Cindy Russo
Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | September 7, 1952 |
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
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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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** |
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Total: | 707-408 (.634) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational 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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