Joanne Boyle

Education

Boyle, a four-year letterwinner at Duke, graduated in 1985 with a degree in economics and obtained a master"s of science degree in health policy and administration from North Carolina in 1989.

Career

Prior to joining the Cavaliers, Boyle served as the head coach of the California Golden Bears women"s basketball team Boyle played her collegiate basketball for the Duke Blue Devils basketball program She ended her playing career ranked second at Duke in both scoring and in assists.

Her 75 steals during the 1984-1985 campaign remained the highest single-season total until Alana Beard broke the mark in 2000-2001.

After Duke University, Boyle played professional basketball overseas for three years in Luxembourg and Germany. Boyle was hired at Cal on April 15, 2005, after serving three seasons as head coach at Richmond.

While at California, her teams emerged as one of the Pac-10"s statistical leaders. In 2007-2008, Cal ranked among the top-five teams in 13 categories for the second straight season and was Number.

1 in four areas. Foreign the third consecutive year, Cal established school records for field goal percentage defense (351%, 1st Pac-10) and scoring defense (543 ppg, all-time Pac-10 record).

Cal"s 155 three-pointers made in 2007-2008 broke the previous school record of 135, established in 1995-1996. During her first Cal season in 2005-2006, Boyle led a freshman-dominated Bears team to an 18–12 overall record, a sixth-place showing in the Pac-10 (10–8) and the school"s first National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament bid since 1993. During the 2009-2010 season, Boyle guided the Bears to their first title in the WNIT, defeating the Miami Hurricanes 73–61 at the Bears" home court in Haas Pavilion.

On April 2, 2010, United States of America Basketball announced that Boyle was appointed to its Board of Directors for 2009–2012.

The committee is responsible for selecting coaches and athletes for United States of America Basketball college-aged competitions including the U19 International Basketball Federation World Championships. Cal"s 68 wins in three seasons under Joanne Boyle are more than the Bears posted in the previous six years (63) prior to her arrival in Berkeley.

Owns the best winning percentage (708) of any of the eight women"s basketball coaches in Cal history Surpassed the 1983-1984 Bears (24-8) for the school record for wins in a season in 2007-2008 (27-7) Directed Cal to the best Pac-10 finish (2nd) and to the Bears" best Pac-10 record (15-3) in program history in 2007-2008 In 2007-2008, led Cal to the Pac-10 Tournament final for the first time and a school-best Number. 8 national ranking in the Associated Press and coaches" polls Guided Cal to five ranked wins in three seasons, including a victory over Number.

8 Stanford in 2006-2007 and Number.

18 Vanderbilt in 2007-2008 Her players have earned All-Pac-10 honors eight times and Pac-10 All-Freshman accolades seven times Coached two All-Americans (Devanei Hampton and Ashley Walker) 2006 United States of America Under-20 National team assistant coach In November 2001, while an assistant coach at Duke University, Boyle suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. She made a recovery, and returned to coaching in early-2002.

Achievements

• 2007-2008 Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 8 Coach of the Year Member of the WBCA Board of Directors 2011—Carol Eckman Award.

Membership

Member of the WBCA Board of Directors.