USD Women's Basketball 1999-2000

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Torero Head Coach Kathy Marpe

20th season

An Elite G1•oup of Coaches

University of San Diego head women 's basketball coach Kathy Marpe joined an elite group of coaches last season when the Toreros downed Portland State Uni– versity, for her elusive 300th career collegiate coach– ing victory. With the win, Marpe joins a select group of about 60 active coaches who have surpassed the 300 career victory plateau .

1998-99 was another year of successful transition for Coach Marpe and the Toreros. San Diego proved its mettle in posting a 6-1 West Coast Conference record in the USO Sports Center, including a 3-0 record against post-season qualifiers Pepperdine, Saint Mary's and Santa Clara. Now, poi sed on the close of the 20th Century and the dawn of a new millennium, Marpe looks to guide USO women's basketball to the top of the conference standings and make a much anticipated return to the post season.

The Seci-ets to Mai-pe's Successful 20 Yea1·s at USO Coach Marpe begins her 27th year as a collegiate head coach and her 20th patrolling the sidelines for the University of San Diego. The changes she has witnessed in the game of women's basketball and the skills and athleticism of today 's student-athletes, is nothing short of staggering. Adapting to the changing environment is key to building a winning program. Suc- cess through change permeates Marpe 's long and di stingui shed coaching career and, her 3 I2 career victories attest to her ability to flouri sh in a changing environment. Despite the myriad of changes in women's college basketball and the ever-increasing skills of the student-athletes who play them, Marpe 's success comes as a result of embracing - not resisting change. Her versatility was proven in 1998-99 when the Toreros posted their first winning campaign at 14-13 since 1992-93 and a fourth place showing in increasingly competitive WCC. Marpe relied on ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a freshman point guard to run the Torero offense and MARPE'S despite inexperience and injuries at key positions, arches- COtAlC H I NG FIT,.E trated USO to a 6-1 league mark at home - the second best "' record in the entire WCC. 1997-98 WCC Coach of the Yea1• USD's success in 1998-99 was a continuation of Conference Independent Rec. 9-5 7-1 I 9-8 5-8 8-5 9-4

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the momentum established by the Toreros in 1997-98 when Marpe 's young Toreros made a radical change for the better as her squad rebounded from a rugged 5-22 fini sh in 1996-97 to

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place fifth in the West Coast Conference with an 8-6 WCC mark, 13- 14 overall. The eight victory improvement was one of the biggest single season turn– arounds in league history, and earned Marpe her second WCC Coach of rhe Year honor - also winning the award in 1993 .

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26 seasons

Totals

312-359 90-102

87-63

New Mex ico

7 seasons I9 season s

225-296

San Diego

"FREE THROWS WIN GAMES." - ROLLIE MARPE