Lisa Boyer
 Boyer in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate head coach |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Ogdensburg, New York |
| Alma mater | Ithaca Bombers |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1982 | Davidson (asst.) |
| 1982–1983 | Converse |
| 1983–1984 | East Carolina (asst.) |
| 1984–1985 | Miami (asst.) |
| 1985–1986 | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
| 1986–1996 | Bradley |
| 1996–1997 | Philadelphia Rage |
| 1998–2002 | Cleveland Rockers (asst.) |
| 2001–2002 | Cleveland Cavaliers (volunteer asst.) |
| 2002–2008 | Temple (asst.) |
| 2008–2010 | South Carolina (asst.) |
| 2010–present | South Carolina (associate HC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 124–149 (.454) (NCAA) 34–50 (.405) (ABL) |
Lisa Boyer is the associate head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team since 2010. Prior to her time with the Gamecocks, Boyer was the head coach of the Bradley Braves women's basketball team from 1986 to 1996. As an assistant for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2001 to 2002, Boyer was the first woman to coach in the National Basketball Association.[1] Boyer was inducted into the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
Early life and education
[edit]Boyer was born in Ogdensburg, New York. She graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a master's degree.[2]
Career
[edit]Boyer started her coaching career as an assistant coach for the Davidson Wildcats women's basketball team from 1981 to 1982. After head coaching the Converse Valkyries for a season, Boyer was briefly an assistant coach for the East Carolina Pirates, Miami RedHawks, and Virginia Tech Hokies until the mid-1980s.[3] After leaving the Hokies in 1986, Boyer began a ten-year position as the head coach of the Bradley Braves women's basketball team. She then moved on to the American Basketball League to head coach the Philadelphia Rage from 1996 to 1997.[4]
After the ABL, Boyer went to the Women's National Basketball Association and was the assistant coach of the Cleveland Rockers from 1998 to 2002. During her time with the Rockers, she became the first woman to hold a coaching position in the National Basketball Association.[3] In the NBA, she was an assistant for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2001 to 2002.[5]
Boyer returned to the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 2002 when she was named an assistant coach for the Temple Owls women's basketball team.[6] She remained with the Owls until 2008 when she switched to the South Carolina Gamecocks and resumed her assistant coach position.[7] Boyer was promoted to associate head coach of the Gamecocks in 2010.[3]
Awards and honors
[edit]Boyer was named the Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for the Missouri Valley Conference during 1990.[8] She was inducted into the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Michael (August 5, 2014). "Becky Hammon named to Spurs staff, first woman assistant coach in major pro sports". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Lisa Boyer - Women's Basketball Coach". Temple. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Lisa Boyer promoted to associate head coach". The State. May 5, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ "Local Angle: Boyer still blazing basketball trails". Watertown Daily Times. March 25, 2014. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Shea, Dave (January 29, 2015). "College basketball: Ogdensburg's Boyer works toward NCAA title with South Carolina". Watertown Daily News. Archived from the original on February 6, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Favor, Sue (November 11, 2008). "SEC preview: The South Carolina Gamecocks". Women's Hoops World. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Person, Joseph (May 11, 2008). "Staley accepting the challenge". The State. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Davis, Ryan (November 16, 2023). "2023-24 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball" (PDF) (Press release). p. 143. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ "Lisa Boyer". Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 30, 2018.