| Clarisse Garcia | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Charleston Southern |
| Current Conference: | Big South |
| Birth Date: | December 18, 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Wheat Ridge, Colorado |
| Player Years1: | 2003–2007 |
| Player Team1: | Villanova |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Years1: | 2007–2009 |
| Coach Team1: | Seton Hill (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team2: | Stetson (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2010–2012 |
| Coach Team3: | Palm Beach Atlantic |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team4: | Alabama (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team5: | Wake Forest (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2016–2021 |
| Coach Team6: | Auburn (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team7: | Charleston Southern |
Clarisse Garcia (born December 18, 1984) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the women's basketball team at Charleston Southern University.[1]
Garcia played basketball at Villanova from 2003 to 2007, where she was a walk-on player. During her time at Villanova, she was a three-time member of the dean's list, as well as a three-time Big East All-Academic member.
Garcia began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, before moving on to Stetson in 2009 as an assistant coach.
Garcia was named the head coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a Division II school in Florida in May 2010. She compiled a 15–39 record in two seasons before she stepped down to take an assistant coaching position at Alabama in 2012.[2] She spent one season at Alabama before joining Wake Forest as an assistant. She was also an assistant coach at Auburn from 2016 to 2021.[3]
Garcia was named the head coach at Charleston Southern on May 3, 2021.[4]
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