Muffet McGraw
Muffet McGraw (born December 5, 1955) is the current head women's basketball coach at Notre Dame. In 27 seasons at Notre Dame, she compiled a 662-217 (.753) record. She led her team to 6 Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014), and won the National Championship in 2001 against Purdue. Notre Dame has made it to the fourth round of the tournament 6 out of the last 11 seasons (through the 2013 tournament), and had 20-win seasons in 13 out of the past 14 seasons. McGraw led the Irish to 14 NCAA tournament appearances including a current streak of 12 straight. In the current streak, Notre Dame made it to the second round in all but one of the appearances. McGraw graduated from Saint Joseph's University and briefly played professionally for the California Dreams of the Women's Professional Basketball League.
McGraw has compiled 50 wins over ranked opponents, including 40 over the last 8 seasons. Her teams appeared in the AP poll 139 times during her tenure. Notre Dame finished in the Top 3 of the Big East in 9 out of the 11 seasons they have been in the league. Notre Dame also received 11 consecutive Top 20 ranked recruiting classes. She is the 27th coach in NCAA history to win over 500 career games, and is currently the 10th head coach in NCAA Division I basketball history to reach 800 career wins.
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Famous quotes by Muffet McGraw:
"I want to thank all the orange people that showed up. The green people did a great job, too."
"We had a lot of people contribute, a lot of people play well. Everybody has to feel pretty confident that we can beat a ranked team."
"That finish at Cincinnati was huge in a lot of ways in terms of confidence and in terms of keeping our hopes alive. Because I don't think we would have gone if we had lost that game."
"I've beaten her 43 to 44 because she hasn't played in eight months and I've been playing every day. I have to pick my spots and try to get in her head."
"I just think it's better for the team to know they have to look at one person on the floor. I have that much respect for her."
"This year she's had to do it all. She's had to be the leading scorer. She's had to be the leader. She's had to be the one whose out there all the time."
"She's such a great leader for our team. She carried us at times during the year. She is the one that motivates them and gets them in the right spots. She does everything she can to help us win. She is the consummate team player."
"She takes it all in stride. That's her job and she's very accountable. If we don't win, she finds a reason, what she could have done better to help us win. She never blames anyone else. She always keeps them upbeat."
"I don't really want to think about it. I really don't. I cringe when I think about next year without her."
"She is the consummate team player."
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Notre Dame’s Niele Ivey is doing it the way she learned how to coach, pacing the sideline in stylish attire in a time when most coaches favor far more casual attire ... “Being coached under Coach (Muffet) McGraw, her whole staff dressed up ... St ... 16.
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Notre Dame's Niele Ivey is doing it the way she learned how to coach, pacing the sideline in stylish attire in a time when most coaches favor far more casual attire ... “Being coached under Coach (Muffet) McGraw, her whole staff dressed up ... 16 ... It’s fun ... .
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She led the Fighting Irish to their first NCAA women's national championship in 2001 as a player under then-head coach Muffet McGraw and was named to the All-Tournament team ... Ivey took over as head coach in 2020 after McGraw retired.
Iowa State women's basketball: Bill Fennelly enjoying homecoming to Notre Dame
Des Moines Register 20 Mar 2025
SOUTH BEND, Ind ... Former men’s coach Digger Phelps and former women’s coach Muffet McGraw both helped him land his first head coaching job at Toledo. McGraw was instrumental in Fennelly’s coaching development ... After the game, he got a text from McGraw.
Iowa State women's basketball: Cyclones coach Bill Fennelly celebrates 800th career victory
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Players in March Madness to watch before the WNBA draft ... Fennelly credited former Notre Dame men's basketball coach Digger Phelps and former Irish women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw for helping him land his first head coaching job leading Toledo.
A Notre Dame women's basketball standout returns for March Madness in a different role
South Bend Tribune 20 Mar 2025
SOUTH BEND — She never looked up ... It was right there, hanging quietly above Section Three ... That’s some select company. She’s select company ... This time ... How she grew her game, and grew up, while playing for Hall of Fame head coach Muffet McGraw ... Forever.
Missouri State women's basketball coach Beth Cunningham says she'll return for 2025-26
Springfield News-Leader 17 Mar 2025
on Thursday at Great Southern Bank Arena ... "Yeah. I don't have any reason right now not to be here ... She departed VCU to join Muffet McGraw's staff at Notre Dame, her alma mater, where the Fighting Irish won a national championship in 2018.
Should Missouri State women's basketball worry about Beth Cunningham taking a new job?
Springfield News-Leader 12 Mar 2025
Missouri State women's basketball has already had its best season under head coach Beth Cunningham ... An argument could be made that she should have been the successor to Muffet McGraw at Notre Dame, her alma mater, when the legendary coach retired ...
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