Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | August 22, 1965 |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1993–1997 | Vermont |
2002–2014 | Minnesota |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 305-198 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2004 Women's College Basketball Final Four |
Pam Borton (born August 22, 1965) is a former head women's basketball coach, most recently at the University of Minnesota. She took over following the resignation of Brenda Frese in 2002.
As head coach of the Gophers, she had a 236-152 record and a 305-198 career coaching record. She is the winningest coach in program history. Previously, Borton was the head coach at the University of Vermont from 1993 to 1997 and was an assistant at Boston College from 1998 to 2002, where she served as associate head coach for her last two seasons.
Borton led Minnesota to its first Final Four appearance in 2004 and she led the team to six NCAA appearances and three straight Sweet 16 appearances.
In 2011, she co-founded a non-profit in the Twin Cities, TeamWomenMN. A premiere professional women's organization focused on professional development, mentoring program, networking and empowering women.
In 2014, she founded Pam Borton Partners. She has an advanced degree in personal and executive coaching from the college of executive coaching in Santa Barbara, CA. She is a senior executive coach, leadership consultant, facilitator, and keynote speaker.
Also in 2014, she founded LSWAG. A Leadership, Sports, Winners Academy for girls in grades 5-12. The mission is to develop, inspire, and promote leadership for our next generation.
In 2014, influential community and campus leaders raised over $100,000 for an endowment in Pam Borton's name. This endowment is housed in the College of Education and Human Development at the Tucker Center to promote leadership for women and girls in a sport context. It's the only endowment of its kind in the world.
Pam Borton is currently writing a book on leadership. She has a rare executive combination of major college athletics, assembling and coaching teams, reaching a Final 4 and now a certified personal and executive coach.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion