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Sue Troyan

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Sue Troyan
Playing career
1984–1988Dickinson College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2022Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall420–352 (.544)
Tournaments0–4 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League (1997, 2009, 2010, 2021)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2022)

Sue Troyan is an American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Lehigh University, a position that she held from 1995 to 2022. Prior to coaching basketball at Lehigh, she was the university's softball coach for five years.[1]

Player career

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While attending Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Troyan competed in both basketball and track. She was voted the basketball team's most valuable player following her 1988 senior season, and was a three-time All-American in track.[2]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Patriot League) (1995–present)
1995–96 Lehigh 14–13 5–7 4th
1996–97 Lehigh 15–15 7–5 3rd NCAA Tourney first round
1997–98 Lehigh 11–17 4–8 5th
1998–99 Lehigh 15–12 6–6 4th
1999–2000 Lehigh 13–16 6–6 4th
2000–01 Lehigh 16–14 7–5 3rd
2001–02 Lehigh 12–16 8–6 3rd
2002–03 Lehigh 12–15 9–5 3rd
2003–04 Lehigh 13–16 9–5 3rd
2004–05 Lehigh 16–14 9–5 2nd
2005–06 Lehigh 10–18 5–9 6th
2006–07 Lehigh 11–19 5–9 7th
2007–08 Lehigh 18–13 9–5 3rd
2008–09 Lehigh 26–7 12–2 1st NCAA Tourney first round
2009–10 Lehigh 29–4 13–1 1st NCAA Tourney first round
2010–11 Lehigh 21–11 10–4 2nd WNIT first round
2011–12 Lehigh 17–13 9–5 2nd
2012–13 Lehigh 14–16 6–8 5th
2013–14 Lehigh 13–18 5–13 8th
2014–15 Lehigh 19–12 9–9 6th
2015–16 Lehigh 18–13 10–8 4th
2016–17 Lehigh 10–20 5–13 9th
2017–18 Lehigh 15–15 9–9 4th
2018–19 Lehigh 21–10 12–6 3rd
2019–20 Lehigh 19–11 10–8 6th
2020–21 Lehigh 10–6 7–5 2nd of 3 Central NCAA Tourney first round
Lehigh: 411–350 (.540) 207–171 (.548)
Total: 411–350 (.540)

Personal life

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She met her future husband Fran while finishing undergraduate studies at Dickinson University, where he was enrolled at Penn State Dickinson Law. When she accepted a graduate assistant's job with Lehigh's University women's basketball team and pursued her Master of Business Administration at Lehigh, he worked in nearby Allentown. She was offered an assistant coach's job with the basketball team and the head coaching position with the university's softball team. Fran became her assistant in softball and took over the head coaching job in 1995, after she was named the new head basketball head coach.

They reside in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, and have three children.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sue Troyan". lehighsports.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Chavers, Gracie (February 19, 2017). "Working and living together: Lehigh's married coaches". thebrownandwhite.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Hays, Graham (March 10, 2009). "Family effort lifts Lehigh to NCAA berth". ESPN. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Bostrom, Don (April 13, 1995). "Lehigh Hoop Job Goes To Sue Troyan Husband Fran New Softball Coach". The Morning Call. Retrieved April 25, 2019.