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Charli Turner Thorne Sport(s) Women's college basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Arizona State University Playing career 1984–1988 Stanford Position(s) Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1996–current Arizona State University Head coaching record Overall 291-194 (60.00%) Accomplishments and honors Championships Pac-10 Championship 2001
Pac-10 Tournament Championship 2002Awards Pac-10 Coach of the Year 2001 Medal record FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women Gold 2007 Russia Team Competition World University Games Gold 2009 Serbia Team Competition Charli Turner Thorne is the Arizona State Sun Devils head women's basketball coach. She is the winningest Sun Devil coach since the team was established (251-154) and, in 2009, stood as No. 4 in the Pac-10 in terms of most career wins.[1]
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Biography
Turner Thorne studied psychology at Stanford University where she played basketball under Tara VanDerveer. She graduated in 1988 with a bachelor's degree and later studied for a master's degree in education at the University of Washington, graduating in 1990. She is married to Will Thorne and they have three children.[2]
Coaching career
Turner Thorne began her coaching career at Northern Arizona University, winning consecutive seasons in 1994-95 and 1995–96, the first time the school had accomplished this. She then transferred to the Arizona State University Sun Devils team for the start of the 1996 season, where she has led the Arizona State women's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament seven times. This achievement is four more than in the 15 years prior to her arrival as coach.
In the 2004-05 season, the Sun Devils under Turner Thorne gained a 24-10 overall record and its first NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in 22 years. The team also gained a record of 25-9, which met the single-season school record for most wins at that time. ASU shared the Pac-10 title in 2001 and the inaugural Pac-10 Tournament title in 2002, the first league championships the school had achieved.
In the 2006-07 season, the Sun Devils achieved 31 wins, including a school record 16 Pac-10 wins, which brought them to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time. At the end of the 2006-07 season, the Sun Devils ranked No. 8 in the final USA Today/ESPN coaches poll and No. 10 in the final Associated Press poll, the highest final rankings in each poll the school had achieved. In the summer of 2007 Turner Thorne served as an assistant coach on USA Basketball's U-21 World Championship Team which won the gold medal at the U-21 FIBA World Championship in Moscow, Russia.[3]
In 2009 the Sun Devils rejoined the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons under Turner Thorne's leadership. Having achieved 26 wins in the 2008-09 season, Turner Thorne became one of three Pac-10 coaches alongside University of Washington head coach Chris Gobrecht and Stanford University head coach Tara VanDerveer to have led their respective schools to five or more consecutive 20-win seasons.
During the summer of 2009, Turner Thorne served as the head coach of the USA Women's World University Games Team which won the gold medal at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, having won all seven of their games. It was Turner Thorne's second time working with USA Basketball.[4][5]
In July 2009, Turner Thorne became vice president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) Executive Committee.[6]
For the 2011–12 basketball season, Turner Thorne is taking a leave of absence from her coaching duties and plans to return for the 2012–13 season.[7]
Year-by-year results
Career Record: 291-194
Season School Overall Conf. Notes 1993–1994 Northern Arizona 12-15 6-8 Fourth in Big Sky 1994–1995 Northern Arizona 14-12 6-8 First winning season at NAU in seven years 1995–1996 Northern Arizona 14-13 6-8 Second straight winning season 1996–1997 Arizona State 9-19 3-15 Most wins in four years 1997–1998 Arizona State 10-17 6-12 First double-digit win season at ASU since 1992-1993 1998–1999 Arizona State 12-15 6-12 Best Pac-10 finish (sixth) since 1993 1999–2000 Arizona State 14-15 7-11 WNIT bid, ASU first post-season invite since 1992 2000–2001 Arizona State 20-11 12-6 First ever Pac-10 title, NCAA First Round 2001–2002 Arizona State 25-9 12-6 Pac-10 Tournament title; NCAA Second Round; Tied school record for most wins 2002–2003 Arizona State 16-14 7-11 Advanced to second round of WNIT 2003–2004 Arizona State 17-12 11-7 WNIT bid 2004–2005 Arizona State 24-10 12-6 First time in NCAA Sweet Sixteen since 1982-1983 2005–2006 Arizona State 25-7 14-4 Fourth NCAA appearance; school record 10 game win streak 2006–2007 Arizona State 31-5 16-2 First appearance in NCAA Elite Eight in school history; Set school single-season records for most overall (31), Pac-10 (16), and road wins (10); Final No. 8 ranking. 2007–2008 Arizona State 22-11 14-4 First time ASU has qualified for NCAA Tournament four straight years and first time winning 20 or more games four straight years. 2008–2009 Arizona State 26-9 15-3 Second Elite Eight appearance in three years. References
- ^ Sun Devils Biography of Charli Turner Thorne
- ^ Charli Turner Thorne Gives Birth To Third Son Tuesday Morning December 30, 2003
- ^ "Arizona State University Athletics Official Website". ASU Athletics. http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/asu-w-baskbl-body.html. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ^ "USA Basketball". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/women_team.php?page=wwug. Retrieved 2009-10-13.[dead link]
- ^ "Arizona State University Athletics Official Website". ASU Athletics. http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/asu-w-baskbl-body.html. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ^ Southwestern University RUDER REAPPOINTED AS WBCA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER July 7, 2009 retrieved23 October 2009
- ^ Metcalfe, Jeff (May 2, 2011). "Charli Turner Thorne to take leave of absence from ASU basketball". Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/2011/05/02/20110502charli-turner-thorne-asu-womens-basketball-leave.html. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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