Sue Troyan
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1984–1988 | Dickinson College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–2022 | Lehigh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 420–352 (.544) |
| Tournaments | 0–4 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Patriot League (1997, 2009, 2010, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| Patriot League Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2022) | |
Sue Troyan is an American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Lehigh University, a position that she held from 1995 to 2022. Prior to coaching basketball at Lehigh, she was the university's softball coach for five years.[1]
Player career[edit]
While attending Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Troyan competed in both basketball and track. She was voted the basketball team's most valuable player following her 1988 senior season, and was a three-time All-American in track.[2]
Head coaching record[edit]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Mountain Hawks (Patriot League) (1995–present) | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | Lehigh | 14–13 | 5–7 | 4th | |||||
| 1996–97 | Lehigh | 15–15 | 7–5 | 3rd | NCAA Tourney first round | ||||
| 1997–98 | Lehigh | 11–17 | 4–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Lehigh | 15–12 | 6–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Lehigh | 13–16 | 6–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Lehigh | 16–14 | 7–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2001–02 | Lehigh | 12–16 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2002–03 | Lehigh | 12–15 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2003–04 | Lehigh | 13–16 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2004–05 | Lehigh | 16–14 | 9–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 2005–06 | Lehigh | 10–18 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Lehigh | 11–19 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Lehigh | 18–13 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2008–09 | Lehigh | 26–7 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Tourney first round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Lehigh | 29–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Tourney first round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Lehigh | 21–11 | 10–4 | 2nd | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Lehigh | 17–13 | 9–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 2012–13 | Lehigh | 14–16 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Lehigh | 13–18 | 5–13 | 8th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Lehigh | 19–12 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Lehigh | 18–13 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Lehigh | 10–20 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Lehigh | 15–15 | 9–9 | 4th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Lehigh | 21–10 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2019–20 | Lehigh | 19–11 | 10–8 | 6th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Lehigh | 10–6 | 7–5 | 2nd of 3 Central | NCAA Tourney first round | ||||
| Lehigh: | 411–350 (.540) | 207–171 (.548) | |||||||
| Total: | 411–350 (.540) | ||||||||
Personal life[edit]
She met her future husband Fran while finishing undergraduate studies at Dickinson University, where he was enrolled at Penn State Dickinson Law. When she accepted a graduate assistant's job with Lehigh's University women's basketball team and pursued her Master of Business Administration at Lehigh, he worked in nearby Allentown. She was offered an assistant coach's job with the basketball team and the head coaching position with the university's softball team. Fran became her assistant in softball and took over the head coaching job in 1995, after she was named the new head basketball head coach.
They reside in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, and have three children.[3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Sue Troyan". lehighsports.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ Chavers, Gracie (February 19, 2017). "Working and living together: Lehigh's married coaches". thebrownandwhite.com. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ Hays, Graham (March 10, 2009). "Family effort lifts Lehigh to NCAA berth". ESPN. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ Bostrom, Don (April 13, 1995). "Lehigh Hoop Job Goes To Sue Troyan Husband Fran New Softball Coach". The Morning Call. Retrieved April 25, 2019.