Jane Albright
Albright in 2016.
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| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Nevada |
| Conference | Mountain West |
| Record | 115–163 |
| Annual salary | $190,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 26, 1955 Graham, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1977 | Appalachian State |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1981 | Spartanburg HS |
| 1981–1983 | Tennessee (grad. asst.) |
| 1983–1984 | Cincinnati (asst.) |
| 1984–1994 | Northern Illinois |
| 1994–2003 | Wisconsin |
| 2003–2008 | Wichita State |
| 2008–2017 | Nevada |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 512–475 |
| Tournaments | 4–9 (NCAA) 10–3 (WNIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Jane Gibson Albright (born May 26, 1955) is an American women's college basketball coach who is currently head coach at Nevada. Albright was previously head coach at Northern Illinois from 1984 to 1994, Wisconsin from 1994 to 2003, and Wichita State from 2003 to 2008. She announced here retirement from Nevada on March 1, 2017, effective at the end of the season.
Born and raised in Graham, North Carolina, Albright graduated from Graham High School in 1973 and Appalachian State University in 1977 cum laude with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education. At Appalachian State, Albright played basketball and volleyball.
Albright is a cousin of Andy Albright President & CEO of National Agents Alliance.
Albright began her career as the girls' varsity basketball coach at Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1977. The team went 3–18 in Albright's first year, then improved to 11–10 in 1978–79, 16–13 in 1979–80, and 20–7 in 1980–81 and made the playoffs in 1980 and 1981.
From 1981 to 1983, Albright was a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Pat Summitt. Albright then was an assistant coach at Cincinnati for the 1983–84 season.
From 1994 to 2002, she coached at the University of Wisconsin where she compiled a 161-107 record. In her final season Wisconsin went 7-21, before she resigned.
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