ELEVEN COACHES IN "ALL" OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL HAVE DONE IT...
TENNESSEE  LEGEND - PAT SUMMIT  AMONG THEM...
MIKE STRONG CAN JOIN THAT ELITE LIST OF      700-GAME WINNERS THIS WEEKEND WITH TWO SCRANTON VICTORIES...

ONE NATIONAL TITLE AND EIGHT FINAL FOURS OVER 28-SEASONS, STRONG HAS LEFT HIS MARK. AT THE LONG CENTER.. BUT HOW MUCH LONGER WILL HE COACH THE LADY ROYALS?
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SCRANTON GOES FOR 699 AGAINST THE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY SATURDAY...

Strong milestones:

1^st win:                    65-61, vs. Loyola (Md.), opening round Franklin & Marshall Tournament, Nov. 24, 1979

100^th win:                82-29, at Drew University, January 26, 1984

200^th win:                57-49, vs. Colorado College, opening round, Coke Classic, University of California-San Diego, December 28, 1997

300^th win:                79-59, vs. Wheaton (Mass.), championship game of the Wheaton Tip-Off Tournament, November 21, 1993

400^th win:                60-54, at King’s College, February 15, 1997

500^th win:                77-71, vs. ELIZABETHTOWN, LONG CENTER, SCRANTON, PA., February 3, 2001

600^th win:                63-59, at DeSales, February 12, 2005

700^th win:                , vs. DREW, LONG CENTER, SCRANTON, PA, January 25, 2009

 

NCAA Women’s Basketball Coaches with 700-or-more wins (all Divisions, )

 

Name                                     Institution(s)                        Wins (as of Wednesday, January 21)

*Pat Summitt                        Tennessee                               997 (2 games between now and Sunday)

Jody Conradt                         Sam Houston St.                   900

                                                Texas-Arlington

                                                Texas

*C. Vivian Stringer                Cheyney                                  815 (1 game between now and Sunday)

                                                Iowa

                                                Rutgers

*Sylvia Hatchell                      Francis Marion                       801 (2 games between now and Sunday)

                                                North Carolina

Phil Kahler                             St. John Fisher                       757

*Barbara Stevens                    Bentley                                    766 (up to date)

*Kay Yow                              Elon                                       737 (1 game between now and Sunday)

                                                North Carolina St.

*Tara VanDerveer                  Idaho                                      742 (2 games between now and Sunday)

                                                Ohio St.

                                                Stanford

Sue Gunter                             Stephen F. Austen                 708

                                                LSU

*Andy Landers                      Georgia                                   718 (2 games between now and Sunday)

*Robin Selvig                         Montana                                 713 (1 game between now and Sunday)

*Mike Strong                       Scranton                                698

 

Strong Tidbits:

Overall Record:  698-141 (.828)

 

NCAA Championships:  1 (1985)

 

NCAA Final Four Appearances:  8 (1985, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006)

 

NCAA Tournament Appearances:  22 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

 

NCAA Tournament Record:  50-25 (.667)

 

AIAW Final Four Appearances:  1 (1980)

 

AIAW Tournament Record:  7-2 (.778)

 

Overall National Tournament Record:  57-27 (.679)

 

Landmark Conference Titles:  1 (2008)

 

Middle Atlantic/Freedom Conference Titles:  16 (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

 

20-or-more win seasons:  21 (1980 {26}, 1981 {27}, 1985 {31}, 1986 {23}, 1987 {31}, 1989 {20}, 1990 {26}, 1992 {22}, 1993 {30}, 1994 {27}, 1996 {26}, 1997 {28}, 1998 {21}, 1999 {28}, 2000 {26}, 2001 {20}, 2002 {25}, 2003 {23}, 2004 {27}, 2005 {29}, 2006 {31}, 2007 {27}, 2008 {21})

30-or-more win seasons: 4 (1985 {31}, 1987 {31}, 1993 {30}, 2006 {31})

 

All-Americans:  17 (Melanie Bibak-1984; Denise Capoocia-1980; Fran Harkins-1981, 1983; Deanna Kyle-1985; Una Espenkotter-1986; Fran Gabriel-1982; Shelley Parks-1987; Laura Pikulski-1992; Lynne Kempski-1993; Jackie Dougherty-1994; *Jennifer Nish-1996, 1997; Kelly Halpin-1998, 1999, 2000; Kate Pierangeli-2003, 2004; Katie Dougherty-2004; Taryn Mellody-2005, 2006; 2007; Allison Matt-2006, 2007; Kathleen Daly-2008)

 

 

NCAA Player of the Year Selections:  2 (Deanna Kyle-1985; Shelley Parks-1987)

 

Landmark Conference Player of the Year Selections: 1 (Kathleen Daly-2008)

 

Middle Atlantic/Freedom Conference Most Valuable Player Selections:  9 (Deanna Kyle-1985; Shelley Parks-1987; Laura Pikulski-1992; Lynne Kempski-1993; Jackie Dougherty-1994; *Jennifer Nish-1995-1997; Kelly Halpin-1998; Taryn Mellody-2005, 2006

 

Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year Selections:  1 (Megan Kopecki-2008)

 

Middle Atlantic/Freedom Conference Rookie of the Year Selections:  3 (Jennifer Nish-1994; Kate Dougherty-1996; Gillian McGovern-1999)

 

Middle Atlantic/Freedom Conference Coach of the Year:  8 (1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007)

 

WBCA District 4 Coach of the Year:  3 (2000, 2006, 2007)

 

Kodak NCAA Division III Coach of the Year:  1 (1985)

 

*Please note:  Mike Strong was on sabbatical when Jennifer Nish earned all-America and MAC Freedom League MVP honors in 1995 under then head coach Sue Serafini.