assists leader. Kieger is the only player in program history with at least 1,200 career points, 400 career rebounds and 600 assists. Careerwise, she averaged 10.3 points per game and was a second team All-Big East Conference selection for the 2005–06 season, as well as, a second team All-Conference USA selection for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. During her senior year, she was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award. In 2006, she graduated cum laude from Marquette with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and electronic communications.

Marquette statistics

Source

Legend

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
2002–03	Marquette	30	338	46.7%	42.6%	87.5%	4.7	4.2	1.5	–	11.3
2003–04	Marquette	32	336	37.1%	29.7%	74.5%	3.6	5.9	2.0	–	10.5
2004–05	Marquette	30	355	41.7%	26.6%	81.8%	3.7	6.2	1.7	0.0	11.8
2005–06	Marquette	32	248	40.3%	27.8%	77.6%	3.7	6.1	1.1	–	7.8
Career		124	1277	41.2%	31.0%	80.5%	3.9	5.6	1.6	0.0	10.3

Coaching career

Kieger spent six seasons as the assistant coach at the University of Miami. She primarily focused on developing players in the guard position. In April 2014, Marquette decided to not renew Terri Mitchell's contract after 18 years. The search began for a new head coach. With Kieger's standout player career in Marquette and her having worked as its director of operations from 2007 to 2008, she was hired for the position.

Head coaching record

Source:

• Penn State
• B1G

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marquette Golden Eagles (Big East Conference) (2014–2019)
2014–15	Marquette	9–22	4–14	8th
2015–16	Marquette	14–16	9–9	5th
2016–17	Marquette	25–8	13–5	3rd	NCAA Division I First round
2017–18	Marquette	24–10	15–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
2018–19	Marquette	27–8	15–3	1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
Marquette:		99–64 (.607)	56–34 (.622)
Penn State Lady Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20	Penn State	7–23	1–17	14th
2020–21	Penn State	9–15	6–13	11th
2021–22	Penn State	11–18	5–13	12th
2022–23	Penn State	14–17	4–14	T–12th
2023–24	Penn State	21–12	9–9	T–6th	WBIT Quarterfinals
Penn State:		62–85 (.422)	25–66 (.275)
Total:		161–149 (.519)
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