The Coaching Staff CoachCoach B Head Coach oanne Boyle, the 2006-07 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, has di- record, marking Cal’s first 20-win season in 15 years and falling only Cal defeated Oregon, 65-56, Jan. 20, 2007, in Berkeley to give Boyle Jrected the California women’s team to national promi- one win from matching the 1983-84 team for the most wins in school her 100th-career victory. nence during her first two seasons at the helm. history. Eighth-seed Cal fell to ninth-seeded Notre Dame, 62-59, in Cal established school records for percentage defense Boyle enters the 2007-08 season with a two-year record of 41-21 in the opening round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, signifying only the (37.3%, 2nd Pac-10) and scoring defense (60.1 ppg, 3rd Pac-10) last Berkeley, giving her the best winning percentage (.661) of any of the second time the Bears have earned consecutive NCAA berths. season, breaking the previous records of 37.8 percent and 60.4 per- eight women’s basketball coaches in school history and a five-year In 2006-07, Cal matched the 1991-92 Cal team for the school’s cent set during Boyle’s inaugural year in Berkeley. In 2006-07, Cal career record of 108-50 (.684). She became the third coach in school best Pac-10 record (12-6) and placed alone in third place for the best ranked in the top five in 13 league statistical categories, compared to history to be honored as Pac-10 Coach of the Year and has posted Pac-10 showing in school history. Last year’s team also was nationally 10 in 2005-06. more wins in her first two seasons at Cal than any of her predeces- ranked 17-of-18 weeks, including a then-school-record No. 15 ranking Two years ago, Boyle led a freshman-dominated Cal team to an 18- sors. by the Associated Press for two weeks. On the heels of the 2005-06 12 overall record, a sixth-place showing in the Pac-10 (10-8) and the Boyle’s 2007-08 squad has earned the highest ranking in school squad’s success, Cal was ranked No. 21 in the preseason AP and school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1993. history in any major poll, grabbing the No. 8 preseason spot in Athlon USA Today-ESPN coaches’ polls. That year, Cal registered victories over No. 13 Arizona State (66-64) Sports magazine. Boyle’s team gained further notoriety when it upset No. 8 Stanford, and Pac-10 Tournament champion UCLA (65-58) at home and No. 23 After registering the program’s first winning record and postseason 72-57, on the road Feb. 4. The victory snapped the Cardinal’s 17-game USC (72-67) on the road. The 10th-seed Bears fell to seventh-seeded berth in 13 seasons in 2005-06, last year’s team surpassed that stan- winning streak and 50-game home Pac-10 winning streak and marked St. John’s, 78-68, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament after dard. The Philadelphia native led the Golden Bears to a 23-9 overall the highest ranked win in Boyle’s five-year history as a head coach. holding a first-half lead.

