Nell Fortner is the current women's college basketball coach at Auburn. Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a State university located in Auburn, Alabama, U She is most well known for leading the 2000 Olympics team to a gold medal. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever As the coach of the U. S. national women's team, her overall record was 93-14(. 869). For her success, she was named the 2000 USA Basketball Coach of the year.
She also served as the head coach at Purdue. Her 1997 team won the Big Ten regular season conference title going 17-11 overall, and 12-4 in conference play. That team lost in the second round in overtime, to the eventual runner-up in Old Dominion. Old Dominion University (ODU is a large public Research university located in historic Norfolk Virginia. Her efforts earned her Big Ten and National Coach of the Year honors. In the past 10 seasons, her teams have made 10 consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament, and have compiled a 152-66(. 792) record during that span.
She also served as the Indiana Fever's head coach from 1999 to 2002. The Indiana Fever is a professional women's Basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA During that three year span, she compiled a 42-56 record. From 1991 to 1995, she was an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, under Hall of Fame coach Leon Barmore. Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10950 students in the 08-09 year Leon Barmore (born June 3, 1944, in Ruston, Louisiana, United States) is a college women's Basketball coach Louisiana Tech made tournament appearances in all 5 of her seasons, and compiled a 123-37 record.
She attended Texas where she played college basketball. As a starter she compiled a 127-26 record in her 4 seasons. She served as the head women's coach at Killeen High School, and coached at SFA. She is a member of the Texas Hall of Fame.