Felisha Legette-Jack

Felisha Legette-Jack

Felisha Legette-Jack as head coach for the Buffalo Bulls in 2020.
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Buffalo
Conference	MAC
Record	142–85 (.626)
Annual salary	$239,481
Biographical details
Born	(1966-09-04) September 4, 1966 Syracuse, New York
Playing career
1984–1989	Syracuse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1991	Westhill Senior HS
1991–1993	Boston College (asst.)
1993–2000	Syracuse (asst.)
2000–2002	Michigan State (asst.)
2002–2006	Hofstra
2006–2012	Indiana
2012–present	Buffalo
Head coaching record
Overall	283–248 (.533)
Tournaments	2–2 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
CAA Coach of the Year (2004)
Medal record Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach for United States FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2005 Tunis Team Competition

Felisha Legette-Jack (born September 4, 1966) is the Head Women's basketball coach at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Prior to that, she spent six seasons at Indiana University, where she headed up the women's program, leading the Hoosiers to three postseason appearances.

Coming from a very athletically gifted family, she first came to prominence at Nottingham Senior High School in the mid 80s. Her brother, Ronnie, had led the Bulldogs to a state championship earlier, but Felisha went one better, leading the Lady Bulldogs to two state titles before going on to star at Syracuse University.

Legette-Jack was fired by Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass on Monday, March 12, 2012. She was hired by University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Athletic Director Danny White on June 14, 2012, marking White's first coaching hire at UB.

USA Basketball

Legette-Jack served as an assistant coach of the U19 team representing the USA at the 2005 FIBA Americas U19 Championship for Women in Tunis, Tunisia. The USA team won all eight of their games, including the championship game against Serbia & Montenegro. Crystal Langhorne hit 77.5% of her field goal attempts, to lead the USA scorers with over 16 points per game. Candice Wiggins was close behind with almost 16 points per game. The USA team was dominant, winning every game by more than 20 points.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hofstra Pride (Colonial Athletic Association) (2002–2006)
2002–03	Hofstra	8–21	4–14	9th
2003–04	Hofstra	14–14	11–7	T–2nd
2004–05	Hofstra	13–16	7–11	7th
2005–06	Hofstra	19–12	12–6	4th	WNIT 2nd Round
Hofstra:		54–63 (.462)	34–38 (.472)
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (2006–2012)
2006–07	Indiana	19–14	6–10	T–8th	WNIT 3rd Round
2007–08	Indiana	18–15	10–8	T–5th	WNIT 2nd Round
2008–09	Indiana	21–11	11–7	T–5th	WNIT Quarterfinal
2009–10	Indiana	14–16	7–11	T–8th
2010–11	Indiana	9–20	3–13	10th
2011–12	Indiana	6–24	1–15	11th
Indiana:		87–100 (.465)	39–64 (.379)
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13	Buffalo	12–20	8–8	4th (East)
2013–14	Buffalo	17–13	10–8	3rd (East)
2014–15	Buffalo	19–13	11–7	3rd (East)	WNIT 1st round
2015–16	Buffalo	20–14	8–10	3rd (East)	NCAA First Round
2016–17	Buffalo	22–10	10–8	3rd (East)
2017–18	Buffalo	29–6	16–2	1st (East)	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2018–19	Buffalo	23–9	12–6	3rd (East)	NCAA Tournament
Buffalo:		142–85 (.626)	75–49 (.605)
Total:		283–248 (.533)
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

External links

• Official Indiana Hoosiers bio
• Syracuse Hall of Fame page