Rene Portland
Portland speaking at a Pep Rally.
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| Sport(s) | Women's Basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1972–1975 | Immaculata | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Saint Joseph's | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–2007 | Penn State | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 693–265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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As player: 3× National champion (1973–1975) |
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Maureen Theresa Muth "Rene" Portland (born March 31, 1953) is an American former head coach in women's college basketball, known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team. Her career includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, one AIAW national tournament appearance (1977, St. Joseph's), five Big Ten Conference championships and eight conference tournament titles (the first six in the Atlantic 10). Portland is one of a few women's basketball coaches to have won 600 or more games at a single school, with a career record of 606–236 at Penn State. Her notoriety grew when it was revealed that she had for decades discriminated against homosexual players on the Penn State women's basketball team.
Portland first became head coach at Penn State in 1980, following two seasons at St. Joseph's and two seasons at Colorado. Portland was previously one of the star players at Immaculata College, one of the early powers in women's college basketball, where Portland helped lead the team to three national titles. Several of her teammates also went on to become prominent women's coaches, such as Theresa Grentz and Marianne Stanley.
Portland served 27 seasons as the Lady Lions head coach. She won over 600 games at Penn State, making her sixth in most wins in Division I women’s basketball. Although she had coached many Lady Lions teams to the NCAA tournament, she had been unable to win a national championship. Portland had a demonstrated commitment to charitable causes, most notably participating in the first annual “Think Pink” day to raise funds for breast cancer research. On March 22, 2007, Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics announced Portland's resignation, effective immediately. On April 23, 2007, the university announced Coquese Washington as her successor.
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