Angel Elderkin (born August 18, 1977) is an American college basketball coach and was the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team from 2014 until 2024.

Coaching career

Elderkin played basketball for the women's basketball team at the University of Southern Maine. After graduation, she landed her first coaching job at

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as a special assistant to the head coach. Once Elderkin earned a Master of Arts in Physical Education and Exercise Science from ETSU, she accepted an assistant coaching role at Siena. Following the end of the 2004–05 season, Elderkin left Siena and began a graduate assistant role under the legendary

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at Tennessee. At Tennessee, she was promoted to video coordinator after one season. Elderkin then spent time as an assistant coach at LSU, St. John's, and Virginia before being named the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team in 2014. In 2016, Coach Elderkin was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Despite having to undergo chemotherapy following a stage three cancer diagnosis, Elderkin continued with her head coaching duties. For her bravery in her battle against cancer and continued coaching, Elderkin received the Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award presented by the

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in 2016. Although

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head coach Joe Foley was selected as the 2017

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coach of the year, Foley gave his award to Elderkin. Elderkin guided Appalachian State to the 2019 WBI championship. In 2021, Elderkin signed a four-year extension through the 2026–27 season. Following the 2023–24 season, Elderkin announced that she would be stepping down from her head coaching role, stating, "This decision was not easy, and was entirely on my own due to personal reasons." During her tenure, Elderkin compiled the second-most wins of any head coach in program history.

Head coaching record

References

External links

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1977 births American women's basketball coaches Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Rhode Island Basketball players from Rhode Island Living people People from East Providence, Rhode Island Southern Maine Huskies athletes {{US-basketball-coach-stub