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Albright graduated from Appalachian State University in 1977 cum laude with a bachelor"s degree in health and physical education.
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From 1994 to 2002, she coached at the University of Wisconsin where she compiled a 161-107 record. In her final season Wisconsin went 7-21, before she resigned. She also coached at Northern Illinois University for 10 years.
She took the Huskies to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament four out of her final five seasons there.
She is now the coach of the University of Nevada, Reno. At Appalachian State, Albright played basketball and volleyball.
Albright is a cousin of Andy Albright President & Chief Executive Officer of National Agents Alliance. Albright began her career as the girls" varsity basketball coach at Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1977.
The team went 3–18 in Albright"s first year, then improved to 11–10 in 1978-1979, 16–13 in 1979-1980, and 20–7 in 1980-1981 and made the playoffs in 1980 and 1981.
From 1981 to 1983, Albright was a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Pat Summitt. Albright then was an assistant coach at Cincinnati for the 1983-1984 season. She was coach at Wichita State University from 2003 to 2007, where she went 48-95.
Albright served as the assistant coach for the team representing the United States at the World University Games held in Buffalo, New York in July 1993.
The United States of America team defeated teams from Israel, Taiwan, the Ukraine, and Russia. They were defeated by Cuba 88–80 and by China 75–73.
The United States of America team defeated Lithuania 83–73 to earn the bronze medal. 2014—Carol Eckman Award.
