Cindy Stein
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Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 22, 1961 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1981 | Illinois Central |
| 1981–1983 | Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984–1986 | Central Michigan (GA) |
| 1986–1987 | Miami (OH) (asst.) |
| 1987–1988 | Cincinnati (asst.) |
| 1988–1993 | Bradley (asst.) |
| 1993–1995 | Illinois (asst.) |
| 1995–1998 | Emporia State |
| 1998–2010 | Missouri |
| 2012–2013 | Illinois Central |
| 2013–2022 | Southern Illinois |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 340–272 (.556) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| MIAA regular season (1998) MIAA Tournament (1998) | |
| Awards | |
National Coach of the Year (1998)
MIAA Coach of the Year (1998) | |
Cindy Stein (born January 22, 1961)[1] is a former basketball coach. She was the head women's basketball coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 2013 to 2022.[2] She is the former coach of the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team at the University of Missouri from 1998 to 2010 and at Illinois Central College from 2012 to 2013. She was the head coach for the Cougars from April 3, 2012, until April 2, 2013, when she was named head coach of the SIU Women's basketball team.
Stein was a junior college All-American, playing her first college basketball at Illinois Central College. She later transferred to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, an NCAA Division I school, where she played in her first NCAA Division I tournament in 1982. She ranks sixth in career assists (323) for the Illinois Fighting Illini and holds the highest career average for assists per game (5.6). In 1982–83, she set the second highest career assist total in school history (170). She graduated from Illinois in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.