Cindy Russo Explained

Cindy Russo
Birth Date:7 September 1952
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Virginia
Player Years1:1972–1975
Player Team1:Old Dominion
Coach Years1:1975–1977
Coach Team1:Old Dominion (asst.)
Coach Years2:1977–1978
Coach Team2:FIU
Coach Years3:1978–1980
Coach Team3:Lamar
Coach Years4:1980–2015
Coach Team4:FIU
Overall Record:707–408

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 Division I women's basketball tournaments, seven WNIT tournaments, and two NCAA Division II Tournaments.[3]

Russo was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and graduated from Old Dominion University in 1975.[4]

Head coaching record

* 2003–04 wins vacated by the NCAA; FIU originally finished 4th in the East Division.
** Partial season. Coach Russo resigned effective immediately on January 22, 2015. Interim head coach completed the season. Inge Nissen became interim head coach and went 0–13 (all in C-USA), for the team to finish 3–26 (0–18 C-USA) and in 14th place.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David J. Neale. Longtime FIU women's basketball coach Cindy Russo retires. Miami Herald. March 15, 2016. January 22, 2015.
  2. Web site: Tim Reynolds (Associated Press). Cindy Russo resigns as FIU coach. ESPN. March 17, 2016. January 22, 2015.
  3. Web site: Cindy Russo - Head Coach. Florida International University. https://web.archive.org/web/20160609022303/http://www.fiusports.com/staff.aspx?path=wbball&staff=115. 2016-06-09.
  4. Web site: Cindy Russo. FIU. 2011. June 8, 2016.
  5. Web site: FIU. 18. 2015-16 Women's Basketball. Conference USA. 2015. 2016-03-16. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202830/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/media-guide.pdf. dead.