Beth Dunkenberger is a basketball coach with the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

. Previously she has had coaching roles at

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded t ...

, the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

, and the

Tulane Green Wave The Tulane Green Wave are the athletic teams that represent Tulane University, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). There are 14 Green Wave interco ...

Background

Dunkenberger was born in

Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke ( ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is lo ...

, and is the daughter of Tom and Rebecca Dunkenberger. She attended Shawsville High School and played college basketball at Randolph-Macon College from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in 1988. In 1990, she completed her master's degree in education from

Coaching career

Virginia Tech: 1988–1997

Dunkenberger started her career at Virginia Tech as a graduate assistant with the

Hokies The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams representing the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in intercollegiate athletics. The Hokies participate in the NCAA's Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 22 va ...

for two years before being appointed full-time as assistant coach in 1990. During this time, the Hokies won the Metro Conference Tournament (1994) and the Metro regular season title (1995), advancing to the first (1994) and second round (1995) of the NCAA tournament.

University of Florida: 1997–2000

Between 1997 and 2000, Dunkenberger was an assistant coach at the

during which time the Gators earned a combined 73–36 record. The Gators reached NCAA Sweet 16 in 1997–98 and to the final of the WNIT in 2000.

Western Carolina University: 2000–2004

In 2000, Dunkenberger was appointed to her first head coaching role at

where, over a period of four seasons, the Catamounts posted 65 victories. Dunkenberger became the first woman to be named

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...

Coach of the Year as the Catamounts finished the 2002–03 season with a 21–7 record, and advanced to the finals of the SoCon Championship.

Virginia Tech: 2004–2011

On April 6, 2004, she was named the fifth head women's basketball coach at Virginia Tech. In 2005, she led the team to the NCAA Tournament and the 2007 team made it to the third round of the WNIT.

Tulane University: 2011–2020

Dunkenberger was the director of operations with the

during the 2011–12 season. In 2012, she was appointed as an assistant coach. She stepped down from this role in 2020.

University of Miami: 2021–present

Dunkenberger was hired as an assistant coach for the Miami Hurricanes' women's basketball team in May 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunkenberger, Beth American women's basketball coaches Florida Gators women's basketball coaches Miami Hurricanes women's basketball coaches Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball coaches Western Carolina Catamounts women's basketball coaches Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)