Cara Ashley Consuegra (born March 4, 1979)[1] is an American women's basketball coach, currently the head coach at Marquette.[2] Previously, she had been the head coach with the Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team,[3] and before that she spent 7 seasons as an assistant coach at Marquette. Her current head coaching record is 224–164.
| Marquette Golden Eagles | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 4, 1979 Mount Airy, Maryland, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Listed weight | 146 lb (66 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Linganore (Frederick, Maryland) |
| College | Iowa (1997–2001) |
| WNBA draft | 2001: 4th round, 54th overall pick |
| Selected by the Utah Starzz | |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 21 |
| Coaching career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2001 | Utah Starzz |
| As coach: | |
| 2001–2004 | Penn State (DBO) |
| 2004–2011 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 2011–2024 | Charlotte |
| 2024–present | Marquette |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach: 2× Second-team All-Big Ten (2002, 2004)
| |
Consuegra played at Iowa from 1997–2001, where she was the first Hawkeyes player to score more than 1,000 points and 500 assists.[2] She then played one year for the Utah Starzz in the WNBA.[2]
College playing career
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Iowa | 24 | 97 | 35.6% | 23.1% | 62.9% | 2.1 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| 1998–99 | Iowa | 27 | 309 | 45.7% | 32.1% | 68.2% | 2.6 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 11.4 |
| 1999–00 | Iowa | 27 | 394 | 38.8% | 21.3% | 81.9% | 3.7 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 14.6 |
| 2000–01 | Iowa | 31 | 347 | 40.2% | 26.5% | 75.0% | 2.9 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 11.2 |
| Career | 109 | 1147 | 40.7% | 25.5% | 75.1% | 2.9 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 10.5 |
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte 49ers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2011–2013) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Charlotte | 16–14 | 8–6 | 6th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Charlotte | 26–6 | 13–1 | 2nd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| Charlotte (Atlantic 10): | 42–20 (.677) | 21–7 (.750) | |||||||
| Charlotte 49ers (Conference USA) (2013–2023) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Charlotte | 15–16 | 9–7 | T-6th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Charlotte | 15–17 | 10–8 | T-7th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Charlotte | 19–12 | 12–6 | 4th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Charlotte | 21–10 | 12–6 | T–4th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Charlotte | 14–16 | 10–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2018–19 | Charlotte | 18–13 | 9–7 | T–7th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Charlotte | 21–9 | 11–7 | 6th | Postseason Cancelled | ||||
| 2020–21 | Charlotte | 10–12 | 9–5 | 2nd (East) | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Charlotte | 22–10 | 15–3 | 1st (East) | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Charlotte | 12–19 | 7–13 | T–8th | |||||
| Charlotte (C–USA): | 167–134 (.555) | 104–68 (.605) | |||||||
| Charlotte 49ers (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Charlotte | 16–15 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| Charlotte (American): | 16–15 (.516) | 9–9 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 225–169 (.571) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ a b c Steele, Ben (17 April 2024). "Marquette hires Charlotte's Cara Consuegra as next women's basketball coach". Milwaukee Journel Sentinel. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Cara Consuegra Bio - Charlotte 49ers". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "FINAL 1998 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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