Maura McHugh

This article is about the Basketball coach. For the writer, see Maura McHugh (writer).
Maura McHugh
Biographical details
Born (1953-06-20) June 20, 1953 (age 71)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Playing career
1971–1975[1]Old Dominion
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–80Penn State (assistant)
1980–87Oklahoma
1987–93Arizona State
1997–98Long Beach Stingrays (ABL)
1999–2001Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA) (Asst. Coach)
2001–03Sacramento Monarchs
2004–07Stony Brook
Head coaching record
Overall267–200 (college)
35–35 (WNBA)
Tournaments1–2 (NCAA)
3–2 (WNBA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Eight regular season (1986)

Maura McHugh (born June 20, 1953) is a former basketball coach who has coached at the college level, in the WNBA and ABL. She was a four-year starter at Old Dominion University in the early 1970s. She was one of the first women's basketball players in the nation to receive a scholarship. She began as a graduate assistant coach at Penn State University before being promoted to assistant coach for two seasons. Her first head coaching position was at the University of Oklahoma where she coached for seven seasons. She followed up her time at Oklahoma with six years at Arizona State University. She also coached the now defunct Long Beach Stingrays of the ABL for one year in 1997–98[2] and followed that up with a stint as both assistant coach and head coach for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. Most recently, she served as head coach of the women's basketball program at Stony Brook University from 2003 to 2007.[3][4]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oklahoma Sooners (Independent) (1980–1982)
1980–81 Oklahoma 21–11
1981–82 Oklahoma 17–14
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1982–1987)
1982–83 Oklahoma 17–11 7–7 4th
1983–84 Oklahoma 22–10 8–6 3rd NWIT Sixth Place
1984–85 Oklahoma 23–7 10–4 2nd
1985–86 Oklahoma 24–7 10–4 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1986–87 Oklahoma 18–10 6–8 T–5th
Oklahoma: 142–70 (.670) 41–29 (.586)
Arizona State Sun Devils (Pac 10 Conference) (1987–1993)
1987–88 Arizona State 11–17 5–13 T–8th
1988–89 Arizona State 9–19 3–15 10th
1989–90 Arizona State 13–15 5–13 T–8th
1990–91 Arizona State 14–14 5–13 9th
1991–92 Arizona State 20–9 11–7 5th NCAA First Round
1992–93 Arizona State 17–10 10–8 T–4th
Arizona State: 79–89 (.470) 39–69 (.361)
Stony Brook Seawolves (America East Conference) (2003–2007)
2003–04 Stony Brook 8–20 6–12 9th
2005–06 Stony Brook 20–10 12–4 2nd
2006–07 Stony Brook 18–11 14–2 2nd
Stony Brook: 46–41 (.529) 32–18 (.640)
Total: 267–200 (.572)

      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

WNBA

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Sacramento 2001 20 14 6 .700 2nd in Western 5 3 2 .600 Lost Conference Finals
Sacramento 2002 32 14 18 .438 6th in Western – – – Missed playoffs
Sacramento 2003 18 7 11 .389 – – – Fired mid-season
Career 70 35 35 .500   5 3 2 .600  

References

  1. ^ "2021–22 Old Dominion Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). ODUSports.com. Old Dominion University. 2021. p. 80. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Gustkey, Earl (1998-03-11). "'ray of Hope". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "Maura McHugh". Stony Brook University Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  4. ^ "Maura McHugh Steps Down as Head Women's Basketball Coach; Assistant Coach Michele Cherry Named Successor". Stony Brook University Official Athletic Site. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
Preceded by Sacramento Monarchs Head Coach
2001–2003 		Succeeded by