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Thibault-DuDonis Promoted to Associate Head Coach
5/14/2020 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
MINNEAPOLIS – University of Minnesota women's basketball head coach Lindsay Whalen announced Thursday that assistant coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis has been promoted to the title of associate head coach.
"Carly is an amazing coach and person and has worked tirelessly to enhance our program," Whalen said. "She deserves this and has embraced the culture of what we're all about. We're excited to see Carly in this new role."
In her two seasons at Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis has helped the Maroon and Gold reach the postseason and coached one WNBA draft pick, one All-American, four All-Big Ten honorees, two members of the Big Ten All-Freshman team and one Big Ten All-Defensive Team player.
Among her duties with the Golden Gophers, she works with the team's guards, oversees the recruiting efforts and helps prepare scouting reports and game strategies.
This past year, Thibault-DuDonis had three guards earn All-Big Ten honors. Jasmine Powell was a consensus pick for both All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, while Gadiva Hubbard was an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honoree by the media, as was Sara Scalia, who also earned a place on the media's Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
Minnesota's 238 made 3-pointers were the third most in program history, while the 653 attempts were fourth highest and 36.4 percentage on 3's was 10th best.
In addition, Thibault-DuDonis spearheaded efforts on the recruiting trail to sign the 20th-ranked class in the country, according to ESPN.
In her first season at Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis helped Kenisha Bell earn honorable mention All-America honors from the AP, become a semifinalist for the 2019 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year Award, garner consensus First Team All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches and media and be placed on the All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Bell was then taken 30th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2019 WNBA Draft.
As a team, the Gophers posted the eighth most 3-point attempts and 10th most 3's made in program history during the season.
Prior to Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis spent two seasons on the Mississippi State coaching staff where she helped the Bulldogs to the Final Four and national title game in both of her seasons in Starkville. Thibault-DuDonis joined the Bulldogs following two seasons on the staff at Eastern Michigan. She made the move to EMU following a stint in Tallahassee as the Director of Recruiting Operations at Florida State.
"Carly is an amazing coach and person and has worked tirelessly to enhance our program," Whalen said. "She deserves this and has embraced the culture of what we're all about. We're excited to see Carly in this new role."
In her two seasons at Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis has helped the Maroon and Gold reach the postseason and coached one WNBA draft pick, one All-American, four All-Big Ten honorees, two members of the Big Ten All-Freshman team and one Big Ten All-Defensive Team player.
Among her duties with the Golden Gophers, she works with the team's guards, oversees the recruiting efforts and helps prepare scouting reports and game strategies.
This past year, Thibault-DuDonis had three guards earn All-Big Ten honors. Jasmine Powell was a consensus pick for both All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, while Gadiva Hubbard was an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honoree by the media, as was Sara Scalia, who also earned a place on the media's Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
Powell (12.1) and Scalia (10.8) combined for the third-best combined scoring performance by a freshman duo in team annals. In addition, they each won Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors twice during the season. Powell led all Big Ten freshmen in points per game and free throw percentage, and also led conference freshmen in scoring in conference games only (13.1). Meanwhile, Scalia led all Big Ten freshmen in 3-pointers made per game; and led all B1G freshmen in conference games only in 3-point percentage, 3's made per game and minutes played per game.Before they take the court today in the @B1Gwbball tourney hear Assistant Coach Carly Thibault-Dudonis on the bench during a recent @GopherWBB game. @CTbow gives us some great insight in the latest Mic'd Up! 🎙⬆️📝 pic.twitter.com/aIgSAUyJEC
— Minnesota on BTN (@MinnesotaOnBTN) March 4, 2020
Minnesota's 238 made 3-pointers were the third most in program history, while the 653 attempts were fourth highest and 36.4 percentage on 3's was 10th best.
In addition, Thibault-DuDonis spearheaded efforts on the recruiting trail to sign the 20th-ranked class in the country, according to ESPN.
In her first season at Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis helped Kenisha Bell earn honorable mention All-America honors from the AP, become a semifinalist for the 2019 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year Award, garner consensus First Team All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches and media and be placed on the All-Big Ten Defensive Team. Bell was then taken 30th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2019 WNBA Draft.
As a team, the Gophers posted the eighth most 3-point attempts and 10th most 3's made in program history during the season.
Prior to Minnesota, Thibault-DuDonis spent two seasons on the Mississippi State coaching staff where she helped the Bulldogs to the Final Four and national title game in both of her seasons in Starkville. Thibault-DuDonis joined the Bulldogs following two seasons on the staff at Eastern Michigan. She made the move to EMU following a stint in Tallahassee as the Director of Recruiting Operations at Florida State.
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