Allison Guth (born 1981 or 1982) is the coach of the

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team since 2022. For her basketball experience, Guth and

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won their first girls basketball title in 2000 as part of the

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. As a member of the

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team, Guth played in the first round of the 2003 Big Ten women's basketball tournament. After joining

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in 2004, Guth worked as an assistant coach between 2004 and 2015. Some of these university included the

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and

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. As the coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's basketball from 2015 to 2022, Guth and her team reached the semifinals of the Ivy League women's basketball tournament twice. They became "the first Ivy League women's team to win a national postseason tournament" at the 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational. Upon leaving Yale, Guth had 99 wins and 74 losses. With Loyola, her team competed in the first round of the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament.

Early life and education

Guth was born in the early 1980s and is from

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. She grew up with two siblings and played on her dad's basketball teams. After becoming an elementary school basketball player, Guth was on the basketball and golf teams at

. While at Buffalo Grove, Guth and her team won the 1999 Schaumburg regional golf event. The following year, Guth and Buffalo Grove won the Class AA division in girls basketball. With the 2000 win, it was the first time Buffalo Grove won an

title in girls basketball. Outside of sports, she was on the

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while at Buffalo Grove. For her post-secondary education, Guth began studying

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at the

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. With Illinois, Guth joined their golf team in 2000. While playing basketball, Guth became a

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after a knee injury. In 2001, Guth joined the

team. By January 2002, she played at Russian basketball games for Illinois. Guth was also ill with

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. The following year, her team played in the first round of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament. She remained with the Illinois basketball team until 2004. Guth also went to

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and studied

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Career

Sales and assistant coaching

After moving to

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in 2004, she was a

employee in sales until the following year. As an assistant coach from 2005 to 2008, Guth spent three years with the

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and one year with the

. While at Loyola, Guth was also a

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. In 2008, Guth became the Director of Basketball Operations for DePaul University. She remained at DePaul before leaving for

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in 2010 to resume her recruiter and assistant coach experience. Guth held these two positions for

from 2012 to 2015.

Head coaching

In 2015, Guth became the coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team. While with Yale, they reached the semifinals of the Ivy League women's basketball tournament during 2018 and 2022. Guth's roster became "the first Ivy League women's team to win a national postseason tournament" at the 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational. After leaving Yale in 2022, she had 99 wins and 74 losses. That year, Guth became the

coach. With Loyola, her team reached the first round of the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament.

Head coaching record

Honors and personal life

In 2013, Guth was a member of the 1999-2000 Buffalo Grove High School Girls’ Team that joined the Illinois Coaches Basketball Association Hall of Fame. She has two children.

References

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