CAL BASKETBALL 07-08 MEDIA GUIDE 45 Under Boyle’s tutelage, Cal players have received 12 conference In addition to the 2005 NCAA Tournament, she led the Spiders to the Eight and to the 2000 and 2001 NCAA Sweet 16. postseason honors, highlighted by center Devanei Hampton being WNIT quarterfinals in 2003 (21-11) and to the WNIT semifinals in 2004 Kodak All-Americans Michele VanGorp (1999), Georgia Schweitzer chosen the 2006-07 Pac-10 Player of the Year and guard Alexis Gray- (23-10). Her 2003-04 team paced the conference in six statistical cat- (2001), Alana Beard (2002 and 2003) and Iciss Tillis (2003) were Lawson securing the 2005-06 Freshman of the Year award. Hampton egories, including scoring offense, scoring margin, field goal percent- among the players who benefited from Boyle’s presence at Duke. became the 10th freshman in conference history to be named first- age and /TO ratio. At 17.9 assists per game, Richmond ranked Beard was selected the 2003 Kodak Player of the Year. team All-Pac-10 and earned the honor a second time as a sophomore. 10th in the nation. Fueling Duke’s rise on the national scene were four straight top five Forward Ashley Walker joined Hampton on the 2006-07 All-Pac-10 Under Boyle’s guidance, six Richmond players were selected All- recruiting classes from 1999-02. squad. Atlantic 10, with Kate Flavin receiving first- team honors in 2004 and Duke’s success in 2001-02 was particularly rewarding for Boyle, After her first season at Cal, Boyle was named an assistant coach 2005. who faced a unique personal challenge off the court. In late Novem- for the USA team that competed in the 2006 FIBA Americas U20 Boyle was hired by the Spiders in April 2002, inheriting a team that ber, Boyle suffered an ateriovenous malformation (AVM) in her brain, Championship for Women and was elected a member of the WBCA posted a 14-16 overall record the previous year and hadn’t enjoyed which resulted in brain surgery and a lengthy hospital stay. The genet- Board of Directors. With Boyle on staff and Hampton on the 12-player a postseason appearance since 1990-91. As she did at Richmond, ic condition is a capillary deficiency that causes an eruption of blood roster, the USA defeated Brazil, 96-54, to claim the FIBA Americas Boyle brought a winner to Berkeley in her inaugural year at the helm, vessels which produces stroke-like symptoms and bleeding within the title with a 5-0 record. snapping a streak of 12 straight losing seasons. cerebellum. An AVM differs from a blot clot in that an AVM cannot Boyle was hired at Cal April 15, 2005, after serving three seasons Boyle also has a proven track record as a recruiter, inking Blue Star reappear. as head coach at Richmond, where she directed the Spiders to three Index’s 12th-ranked recruiting class in the country for Richmond in Surrounded by her team, friends and family, Boyle fought valiantly

consecutive 20-plus win seasons, including a 23-8 record and the pro- 2004-05. She signed Crystal Goring, who was rated the No. 6 best to overcome her illness. Her recovery process was more rapid than gram’s first NCAA berth in 14 years in 2004-05. The Spiders finished player nationally by Blue Star and earned McDonald’s and WBCA All- her doctors had predicted. Her steely resolve, coupled with intense with a 12-4 record in the Atlantic 10 in Boyle’s final year, their best America honors. physical and speech therapy, enabled Boyle to return to her role on mark in the four years since they joined the conference. In January Before accepting her first collegiate head coaching job at Rich- the Blue Devils’ bench within a month. Not long after that, she was on 2005, the program received its first-ever national ranking – No. 25 in mond, Boyle was an integral part of Duke’s rise to national prominence her way to San Antonio, Texas, with the team for Duke’s second Final the ESPN-USA Today-WBCA Coaches’ Poll. as an assistant coach for nine seasons. The season before Boyle’s Four appearance in four years. In 2005, Richmond earned the program’s first at-large bid and third arrival in 1993-94, Duke compiled a 12-15 record and finished last in Prior to coaching at Duke, Boyle played professional basketball overall invitation to the NCAA Tournament. The 11th-seeded Spiders the Atlantic Coast Conference. Two seasons into her stint in Durham, overseas for division one teams in Luxembourg and Germany before lost to sixth-seeded Florida State, 87-54, in the first round. Also in N.C., the team notched 20-plus wins (22-9) for the first time in 10 years returning to the United States after three years. During her European 2004-05, Boyle coached Richmond to victories over Virginia, Liberty and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. stay, she also won two league championships. and Dartmouth – all NCAA Tournament qualifiers – and fielded a team With Boyle on staff, Duke garnered eight straight NCAA Tourna- Boyle, a four-year letterwinner at Duke, graduated in 1985 with a de- that led the Atlantic 10 in three-point field goal percentage (35.1%) and ment berths, highlighted by appearances in the 1999 national cham- gree in economics and obtained a master’s of science degree in health ranked in the top five in the conference in 13 statistical categories. For pionship game and the 2002 semifinals. The Blue Devils reached the policy and administration from North Carolina in 1989. She ended her Boyle’s efforts, the Richmond Times-Dispatch named her the Virginia 20-win plateau seven times, twice amassed at least 30 victories, were playing career ranked second on the Duke scoring charts and second State Coach of the Year. ranked in the top 10 nationally four straight years, grabbed four regu- in assists. Her 75 steals during the 1984-85 campaign remained the Boyle recorded a 67-29 mark (.698) in three seasons at Richmond. lar-season ACC championships and advanced to the 1998 NCAA Elite highest single-season total until Beard broke the mark in 2000-01.

