Stacie Terry-Hutson
American basketball player and coach (born 1976)
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Stacie Lynne Terry-Hutson (born October 8, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the San Diego State Aztecs women's basketball team at San Diego State University (SDSU).
Terry in 2017. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | San Diego State |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Record | 206–201 (.506) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 8, 1976 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1998 | Texas–Arlington |
| 1998 | Polonia Warsaw |
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2000 | Texas–Arlington (graduate assistant) |
| 2000–2003 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2003–2004 | Dayton (assistant) |
| 2004–2007 | Illinois (assistant) |
| 2007–2008 | Southern Miss (assistant) |
| 2008–2011 | UCLA (assistant) |
| 2011–2013 | LSU (assistant) |
| 2013–present | San Diego State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 206–201 (.506) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Mountain West tournament (2025) Mountain West regular season (2026) | |
| Awards | |
| Mountain West Coach of the Year (2026) | |
Early life, education, and pro basketball career
Born Stacie Lynne Terry in San Diego, Terry-Hutson graduated from El Capitan High School in nearby Lakeside in 1994.[1] At the University of Texas at Arlington, Terry-Hutson was a four-year guard for the Texas–Arlington Mavericks from 1994 to 1998. As a junior in 1996–97, Terry started all 28 games and averaged 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds.[2] In her senior season of 1997–98, Terry-Hutson was the team's leading scorer with 17.4 points and averaged 4.4 rebounds.[3]
In 1998–99, Terry-Hutson played one season of pro basketball for the Polish team Polonia Warsaw, averaging 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds.[1]
Coaching career
Assistant coach (1999–2013)
In 1999, Terry-Hutson returned to UT Arlington women's basketball to be a graduate assistant. Then from 2000 to 2003, Terry-Hutson was an assistant coach at Louisville under head coach Martin Clapp.[1] Clapp resigned from Louisville after the 2002–03 season.[4] Terry subsequently became assistant coach at Dayton for the 2003–04 season under Jim Jabir.[1]
On September 17, 2004, Terry-Hutson became an assistant coach at Illinois under Theresa Grentz.[5] After Grentz retired following the 2006–07 season, Terry-Hutson moved to Southern Miss on July 23, 2007, as an assistant coach under Joye Lee-McNelis.[6][7] The 2007–08 Southern Miss team finished the season 21–14 with a third round appearance in the 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament.[1]
Terry-Hutson was an assistant coach at UCLA from 2008 to 2011 and LSU from 2011 to 2013.[8]
San Diego State (2013–present)
Terry-Hutson was hired as head coach at San Diego State on May 15, 2013.[9] In her first season, Terry led San Diego State to a 13–17 (9–9 Mountain West Conference) record for a sixth place tie in conference standings.[10]
In 2019–20, San Diego State finished 14–17 (9–9 MW) with a tie for fifth in MW standings, the best finish under Terry-Hutson.[11][12] Following that season, Terry-Hutson signed a contract extension on April 2, 2020, through the 2023–24 season.[11] However, outside the 2019–20 season, San Diego State did not finish better than sixth place in the Mountain West, and San Diego State did not have a winning record through the 2021-22 season.[10] Following a 15–16 (8–10 MW) season in 2021–22, Terry had a cumulative 109–161 record at San Diego State.[13][14].
Since 2022-23, Terry-Hutson's teams have had winning seasons (2022-23: 23-11, 12-6 MW; 2023-24: 22-13, 10-8 MW; 2024-25: 25-10, 10-7 MW). In March 2025, the Aztecs won the Mountain West Tournament by defeating #5 New Mexico, #1 UNLV, and #2 Wyoming in a triple overtime final. As of Jan 27, 2026, the 2025-26 team is 15-3 overall and undefeated, 9-0, in Mountain West Conference play. https://goaztecs.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/season/2025-26
Head coaching record
Source:
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego State Aztecs (Mountain West Conference) (2013–2026) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | San Diego State | 13–17 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 2014–15 | San Diego State | 12–19 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2015–16 | San Diego State | 12–19 | 6–12 | T–8th | |||||
| 2016–17 | San Diego State | 11–19 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2017–18 | San Diego State | 11–19 | 5–13 | T–8th | |||||
| 2018–19 | San Diego State | 14–18 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2019–20 | San Diego State | 14–17 | 9–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 2020–21 | San Diego State | 7–17 | 5–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2021–22 | San Diego State | 15–16 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2022–23 | San Diego State | 23–11 | 12–6 | T–3rd | WNIT first round | ||||
| 2023–24 | San Diego State | 22–13 | 10–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2024–25 | San Diego State | 25–10 | 11–7 | T–4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2025–26 | San Diego State | 27–6 | 19–1 | 1st | WBIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| San Diego State: | 206–201 (.506) | 115–120 (.489) | |||||||
| Total: | 206–201 (.506) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
In 2019, Terry married Justin Hutson, head men's basketball coach at Fresno State. They met when Justin was a men's basketball assistant coach at San Diego State.[17]