USD Women's Basketball 1991

HEAD COACH KATHY MARPE Kathy Marpe returns for her eleventh season as head women's basketball coach at the University of San Diego. The 1990-1991 campaign will mark Marpe's eighteenth season as a collegiate head coach. She is the "dean of coaches" among women's basketball coaches in the West Coast Conference, having been at USD longer than any other women's basketball coach at the other wee member schools.

Marpe's coaching career began following her 1971 graduation from the University of Minnesota (Bachelor's degree in Physical Education). Her first assignment came at Spring Lake High School in Minnesota, where she coached girls' volleyball, basketball and softball as well as track and field. She was at Spring Lake from 1971 through the end of the 1973 school year. Her volleyball and basketball teams qualified for sectional playoffs in each of the two years under her tutelage. The world of collegiate athletics beckoned to Marpe and she moved to the University of New Mexico, where she was named the head coach of the women's basketball team prior to the 1973-'74 season. She coached the Lobos for seven seasons, compiling a fine record of 87-63. Her last three squads were her best, posting a combined record of 51-30, including a 19-10 mark for the '78-'79 season. New challenges called to Marpe and she accepted the head coaching position for the women's basketball program at the University of San Diego prior to the 1980-'81 season. Marpe gradually shaped the USD program. The Toreras have recorded a 98-96 won/loss mark since the '83-'84 season, including last season's record setting 17-10 mark. In addition, she has a 36-30 mark in the WCC since USD joined the conference prior to the '85-'86 season. Kathy Marpe is one of the most respected members of her profession. She is a voting member of the UPI (Greenberg) Coaches' Poll. In addition, Marpe was named an assistant coach to the East squad during the women's basketball competition at this past summer's U.S. Olympic Festival, which was held in her home state of Minnesota. Marpe is also the executive director of the "Kathy Marpe Girls' Basketball Camp". The tenth edition of her camp will be held this summer on the University of San Diego campus.

Kathy Marpe's Year-By-Year Coaching Record

School

Year Record School

Record

Year

New Mexico '82-'83 8-18

USO

'73-'74 9- 5 '74-'75 7-11 '75-'76 9- 8

New Mexico '83-'84 14-14 USO

New Mexico '84-'85 14-13 USO '76-'77 11- 9 New Mexico '85-'86 16-13 USO '77-'78 15- 7 New Mexico '86-'87 14-13 USO '78-'79 19-10 New Mexico '87-'88 13-16 USO '79-'80 17-13 New Mexico '88-'89 10-17 USO '80-'81 16-24 USO '89-'90 17-10 USO '81-'82 11-21 USO

87- 63

New Mexico

seven seasons

.580 .436

ten seasons

123-159 210-222

USO

CAREER

.486 seventeen seasons

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