Molly Goodenbour

Molly Goodenbour
Sport(s)	Women's Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UC Irvine
Conference	Big West
Biographical details
Born	February 8, 1972 (1972-02-08) (age 39)
Playing career
1989–1993 1996–1997 1997–1998 1999–2000	Stanford Richmond Rage (ABL) Portland Power (ABL) Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA)
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1995 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–present	USF (assistant) Santa Rosa JC (assoc HC) Santa Rosa JC USF (lead assistant) CSU Chico UC Irvine
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Bay Valley Conference Coach of the Year (2005) California Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year (2008)

Molly Goodenbour is a former college and professional basketball player and current college basketball coach for the UC Irvine Anteaters women's basketball team.

College career

Goodenbour graduated from Waterloo West High School in Waterloo, Iowa and went on to play basketball at Stanford from 1989 to 1993.^[1] Goodenbour was a freshman reserve guard on Stanford's 1990 National Championship team. As a junior in 1992, she was named Most Outstanding Player as Stanford repeated as 1990 national champions.^[2] In the tournament, she set the record for most three-pointers made with 18.^[1][2]

Professional career

Following her college career, Goodenbour played professional basketball in Sweden, and then played in the American Basketball League for the Richmond Rage in 1996–97 and the Portland Power in 1997–98, and for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WBNA in 1999–2000.^[1]

Coaching career

Goodenbour coached women's basketball for one year in 1994–95 for the University of San Francisco before embarking on her professional career. She returned to coaching in 2002 as associate head coach at Santa Rosa Junior College. She became head coach in 2003, guiding the team to two conference titles. She was named Bay Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2005.^[1] In 2005, she returned to USF as lead assistant coach for one season, then was hired as head coach for the Chico State Wildcats in 2006. She was named California Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2008 as the Wildcats compiled a 28–6 record and finished the season ranked 17th the Division II Coaches Poll.^[1]

Goodenbour was hired to coach women's basketball at UC Irvine in 2008.^[1][3]

Personal

Goodenbour is married to Pat Fuscaldo, head men's basketball coach at Sonoma State University.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Molly Goodenbour". UC Irvine. http://ucirvinesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/goodenbour_molly00.html. Retrieved September 20, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Goodenbour keys Stanford to second championship". The Vindicator. April 6, 1992. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6yJKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0YUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1387,3235898. Retrieved September 20, 2011. 
3. ^ Peñaloza, David Carrillo (August 4, 2008). "UCI has new Molly". The Daily Pilot. http://articles.dailypilot.com/2008-08-04/news/dpt-spucibasketballcoach080508_1_uci-chico-state-schools-athletic-director. Retrieved September 20, 2011. 

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Name	Goodenbour, Molly
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