{{Short description|American basketball coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Jane Albright | image = Jane Albright in 2016.jpg | image_upright = 0.75 | alt = | caption = Albright in 2016 | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = | birth_place = Graham, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1973–1977 | player_team1 = Appalachian State | player_positions = Forward<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/rhododendronseri1977appa#page/164/mode/2up |chapter=Women's basketball goes big time |last=Thomas |first=Patrick |title=The Rhododendron |date=1977 |volume=55 |page=164 }}</ref><ref>Ghant, Pat. "[https://archive.org/stream/rhododendronseri1977appa#page/164/mode/2up Women's basketball goes big time]." ''The Rhododendron'', 1977, vol. 55, p. 164.</ref> | coach_years1 = 1977–1981 | coach_team1 = Spartanburg HS | admin_years1 = | admin_team1 = | overall_record = 512–477 | tournament_record = 4–9 (NCAA)<br />10–3 (WNIT) | championships = *WNIT (2000) *2× North Star Conference Tournament (1990, 1992) *Mid-Continent Conference tournament (1993) | awards = * Carol Eckman Award (2014)<ref name="Carol Eckman"/> *Big Ten Coach of the Year (1995) *Mid-Continent Coach of the Year (1993) *North Star Coach of the Year (1989) | coach_years2 = 1981–1983 | coach_team2 = Tennessee (grad. asst.) | coach_years3 = 1983–1984 | coach_team3 = Cincinnati (asst.) | coach_years4 = 1984–1994 | coach_team4 = Northern Illinois | coach_years5 = 1994–2003 | coach_team5 = Wisconsin | coach_years6 = 2003–2008 | coach_team6 = Wichita State | coach_years7 = 2008–2017 | coach_team7 = Nevada }}
'''Jane Gibson Albright'''<ref>''[https://archive.org/stream/rhododendronseri1977appa#page/236/mode/2up The Rhododendron]''. Appalachian State University, 1977, vol. 55, p. 237.</ref> is an American women's college basketball coach who was most recently head coach at Nevada from 2008 to 2017. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53585651/|title=News about our local and area students|work=Burlington Daily Times-News|date=June 12, 1973|access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Wisconsin">{{cite web|title=Jane Albright|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wbb/bios/coaches_bio.aspx?bios_id=Albright_Jane_wbb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030305185334/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wbb/bios/coaches_bio.aspx?bios_id=Albright_Jane_wbb|archive-date=March 5, 2003|access-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
==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.<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19810512&id=HYUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u80EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1971,2672766&hl=en Lady Vikings' Albright Takes Tennessee Post]." ''Spartanburg Herald'', May 12, 1981, p. B3.</ref>
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.<ref name="Nevada">{{cite web|url=http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jane_albright_760699.html|title=Jane Albright|publisher=University of Nevada, Reno|access-date=September 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717145855/http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jane_albright_760699.html|archive-date=July 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
From 1984 to 1994, Albright was the head coach at Northern Illinois University and helped the Lady Huskies to become a nationally recognized program. She had a record of 188–110 in her 11 years at NIU as the Lady Huskies made the NCAA tournament four times in five years.
From 1994 to 2003, she coached at the Wisconsin where she compiled a 161–107 record with five NCAA tournament and two WNIT appearances.<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/><ref name="Wisconsin"/> The two WNIT appearances were back to back, in 1999 as runners-up and 2000 as champions.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> For the first time in program history, Wisconsin reached the top 10 in both the AP and coaches' polls during the 2001–02 season.<ref name="Nevada"/> Following a 7–21 season in 2002–03, Albright resigned on February 25, 2003, with one year remaining on her contract and Wisconsin declining to sign her to a long-term contract extension.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030427045518/http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/sports/43453.php|archive-date=April 27, 2003|title=UW WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Albright resigns|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=February 26, 2003|url=http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/sports/43453.php|access-date=June 30, 2017|author=Masson, Jon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030419192530/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wbb/headlines/full_story.aspx?story_id=2003_02_25_14_55_56_wbb|archive-date=April 19, 2003|title=Albright resigns coaching position|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/news/2003/2/25/ALBRIGHT_RESIGNS_COACHING_POSITION.aspx|author=Malchow, Steve|publisher=Wisconsin Badgers|access-date=June 30, 2017}}</ref>
After nine seasons at Wisconsin, Albright was head coach at Wichita State from 2003 to 2008, where she went 48–95.<ref name="Wichita State">{{cite web|title=Jane Albright|url=http://www.goshockers.com/w-basketball/coaches.aspx|publisher=Wichita State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017173905/http://www.goshockers.com/w-basketball/coaches.aspx|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="NCAA Coaches"/> Her best season was in 2005–06 with a 15–13 record, the only winning season during her five seasons there.<ref name="NCAA Coaches"/>
Albright was head coach at Nevada from 2008 to 2017, with a 115–165 overall record with two WNIT appearances in 2010 and 2011.<ref name="Nevada"/><ref name="Nevada records">{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unv/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/WBB_Record_Book.pdf|title=2016-17 Nevada Women's Basketball Media Guide: Record Book|publisher=University of Nevada, Reno Athletics|access-date=June 29, 2017|pages=10, 13–14}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Nevada had its first 20-win season in 2010–11 with a 22–11 record that included regular season wins over Power Five opponents NC State and Arizona and the program's first WNIT victory, over Saint Mary's.<ref name="Nevada"/> However, Nevada went only 7–23 in 2011–12, its final season in the Western Athletic Conference.<ref name="Nevada records"/>
In 2012, Nevada moved to the Mountain West Conference (MW). Nevada had only one winning season after that, the 2013–14 season with an 18–13 (12–6 MW) record.<ref name="Nevada records"/> On March 1, 2017, Albright retired from Nevada, following an 11–19 season.<ref>[http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2016-2017/teamcume.html 2016-2017 Stats] nevadawolfpack.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718005449/http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2016-2017/teamcume.html |date=July 18, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/college/nevada/2017/03/01/packs-jane-albright-expected-announce-retirement-today/98578630/|title=Pack's Jane Albright announces retirement after 33 seasons|author=Murray, Chris|work=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=March 1, 2017|access-date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>
===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, 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.<ref name="WUG 1993"/>
