Tricia Cullop (born April 24, 1971)[1] is the current head coach of the University of Toledo women's basketball team.[2] She has led Toledo to three MAC regular-season and one MAC tournament championship. She was the 2022 Carol Eckman Award winner for coaching integrity in women's college basketball.[3]
Tricia Cullop as head coach for the Toledo Rockets in 2020. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Toledo |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 296–158 (.652) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1971-04-24) April 24, 1971 (age 51) Bicknell, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | Purdue |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993-1994 | Radford (asst.) |
| 1994–1996 | Long Beach State (asst.) |
| 1996–2000 | Xavier (asst.) |
| 2000–2008 | Evansville |
| 2008–present | Toledo |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 419–268 (.610) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Carol Eckman Award (2022) | |
Cullup played basketball at Purdue under head coach Lin Dunn. She was three-time Academic All-Big Ten. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University in 1993.[2]
Early in her career she served as an assistant at Radford, Long Beach State, and Xavier.[2]
In 2000 she took over as the head coach at Evansville where she stayed for eight seasons with a 73–48 record. In he final season in 2007–08 the Purple Aces won the Missouri Valley Conference and advanced to the second round of the WNIT. She was 2008 MVC coach of the year.[2]
On April 18, 2008, she was named head coach at Toledo.[4] Her teams have won three MAC chamionships in 2011, 2013, and 2022.[2][5] Her 2016–17 team won the MAC tournament.[6] They qualified for the NCAA tournament where they lost to Creighton in the first round.[7] Her teams have played in the WNIT eight times including taking home the championship in the 2011 Tournament.[8] She was name MAC coach of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2022.[2][9]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference) (2000–2008) | |||||||||
| 2000–01 | Evansville | 13–15 | 8–10 | T-5th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Evansville | 15–15 | 9–9 | T-4th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Evansville | 11–16 | 5–13 | T-8th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Evansville | 11–16 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Evansville | 17–11 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Evansville | 16–13 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Evansville | 19–12 | 11–7 | T-4th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Evansville | 21–12 | 13–5 | T-1st | WNIT second round | ||||
| Evansville: | 123–110 (.528) | 73–71 (.507) | |||||||
| Toledo (Mid-American Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Toledo | 18–13 | 11–5 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Toledo | 25–9 | 12–4 | 1st (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Toledo | 29–8 | 14–2 | 1st (West) | WNIT Champions | ||||
| 2011–12 | Toledo | 24–10 | 13–3 | T-1st (West) | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Toledo | 29–4 | 15–1 | 1st (West) | WNIT third round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Toledo | 16–16 | 9–9 | T-2nd (West) | |||||
| 2014–15 | Toledo | 19–14 | 10–8 | 4th (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Toledo | 17–13 | 12–6 | T-3rd (West) | |||||
| 2016–17 | Toledo | 25–9 | 12–6 | T-3rd (West) | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Toledo | 18–15 | 8–10 | 4th (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Toledo | 21–12 | 11–7 | 2nd (West) | WNIT second round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Toledo | 14–17 | 7–11 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Toledo | 12–12 | 8–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Toledo | 29–6 | 19–1 | 1st | WNIT Fourth Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Toledo | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Toledo: | 296–158 (.652) | 161–85 (.654) | |||||||
| Total: | 419–268 (.610) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Current women's basketball head coaches of the Mid-American Conference | |
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Carol Eckman Award winners | |
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