Alisa Kresge
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_during_game_against_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_at_Williams_Arena_in_Minneapolis,_Minnesota_(November_8,_2024)_0381.jpg) Kresge in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Richmond |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 1, 1985 Holmdel Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2007 | Marist |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2016 | Marist (assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Vermont (assistant) |
| 2018–2026 | Vermont |
| 2026–present | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 145–89 (.620) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 America East regular season (2023, 2026) 3 America East tournament (2023, 2025, 2026) | |
| Awards | |
| 2 America East Coach of the Year (2023, 2026) | |
Alisa Kresge (born April 1, 1985) is an American basketball coach and former player. She is the head coach of the Richmond Spiders women's basketball team.[1] From 2018 to 2026, she coached for Vermont.[2]
Marist statistics
Raised in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, Kresge played prep basketball at Red Bank Catholic High School.[3]
Kresge played at Marist where she was part of four MAAC regular-season title teams, and three MAAC tournament championship teams. With the Red Foxes, Kresge made three NCAA tournament appearances as a player, culminating in a Sweet 16 appearance in 2007.[3] She graduated as the school's all-time leader in assists with 596, and second all-time in steals with 222.[2]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Marist | 31 | 59 | 32.1 | 31.3 | 40.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2004–05 | Marist | 29 | 92 | 32.6 | 40.6 | 44.2 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2005–06 | Marist | 30 | 87 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 54.7 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2006–07 | Marist | 35 | 111 | 28.2 | 25.5 | 54.5 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| Career | 125 | 349 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 49.1 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
Source:[4]
Coaching career
Marist
In 2009, Kresge joined the coaching staff of her alma mater under Brian Giorgis.[5] The Red Foxes would reach the postseason six of the eight years she was on staff with five NCAA tournament appearances and a WNIT appearance.
Vermont
Kresge joined the coaching staff at Vermont in 2016, serving as associate head coach under Chris Day.[2] After Day resigned his position amid an investigation into his verbal conduct and subsequently took an assistant coaching position at La Salle, Kresge was given the title of interim head coach for the 2018–19 season.[6]
During her interim coaching season, Kresge guided the Catamounts to its best record in nearly a decade going 11–18 overall for the most wins since the 2009–10 season.[7] On April 9, 2019 the interim tag was officially lifted and Kresge was named the ninth head coach in Vermont women's basketball history.[8] During the 2021–22 season, Kresge led the Catamounts to the first 20-win season since the 2009–10 season, finishing with a 20–11 overall record and an appearance in the semifinals of the 2022 America East tournament.[9] The following season, the Catamounts claimed the America East regular-season title for the first time in 21 years, and the America East tournament title for the first time since 2010, earning an appearance in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[10][11] Vermont faced second-seeded UConn, falling 95–52.[12]
The 2023–24 season saw Kresge guide Vermont to a 25–12 overall record, earning the team a berth in the 2024 WNIT, where it won three games en route to the Fab 4, falling to Saint Louis at Patrick Gym 57–54.[13]