Education
Elliott earned her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Southwest Missouri State and her Master"s of Science in education from Southwest Baptist University.
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Elliott earned her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Southwest Missouri State and her Master"s of Science in education from Southwest Baptist University.
She has previously been the women"s head basketball coach at Portland State, University of California San Diego, and Cal Baptist. Elliott began playing collegiate basketball at Rice before transferring to play for Southwest Missouri State, now known as Missouri State University. Elliott would play at Rice for two seasons and averaged 16 minutes per game.
While at Southwest Missouri State, the Bears would go 31-3 and make their first ever Final Four appearance.
An integral part of one of the most successful teams in program history, she ranked in the top 10 nationally in free throw percentage and was named SMS" Female Student-Athlete of the Year as well as Woman of the Year at the end of the 1991-1992 season. The Bears posted a 57-8 record during her two-year career with the program
Elliott would begin coaching with a series of positions as assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, San Diego State University, Southwest Baptist University, and Southwest Missouri State. From 2001-2003 Elliott was granted her first ever head coaching responsibility at Cal Baptist, where she would coach for two seasons.
In her second season the Lancers would post a 16-16 record, snapping the programs 10-year losing streak.
After one season away from head coaching, Elliott returned as the head coach at Portland State. Once again she would be tasked with rebuilding the program Over a three-year stretch Elliott compiled a 27-57 record.
After the Vikings went 3-23, including 1-13 in the Big Sky Conference, during her first year in 2004-2005, Portland State jumped to 12-16 and 6-8 in the conference during her second season and the Vikings qualified for the Big Sky Tournament.
Portland State would finish 12-18 in her third season, including an 8-8 mark in the Big Sky. Elliott would leave Portland State to become the head coach at University of California San Diego.
From 2007-2012 Elliott would become one of the top women"s basketball coaches in Division 2. Elliott would lead the Tritons to four conference champions, five tournament berths, and two Sweet Sixteen appearances.
To begin the 2011-2012 season, the team would start 26-0 and be ranked as the #1 school in the nation for seven weeks.
On April 3, 2012 Elliott was hired as the head coach for Loyola Marymount. Elliott is married Chris Elliott and has coached alongside him for more than 7 years at University of California San Diego and Loyola Marymount.