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| Title | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | West Coast Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1964-04-21)April 21, 1964 (age 61) Hereford, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 122 lb (55 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Monterey (Lubbock, Texas) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (1982–1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1987–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1989 | OECE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1988 | Texas (GA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Northern Illinois (GA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Northern Illinois (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Vanderbilt (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2014 | Kansas State (assoc. HC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Northern Colorado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Washington State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Camille "Kamie"Ethridge (born April 21, 1964) is an American formerbasketball player and current basketball coach. She was an All-American point guard at theUniversity of Texas at Austin and won a gold medal at the1988 Summer Olympics. She is considered one of the best women's basketball players in history and was inducted into theWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. Ethridge is currently the head coach atWashington State University.[1]
Born inHereford, Texas, Ethridge played guard forMonterey High School, inLubbock, Texas. She led her team to a state championship (5A) in 1981.[2]
Ethridge attended the University of Texas, where she played for Hall of Fame coachJody Conradt. The Longhorns were one of the more powerful teams in the country at the time Ethridge joined the team, and she would help strengthen that position. Ethridge arrived at Texas in 1982. In her first two years, the team earned a two seed at the1983 and the1984 NCAA basketball tournament. In 1984, the team was strong enough to earn the number one ranking in the regular season final AP poll.[3] The team suffered knee injuries to five key players in 1984, including injuries to center Annette Smith so severe she was in rehabilitation for well over a year.[4] In 1985, the team would also end the season ranked number one in the poll.[5] That year, the team went 28–3 in the regular season, and looked forward to a Final Four held at their own arena, theErwin Center. The Longhorns were stunned by a buzzer beating shot byWestern Kentucky, and lost 92–90 in the Mideast Regional semifinals.[4]
Despite earning lofty rankings, the team entered the 1985–86 season without having won a National Championship. Ethridge was one of six seniors, includingFran Harris, who were in their last year of college ball with one last chance for a championship. Ethridge was considered very competitive – she once competed in a triathlon, riding the 9-mile bicycle leg with a flat tire for the last three miles.[4] The team was again ranked very high, prompting Sports Illustrated to refer to their arena as "the best little scorehouse in Texas".[4]
the best little scorehouse in Texas
That year, the team entered the tournament undefeated, and won all their tournament games, finishing the season as the first undefeated NCAA Division I women's basketball team (34–0), and national champions.[2] Ethridge was the 1986 winner of theHonda Sports Award for basketball[6][7] and the overallHonda-Broderick Cup winner for all sports.[8] She was also the winner of theWade Trophy, reflecting leadership and character in addition to athletic ability.[2][9] Etheridge was the 1986 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by theWBCA annually to "the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I female basketball player who stands 5'8" tall or under".[10] That year she was also named the Southwest Conference's Female Athlete of they year.[11] While at Texas, she had 776 assists, setting a school record.[2]
On September 7, 2019, Ethridge's number 33 was officially retired at halftime of a Texas–LSU football game. She became the first female Longhorn athlete to receive this honor.[12]
Source[13]
| 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 | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83 | Texas | 33 | 127 | 43.1% | 70.2% | 2.2 | NA | 3.8 |
| 1983–84 | Texas | 35 | 315 | 48.1% | 65.4% | 3.3 | NA | 9.0 |
| 1984–85 | Texas | 31 | 211 | 47.4% | 72.1% | 2.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| 1985–86 | Texas | 33 | 172 | 50.4% | 65.7% | 2.6 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| Career | 132 | 825 | 47.5% | 67.6% | 2.7 | 3.2 | 6.3 |
Ethridge played for the USA World University Games team inKobe, Japan in 1985. The team brought home a silver medal, after falling to the USSR. The team trailed by 18 points at one time, mounted a comeback attempt but fell short, losing 87–81.[14] The following year, Ethridge played for the USA team at the World Championships, in Moscow. This time, the USA team would meet the USSR in the title game and emerge victorious, winning the gold medal with a score of 108–88.[15]
Ethridge was a member of the gold medal-winning USA team competing in the Pan American games held in Indianapolis, Indiana during August 1987, although she saw limited action due to a knee injury sustained in the first game.[16] Ethridge finished her USA basketball playing career with a gold medal win in the 1988 Olympics held inSeoul, Korea.[17]
Ethridge was a graduate assistant at Texas in 1987–88 after completing her bachelor's degree, then played professionally in Italy for the team OECE in 1988–89.[18] Ethridge became a graduate assistant atNorthern Illinois in 1989 and was promoted to assistant coach in 1990.[2][19] She then moved on to Vanderbilt and was part of the coaching staff underJim Foster to help the team to a 1993 Final Four appearance. She then moved on to Kansas State, first as an assistant, then as associate head coach, where she helped the team become competitive.[2]
Ethridge landed her first head coaching job in 2014 atNorthern Colorado,[20] and enjoyed immediate success, leading the Bears to a school-record 22 wins in her first season. She went on to lead the team to two additional 20-win seasons, capped off by a2017–18 season that saw a school record of 26 wins,Big Sky Conference regular-season andtournament titles and the program's first-ever appearance in theNCAA tournament as aDivision I member.[1] At the end of the regular season, Ethridge was named the Big Sky coach of the year.[21] After the tournament appearance, she was hired away byWashington State to replace the firedJune Daugherty.[1]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Northern Colorado Bears(Big Sky Conference)(2014–2018) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Northern Colorado | 22–13 | 12–6 | T–3rd | WNIT Third Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Northern Colorado | 13–16 | 8–10 | T–8th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Northern Colorado | 22–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 2017–18 | Northern Colorado | 26–7 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Northern Colorado: | 83–44 (.654) | 49–23 (.681) | |||||||
| Washington State Cougars(Pac-12 Conference)(2018–2024) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Washington State | 9–21 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Washington State | 11–20 | 4–14 | 11th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Washington State | 12–12 | 9–10 | 7th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Washington State | 19–11 | 11–6 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Washington State | 23–11 | 9–9 | 7th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Washington State | 21–15 | 7–11 | T–8th | WBIT Semifinals | ||||
| Washington State Cougars(West Coast Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Washington State | 21–14 | 14–6 | 3rd | WNIT Super 16 | ||||
| Washington State: | 116–105 (.525) | 58–70 (.453) | |||||||
| Total: | 199–149 (.572) | ||||||||
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