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Megan Duffy

Megan Duffy
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Miami RedHawks
Position Head coach
League Mid-American Conference
Personal information
Born (1984-07-13) July 13, 1984 (age 32)
Kettering, Ohio
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight 135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High school Chaminade-Julienne (Dayton, Ohio)
College Notre Dame (2002–2006)
WNBA draft 2006 / Round: 3 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career 2006–2008
Position Point guard
Number 13
Coaching career 2009–present
Career history
As player:
2006 Minnesota Lynx
2006–2007 Rhondda Rebels
2007 Minnesota Lynx
2007–2008 Pallacanestro Ribera
2008 New York Liberty
2008–2009 MBK Ružomberok
2009 CSS-LMK Sfântu Gheorghe
As coach:
2009–2012 St. John's (assistant)
2012–2014 George Washington (assoc. HC)
2014–2017 Michigan (assistant)
2017–present Miami (Ohio)
Career highlights and awards

Megan Duffy (born July 13, 1984) is an American women's basketball coach, currently the head coach of Miami University. Previously, she had been an associate head coach with the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team, George Washington Colonials women's basketball team, an assistant coach with St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team, and a professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently playing for the New York Liberty.

Duffy was born in Kettering, Ohio. After graduating from Chaminade-Julienne High School, a Catholic high school in Dayton, she attended college at University of Notre Dame and graduated in 2006 with a double major in Psychology and Computer Applications. As an Irish athlete, Duffy was named to the CoSIDA Academic All American first team and was honorable mention Kodak All American. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as the best senior player under 5 ft 8 in (1.7 m). She is one of two players from Notre Dame, along with Niele Ivey, to win the award.

Following her collegiate career, she was selected 31st overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft. Duffy spent her rookie season with the Lynx backing up Amber Jacobs; she averaged 3.4 points, 1.2 assists and 12.5 minutes per game in 2006.

Duffy went to training camp with the Lynx in 2007 but was released on April 26. She signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on April 30, but she was waived on May 18 in the final preseason roster cutdown.


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