Defined by however you want-number of P5 coaches, # of overall head coaches, # of HC and assistant coaches, won-loss records...Feel free to add numbers to your replies as I am curious how the BYers assess this question.
Very late arrival to this thread. Just missed it. Was maybe paying (too much) attention to the WNBA draft being held the next day or whatever, but missed it. While Summit, through her longevity and success, has a lot of folks who have populated positions throughout the NCAA, I want to point out that Muffet McGraw has a lot of players and/or former assistant coaches that have gone into coaching. Here's a Baker's Dozen of coaches with ND background:
Players and/or Coaches Who Have Gone On to Head Coaching Positions
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Coquese Washington, Point Guard for Fighting Irish under MM, also assitant at ND.
-- Former HC at Penn State (209-169)
-- Currently associate head coach at Oklahoma.
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Kevin McGuff. Was an assistant on the 2011 ND Championship Team. Head-coaching gigs include:
-- Xavier, Ohio (214-73)
-- Washington (41-26)
-- Ohio State (155-77)
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Jonathan Tsipis, Was assistant coach/chief recruiter during Skylar Diggins/Kayla McBride years)
-- George Washington (92-38)
-- Wisconsin (45-80)
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Megan Duffy, point guard for Fighting Irish.
-- Miami, Ohio (44-20)
-- Marquette (24-8)
-- Assistant coach at St. John's, George Washington, Michigan
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Beth Morgan Cunningham
-- Currently Associate Head Coach/Oversees Recruiting for Notre Dame
-- Head Coach at VCU for nine seasons (167-115). Was also asst. coach there for two years.
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Carol Owens
-- Two stints as Post Coach at Notre Dame. During first, she worked with Ruth Riley during first ND National championship.
-- Head Coach at Alma Mater, Northern Illinois from 2005-2010 (overall .449 winning %)
-- Returned to ND to coach posts/frontcourt players, including Dev Peters, Natalie Achonwa, Bri Turner and Jess Shepard. Currently Associate Head Coach.
Players and/or Coaches Who Have Gone On to Assistant Coaching Positions
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Niele Ivey, point guard on ND National Championship Team in 2001
-- Assistant Coach at Xavier under Kevin McGuff
-- Long-time Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator (most notable recruit: Skylar Diggins) and Associate Head Coach at Notre Dame.
-- Currently in first year (abbreviated) of being assistant coach for NBA Memphis Grizzlies
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Melissa D'Amico, center for Notre Dame
-- Currently Assistant Coach at Wake Forest University
-- Prior to that, was Post Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Yale
-- Served same function prior to that at Colgate.
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Charel Allen, guard and two-year captain while playing at ND under MM.
-- Just finished fourth year as assistant at Cal State Fullerton, where she helps with the recruiting along with coaching the wings for the Titans.
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Ashley Barlow, guard for Notre Dame who graduated in 2010.
-- Currently assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Wright State University.
-- Was also an assistant coach for Evansville University.
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Ariel Braker, center for Notre Dame, who was a member of the winningest class in ND history, finishing with a record of 138-15 (along with K. McBride and N. Achonwa).
-- Just finished first season as assitant at Oakland, Mich., near hometown of Grosse Point Woods.
-- Spent two prior years at Lehigh University, where MM had her only other HC experience.
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Markesa Wright, center for Notre Dame under MM, who graduated in 2015.
-- Has coached at Drake for last four years. She's a native of Des Moines.
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Michaela Mabrey, guard for Notre Dame; a.k.a. on Boneyard as "Mabrey1."
-- Currently assistant coach at her alma mater, Notre Dame, coaching the point guards.
-- Prior to that, had one-year stints as recruiting coordinator at LSU and assistant coach at Miami, Ohio, under fellow ND alum, Megan Duffy.
