Charity Elliott
| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Loyola Marymount |
| Conference | WCC |
| Record | 40–83 (.325) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 11, 1969 |
| Alma mater |
Missouri State University Southwest Baptist University |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1989 | Rice |
| 1990–1992 | Southwest Missouri State |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1993 | Glendale HS (frosh) |
| 1993–1994 | San Diego State (asst.) |
| 1994–1996 | Southwest Missouri State (asst.) |
| 1996–1999 | Southwest Baptist (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | South Adelaide (Australia) |
| 2001–2003 | California Baptist |
| 2003–2004 | Arkansas (asst.) |
| 2004–2007 | Portland State |
| 2007–2012 | UC San Diego |
| 2012–present | Loyola Marymount |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 222–208 (.516) |
| Tournaments | 4–4 (NCAA D-II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
Charity Dawn Elliott (née Shira; born November 11, 1969) is the women's basketball team head coach at Loyola Marymount University, the fifth individual to coach the Lions in women's basketball. She has previously been the women's head basketball coach at Portland State, UC San Diego, and California Baptist.
After attending Fair Grove High School in Fair Grove, Missouri, Elliott began playing college basketball as a guard at Rice University. As a freshman (1987–88), Elliott averaged 7.1 points and 4.3 rebounds. The following season, she averaged 16.8 points and 5.7 rebounds.
In 1989, Elliott transferred to Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State). After redshirting a year per NCAA transfer rules, Elliott averaged 7.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in the 1990–91 season. In her senior season in 1991–92, Elliott averaged 8.4 points and 2.3 rebounds and helped Southwest Missouri State to a 31–3 record and its first Final Four appearance in school history. Elliott ranked in the top 10 nationally in field goal percentage. Elliott graduated from Southwest Missouri State with a B.S. in psychology.
Elliott began her coaching career in 1992 as freshmen girls' basketball coach at Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri. The following year, Elliott joined the coaching staff of Beth Burns at San Diego State. From 1994 to 1996, Elliott was an assistant coach at Southwest Missouri State, followed by a three-year stint at Southwest Baptist while pursuing an M.A. in education at the university.
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