Susan Paige Semrau (born March 9, 1962)[1] is the former head women's basketball coach at Florida State University. From 1997 through 2022, Semrau compiled a 468-252 career record at FSU. She retired after her 24th season at FSU.[2] During the 2020–21 season she took a leave of absence to care for her mother.[3] She guided the Seminoles to appearances in the NCAA tournament 15 total times, including 14 out of the past 15 seasons including three Elite Eights. Until her final season, Semrau at FSU never lost a 1st Round NCAA tournament game, going 15-0. In the 2019–20 season, she hit the 200 ACC wins milestone as a head coach.
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| Born | March 9, 1962 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | UC San Diego | |||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Occidental College | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Northern Illinois (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Wisconsin (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2020 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||||
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| Overall | 492–271 (.645) includes 22 wins vacated by NCAA in 2006–07 and 2007–08 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Prior to being at Florida State, she was the head coach of Division III's Occidental College for four seasons[4] before spending six seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois University (1991–92 and 1993–94) and the University of Wisconsin (1994–95 and 1996–97).[5]
Semrau grew up in the state of Washington, and attended Shorecrest High School in Seattle. At first, she stayed in Washington for college, playing for Puget Sound for two years before transferring to UC-San Diego for her final two seasons.[4]
Career milestones
edit- All-time winningest coach at Florida State University [6]
- 200 career wins (and counting) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
- Defeated Clemson at Clemson for the first time in school history
- Eight straight wins over the Clemson Tigers (school record)
- Defeated Virginia for the first time in school history
- 3-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year[6]
- 2-time co-champions of the ACC
- First Sweet 16 appearance in 2006–2007 season
- Named United States Marine Corps/WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year
- 2013—Kay Yow Heart Coach of the Year[7]
- 2015—Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year[8][9]
Coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Florida State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1997–2022) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Florida State | 9–18 | 5–11 | 7th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Florida State | 7–20 | 2–14 | 9th | |||||
| 1999–00 | Florida State | 12–17 | 4–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Florida State | 19–12 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Florida State | 13–15 | 4–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Florida State | 17–13 | 8–8 | 4th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2003–04 | Florida State | 15–15 | 7–9 | 5th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | Florida State | 24–8 | 9–5 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Florida State | 20–10 | 10–4 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2006–07 | Florida State | 24–10 * | 10–4 | 4th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2007–08 | Florida State | 19–14 * | 7–7 | 5th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Florida State | 26–8 | 12–2 | T-1st | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2009–10 | Florida State | 29–6 | 12–2 | T-1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2010–11 | Florida State | 24–8 | 11–3 | 3rd | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Florida State | 14–17 | 6–10 | 8th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Florida State | 23–10 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Florida State | 21–12 | 7–9 | 9th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Florida State | 32–5 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2015–16 | Florida State | 25–8 | 13–3 | T-3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2016–17 | Florida State | 28–7 | 13–3 | T-2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2017–18 | Florida State | 26–7 | 12–4 | 3rd | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Florida State | 24–9 | 10–6 | 6th | NCAA round of 32 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Florida State | 24–8 | 11–7 | T-4th | Postseason cancelled | ||||
| 2021–22 | Florida State | 17–14 | 10–8 | T-7th | NCAA First Four | ||||
| Florida State: | 492–271 (.645) | 217–159 (.577) | |||||||
| Total: | 492–271 (.645) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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* 16 wins in 2006–07 and 6 wins in 2007–08 vacated by NCAA[10]
References
edit- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves interviews at Washington but says he'll stay with Bulldogs". Seattle Times. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Coach Sue Taking Single-Season Leave of Absence". Florida State Seminoles. September 8, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Features". Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ "USA Basketball: Sue Semrau". Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "Player Bio: Sue Semrau". Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ Herald, Miami. "FSU WBB Head Coach Sue Semrau Wins FCA Kay Yow Heart Coach of the Year | Seminoles Chant". miamiherald.typepad.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ "FSU's Semrau wins AP Coach of the Year award". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "Semrau Named Associated Press Coach of the Year". Seminoles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "Academic scandal costs Florida State 22 wins, 16 from breakout season". Hoopfeed.com. February 8, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2017.