Alisa Kresge

Alisa Kresge

Kresge in 2024
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Vermont
Conference	America East
Record	97–68 (.588)
Biographical details
Born	(1985-04-01) April 1, 1985 (age 39) Holmdel, New Jersey
Playing career
2003–2007	Marist
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2009–2016	Marist (assistant)
2016–2018	Vermont (assistant)
2018–present	Vermont
Head coaching record
Overall	97–68 (.588)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
America East regular season (2023) America East tournament (2023)
Awards
America East Coach of the Year (2023)

Alisa Kresge (born April 1, 1985) is a former American women's basketball player and current coach. She is the head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team.[1]

Playing career

Kresge played at Marist where she was part of four MAAC regular-season title teams, and three MAAC tournament championship teams. With the Red Foxes, Kresge made three NCAA tournament appearances as a player, culminating in a Sweet 16 appearance in 2007.[2] She graduated as the school's all-time leader in assists with 596, and second all-time in steals with 222.[1]

Marist statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Marist	31	59	32.1	31.3	40.0	3.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9
2004–05	Marist	29	92	32.6	40.6	44.2	4.7	5.6	1.8	0.1	3.2
2005–06	Marist	30	87	24.5	24.0	54.7	4.0	5.8	1.7	0.3	2.9
2006–07	Marist	35	111	28.2	25.5	54.5	3.6	5.4	2.1	0.1	3.2
Career		125	349	28.9	28.9	49.1	4.0	4.8	1.8	0.2	2.8

Source:[3]

Coaching career

Marist

In 2009, Kresge joined the coaching staff of her alma mater under Brian Giorgis.[4] The Red Foxes would reach the postseason six of the eight years she was on staff with five NCAA tournament appearances and a WNIT appearance.

Vermont

Kresge joined the coaching staff at Vermont in 2016, serving as associate head coach under Chris Day.[1] After Day resigned his position amid an investigation into his verbal conduct and subsequently took an assistant coaching position at La Salle, Kresge was given the title of interim head coach for the 2018–19 season.[5]

During her interim coaching season, Kresge guided the Catamounts to its best record in nearly a decade going 11–18 overall for the most wins since the 2009–10 season.[6] On April 9, 2019 the interim tag was officially lifted and Kresge was named the ninth head coach in Vermont women's basketball history.[7] During the 2021–22 season, Kresge led the Catamounts to the first 20-win season since the 2009–10 season, finishing with a 20–11 overall record and an appearance in the semifinals of the 2022 America East tournament.[8] The following season, the Catamounts claimed the America East regular-season title for the first time in 21 years, and the America East tournament title for the first time since 2010, earning an appearance in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[9][10] Vermont faced second-seeded UConn, falling 95–52.[11]

The 2023–24 season saw Kresge guide Vermont to a 25–12 overall record, earning the team a berth in the 2024 WNIT, where it won three games en route to the Fab 4, falling to Saint Louis at Patrick Gym 57–54.[12]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Vermont Catamounts (America East) (2018–present)
2018–19	Vermont	11–18	7–9	6th
2019–20	Vermont	12–18	6–10	7th
2020–21	Vermont	4–2*	4–2	9th
2021–22	Vermont	20–11	13–5	4th
2022–23	Vermont	25–7	14–2	T–1st	NCAA Division I first round
2023–24	Vermont	25–12	12–4	3rd	WNIT Fab 4
Vermont:		97–68 (.588)	56–32 (.636)
Total:		97–68 (.588)
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

• Vermont discontinued its season due to COVID-19 on January 24, 2021.[13]

References

1. "Alisa Kresge - Women's Basketball Coach". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
2. "Alisa Kresge - Women's Basketball". Marist College Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
4. "Alisa Kresge - Women's Basketball Coach". Marist College Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
5. "Vermont women's basketball coach resigns amid investigation". USA Today. AP. April 27, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
6. Abrami, Alex (April 9, 2019). "Interim no more: UVM, women's basketball coach Alisa Kresge agree to 4-year deal". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
7. Hall, Nich (April 9, 2019). "Alisa Kresge Named Head Coach of Women's Basketball". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
8. Abrami, Alex (March 5, 2022). "UVM women's basketball roars to first America East tournament win since 2013". The Burlington Free Press. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
9. Abrami, Alex (February 25, 2023). "UVM women's basketball ends 21-year drought with America East championship". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
10. Rousseau, Jacob (March 10, 2023). "UVM women's basketball seals first America East championship since 2010". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
11. Eaton-Robb, Pat (March 19, 2023). "UConn opens March Madness run with 95-52 rout of Vermont". AP News. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
12. Abrami, Alex (April 3, 2024). "'Epitome of Vermont women's basketball': Utterback closes career following WNIT Fab 4 loss". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
13. Hall, Nich (January 24, 2021). "Women's Basketball to Discontinue Remainder of 2020-21 Season". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

External links

• Official biography – Vermont Catamounts