46 CAL BASKETBALL 07-08 MEDIA GUIDE Adam Duritz, Counting Crows

Joanne Boyle’s Cal Career Highlights

- Named 2006-07 Pac-10 Coach of the Year after leading the Bears to a 23-9 record - Joined Gooch Foster (1991-92) and Caren Horstmeyer (2003-04) as Cal women’s basketball coaches to earn Pac-10 Coach of the Year - At 23-9, Cal was one win shy of matching the 1983-84 squad (24-8) for the school record for wins in a season. - Led Cal to the best Pac-10 finish (3rd) and to a tie for the best Pac-10 mark (12-6) in program history in 2006-07 - Directed the Bears to consecutive winning records and NCAA Tournament berths for the first since 1991-92 and 1992-93 - Owns the best winning percentage (.661) of any of the eight women’s basketball coaches in Cal history - Ranks third on Cal’s all-time victories list with 41 (41-21) and owns the most victories in her first two seasons of any of her Bears’ predecessors - Has guided Cal to three ranked wins in two seasons, punctuated by a road victory over No. 8 Stanford in 2006-07 - Coached the 2006-07 Pac-10 Player of the Year (Devanei Hampton) and the 2005- 06 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (Alexis Gray-Lawson) - Her players have earned All-Pac-10 honors four times and Pac-10 All-Freshman accolades six times - 2006 USA Under-20 National team assistant coach - Member of the WBCA Board of Directors

CAL BASKETBALL 07-08 MEDIA GUIDE 47 Arizona 3-1 Georgetown 3-0 Oregon State 3-1 UCLA 2-3 Arizona State 1-4 George Washington 0-7 Pepperdine 1-0 UC Riverside 1-0 Arkansas State 2-0 Georgia Southern 1-0 Radford 1-0 UC Santa Barbara 0-1 Auburn 0-1 Harvard 1-0 Rhode Island 5-1 UNLV 1-1 Baylor 0-1 Howard 1-0 Rider 1-0 USC 4-0 Boyle versus Belmont 1-0 Kansas 1-0 Sacred Heart 1-0 Vanderbilt 0-1 All Opponents Columbia 1-0 La Salle 4-2 Saint Joseph’s 2-2 Virginia 1-0 Creighton 0-1 Liberty 3-0 Saint Mary’s 1-1 Virginia Commonwealth 3-0 Dartmouth 1-0 Louisiana State 0-1 San Jose State 1-0 Virginia Tech 0-1 Dayton 5-1 Marshall 1-0 South Carolina State 1-0 Wagner 1-0 Delaware 2-0 Maryland 1-0 South Florida 1-0 Washington 2-2 DePaul 0-1 Massachusetts 3-0 Southwest Missouri State 1-0 Washington State 4-0 Duquesne 6-0 Miami 0-1 Stanford 1-3 Western Michigan 1-0 Eastern Washington 1-0 Mount St. Mary’s 1-0 St. Bonaventure 5-0 Williams & Mary 2-0 Fordham 3-0 New Mexico 0-1 St. John’s 0-1 Xavier 4-2 Florida 3-0 Northwestern 0-1 Stony Brook 1-0 Florida State 1-1 Notre Dame 0-1 Temple 1-4 Fresno State 1-0 Oregon 3-2 UC Davis 1-0

Career Coaching Record CALIFORNIA (Head Coach) Years Overall Conf. Record/Finish Postseason 2005-06 18-12 10-8/6th Pac-10 NCAA First Round 2006-07 23-9 12-6/3rd Pac-10 NCAA First Round Totals 41-21 (.661)

