Melissa Graves (née D'Amico; born May 10, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Boston University, a role she has held since 2021.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Boston University |
| Conference | Patriot |
| Record | 61–35 (.635) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 10, 1986 Brookhaven, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2008 | Notre Dame |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2015 | Colgate (assistant) |
| 2015–2018 | Yale (assistant) |
| 2018–2021 | Wake Forest (assistant) |
| 2021–present | Boston University |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 61–35 (.635) |
| Tournaments |
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| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Playing career
editGraves played college basketball at Notre Dame before playing professionally overseas in Spain, China, Greece, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
Notre Dame statistics
editSource[2]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | Notre Dame | 26 | 49 | 43.8% | - | 43.8% | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 2005-06 | Notre Dame | 30 | 177 | 46.8% | - | 54.1% | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 5.9 |
| 2006-07 | Notre Dame | 33 | 256 | 52.8% | - | 78.7% | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 8.0 |
| 2007-08 | Notre Dame | 31 | 88 | 54.0% | - | 80.0% | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Career | 119 | 570 | 50.0% | - | 66.3% | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
Coaching career
editGraves began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Colgate in 2013.[3] She was named an assistant at Yale in 2015, during which she was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "Thirty Under 30" list.[4] and was later named an assistant at Wake Forest in 2018.
Boston University
editGraves was named the head coach at Boston University on April 26, 2021.[1][5]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Boston University Terriers (Patriot League) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | Boston University | 17–14 | 12–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2022–23 | Boston University | 24–9 | 17–1 | 1st | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2023–24 | Boston University | 20–12 | 10–8 | T-2nd | |||||
| Boston University: | 61–35 (.635) | 39–35 (.527) | |||||||
| Total: | 61–35 (.635) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "Melissa D'Amico Introduced as Women's Basketball Head Coach". Boston University Athletics. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Raiders Finalize Women's Basketball Staff". Colgate University Athletics. July 21, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "WBCA Thirty Under 30 - Melissa D'Amico". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Fraser, Belle; Moore, Charles. "BU women's basketball welcomes new head coach Melissa D'Amico". The Daily Free Press. Retrieved June 19, 2023.