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| Marquette Golden Eagles | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 4, 1979 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Listed weight | 146 lb (66 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Linganore (Frederick, Maryland) |
| College | Iowa (1997–2001) |
| WNBA draft | 2001: 4th round, 54th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Utah Starzz |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 21 |
| Coaching career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 2001 | Utah Starzz |
| As a coach: | |
| 2001–2004 | Penn State (DBO) |
| 2004–2011 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 2011–2024 | Charlotte |
| 2024–present | Marquette |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
As player:
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Cara Ashley Consuegra (born March 4, 1979)[1] is an American women's basketball coach, currently the head coach at Marquette.[2] Previously, she had been the head coach with the Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team,[3] and before that she spent 7 seasons as an assistant coach at Marquette. Her current head coaching record is 224–164.
Consuegra played at Iowa from 1997–2001, where she was the first Hawkeyes player to score more than 1,000 points and 500 assists.[2] She then played one year for the Utah Starzz in the WNBA.[2]
College playing career
[edit]| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Iowa | 24 | 97 | 35.6% | 23.1% | 62.9% | 2.1 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| 1998–99 | Iowa | 27 | 309 | 45.7% | 32.1% | 68.2% | 2.6 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 11.4 |
| 1999–2000 | Iowa | 27 | 394 | 38.8% | 21.3% | 81.9% | 3.7 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 14.6 |
| 2000–01 | Iowa | 31 | 347 | 40.2% | 26.5% | 75.0% | 2.9 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 11.2 |
| Career | 109 | 1147 | 40.7% | 25.5% | 75.1% | 2.9 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 10.5 | |
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte 49ers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2011–2013) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Charlotte | 16–14 | 8–6 | 6th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Charlotte | 26–6 | 13–1 | 2nd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| Charlotte (Atlantic 10): | 42–20 (.677) | 21–7 (.750) | |||||||
| Charlotte 49ers (Conference USA) (2013–2023) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Charlotte | 15–16 | 9–7 | T-6th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Charlotte | 15–17 | 10–8 | T-7th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Charlotte | 19–12 | 12–6 | 4th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Charlotte | 21–10 | 12–6 | T–4th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Charlotte | 14–16 | 10–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2018–19 | Charlotte | 18–13 | 9–7 | T–7th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Charlotte | 21–9 | 11–7 | 6th | Postseason Cancelled | ||||
| 2020–21 | Charlotte | 10–12 | 9–5 | 2nd (East) | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Charlotte | 22–10 | 15–3 | 1st (East) | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Charlotte | 12–19 | 7–13 | T–8th | |||||
| Charlotte (C–USA): | 167–134 (.555) | 104–68 (.605) | |||||||
| Charlotte 49ers (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Charlotte | 16–15 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| Charlotte (American): | 16–15 (.516) | 9–9 (.500) | |||||||
| Charlotte (Overall): | 225–169 (.571) | 134–84 (.615) | |||||||
| Marquette Golden Eagles (Big East Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Marquette | 21–11 | 12–6 | 4th | WBIT Second Round | ||||
| Marquette: | 21–11 (.656) | 12–6 (.667) | |||||||
| Total: | 246–180 (.577) | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c Steele, Ben (April 17, 2024). "Marquette hires Charlotte's Cara Consuegra as next women's basketball coach". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Cara Consuegra Bio - Charlotte 49ers". Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ "FINAL 1998 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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