James William Flanery II[2] (born February 8, 1965)[3] is the head women's basketball coach at Creighton University. In his first five years coaching at Creighton, the team made the WNIT three times, and the NCAA Tournament in 2012. In 2004, Creighton won the 2004 WNIT Championship. In his first season, he won 24 games, the most ever by a Creighton rookie head coach. Flanery previously served as an assistant at Creighton for 11 years. He also served as an assistant basketball coach at Loras College.[4]
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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Creighton |
Conference | Big East |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1965-02-08) February 8, 1965 (age 57) Guthrie Center, Iowa[1] |
Playing career | |
1985–1987 | Creighton |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1987–1990 | Creighton (asst.) |
1990–1992 | Loras |
1992–2002 | Creighton (asst.) |
2002–present | Creighton |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 378–252 (.600) |
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Creighton Bluejays (Missouri Valley Conference) (2002–present) | |||||||||
2002–03 | Creighton | 24–9 | 13–5 | T-1st | WNIT Round of 16 | ||||
2003–04 | Creighton | 24–9 | 14–4 | 2nd | WNIT Champions | ||||
2004–05 | Creighton | 19–10 | 13–5 | T-2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
2005–06 | Creighton | 8–21 | 5–13 | T-10th | |||||
2006–07 | Creighton | 13–19 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
2007–08 | Creighton | 21–12 | 12–6 | 2nd | WNIT Second Round | ||||
2008–09 | Creighton | 22–12 | 14–4 | 2nd | WNIT Second Round | ||||
2009–10 | Creighton | 18–13 | 12–6 | T-2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
2010–11 | Creighton | 21–11 | 13–5 | T-2nd | WNIT First Round | ||||
2011–12 | Creighton | 20–13 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA first round | ||||
2012–13 | Creighton | 25–8 | 15–3 | T-1st | NCAA second round | ||||
Creighton (MVC): | 215–137 (.611) | 130–68 (.657) | |||||||
Creighton Bluejays (Big East Conference) (2002–present) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Creighton | 20–14 | 12–6 | T-3rd | WNIT Second Round | ||||
2014–15 | Creighton | 17–14 | 10–8 | T-5th | WNIT First Round | ||||
2015–16 | Creighton | 17–18 | 8–10 | T-7th | WNIT First Round | ||||
2016–17 | Creighton | 24–8 | 16–2 | T-1st | NCAA second round | ||||
2017–18 | Creighton | 19–13 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA second round | ||||
2018–19 | Creighton | 15–16 | 8–10 | T-6th | |||||
2019–20 | Creighton | 19–11 | 11–7 | T-3rd | |||||
2020–21 | Creighton | 10–12 | 6–7 | 6th | |||||
2021–22 | Creighton | 23–10 | 15–5 | 3rd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
Creighton (Big East): | 164–116 (.586) | 95–62 (.605) | |||||||
Total: | 379–251 (.602) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Creighton Bluejays women's basketball head coaches | |
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Current women's basketball head coaches of the Big East Conference | |
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