Suzie McConnell-Serio
Suzie McConnell - Serio ( born July 29, 1966 in Pittsburgh) is an American basketball coach and former player. As a point guard, she won with the national team at the Olympic basketball tournament 1988 gold and 1992 bronze and was a multi-awarded player of the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA, as coach of the Minnesota Lynx, she was awarded in 2004 as the best head coach in the league, since 2007 she has been head coach of the basketball Women's team the Pittsburgh Duquesne University in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
McConnell - Serio played from 1984 to 1989 at Penn State University, the women's basketball team could result in the final tournament of the NCAA in each season, taking several NCAA records - including the hitherto most career assists, and most assists NCAA Division I in 1986 and 1987 - aufstellte and was included in several All-American lists.
At the end of their college years, she was appointed to U.S. National Team, with this she took part in both the 1988 Olympics and 1992 with teams since 1988 Olympic champion, 1988, however, surprisingly only won the bronze medal. In 1991 she won the U.S. students choosing the basketball tournament of Universiade.
Even before the Games in 1992 they had in 1990 as coach of the girls basketball players of the Oakland Catholic High School in Pittsburgh who coach them in addition to their active career until 2003 and 1993, as well as lead from 2000 to 2003 four times the final of the school state championships from Pennsylvania and three championships could.
In 1998, she decided after the birth of her third child, it another try with the active basketball and to register for the draft for the second WNBA season. The Cleveland Rockers they committed as 16 in the second round of draft; It was named WNBA Rookie of the Year and selected to the WNBA First Team. She was also a 1998 and 2000 winner of the Fair Play Award from the League before moving to the years resigned after the 2000 season in the WNBA from active competition.
McConnell - Serio was elected in the year after her resignation to the executive committee of the American Basketball Association, this office she held until 2004.
She returned in 2003 as coach of the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA back and was able to lead the team in 2003 for the first time in franchise history in the play-offs, as her this was achieved again in 2004, she was named WNBA Head Coach of the year. After a mixed season in 2005 and a disastrous 2006 season opener, she was released during the current 2006 season, however.
Since the spring of 2007, the head coach of the basketball players from Duquesne University.
McConnell - Serio is a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.