Suzie McConnell-Serio
Suzie McConnell-Serio (born July 29, 1966) is an American women's basketball coach and former player. She is currently the head coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2004, she was named WNBA Coach of the Year as coach of the Minnesota Lynx.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, McConnell-Serio attended Seton-La Salle Catholic High School, leading the Lady Rebels to the PIAA State Championship in 1984. McConnell-Serio played college basketball at Penn State. In four seasons at PSU (1984-85 through 1987-88), she helped the Nittany Lions to a 95-33 record and four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. In the process, she was named the school's first First-Team All-American while setting NCAA Division I records for career assists (1,307), assists in a season (355 in 1987) and season assist average (11.8 in 1987). Her assist total and assist per game average led the nation in both 1986 & 1987. She also set the record for most career points by anyone with 1000+ assists at 1,897 points. In 2011, Courtney Vandersloot of Gonzaga University passed McConnell-Serio in number of assists in a single season with 367 in 2011, and number of career points with 1000+ assists with 2,073 points. McConnell still holds the title for most assists as Vandersloot had 1,118 career assists and Andrea Nagy of Florida International is still second in number of career assists at 1,291. She graduated from Penn State in 1988. McConnell-Serio won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award in 1988. At the time, this award was given to the best women's basketball player in the country no taller than 5'6" (1.68 m); today, the height limit is 5'8" (1.73 m).
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