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.<ref name="Wichita">{{cite web|url=http://www.goshockers.com/w-basketball/coaches.aspx |title=Jane Albright, Head Women's Basketball Coach (Fourth Season) |publisher=Wichita State University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017173905/http://www.goshockers.com/w-basketball/coaches.aspx |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |access-date=January 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start |type=coach |conference= |postseason= |poll= }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Northern Illinois Huskies |startyear=1984 |conference =Mid-American Conference |endyear=1986}} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1984–85 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 15–13 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = 4th<ref name="MAC guide">[https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/mac-sports/documents/2018/12/11/Women_s_Basketball_2018_19.pdf 2018-19 MAC Women’s Basketball Media Guide], p. 33</ref> | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1985–86 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 8–19 | conference = 6–12 | confstanding = 8th<ref name="MAC guide"/> | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Northern Illinois Huskies |startyear=1986 |conference =NCAA Division I independent |endyear=1987}} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1986–87 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 11–16 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Northern Illinois Huskies |startyear=1987 |conference =North Star Conference |endyear=1992}} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1987–88 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 14–14 | conference = 6–4 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1988–89 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 23–7 | conference = 12–2 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 1989–90 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 26–5 | conference = 12–0 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA second round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1990–91 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 25–10 | conference = 12–2 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 1991–92 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 18–14 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA second round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Northern Illinois Huskies |startyear=1992 |conference =Mid-Continent Conference |endyear=1994}} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 1992–93 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 24–6 | conference = 15–1 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1993–94 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 24–6 | conference = 18–0 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 188–110 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Wisconsin Badgers |startyear=1994 |conference =Big Ten Conference |endyear=2003}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 1994–95 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 20–9 | conference = 11–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = NCAA second round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 1995–96 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 21–8 | conference = 12–4 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = NCAA second round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 1996–97 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 16–11 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–6th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 1997–98 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 21–10 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = NCAA first round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 1998–99 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 18–14 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = WNIT Runners-Up }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = postseason | season = 1999–2000 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 21–12 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = WNIT Champions }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2000–01 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 18–10 | conference = 12–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = NCAA first round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2001–02 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 19–12 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = NCAA first round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2002–03 | name = Wisconsin | overall = 7–21 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Wisconsin | overall = 161–107 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Wichita State Shockers |startyear=2003 |conference =Missouri Valley Conference |endyear=2008}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2003–04 | name = Wichita State | overall = 10–18 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2004–05 | name = Wichita State | overall = 5–22 | conference = 2–16 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2005–06 | name = Wichita State | overall = 15–13 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2006–07 | name = Wichita State | overall = 9–20 | conference = 4–14 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2007–08 | name = Wichita State | overall = 9–22 | conference = 3–15 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Wichita State | overall = 48–95 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Nevada Wolf Pack |startyear=2008 |conference =Western Athletic Conference |endyear=2012}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2008–09 | name = Nevada | overall = 18–14 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2009–10 | name = Nevada | overall = 17–16 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = WNIT First Round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2010–11 | name = Nevada | overall = 22–11 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = WNIT Second Round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2011–12 | name = Nevada | overall = 7–23 | conference = 3–11 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Nevada Wolf Pack |startyear=2012 |conference =Mountain West Conference |endyear=}} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2012–13 | name = Nevada | overall = 9–23 | conference = 2–14 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2013–14 | name = Nevada | overall = 18–13 | conference = 12–6 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2014–15 | name = Nevada | overall = 9–21 | conference = 5–13 | confstanding = T–9th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2015–16 | name = Nevada | overall = 5–24 | conference = 4–14 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2016–17 | name = Nevada | overall = 11–19 | conference = 5–13 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Nevada | overall = 115–165 | confrecord = 60–90 }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall =512–477||confrecord = || poll = | polltype= | polltype2 = }}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="NCAA Coaches">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Women's Basketball Coaches Career|date=|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="WUG 1993">{{cite web|title=Sixteenth World University Games – 1993|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/wwug_1993.html|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=May 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429111218/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/wwug_1993.html|archive-date=April 29, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Carol Eckman">{{cite web |title=Carol Eckman Award |date=February 17, 2016 |url=https://wbca.org/recognize/coach-awards/carol-eckman-integrity-coaching-award |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042531/https://wbca.org/recognize/coach-awards/carol-eckman-integrity-coaching-award |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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