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Heather Oesterle is the current head coach of Central Michigan women's basketball team.[1] Oesterle was named CMU's head women's basketball coach in July, 2019, succeeding her long-time mentor Sue Guevara. Oesterle served for nine seasons on Guevara's staff at CMU, helping lead the program to unprecedented heights including three Mid-American Conference championships, two MAC Tournament titles, and five MAC West Division crowns. She earned her bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Michigan in 2002 and her master's degree in sports studies from Miami in 2008.

Heather Oesterle

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Central Michigan
Conference	MAC
Record	44–39 (.530)
Biographical details
Born	(1979-10-12) October 12, 1979 (age 43) Mason, Michigan
Playing career
1998–2002	Michigan
Position(s)	Forward/Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2003	Stanford (asst.)
2003–2008	Miami (OH) (asst.)
2008–2010	Northern Illinois (asst.)
2010–2012	Central Michigan (asst.)
2012–2019	Central Michigan (AHC)
2019–present	Central Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	44–39 (.530)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC regular season (2020) MAC West Division (2020)

Playing career

She played four years under head coach Sue Guevara at Michigan from 1998 to 2002.[2]

Michigan statistics

Source[3]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998–99	Michigan	21	80	33.3%	14.3%	79.2%	2.2	0.7	0.9	0.1	3.8
1999-00	Michigan	27	111	42.1%	41.4%	86.4%	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	4.1
2000–01	Michigan	27	188	38.1%	34.0%	70.4%	4.8	2.6	1.3	0.4	7.0
2001–02	Michigan	27	103	31.9%	22.6%	76.0%	4.0	2.2	1.2	0.2	3.8
Career		102	482	36.5%	28.7%	76.0%	3.4	1.8	1.0	0.3	4.7

Coaching career

Early in her coaching career she was an assistant at Stanford before coming to the MAC as assistant at Miami (OH) and Northern Illinois. She joined Guevara's staff at Central Michigan in 2012 where she remained until Guevara's retirement.[2]

Central Michigan

On July 12, 2019, Oesterle was announced as the new head coach of the Central Michigan women's basketball program.[2] In her first season the Chippewas won the regular season championship with a 15–1 MAC record.[4] They were upset in the MAC tournament prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and their hopes in the postseason were dashed by the cancellation of the NCAA tournament[5][6][7] In 2021 her team won the MAC tournament with a 77–72 win over Bowling Green.[8][9] They lost to Iowa in the first round of the NCAA tournament.[10]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Michigan Chippewas (Mid-American Conference) (2019–Present)
2019–20[11]	Central Michigan	22–5	15–1	1st (West)	Postseason cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21[12]	Central Michigan	18–9	13–6	2nd	NCAA first round
2021–22[13]	Central Michigan	4–25	2–18	12th
2022–23	Central Michigan	0–0	0–0
Central Michigan:		44–39 (.530)	30–25 (.545)
Total:		44–39 (.530)
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

• Central Michigan Chippewas coaching bio

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