Introduction
Jane Gibson Albright (born May 26, 1955) is an American women's college basketball coach who is currently head coach at Nevada. Albright was previously head coach at Northern Illinois from 1984 to 1994, Wisconsin from 1994 to 2003, and Wichita State from 2003 to 2008.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Graham, North Carolina, Albright graduated from Graham High School in 1973 and Appalachian State University in 1977 cum laude with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education. At Appalachian State, Albright played basketball and volleyball.
Albright is a cousin of Andy Albright President & CEO of National Agents Alliance.
Coaching career
Albright began her career as the girls' varsity basketball coach at Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1977. The team went 3–18 in Albright's first year, then improved to 11–10 in 1978–79, 16–13 in 1979–80, and 20–7 in 1980–81 and made the playoffs in 1980 and 1981.
From 1981 to 1983, Albright was a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Pat Summitt. Albright then was an assistant coach at Cincinnati for the 1983–84 season.
From 1994 to 2002, she coached at the University of Wisconsin where she compiled a 161-107 record. In her final season Wisconsin went 7-21, before she resigned.
She was coach at Wichita State University from 2003 to 2007, where she went 48-95.
USA Basketball
Albright served as the assistant coach for the team representing the United States at the World University Games held in Buffalo, New York in July 1993. The USA team defeated teams from Israel, Taiwan, the Ukraine, and Russia. They were defeated by Cuba 88–80 and by China 75–73. The USA team defeated Lithuania 83–73 to earn the bronze medal.
In 1996, Albright was head coach of a U.S. squad of players chosen after the Olympic team that won the gold medal in the William Jones Cup.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference) (1984–1986) | |||||||||
| 1984–85 | Northern Illinois | 15–13 | 11–7 | ||||||
| 1985–86 | Northern Illinois | 8–19 | 6–12 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies (NCAA Division I independent) (1986–1987) | |||||||||
| 1986–87 | Northern Illinois | 11–16 | |||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies (North Star Conference) (1987–1992) | |||||||||
| 1987–88 | Northern Illinois | 14–14 | 6–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1988–89 | Northern Illinois | 23–7 | 12–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1989–90 | Northern Illinois | 26–5 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 1990–91 | Northern Illinois | 25–10 | 12–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1991–92 | Northern Illinois | 18–14 | 8–4 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-Continent Conference) (1992–1994) | |||||||||
| 1992–93 | Northern Illinois | 24–6 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1993–94 | Northern Illinois | 24–6 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Northern Illinois: | 188-110 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (1994–2003) | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | Wisconsin | 20–9 | 11–5 | 3rd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 1995–96 | Wisconsin | 21–8 | 12–4 | 3rd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 1996–97 | Wisconsin | 16–11 | 8–8 | T–6th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Wisconsin | 21–10 | 9–7 | 6th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1998–99 | Wisconsin | 18–14 | 9–7 | T–4th | WNIT Runners-Up | ||||
| 1999–00 | Wisconsin | 21–12 | 8–8 | T–5th | WNIT Champions | ||||
| 2000–01 | Wisconsin | 18–10 | 12–4 | T–2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2001–02 | Wisconsin | 19–12 | 8–8 | T–5th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2002–03 | Wisconsin | 7–21 | 5–11 | 8th | |||||
| Wisconsin: | 161-107 | ||||||||
| Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2003–2008) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Wichita State | 10–18 | 5–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Wichita State | 5–22 | 2–16 | 9th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Wichita State | 15–13 | 8–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Wichita State | 9–20 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Wichita State | 9–22 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
| Wichita State: | 48-95 | ||||||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Western Athletic Conference) (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Nevada | 18–14 | 10–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2009–10 | Nevada | 17–16 | 10–6 | 3rd | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Nevada | 22–11 | 9–7 | 4th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Nevada | 7–23 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Mountain West Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | Nevada | 9–23 | 2–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Nevada | 18–13 | 12–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2014–15 | Nevada | 9–21 | 5–13 | T–9th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Nevada | 5–24 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Nevada | 4–5 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Nevada: | 108–151 | 55–77 | |||||||
| Total: | 505–463 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||