Elaine Elliott Receives Coach of the Year Honors

March 20, 2000

Salt Lake City - Utah women's basketball head coach Elaine Elliott received IKON/WBCA Division I District 7 Coach of the Year honors on Tues., Mar. 14. The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced eight IKON/WBCA Division I District Coaches of the Year, each of whom was selected by a vote of WBCA-member head coaches from each WBCA geographical District. The IKON/WBCA District Coaches of the Year are finalists for the 2000 IKON/WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year Award. They are:

District 1  Geno Auriemma   ConnecticutDistrict 2  Debbie Ryan VirginiaDistrict 3  Andy Landers    GeorgiaDistrict 4  Bob Lindsay Kent StateDistrict 5  Sherri Coale    OklahomaDistrict 6  Rene Portland   Penn StateDistrict 7  Elaine Elliott UtahDistrict 8  Mark French California at Santa Barbara

The following is a list of coaching accolades Elliott has achieved as the head coach at Utah . Honors: * 1999-2000 IKON/WBCA Division I District 7 Coach of the Year * 1999-2000 MWC Coach of the Year * 1998-99 WAC Pacific Division Coach of the Year * 1997-98 WBCA District VII Coach of the Year * 1997-98 WAC Mountain Division Co-Coach of the Year * 1996-97 WAC Mountain Division Coach of the Year * Two-time Region Coach of the Year * Two-time High Country Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

Coaching Record: * Utah's all-time winningest coach with a 346-148 record and a .700 winning percentage in 17 seasons. * The dean of the MWC Coaches, Elliott has the most career wins (346) of any coach in the league. * Has led Utah to twelve 20-win seasons and three 19-win seasons, averaging 20 wins per season. * Has led Utah to nine NCAA Tournament appearances. * Regular-season Conference champions four times, 1996 and WAC division titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 inaugural MWC title. * Conference Tournament Champions three times in 1991, 1995, and the inaugural MWC Tournament Championship in 2000. * First-ever Utah women's basketball team to capture both a conference title and tournament championship in the same season, 1999-2000.

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