Carrie Daniels (basketball)

Carrie Lynn Daniels (née Thompson; born November 25, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and the former women's head coach at Austin Peay State University (APSU).

Carrie Daniels

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Clarksville Academy
Biographical details
Born	November 25, 1972 Scottsburg, Indiana
Playing career
1992–1996	Austin Peay
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999	UNLV (asst.)
1999–2006	Western Kentucky (asst.)
2006–2015	Austin Peay
2015–present	Clarksville Academy

Early life and education

A native of Scottsburg, Indiana, Carrie Lynn Thompson attended Austin Peay after earning All-American honors as a senior at Scottsburg High School. At APSU, she starred on its first team to qualify for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in 1996. That season, she was awarded APSU's Joy Award, which is presented annually to the university's top athlete. She was presented the 1995 Wilma Rudolph Award,[1] given by the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics[2] to "...honor student athletes who have overcome great personal, academic, and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics..." after missing most of the 1995–96 with a heart ailment. She earned her bachelor's degree from Austin Peay in 1996 and a master's degree in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1999.[3] She is married to Billy Daniels, who played for the APSU men's basketball team during the time she was playing on the women's teaam. They have one son, Dalton.[4]

Coaching career

Following her graduation from APSU, Daniels spent three years on the coaching staff of the women's basketball program at UNLV, serving as assistant coach to LaDonna Wilson-McClain, then as director of basketball operations to Regina Miller. She then was an assistant to three different head coaches during a seven-year stint at Western Kentucky University. On June 16, 2006, Daniels was named head coach of her alma mater. In her first six seasons, she led her teams to two OVC tournament titles and subsequent appearances in the NCAA tournament. With the first tournament title, she became the first APSU graduate to coach one of its teams into an NCAA tournament; with the second, she was the first APSU coach to qualify for an NCAA appearance twice.[4] On March 9, 2015, APSU declined to renew Daniels' contract.[5] Eight days later, Clarksville Academy hired Carrie Daniels as the new head girls' basketball coach.[6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Austin Peay Lady Govs (Ohio Valley Conference) (2006–2015)
2006–07	Austin Peay	10–20	9–11	T–8th
2007–08	Austin Peay	6–23	3–17	10th
2008–09	Austin Peay	17–16	10–8	T–5th	NCAA First Round
2009–10	Austin Peay	15–18	11–7	3rd	NCAA First Round
2010–11	Austin Peay	15–18	12–6	5th
2011–12	Austin Peay	9–22	5–11	T–8th
2012–13	Austin Peay	7–21	2–14	6th (West)
2013–14	Austin Peay	12–18	6–10	5th (West)
2014–15	Austin Peay	10–20	7–9	T–7th
Total:		101–176
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. (PDF) http://nfoura.org/about/documents/Past-Wilma-Rudolph-Award-Winners.pdf. Retrieved March 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics
3. "Class Notes – 1990s". UNLV Magazine. (Fall 2004)
4. "2014-15 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff: Carrie Daniels, Head Coach". APSU Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
5. Kirtley, Brad (March 9, 2015). "Daniels' contract not renewed as Lady Govs basketball coach". Austin Peay State University. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
6. Selkow, Rob (March 17, 2015). "Clarksville Academy names Carrie Daniels new Head Coach for Girls Basketball". Clarksville Now. Retrieved January 31, 2017.