Richmond (Head Coach) Years Overall Conf. Record/Finish Postseason 2002-03 21-11 9-7/T4th Atlantic 10 WNIT Quarterfinals 2003-04 23-10 11-5/4th Atlantic 10 WNIT Semifinals 2004-05 23-8 12-4/4th Atlantic 10 NCAA First Round Totals 67-29 (.698)

Duke (Assistant Coach) Years Overall Conf. Record/Finish Postseason 1993-94 16-11 7-9/5th ACC – 1994-95 22-9 10-6/4th ACC NCAA Second Round 1995-96 26-7 12-4/2nd ACC NCAA Second Round 1996-97 19-11 9-7/5th ACC NCAA Second Round 1997-98 24-8 13-3/1st ACC NCAA Elite Eight 1998-99 29-7 15-1/1st ACC NCAA Finals 1999-00 28-6 12-4/2nd ACC NCAA Sweet 16 2000-01 30-4 13-3/1st ACC NCAA Sweet 16 2001-02 31-4 16-0/1st ACC NCAA Final Four Totals 225-121 (.650)

48 CAL BASKETBALL 07-08 MEDIA GUIDE Associate Head Coach

Third Year at Cal Birthday: October 2 Hometown: Scarsdale, NY High School: Scarsdale High School Alma Mater (year): Brown (1999)

indsay Gottlieb, a veteran member of head coach Joanne Boyle’s of equaling the school’s win record – and earn another bid to the NCAA Gottlieb obtained additional coaching expertise with the Westchester Lstaff, enters her third season in Berkeley and first as associate Tournament. The Bears also posted their best-ever Pac-10 finish and Basketball Association AAU program and Kutsher’s Sports Academy. head coach of the California women’s basketball team. equaled the 1991-92 team for the program’s best Pac-10 record (12-6). The Scarsdale, N.Y., native graduated from Brown in 1999 with a Gottlieb, who was previously a Cal assistant coach for two years, During Gottlieb’s three seasons as an assistant coach at Richmond bachelor’s of arts degree in political science and was a member of the works with all aspects of the program, including recruiting and scouting, under Boyle, the Spiders posted 20-plus wins each year and advanced women’s basketball team. Gottlieb was a student assistant coach during the and serves as the team’s academic liaison. She has been integral to to the postseason three times. In 2004-05, Richmond finished with a 23- 1998-99 campaign and received the Team Heart and Soul Award in 1999. the development of Cal’s post players, including Devanei Hampton, the 8 record and earned the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 14 A self-described sports geek, Gottlieb was one of the final 40 2006-07 Pac-10 Player of the Year and a two-time All-Pac-10 selection, years. The Spiders were invited to the 2003 and 2004 WNIT. contestants for the 2003 season of ESPN “Dream Job.” and Ashley Walker, an All-Pac-10 choice. Hampton and Walker both Prior to Gottlieb’s stint at Richmond, she served as an assistant coach garnered honorable mention All-America accolades last season. at New Hampshire in 2001-02, under head coach Sue Johnson. College Coaching Experience In Gottlieb’s inaugural year in Berkeley, Cal posted its first winning record Before joining the New Hampshire staff, Gottlieb was an assistant 1999-01 Assistant Coach Syracuse (18-12) in 13 years and received its first NCAA Tournament berth since coach for two years at Syracuse with Marianna Freeman at the helm. 2001-02 Assistant Coach New Hampshire 1993. While Boyle was attending to a family illness, Gottlieb served as In addition to her coaching duties for the Big East program, Gottlieb 2002-05 Assistant Coach Richmond Cal’s interim head coach for the Bears’ game at Stanford Jan. 14, 2006. was the assistant director of the school’s girls’ basketball camp. While at 2005-07 Assistant Coach California In 2006-07, Gottlieb helped Cal register a 23-9 mark – one win shy Syracuse, she earned her master’s degree in philosophy of education. 2007- Associate Head Coach California

