Pam Borton

Pam Borton
Biographical details
Born	August 22, 1965 (age 59)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1997	Vermont
2002–2014	Minnesota
Head coaching record
Overall	305-198
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2004 Women's College Basketball Final Four Winningest basketball coach at the University of Minnesota Two-Time Naismith National Coach of the Year Nominee New England National Coach of the Year

Pam Borton (born August 22, 1965)^[1] is a former Final Four women's basketball coach, most recently at the University of Minnesota. She took over following the resignation of Brenda Frese in 2002.

As the head coach for the Gophers, she had a record of 236-152 and an overall career record as a head coach of 305-198. She is the winningest head coach in the program history at the University of Minnesota.^{[citation needed]} Previously, Borton was the head coach at the University of Vermont from 1993 to 1997 and was an assistant at Boston College from 1998 to 2002, where she served as associate head coach for her last two seasons.

Borton led Minnesota to its first Final Four appearance in 2004, an elite eight, three straight Sweet 16’s numerous NCAA appearances.

In 2014, she founded Pam Borton Partners, an executive coaching and consulting firm. She has an advanced degree in personal and executive coaching from the College of Executive Coaching in Santa Barbara, CA. She is an ICF Senior Executive Coach, leadership expert, facilitator, professional speaker and Author.

In 2011, she founded TeamWomen, a premiere professional women’s organization in the Twin Cities, focused on professional development, mentoring, leadership, networking and women supporting women.

In 2015, she also founded Empower. Empower is a leadership academy for girls in grades 5-12. The mission is to develop, inspire, and develop our next generation of leaders.

In 2014, influential community and campus leaders raised over $150,000 for an endowment in Pam Borton's name. This endowment is housed in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota to promote leadership for women and girls in a sport context. It's the only endowment of its kind in the world.

Pam Borton authored a leadership book, ON Point: A Coaches Game Plan to Life, Leadership and Performance with Grace Under Fire. She has a rare combination of real executive experience in the sports world building high performance teams, and now an ICF Senior Executive Coach, professional speaker and facilitator. She is also certified in positive psychology and well-being, EQ-i 2.0 emotional intelligence, HRG resilience and a certified global team coach. She is a National-Board Certified Health and Wellness coach, by the national board of medical examiners (NBME).

She is currently working on her second book developing the corporate athlete's resilience and mental toughness. Book release is expected in 2021.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Vermont (America East Conference) (1993–1997)
1993–94	Vermont	19-11	9-5	3rd	NCAA First Round
1994–95	Vermont	11-16	9-7	5th
1995–96	Vermont	18-11	13-5	2nd
1996–97	Vermont	21-8	14-4	T-2nd
Vermont:		69-46 (.600)	45-21 (.682)
Minnesota (Big Ten Conference) (2002–present)
2002–03	Minnesota	25-6	12-4	T-2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
2003–04	Minnesota	25-9	9-7	6th	NCAA Final Four
2004–05	Minnesota	26-8	12-4	4th	NCAA Sweet 16
2005–06	Minnesota	19-10	11-5	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
2006–07	Minnesota	17-16	7-9	T-5th	WNIT Second Round
2007–08	Minnesota	20-12	11-7	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
2008–09	Minnesota	20-12	11-7	T-5th	NCAA Second Round
2009–10	Minnesota	13-17	6-12	11th
2010–11	Minnesota	12-18	4-12	9th
2011–12	Minnesota	19-17	6-10	8th	WBI Champions
2012–13	Minnesota	18-14	7-9	T-8th	WNIT First Round
2013–14	Minnesota	22-13	8-8	T-6th	WNIT Third Round
Minnesota:		236-152 (.608)	104-94 (.525)
Total:		305-198 (.606)
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

References

^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015.

External links

[NCAA_Coaches-1] "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015.

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