Carol Eckman (January 11, 1938 – July 30, 1985 in Williamsport, PA, USA)
was an American women's basketball coach and was known as the "Mother of the Women’s Collegiate Basketball Championship".
She was the basketball coach at West Chester University from 1967–72 and helped organize the first collegiate women’s basketball championship tournament in 1969. The annual
Carol Eckman Award
The Carol Eckman Award is an award given annually since 1986 to the women's college basketball coach that "best demonstrates the character of the late Carol Eckman, the mother of the collegiate women's basketball national championship". Given by th ...
is given by the
Women's Basketball Coaches Association
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels.
The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches.
The mission of the WBCA ...
to a women's college basketball coach.
Her team, the Golden Rams, won the national championship game in each of the next three years. She had a 68-5 record in her five seasons as the coach of West Chester University.
In 1999, she was inducted into the
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. It is the only facility of its kind dedicated to all levels of women's bask ...
.
References
External links
Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award
American women's basketball coaches
Year of birth missing
1985 deaths
Date of death missing
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