Sue Troyan

Sue Troyan is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Lehigh University, a position that she's held since 1995. Prior to coaching basketball at Lehigh, she was the college's softball coach for five years.[1]

Sue Troyan
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLehigh
ConferencePatriot
Record401–344 (.538)
Playing career
1984–1988Dickinson College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–presentLehigh
Head coaching record
Overall401–344 (.538)
Tournaments0–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League (1997, 2009, 2010)
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year

Player career

While attending Dickinson College, Troyan competed in both basketball and track. She was voted the basketball team's most valuable player, following her 1988 senior season, and was a three-time All-American in track.[2]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Patriot League) (1995–present)
1995–96 Lehigh 14–135–74th
1996–97 Lehigh 15–157–53rd
1997–98 Lehigh 11–174–85th
1998–99 Lehigh 15–126–64th
1999–2000 Lehigh 13–166–64th
2000–01 Lehigh 16–147–53rd
2001–02 Lehigh 12–168–63rd
2002–03 Lehigh 12–159–53rd
2003–04 Lehigh 13–169–53rd
2004–05 Lehigh 16–149–52nd
2005–06 Lehigh 10–185–96th
2006–07 Lehigh 11–195–97th
2007–08 Lehigh 18–139–53rd
2008–09 Lehigh 26–712–21stNCAA Tourney First Round
2009–10 Lehigh 29–413–11stNCAA Tourney First Round
2010–11 Lehigh 21–1110–42ndWNIT First Round
2011–12 Lehigh 17–139–52nd
2012–13 Lehigh 14–166–85th
2013–14 Lehigh 13–185–138th
2014–15 Lehigh 19–129–96th
2015–16 Lehigh 18–1310–84th
2016–17 Lehigh 10–205–139th
2017–18 Lehigh 15–159–94th
2018–19 Lehigh 21–1012–63rd
2019-20 Lehigh 19-1110-86th
Lehigh: 401–344 (.538)200–166 (.546)
Total:401–344 (.538)

Personal life

She met her future husband Fran while finishing undergraduate studies at Dickinson, where he was enrolled in law school. When she accepted a graduate assistant's job with Lehigh's women's basketball team and pursued her MBA at the school, he worked in nearby Allentown. She was offered an assistant coach's job with the basketball team, in addition to the softball team's head coaching position. Fran became her assistant in softball and took over the head coaching job in 1995, when she became the basketball head coach. They reside in Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania, and have three children.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. "Sue Troyan". lehighsports.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. Chavers, Gracie (February 19, 2017). "Working and living together: Lehigh's married coaches". thebrownandwhite.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  4. Hays, Graham (March 10, 2009). "Family effort lifts Lehigh to NCAA berth". ESPN. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  5. Bostrom, Don (April 13, 1995). "Lehigh Hoop Job Goes To Sue Troyan Husband Fran New Softball Coach". The Morning Call. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
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