Tricia Cullop

Tricia Cullop (born April 24, 1971)[1] is the current head coach of the University of Toledo women's basketball team.[2] She has led Toledo to three MAC regular-season and one MAC tournament championship. She was the 2022 Carol Eckman Award winner for coaching integrity in women's college basketball.[3]

Tricia Cullop
Tricia Cullop as head coach for the Toledo Rockets in 2020.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamToledo
ConferenceMAC
Record325–163 (.666)
Biographical details
Born (1971-04-24) April 24, 1971
Bicknell, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1993Purdue
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993-1994Radford (asst.)
1994–1996Long Beach State (asst.)
1996–2000Xavier (asst.)
2000–2008Evansville
2008–presentToledo
Head coaching record
Overall448–273 (.621)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WNIT (2011)
Awards
Carol Eckman Award (2022)

Early life

Cullup played basketball at Purdue under head coach Lin Dunn. She was three-time Academic All-Big Ten. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University in 1993.[2]

Coaching career

Early in her career she served as an assistant at Radford, Long Beach State, and Xavier.[2]

Evansville

In 2000 she took over as the head coach at Evansville where she stayed for eight seasons with a 73–48 record. In her final season in 2007–08 the Purple Aces won the Missouri Valley Conference and advanced to the second round of the WNIT. She was 2008 MVC coach of the year.[2]

Toledo

On April 18, 2008, she was named head coach at Toledo.[4] Her teams have won three MAC championships in 2011, 2013, and 2022.[2][5] Her 2016–17 and 2022–23 teams won the MAC tournament[6] The 2017 team qualified for the NCAA tournament where they lost to Creighton in the first round.[7] In 2023 they defeated Iowa State before losing to Tennessee.[8][9][10][11] Her teams have played in the WNIT eight times including taking home the championship in the 2011 Tournament.[12] She was name MAC coach of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2022.[2][13]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference) (2000–2008)
2000–01 Evansville 13–158–10T-5th
2001–02 Evansville 15–159–9T-4th
2002–03 Evansville 11–165–13T-8th
2003–04 Evansville 11–166–129th
2004–05 Evansville 17–1110–85th
2005–06 Evansville 16–1311–74th
2006–07 Evansville 19–1211–7T-4th
2007–08 Evansville 21–1213–5T-1stWNIT second round
Evansville: 123–110 (.528)73–71 (.507)
Toledo (Mid-American Conference) (2008–present)
2008–09 Toledo 18–1311–52nd (West)
2009–10 Toledo 25–912–41st (West)WNIT second round
2010–11 Toledo 29–814–21st (West)WNIT Champions
2011–12 Toledo 24–1013–3T-1st (West)WNIT Quarterfinals
2012–13 Toledo 29–415–11st (West)WNIT third round
2013–14 Toledo 16–169–9T-2nd (West)
2014–15 Toledo 19–1410–84th (West)WNIT second round
2015–16 Toledo 17–1312–6T-3rd (West)
2016–17 Toledo 25–912–6T-3rd (West)NCAA first round
2017–18 Toledo 18–158–104th (West)WNIT second round
2018–19 Toledo 21–1211–72nd (West)WNIT second round
2019–20 Toledo 14–177–11T–5th (West)
2020–21 Toledo 12–128–129th
2021–22 Toledo 29–619–11stWNIT Quarterfinals
2022–23 Toledo 29–516–21stNCAA second round
2023–24 Toledo ––
Toledo: 325–163 (.666)177–87 (.670)
Total:448–273 (.621)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 29 Sep 2015.
  2. "Tricia Cullop - Women's Basketball Coach". University of Toledo Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. "TOLEDO'S TRICIA CULLOP RECEIVES 2022 WBCA CAROL ECKMAN INTEGRITY IN COACHING AWARD". WBCA. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  4. "Tricia Cullop Named Head Women?s Basketball Coach at the University of Toledo". University of Toledo Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  5. "Toledo women's basketball clinches share of MAC title and No. 1 seed in tournament". WTOL. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  6. "Toledo makes 1st trip to NCAAs since 2001, beats NIU 82-71". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  7. "Seventh-seeded Creighton women rout No. 10 Toledo". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  8. "No. 12 seed Toledo women draw fifth-seeded Iowa State in NCAA Tournament". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  9. Birch, Tommy. "Iowa State women's basketball team upset by Toledo in first round of NCAA Tournament". Des Moine Register. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  10. Hall, Cora. "Lady Vols basketball vs Toledo in March Madness a rematch for Jordan Walker, Sophia Wiard". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  11. "Toledo 47, Tennessee 84". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  12. "Toledo celebrates first postseason title". womensnit.com. April 2, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  13. "UT's Cullop named coach of the year". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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