Cindy Russo

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Cindy Russo
Sport(s) Women's basketball
Biographical details
Born (1952-09-07) September 7, 1952 (age 72)
Alma mater Old Dominion University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976-1977 Old Dominion
1977-1978 FIU
1978-1980 Lamar
1980-2015 FIU
Head coaching record
Overall 707–408 (.634)

Cindy Russo (born September 7, 1952) served as the women's basketball head coach at Florida International and Lamar. Retiring in January 2015,[1][2] her career spanned 39 years with 38 of those years as a head coach. She had several accomplishments over her career. She guided the FIU Panthers to 20 consecutive winning seasons. Her teams also achieved 20 win seasons 18 times. Her teams participated in six NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournaments, seven WNIT tournaments, and two NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournaments.[3]

Head coaching record

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Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
FIU[5] (AIAW Independent) (1977–1978)
1977–78 FIU 8–14
Lamar[6] (AIAW Independent) (1978–1980)
1978–79 Lamar 16–11 Texas AIAW State Tournament
1979–80 Lamar 20–11 Texas AIAW State Tournament
FIU[5] (AIAW Independent) (1980–1978)
1980–81 FIU 7–13
1981–82 FIU 27–10
FIU[5] (NCAA DII Independent) (1982–1988)
1982–83 FIU 17–7 NCAA DII
1983–84 FIU 17–11
1984–85 FIU 22–6
1985–86 FIU 26–2 NCAA DII
1986–87 FIU 21–7 NCAA DII
FIU[5][7] (New South Women's Athletic Conference[8]) (1987–1991)
1987–88 FIU 21–7 9-3 2nd
1988–89 FIU 20–7 11-1
1989–90 FIU 20–9 10-2 T-1st
1990–91 FIU 16–13 7-5 3rd
FIU[5][7] (Trans America Athletic Conference) (1991–1998)
1991–92 FIU 23–10 WNIT
1992–93 FIU 25–6 WNIT
1993–94 FIU 25–4 NCAA DI
1994–95 FIU 27–5 NCAA DI
1995–96 FIU 23–5
1996–97 FIU 21–9 NCAA DI
1997–98 FIU 29–2 NCAA DI
FIU[5][9] (Sun Belt Conference) (1998–2013)
1998–99 FIU 23–7 9–3 2nd NCAA DI
1999–2000 FIU 16–13 10–6 T–3rd WNIT
2000–01 FIU 20–10 11–5 2nd East Division WNIT
2001–02 FIU 27–6 13-1 1st East Division NCAA DI
2002–03 FIU 19–11 9-5 2nd East Division WNIT
2003–04 FIU 11*–16 5*-9 4th East Division
2004–05 FIU 18–11 7-7 4th East Division
2005–06 FIU 19–13 9-5 3rd East Division WNIT
2006–07 FIU 16–14 9-9 3rd East Division
2007–08 FIU 13–18 8-10 4th East Division
2008–09 FIU 6–24 4-14 6th East Division
2009–10 FIU 14–16 9-9 4th East Division
2010–11 FIU 16–16 10-6 2nd East Division
2011–12 FIU 23–11 10-6 3rd East Division WNIT
2012–13 FIU 19–13 12-8 3rd East Division WNIT
FIU[5] (Conference USA) (2013–2015)
2013–14 FIU 15–18
2014–15 FIU 3–13**


Total: 707-408 (.634)

      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

* 2003–04 wins vacated by the NCAA
** Partial season. Coach Russo resigned effective immediately on January 22, 2015. Interim head coach completed the season.

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