USD Women's Basketball 1996-1997

Head Coach Kathy Marpe

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Kathy Marpe realizes basketball is a game of adjustments. As she embark s on her 17th season at USO, Ma rpe cont inues to redefine her approac h to the game. "As a coac h, you have to let the pl ayers pl ay because they are so much more talented than in the past. It used to be whenever our teams were on the break we would look to setup for the jump shot or powe r lay up inside. Now the key is to be less con trol– ling, to let the players create shots fo r themselves." A veteran of th e coac hing profess ion fo r over two decades, Marpe has made changes to the Torero program to utili ze the team's new-found speed and athleti c ism. The past three seasons USO has experi – enced success by play ing a fu ll -cou rt game whi ch has strengthened their defensive effort. The Toreros wi ll bui ld on the momentum established by last year's new offense to provide a more bala nced attack .

To Marpe's Credit As the "dean" of West Coast Conference coaches, Marpe knows the league better than anyone. She is ranked th ird amongst conference coaches in WCC wins and was voted WCC Co-Coach of the Year by her peers in 1993 after leading USO to the WCC Postseason Tournament title. In ten WCC seasons, Marpehasproduced 12AI I-WCCperformers, II WCCA II -Academi cse lec– tions and has placed four on the WCC Al l-Fres hman teams. Prior To San Diego Prior to arriv ing at USD. Marpe directed the Un iversity of New Mex ico to seven seasons of success on and off the court. The Lobos were 51-30 in Marpe's last three seasons, hav ing posted wins over two nationall y-ra nked teams in the same season. Playi ng in "The Pit", the UNM women drew ove r 1,000 a game with crowds reaching the 2,000-3,000 mark on occas ion - attendance fi g ures unheard of in the mid-70s. By the time she le ft the Albu– querque campus, Marpe had led the Lobos to consec uti ve finish es in the AP Top 20 and six AIAW Reg iona l appearances in seven years.

Marpe 's Collegiate Coaching Record

Year 1973-74 1974- 75 1975-76 1976-77 I 977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-8 1 198 1-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-9 1 199 1-92 1992-93 1993-9-1 199-1-95 1995-96

School New Mex ico New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico New Mex ico

Conference Independent

Rec. 9-5 7-1 1 9-8 11-9 15-7

Conf.

In the Beginning Marpe broke into the coach ing ranks at Spring Lake (MN) High School in 197 1 after earning a Bachelor's deg ree in Phys ical Education at the Uni versity of Min– nesota. A long with headin g wome n's baske tball , Marpe was also the head coach for women's vo ll ey– ball , so ftball and track. In three bas ketball seasons, her teams compiled a 53-1 record. Involvement The Minnesota nati ve se rved as a voting member of the AP Top 20 Poll for 14 seasons. She has also served on the Kodak Al l-American se lec ti on board and th e Western Regional seedi ng committee. In 1990, she was a member o f the go ld medal -winning East coac h– ing staff at the U.S. O lympic Festival. Kathy's famil y is also in volved in the program. Her father. Ro land , se rves as the team's admini strati ve as– sistant whil e her mothe r. Genevieve, ass ists in the bas– ketball o ffi ce.

Inter-Mountain Inter-Mountain Inter-Mou ntain Inter-Mountain Inter-Mountain Inter-Mountain So. Cali f. Ath letic

5-8 8-5 9-4

11 -2 9-3 5-5 2-10

19- 10 17- 13 5-24 11 -2 1 7- 18 13- 14 14- 13 16-13 14- 13 13- 16 10- 17 17- 10 1-1- 13 9- 17 16-12 11 - 15 11 - 15 12- 16

San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego

Independent Independent Independent Independent West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast West Coast

8-4 6-6 9-5 6-8 7-7 9-5 -1- 10

2nd 4t h 3rd -Ith 3rd 3rd 7th 2nd 5t h -It h 6t h

8-6 6-8 6-8 5-9

Totals

23 seasons

280-3 IO

74-76

87-63

New Mex ico

7 seasons 16 seasons

193-2-17

San Diego