Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Lamar |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 47–45(.511) |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Hershey, Pennsylvania |
October 20, 1961
Alma mater | University of Miami |
Playing career | |
1980-1984 | Miami |
1984-1985 | Avon Cosmetics of Northampton, England |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1985-1987 | Miami (FL) (asst.) |
1987-1988 | Fairleigh Dickinson (asst.) |
1988-1993 | Miami (FL) (asst.) |
1993-2005 | Miami (FL) (assoc. HC) |
2005-2013 | St. Thomas (FL) |
2013-Present | Lamar |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
Division I (NCAA) 47–45(.511) NAIA 131–48(.732) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Sun Conference Championship (2009, 2011, 2013) Sun Conference Tournament Championship (2010) Southland Conference Regular Season Co-Championship (2014) |
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Awards | |
Sun Conference Coach of the Year (2009, 2013) University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame (1997) Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Legend (2013) |
Robin Harmony (born October 20, 1961) is an American college basketball coach. She currently serves as head coach of Lamar University women's basketball team. From 2005 to 2013, she served as head coach at St. Thomas University. Prior to that, she served as assistant coach (six years) and associate head coach (twelve years) at Miami Hurricanes. She split her stay at the University of Miami by serving as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University for one season prior to her return to the Hurricanes.
Harmony was a three-year letter winner at Hershey High School located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. At the University of Miami, she earned a letter all four years playing for the Miami Hurricanes. At Miami, Harmony recorded total of 1,308 points, 750 rebounds, 415 assists and 314 steals in four seasons. As of April, 2013, she still held the Miami single-game record for assists with 14 and was 10th on Miami’s all-time scoring chart and fifth in rebounding. After graduation, she continued playing basketball for the Avon Cosmetics women's team in Northampton, England. She was named Most Valuable Player for the team in her one season there. Harmony also had coaching duties with the team.
Harmony received several honors as a player. Inducted in the Class of 1997, she was the first women's basketball player to be inducted into the University of Miami's Sports Hall of Fame. In 2013, Harmony was named an Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Legend.
Harmony spent 18 years on the staff of the University of Miami. She served as Assistant Coach for six years and Associate Head Coach for twelve years. While Coach Harmony was at Miami, the Hurricanes won three Big East regular season championships and two Big East conference tournament championships. The Hurricanes also participated in post season play seven time advancing to the sweet 16 one time.
Harmony became the first women's basketball coach of NAIA St. Thomas University in 2005. While at St. Thomas, her teams compiled an overall record of 131-48, won three regular season championships, and one Sun Conference tournament championship. Her teams participated in the NAIA National Tournament three times.