Debbie Ryan

Debbie Ryan (born November 4, 1952)[1] is a former women's basketball coach who coached at the University of Virginia. Ryan also coached the American women's basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000 but is currently in remission.[2] She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Ryan was also inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.[3]

For the actress and singer, see Debby Ryan.
Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan in 2014
Biographical details
Born (1952-11-04) November 4, 1952
Titusville, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1971–1975Ursinus
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–2011Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall739–324 (.695)
Bowls56
Tournaments69
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× NCAA Regional—Final Four (1990, 1991, 1992)
11× ACC regular season champion (1984, 1986–1988, 1991–1996, 2000)
3× ACC tournament champion (1990, 1992, 1993)
Awards
7× ACC Coach of the Year (1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000)
Naismith College Coach of the Year (1991)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Head coach for  United States
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2001 Beijing Team Competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2003 Santo Domingo Team Competition

The US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) awarded her the Coach of the Year award in 1991.[4] She was also named the Naismith College Coach of the Year.[5]

Ryan started as an assistant coach at Virginia under head coach Dan Bonner.[5] In 1977, Ryan, who had recently completed graduate school in Virginia, was asked to become the head coach of the women's basketball program. She accepted, to become only the third head coach in the program's history.[2] Ryan resigned after 34 years of head coaching duties at UVA at the completion the women's 2010–2011 basketball season.[6][7] After her resignation, Ryan was a volunteer assistant coach of Seattle Storm for the 2011 WNBA season, reuniting with her former player Jenny Boucek, who is an assistant coach there.[8] In 2014 Ryan was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her contributions to women's basketball and her actions as a cancer treatment advocate.[9]

US basketball

Ryan served as the head coach of the US representative to the 1999 World University Games (also known as the Universiade). The event was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The US team opened with a 134–37 win over South Africa. The second game was against Canada, which the US team lost in a close match 68–67. The US could not afford to lose another game if they wished to win a medal, and won the next game against Japan 106–66. They next faced undefeated Russia, and fell behind by twelve points at halftime, but came back and won 79–68. The US fell behind in their next game against undefeated China, but rallied and went on to win 89–78. They beat Brazil to advance to the semi-final, where they faced Lithuania. The game was not close, with the US winning 70–49. That set up a rematch with China, on their home court with 18,000 spectators. The USA only had a four-point lead at halftime, but did better in the second half, and won 87–69 to claim the gold medal.[10]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Virginia (ACC) (1977–2011)
1977–78 Virginia 8–171–56th
1978–79 Virginia 16–122–46th
1979–80 Virginia 20–123–56thWNIT Second Round
1980–81 Virginia 22–105–24thAIAW First Round
1981–82 Virginia 17–112–55th
1982–83 Virginia 15–134–96th
1983–84 Virginia 22–711–31stNCAA First Round
1984–85 Virginia 21–89–53rdNCAA First Round
1985–86 Virginia 26–313–11stNCAA First Round
1986–87 Virginia 26–512–21stNCAA Sweet 16
1987–88 Virginia 27–512–2T-1stNCAA Elite 8
1988–89 Virginia 21–108–64thNCAA Sweet 16
1989–90 Virginia 29–611–32ndNCAA Final Four
1990–91 Virginia 31–314–01stNCAA Finals
1991–92 Virginia 32–215–11stNCAA Final Four
1992–93 Virginia 26–613–31stNCAA Elite Eight
1993–94 Virginia 27–515–11stNCAA Sweet 16
1994–95 Virginia 27–516–01stNCAA Elite Eight
1995–96 Virginia 26–713–31stNCAA Elite Eight
1996–97 Virginia 23–812–42ndNCAA Sweet 16
1997–98 Virginia 19–109–75thNCAA Second Round
1998–99 Virginia 20–912–42ndNCAA First Round
1999–00 Virginia 25–913–31stNCAA Sweet 16
2000–01 Virginia 18–148–85thNCAA First Round
2001–02 Virginia 17–139–7T-3rdNCAA First Round
2002–03 Virginia 17–149–73rdNCAA Second Round
2003–04 Virginia 13–166–97th
2004–05 Virginia 21–118–65thNCAA Second Round
2005–06 Virginia 20–125–99thWNIT Quarterfinals
2006–07 Virginia 19–155–98thWNIT Quarterfinals
2007–08 Virginia 24–1010–4T-3rdNCAA Second Round
2008–09 Virginia 24–108–6T-5thNCAA Second Round
2009–10 Virginia 21–109–53rdNCAA First Round
2010–11 Virginia 19–165–78thWNIT Quarterfinals
Virginia: 739–324 (.694)160–92 (.635)
Total:739–324 (.694)

      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

See also

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.
  2. Friedman, Vickie (June 2011). "The End of Two Eras". Coaching Women's Basketball (Post-convention issue): 22.
  3. "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  4. "USBWA Women's Honors". USBWA. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  5. Leung, Brian; Holland, Terry (2016-09-15). 100 Things Virginia Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Triumph Books. ISBN 9781633196742.
  6. (2011-03-12) "Virginia coach Ryan to step down after 34 years", Associated Press. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  7. (2011-03-26 )"Debbie Ryan's career ends as Virginia's late run isn't enough to beat Charlotte", ESPN. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  8. "News Archive".
  9. "Virginia Women in History: Deborah A. "Debbie" Ryan". Library of Virginia. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  10. "Twentieth World University Games – 2001". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
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