Holly Warlick

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Holly Warlick
Holly Warlick Tennessee.JPG
Warlick in 2012
Sport(s) Women's college basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Tennessee
Biographical details
Born (1958-06-11) June 11, 1958 (age 65)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Playing career
1976–1980 Tennessee
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1983 Virginia Tech (Asst.)
1983–1985 Nebraska (Asst.)
1985–2012 Tennessee (Asst.)
2012–present Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall 108–34 (.761)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2007)
Maggie Dixon Award (2013)
Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Representing  United States
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Taipei Team competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan Team competition
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979 Seoul Team competition

Holly Warlick (born June 11, 1958)[1] is the head women's college basketball coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols. She replaced head coach Pat Summitt prior to the 2012–2013 season.[2]

Playing history

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Warlick played for Tennessee under Pat Summitt where she was a three-time All-American point guard and set several school records, one of which still stands (single-season steals record of 141 set in 1978–79). Warlick has the distinction of being the first player in Tennessee sports history to have her jersey retired at the end of her playing career. She was also named to the 1980 US Olympic Basketball Team.[3] Warlick played professionally in the Women's Professional Basketball League for the Nebraska Wranglers. She was named a WPBL All-Star in 1981 when the Wranglers captured a championship, and she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.[4]

USA Basketball

Warlick was named to the team representing the USA at the 1979 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all six games en route to the gold medal.[5]

Warlick traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico to take part in the 1979 Pan American Games. The USA team won their first five games to advance to the gold medal game, but faced Cuba in the final, and lost 91–86 to take the silver medal. Warlick recorded seven assist for the team.[6]

The National team representing the USA had not won a World Championship since 1957. In 1979, the World Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea. Warlick was one of the twelve players on the squad. In the opening game against host South Korea, the USA team was upset. The USA team then faced Italy, and had a close call, winning but just two points 66–64. In the final game, the USA faced Canada, who had not lost. With the USA 4–1 record, the USA did not simply need to win, but need to win by more than 13 points to secure the gold. The USA ended up winning the game by 16 points, thus securing the gold with only three points to spare. Warlick averaged 1.0 point per game.[7]

Warlick was selected to be a member of the team representing the USA at the 1980 Olympics, but the team did not go, due to the 1980 Olympic boycott. The team did go 6–1 in Olympic Qualifying games, with Warlick scoring 1.3 points per game, along with eleven assist, second most on the team.[8]

Coaching history

A Knoxville native and graduate of Bearden High School, Holly Warlick has been coaching at Tennessee for over 30 years.[3] She joined Tennessee as assistant basketball coach in 1985. She officially became head coach for the 2012–2013 season although Summitt admitted that Warlick had been "doing the bulk of it" since Summitt's diagnosis of Alzheimer's in August 2011.[9] Warlick led the Lady Vols to the SEC 2012–13 regular season title. On March 9, 2014, Warlick coached the Lady Vols to their 17th SEC Tournament Championship by defeating Kentucky 71–70.[10]

Holly Warlick's coaching debut was an 80–71 loss to the Chattanooga Lady Mocs in Chattanooga on 11/9/2012. In her first year as head coach, the team had a record of 27 wins and 8 losses. The WBCA recognized this performance by selecting her for the Maggie Dixon Award, which is awarded to the coach with the best performance in their rookie year as a head coach.[11][12]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Tennessee (Southeastern Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 Tennessee 27–8 14–2 1st NCAA Elite Eight
2013–14 Tennessee 29–6 13–3 T–2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014–15 Tennessee 30–6 15–1 T–1st NCAA Elite Eight
2015–16 Tennessee 22–14 8–8 T–7th NCAA Elite Eight
Tennessee: 108–34 (.761) 50–14 (.781)
Total: 108–34 (.761)

      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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