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Felisha Legette-Jack (born September 4, 1966)[1] is the current head coach of the Syracuse University's women basketball team. She previously served as the head coach at the University at Buffalo, Indiana University, and Hofstra University's women basketball teams.

Felisha Legette-Jack

Legette-Jack as Buffalo head coach in 2020
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Syracuse
Conference	ACC
Record	0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born	(1966-09-04) September 4, 1966 (age 56) Syracuse, New York
Playing career
1984–1989	Syracuse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1991	Westhill Senior HS
1991–1993	Boston College (asst.)
1993–2000	Syracuse (asst.)
2000–2002	Michigan State (asst.)
2002–2006	Hofstra
2006–2012	Indiana
2012–2022	Buffalo
2022–present	Syracuse
Head coaching record
Overall	342–277 (.553)
Tournaments	2–2 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
CAA Coach of the Year (2004)
Medal record Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach for  United States FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2005 Tunis Team Competition

Early life and education

Coming from a athletically gifted family, Legette-Jack first came to prominence at Nottingham Senior High School in the mid 1980s.[2] Her brother, Ronnie, had led the Bulldogs to a state championship earlier, but Felisha went one better, leading the Lady Bulldogs to two state titles before going on to star at Syracuse University. At Syracuse, Legette-Jack scored 1,526 points, grabbed 927 rebounds, and graduated as the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in program history.[3] As of 2021, she ranks fifth in scoring and third in rebounds. She was the 1985 Big East Rookie of the Year, and all-league player three times, and was the recipient of a LetterWinner of Distinction Award.[4] Syracuse retired Legette-Jack's basketball jersey (#33) in November 2021. She became the first women’s basketball player at Syracuse to have her number retired, and one of the first three female athletes to have their uniforms retired by the Orange.[5][6]

Coaching career

After graduating from Syracuse, Legette-Jack became an assistant coach for the Boston College Eagles women's basketball and then returned to Syracuse in similar role, working under Marianna Freeman from 1993 to 2000.[7]

From 2002 to 2006, she served as the head coach at Hofstra.[8]

Indiana University

In April 2006, Legette-Jack was hired at Indiana.[9] She was fired by IU Athletic Director Fred Glass on Monday, March 12, 2012.[10] She was hired by University at Buffalo Athletic Director Danny White on June 14, 2012, marking White's first coaching hire at UB.[11]

University at Buffalo

After being hired as the new women's basketball coach at Buffalo, Coach Legette-Jack made significant advances to the program. Under her leadership, Buffalo earned four trips to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2022. The 2016 tournament appearance was the first in program history.[12] The 2018 appearance culminated in Buffalo's first run to the Sweet Sixteen in program history.[13]

USA Basketball

Legette-Jack served as an assistant coach of the U19 team representing the US at the 2005 FIBA Americas U19 Championship for Women in Tunis, Tunisia. The USA team won all eight of their games, including the championship game against Serbia & Montenegro. Crystal Langhorne hit 77.5% of her field goal attempts, to lead the USA scorers with over 16 points per game. Candice Wiggins was close behind with almost 16 points per game. The USA team was dominant, winning every game by more than 20 points.[14]

Syracuse University

On March 26, 2022, Legette-Jack was officially announced as the head coach of Syracuse which marked a return to her alma mater.[8][13][15][16]

Head coaching record

Source:[1]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hofstra Pride (Colonial Athletic Association) (2002–2006)
2002–03	Hofstra	8–21	4–14	9th
2003–04	Hofstra	14–14	11–7	T–2nd
2004–05	Hofstra	13–16	7–11	7th
2005–06	Hofstra	19–12	12–6	4th	WNIT 2nd Round
Hofstra:		54–63 (.462)	34–38 (.472)
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (2006–2012)
2006–07	Indiana	19–14	6–10	T–8th	WNIT 3rd Round
2007–08	Indiana	18–15	10–8	T–5th	WNIT 2nd Round
2008–09	Indiana	21–11	11–7	T–5th	WNIT Quarterfinal
2009–10	Indiana	14–16	7–11	T–8th
2010–11	Indiana	9–20	3–13	10th
2011–12	Indiana	6–24	1–15	11th
Indiana:		87–100 (.465)	39–64 (.379)
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference) (2012–2022)
2012–13	Buffalo	12–20	8–8	4th (East)
2013–14	Buffalo	17–13	10–8	3rd (East)
2014–15	Buffalo	19–13	11–7	3rd (East)	WNIT 1st round
2015–16	Buffalo	20–14	8–10	3rd (East)	NCAA first round
2016–17	Buffalo	22–10	10–8	3rd (East)
2017–18	Buffalo	29–6	16–2	1st (East)	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2018–19	Buffalo	23–9	12–6	3rd (East)	NCAA second round
2019–20	Buffalo	19–12	9–9	3rd (East)	Post-season canceled due to COVID-19
2020–21	Buffalo	15–9	11–6	4th (East)
2021–22	Buffalo	25–8	16–4	2nd	NCAA first round
Buffalo:		201–114 (.638)	111–68 (.620)
Syracuse Orange (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23	Syracuse
Syracuse:		– (–)	– (–)
Total:		342–277 (.553)
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

External links

• Official Indiana Hoosiers bio
• Syracuse Hall of Fame page
• Legette Jack on 'Cuse Conversations Podcast in 2021

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