Amber Whiting is an American

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coach who is currently the head coach of the

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women's basketball team. She was hired by BYU in 2022; prior to that, she coached high school basketball in

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. Whiting also played for the BYU women's basketball team during the 2000–01 season.

Career

Whiting was born in

Ogden, Utah Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth ...

. She played college basketball for three colleges in Utah:

Snow College Snow College is a public community college in Ephraim, Utah. It offers certificates and associate degrees in a number of areas, along with bachelor's degrees in music and software engineering and a four-year nursing program. Snow College is part ...

from 1997 to 1999, Weber State University in 1999–2000, and BYU in 2000–01. She began her coaching career by coaching AAU basketball and other private academy teams. From 2018 to 2022, she coached the girls' basketball team at

Burley High School Burley High School is a four-year secondary school in Burley, Idaho, the largest of four traditional high schools in the Cassia County School District #151. Its official title is Burley Senior High School and it has only had its 2100 Park Ave. add ...

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. She led the team to a state championship in 2022 and was named the 4A Coach of the Year by the '' Idaho Statesman''. BYU hired Whiting as head coach prior to the 2022–23 season. In her first season, she led the team to a 16–17 record and an appearance in the

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Personal life

Whiting is married to Trent Whiting, who also played college basketball at Snow College and BYU. The two met while students at Snow College. She and Trent have two children; her daughter Amari committed to play basketball at BYU in 2023.

Head coaching record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whiting, Amber Living people 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Ogden, Utah American women's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Utah Basketball players from Utah BYU Cougars women's basketball coaches BYU Cougars women's basketball players Weber State Wildcats women's basketball players Snow Badgers women's basketball players