| Betsy Harris | |
| Team: | East Central Community College |
| Position: | Head coach |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height Cm: | 178 |
| High School: | Decatur (Decatur, Mississippi) |
| College: | Alabama (1990–1994) |
| Career Start: | 1994 |
| Career End: | 1999 |
| Coach Start: | 1999 |
| Career Position: | Guard |
| Years1: | 1995 |
| Team1: | Oviedo |
| Years2: | 1995–1996 |
| Team2: | Breiðablik |
| Cyears1: | 1999–2001 |
| Cteam1: | West Alabama (assistant) |
| Cyears2: | 2001–2002 |
| Cteam2: | Troy (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2002–2003 |
| Cteam3: | East Central (assistant) |
| Cyears4: | 2003–2010 |
| Cteam4: | West Alabama (assistant) |
| Cyears5: | 2010–2011 |
| Cteam5: | Meridian (assistant) |
| Cyears6: | 2011–2014 |
| Cteam6: | Coastal Georgia |
| Cyears7: | 2014–2022 |
| Cteam7: | Florida Southern |
| Cyears8: | 2022–present |
| Cteam8: | East Central |
| Highlights: | As player:
As coach: |
Betsy Harris (born April 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional player.
Harris was born in Jacksonville, Florida.[1] She went to Decatur High School, in Decatur, Mississippi, where she won the state championship in 1990.[2]
Harris played college basketball for the University of Alabama from 1990 to 1994. She led Alabama to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip the NCAA Division I Final Four in 1994. She earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a senior in 1994 and was also named the MVP of the Midwest Regional and earned a spot on the 1994 Final Four All-Tournament Team.[3]
Source[4]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3PA% | FT | FTA | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | Points | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Alabama | 29 | 22 | 105 | 277 | 37.9% | 43 | 109 | 39.4% | 83 | 107 | 77.6% | 0.55 | 1.86 | 0.07 | 1.21 | 336 | 11.59 | |
| 1991–92 | Alabama | 30 | 6 | 108 | 289 | 37.4% | 49 | 148 | 33.1% | 64 | 82 | 78.0% | 2.53 | 1.43 | 0.00 | 1.23 | 329 | 10.97 | |
| 1992–93 | Alabama | 31 | 31 | 125 | 292 | 42.8% | 89 | 208 | 42.8% | 48 | 62 | 77.4% | 3.52 | 1.29 | 0.06 | 1.42 | 387 | 12.48 | |
| 1993–94 | Alabama | 33 | 33 | 156 | 385 | 40.5% | 91 | 264 | 34.5% | 66 | 89 | 74.2% | 2.97 | 1.52 | 0.09 | 0.88 | 470 | 14.24 | |
| Career | 123 | 92 | 494 | 1243 | 39.7% | 272 | 729 | 37.3% | 261 | 340 | 76.8% | 2.43 | 1.52 | 0.06 | 1.18 | 1522 | 12.37 |
After graduating in 1994, Harris went on to play four years professionally in Greece (Apollon), Iceland (Breiðablik), Spain (CD Universidad de Oviedo), Sweden (Ockelbo BBK), and Switzerland (ABB Baden).[3]
After starting the year playing in Spain,[1] Harris signed with reigning Icelandic champions Breiðablik in August 1995.[5] She helped Breiðablik win the Icelandic Super Cup[6] and reach the playoffs.[7] After the season, where she averaged 26.6 points per game,[8] she was named the Foreign Player of the Year.[9]
In 1998, she was invited to training camp with the WNBA's Detroit Shock.[3]
In 2014, Harris was hired as the head coach of Florida Southern women's basketball team. In 2019, she won her second-consecutive Sunshine State Conference championship.[2] During her stint with Florida Southern, she was a three-time Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year and the WBCA South Region Coach of the Year in 2019. She stepped down from her post in August 2022 and took over as head coach at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi.[10] [11]