Chrissy Roberts

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Chrissy Roberts
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head women's coach
Team Eastern Kentucky
Conference OVC
Biographical details
Born (1975-12-25) December 25, 1975 (age 48)
Eminence, Kentucky
Playing career
1993–1995 Kentucky
1996–1998 Eastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999 Eastern Kenticky (GA)
1999–2000 Tennessee Tech (asst.)
2000–2002 Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
2002–2008 East Carolina (asst.)
2008–present Eastern Kentucky

Chrissie Roberts (born December 25, 1975)[1] is an American college basketball coach and the current head women's coach at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky. The EKU Colonels are members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and compete in the NCAA's Division I.[2]

Biography

A native of Eminence, Kentucky, Roberts won first team All State honors and was an All American selection at Eminence High School, and she was picked to play in the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star game. After attending Kentucky for two years, she transferred to EKU. In her two seasons at Eastern, Roberts led the Lady Colonels to two OVC regular season titles, a conference tournament championship, and appearances in the NCAA and WNIT tournaments. During her junior season (1996–97), she nead the nation in three point shooting, winning both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Edward S. Steitz Award and the AT&T Long Distance Award. Her shoes, jersey and practice gear were enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was named an OVC First Team All-Conference member in both seasons and, in the 1997-98 season, was named OVC Player of the Year and was an Honorable Mention selection on the Kodak All-American Team. She still holds the EKU records for most three point field goals in a season (85 in 1996-97) and highest career three point shooting percentage (47.6%). She was named a member of the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.[3][4] Roberts earned her bachelor's degree in sports supervision in 1998 and her master's degree in sports administration in 1999, both from EKU.[5]

Coaching career

After graduating from Eastern Kentucky, Roberts remained there as a graduate assistant coach while earning her master's degree. She then spent one year as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech before returning to EKU for two more years as an assistant coach. In 2002, Roberts began a six-year stint as an assistant for the East Carolina Pirates. On June 3, 2008, Roberts was named as the eighth coach in the history of Eastern Kentucky women's baqsketball program and returned to her alma mater.[6]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Eastern Kentucky University (Ohio Valley Conference) (2008–Present)
2008–09 Eastern Kentucky 7-20 4-14 t-8th
2009–10 Eastern Kentucky 12-17 8-10 t-4th
2010–11 Eastern Kentucky 6-21 3-15 10th
2011–12 Eastern Kentucky 13-16 7-9 t-6th
2012–13 Eastern Kentucky 18-12 11-5 t-2nd East 0-1 (WBI)
2013–14 Eastern Kentucky 17-13 9-7 t-2nd East
2014–15 Eastern Kentucky 9–17 4–12 9th
Eastern Kentucky: 82–116 46–72
Total: 82–116

      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

References

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  2. ↑ Eastern Kentucky University Athletics.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ EKU - Women's Basketball - All-Time Roster.
  5. ↑ Eastern Kentucky University Athletics - 2011-12 Basketball (W) Coaching Staff.
  6. ↑ "Chrissy Roberts Named EKU Head Coach". East Carolina Official Athletic Site.
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