Beth Combs (born September 3, 1969) is an American basketball coach.

Career

Combs is the former women's

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program

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Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

from 2004 until her resignation on May 7, 2008. Combs compiled a 24–95 record in her four years at Northwestern, and a 7–59 mark in Big Ten conference play. In the 2004 season, Northwestern upset No. 22 Penn State 59–48, which followed the same achievement among ranked opponents more than six years previously. From 2001 to 2004, she coached at

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

. She posted a 44–45 record through three seasons there. She went 21–10 during her final season there, and earned her second

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coach of the year award. During that season, the Raiders made it to the NCAA tournament, before losing to national runner-up

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'' online, March 20, 2004. She coached as an assistant at

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prior to coaching at Colgate. She graduated from

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, where she was a practice player on the basketball team, and later from Eastern Illinois for graduate school.

References

External links

Northwestern profile
1969 births Living people American women's basketball coaches Colgate Raiders women's basketball coaches Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball coaches Eastern Illinois University alumni Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball players {{1960s-US-basketball-bio-stub