CAL BASKETBALL 07-08 MEDIA GUIDE 49 Assistant Coach

First Year at Cal Birthday: May 2 Hometown: St. Louis, MO High School: Ladue High School Alma Mater (year): Stanford (1997)

harmin Smith, a former Stanford assistant coach and Jayne Appel and Kristen Newlin – and in the spring, she switched two seasons as a production assistant and editor with NBA Cstandout player, enters her first season as an assistant her focus to working with the Cardinal guards, including two-time Entertainment, where she aided in the production of several national coach for the California women’s basketball team. Smith serves Pac-10 Player of the Year Candice Wiggins. NBA broadcasts. as Cal’s recruiting coordinator, oversees the growth of the Bears’ Smith was a star player for Stanford from 1993-97, helping the A four-year letterwinner at Stanford, Smith earned her bachelor’s guards and assists with all aspects of the program. Cardinal to three NCAA Final Fours, as well as three Pac-10 titles. and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Smith comes to Cal after serving as an assistant coach for Following her playing career, she joined the professional ranks in the school. The St. Louis, Mo., native was a two-time recipient of three seasons with the Cardinal and spending six years playing the ABL from 1997-98 as a member of the Portland Power. She the Coaches’ Award (1994, 1997) and was also named the team’s professionally. During Smith’s tenure as an assistant at Stanford, the also played three years in the WNBA with the and the Most Improved Player in 1995. Cardinal posted an 87-16 (.845) record and made a pair of NCAA and one year in the Swedish Basketball League. quarterfinal appearances. In addition to her duties with recruiting, Smith began her coaching career in 2003 as an assistant coach College Coaching Experience scouting and player development, Smith was heavily involved in at Boston College, helping the Eagles to one of their most successful 2003-04 Assistant Coach Boston College various community service activities, including a program to assist seasons in school history. During her lone season, Boston College 2004-07 Assistant Coach Stanford the victims of Hurricane Katrina. won its first Big East title and received a No. 3 seed in the NCAA 2007- Assistant Coach California As a coach at Stanford, Smith played an integral role in the Tournament, advancing to the Mideast Regional semifinals. development of three of the Pac-10’s top posts – Brooke Smith, In addition to her on-court experiences, Smith worked for

50 CAL BASKETBALL 07-08 MEDIA GUIDE Kevin Morrison Assistant Coach

First Year at Cal Birthday: August 6 Hometown: La Verne, CA High School: Damien High School Alma Mater (year): Cal Poly Pomona (1994)

evin Morrison, who spent seven years as a successful and featured fall and spring showcases as well as the Grass Roots for various events. He has also been a varsity girls’ basketball KCalifornia Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) coach, joined the Sports Basketball Academy. assistant coach for Upland High School (2002-03) and Charter California women’s basketball program as an assistant coach in During his three years with West Coast Elite, he coached 33 Oak High School (2000-02). June 2007. players who went on to play college basketball, including four A 1994 graduate of Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in social Morrison contributes to all facets of Cal’s program, including McDonald’s All-Americans and two Gatorade State Players of the work, Morrison spent over nine years as a social worker and high recruiting and scouting, and teams with associate head coach Year. The McDonald’s All-Americans include Stefanie Gilbreath school guidance counselor. Lindsay Gottlieb to push the Bears’ posts to reach their potential. (Cinco Ranch High School, Texas - attending USC), Michelle Most recently, Morrison served as the president and head coach Harrison (Mountain View HS, Utah - Stanford), Italee Lucas College Coaching Experience of the West Coast Elite AAU girls’ basketball team. In addition (Centennial High School, Nev. - attending North Carolina), Abi 2007- Assistant Coach California to serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator, he provided Olajuwon (Marlborough School, Calif. - attending Oklahoma). individual coaching and instruction to the members of the team. Harrison and Lucas were named Gatorade State Players of the For the past three years, he has also been the director and Year in 2006 and 2007, respectively. editor of Grass Roots Journal, the top Western Regional scouting Morrison has also served as a consultant for Blue Star service. The service had over 93 Division I schools as subscribers Basketball, working as a camp director and tournament director

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