Elaine Elliott
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 Elliott in 2010 | |
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1973–1977 | Boise State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1979 | Boise HS (ID) |
| 1979–1983 | Utah (assistant) |
| 1983–2010 | Utah |
| 2011–2014 | Westminster (assistant) |
| 2016–2017 | Cal State Fullerton (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 582–234 (.713) |
| Tournaments | 8–12 (NCAA D-I) 1–3 (WNIT) 0–1 (NWIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| WAC regular season (1996–1999) WAC tournament (1991, 1995) Mountain West regular season (2000, 2001, 2003–2005, 2008, 2009) Mountain West tournament (2000, 2006, 2009) | |
| Awards | |
| HCAC Coach of the Year (1986, 1989) WAC Mountain Division Coach of the Year (1997, 1998, 1999) Mountain West Coach of the Year (2000, 2001, 2003, 2008) WBCA District Coach of the Year Award (1998, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009) Wooden National Coach of the Year (2001) | |
Elaine Elliott is an American former basketball coach for the Utah Utes women's basketball team. She is the winningest basketball coach in school history, with a career record of 582–234 (.713). At the time of her retirement, she had led the Utes to 15 appearances in NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2006. Elliott formally retired as head coach on March 23, 2011.
Elliott was born and raised outside of Tacoma, Washington. Her father Will introduced her to the game of basketball as he was a former collegiate player.[1][2] However, he chose not to pursue basketball after college and became a music teacher at Boise State University.[3] While she played organized sports in Washington, she was unable to continue after her family moved to Boise, Idaho, in 1968, because her junior high school had no girls' sports. While enrolled at Capital High School, Elliott played competitive volleyball, basketball, and tennis.[1] She competed against both men and women in tennis tournaments[4][5] and won two state singles titles as a junior and senior.[1]
College career
After graduating from Capital High School, Elliott played collegiate basketball, field hockey, volleyball, and softball at Boise State University (BSU).[6] As Title IX had not been fully implemented, none of her teams had matching uniforms or a team bus for travel.[1] By the conclusion of her collegiate career Elliott set the single game, single season, and career assist record for women's basketball and ranked third on BSU's all-time scoring list in women's field hockey.[7]