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Jody Conradt (born May 13 , 1941 in Goldthwaite , Texas , United States ) is the retired women's basketball head coach for the University Of Texas At Austin . Her coaching career spanned 38 years, with the last 31 years at UT from 1976 to 2007. She also served concurrently as the UT women's athletic director from 1992 to 2001. During her tenure at UT she achieved several notable personal and team milestones in collegiate basketball. At retirement, she had tallied 900 career victories, second place in all time victories for a NCAA Division I college basketball coach. Prior to her career at UT she served as women's basketball head coach at Sam Houston State University from 1969 to 1973 and at the University Of Texas At Arlington from 1973 to 1976. She was a standout basketball player at Goldthwaite High School (TX) where she averaged 40 points per game. After high school, she played collegiate basketball at Baylor University , earning a degree in physical education in 1963. She finished her collegiate basketball career averaging 20 points per game. After graduation, she taught and coached at Waco Midway High School and earned her master's degree from Baylor in 1969. In 38 seasons her head coaching record was 900-306. During her tenure at UT her record was 783-245. She was succeeded as UT women's basketball head coach by Gail Goestenkors , the former women's basketball head coach at Duke University . AWARDS AND HONORS Inductee - Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee - Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee - International Women's Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame Inductee - Texas Women's Hall of Fame Inductee - Texas Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - UT Women's Athletics Hall of Honor Carol Eckman Award - Women's Basketball Coaches Association (1987) Outstanding Commitment to Women's Athletics - National Association for Girls and Women in Sports (1991) Harvey Penick Award for Excellence in the Game of Life - Caritas of Austin (2003) CASEY Award - Kansas City Sports Association (2004) Conference Coach of the Year - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2003, 2004 National Coach of the Year - 1980, 1984, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2004 MILESTONES First women's basketball collegiate coach to reach 700 career victories Coached first NCAA Division I women's basketball team to an undefeated season and a NCAA National Championship (1986) Ninety nine percent graduation rate for the individuals on her teams COACHING RECORD AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY COACHING RECORD AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - ARLINGTON COACHING RECORD AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN EXTERNAL LINKS
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