| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1955-10-24)October 24, 1955 (age 69) Lowell, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1975–1978 | Purdue | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1979–2008 | North Dakota State | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 671–198 | ||||||||||||||
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amy Ruley (born October 24, 1955) is a former women's head basketball coach atNorth Dakota State University. Ruley has the greatest number of victories of any women's coach at NDSU, with over 600 wins, and led the Bison to 5NCAADivision II championships. She was inducted into theWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.[1] She is a graduate ofPurdue University, where she was a member of the first varsityPurdue Boilermakers team, scoring the program's first points.[2]
On Monday, March 3, 2008, Ruley announced that she would step down as coach after the game that evening againstCentenary College (La.) and remained at NDSU until August 2017. She joined theMinnesota State University of Moorhead (MSUM)Foundation as Senior Director of Development for Athletics in 2017.[3] She had since joined the Sanford Health Foundation in 2019, with plans to retire in February 2022.
Source[4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–76 | Purdue | 16 | 117 | 0.0% | 39.2% | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| 1976–77 | Purdue | 23 | 212 | 40.5% | 73.9% | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 9.2 |
| 1977–78 | Purdue | 19 | 131 | 54.0% | 31.4% | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Career | Purdue | 58 | 460 | 0.0% | 51.4% | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
In 1995, Ruley served as the assistant coach to theR. William Jones Cup Team. The competition was held inTaipei, Taiwan. The USA team won its first six games, but four of the six were won by single-digit margins. Their seventh game was against Russia, and they fell 100–84. The final game was against South Korea, and a victory would assure the gold medal, but the South Korean team won 80–76 to win the gold medal. The USA team won the bronze medal.[5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State(North Central Conference)(1979–2006) | |||||||||
| 1979–1980 | North Dakota State | 14–15 | 0–0 | 4th | |||||
| 1980–1981 | North Dakota State | 19–12 | 0–0 | 5th | Region | ||||
| 1981–1982 | North Dakota State | 22–10 | 0–0 | 2nd | 4th | ||||
| 1982–1983 | North Dakota State | 16–10 | 0–0 | 3rd | |||||
| 1983–1984 | North Dakota State | 15–12 | 0–0 | 4th | |||||
| 1984–1985 | North Dakota State | 19–8 | 0–0 | 4th | |||||
| 1985–1986 | North Dakota State | 24–9 | 0–0 | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
| 1986–1987 | North Dakota State | 26–4 | 0–0 | 1st | t-5th | ||||
| 1987–1988 | North Dakota State | 28–3 | 0–0 | 1st | t-3rd | ||||
| 1988–1989 | North Dakota State | 23–7 | 0–0 | 1st | Region | ||||
| 1989–1990 | North Dakota State | 25–5 | 0–0 | 2nd | Region | ||||
| 1990–1991 | North Dakota State | 31–2 | 0–0 | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| 1991–1992 | North Dakota State | 29–4 | 0–0 | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| 1992–1993 | North Dakota State | 30–2 | 0–0 | 1st | 1st | ||||
| 1993–1994 | North Dakota State | 27–5 | 0–0 | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| 1994–1995 | North Dakota State | 32–0 | 0–0 | 1st | 1st | ||||
| 1995–1996 | North Dakota State | 30–2 | 0–0 | 1st | 1st | ||||
| 1996–1997 | North Dakota State | 28–1 | 0–0 | 1st | Region | ||||
| 1997–1998 | North Dakota State | 22–6 | 0–0 | 2nd | Region | ||||
| 1998–1999 | North Dakota State | 24–5 | 0–0 | 2nd | Region | ||||
| 1999–2000 | North Dakota State | 28–4 | 0–0 | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| 2000–2001 | North Dakota State | 25–8 | 0–0 | 2nd | Region | ||||
| 2001–2002 | North Dakota State | 18–10 | 0–0 | t-3rd | |||||
| 2002–2003 | North Dakota State | 26–7 | 0–0 | t-3rd | Region | ||||
| 2003–2004 | North Dakota State | 24–7 | 0–0 | t-1st | Region | ||||
| 2004–2005 | North Dakota State | 26–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 2005–2006 | North Dakota State | 9–17 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | North Dakota State | 14–11 | 0–0 | ||||||
| North Dakota State(The Summit League)(2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | North Dakota State | 17–11 | 12–6 | T2nd | |||||
| Total: | 671–198 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
