Linda Marie Lappe (born February 26, 1980)[1] is an American college basketball coach who most recently was women's basketball head coach at Colorado.
 Lappe in 2016 at Kezar Pavilion. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Senior Associate Athletic Director |
| Team | San Francisco |
| Conference | WCC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 26, 1980 Burlington, Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2003 | Colorado |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Drake (asst.) |
| 2006–2007 | Colorado State (asst.) |
| 2007–2010 | Metro State |
| 2010–2016 | Colorado |
| 2016–2017 | San Francisco (asst.) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2019–present | San Francisco (sr. asso. AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 148–105 (.585) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA) 6–4 (WNIT) |
Early life and education
editBorn in Burlington, Iowa, Lappe grew up in nearby Morning Sun and attended Winfield-Mt. Union High School in Winfield.[2]
As a freshman at Colorado in 1998–99 playing under coach Ceal Barry, Lappe led the team in scoring with 10.7 points per game. She redshirted the next season due to injuring her patella during the home opener.[2] Lappe returned in 2000–01 as a redshirt sophomore averaging 7.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 30 games (six starts).[3]
As a junior in 2001–02, Lappe played 22 games and averaged 4.6 points and 2.9 points, after missing the first 11 games due to ankle surgery.[2][4] In her senior season of 2002–03, Lappe started 31 of 32 games and averaged 8.4 points and 4.4 rebounds.[5]
Career statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Colorado | 29 | - | - | 43.3 | 37.5 | 82.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 | - | 10.7 |
| 1999–00 | Colorado | 2 | - | - | 33.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 5.5 |
| 2000–01 | Colorado | 30 | - | - | 42.9 | 23.8 | 85.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | - | 7.0 |
| 2001–02 | Colorado | 22 | - | - | 42.5 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | 4.6 |
| 2002–03 | Colorado | 32 | - | 27.8 | 48.1 | 25.0 | 84.3 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 8.4 |
| Career | 115 | - | 27.8 | 44.3 | 31.5 | 83.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 7.8 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[6] | |||||||||||||
Coaching career
editLappe began her coaching career back in Iowa as an assistant at Drake University, a position she held from 2003 to 2006. After one season as an assistant at Colorado State, Lappe was head coach at Division II Metro State from 2007 to 2010.[7]
In six seasons at Colorado, she compiled a record of 104-85 and guided the Buffaloes to the 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament and to the WNIT in 3 other seasons.[7] After a 7–23 season in 2015–16, Lappe resigned.[8]
On October 18, 2016, the University of San Francisco hired Lappe as women's basketball associate head coach.[9]
After leaving San Francisco for 2 years, Lappe returns to San Franicsco as a senior associate athletic director.[10]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro State Roadrunners (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2007–2010) | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Metro State | 19–10 | 13–6 | 2nd (East)[11] | |||||
| 2008–09 | Metro State | 14–14 | 12–7 | 3rd (East)[12] | |||||
| 2009–10 | Metro State | 17–12 | 11–8 | 3rd (East)[13] | |||||
| Metro State: | 50–36 (.581) | 36–21 (.632) | |||||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference) (2010–2011) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Colorado | 18–16 | 6–10 | 8th | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Pac–12 Conference) (2011–2016) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Colorado | 21–14 | 6–12 | 10th | WNIT Semifinals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Colorado | 25–7 | 13–5 | 4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Colorado | 19–15 | 6–12 | T–9th | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2014–15 | Colorado | 15–17 | 6–12 | T–9th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Colorado | 7–23 | 2–16 | 12th | |||||
| Colorado: | 105–92 (.533) | 39–67 (.368) | |||||||
| Total: | 155–128 (.548) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 30 Sep 2015.
- ^ a b c "Player Bio: Linda Lappe". University of Colorado. Archived from the original on April 7, 2003. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "Colorado 2015-16 media guide, p. 174" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Colorado 2015-16 media guide, p. 175" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 2003-04-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-04-16. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "Linda Lappe College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Linda Lappe". University of Colorado. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ Howell, Brian (March 7, 2016). "CU women's basketball: Linda Lappe out as Buffs' coach after 7-23 season". BuffZone. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- ^ "Linda Lappe, Associate Women's Basketball Coach". USFDons.com. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Linda Lappe, Senior Associate Athletic Director". USFDons.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2007-08 RMAC Women's Basketball - Standings/Schedules". static.rmacsports.org. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ^ "2008-09 RMAC Women's Basketball - Standings/Schedules". static.rmacsports.org. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ^ "2009-10 RMAC Women's Basketball - Standings/Schedules". static.rmacsports.org. Retrieved 2021-05-29.