Eastern Michigan Athletics
Women's Basketball
Nov 26 (Wed)
1 p.m.
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Phone:
- 734.487.0481
In just one season in Ypsilanti, Gilbert proved up to her billing. Eastern Michigan posted a 17-12 overall record and gained a share of the 2007-08 Mid-American Conference West Division Championship with an 11-5 mark.
With the division crown, Gilbert became just the fourth first-year head coach in league history to guide her team to a MAC title. Additionally, her 17 wins was an EMU record for most victories by a first-year mentor and it also ranks ninth best in conference history for a rookie coach.
Gilbert made a statement in her first game, guiding the Eagles to a 108-22 win over Temple Baptist College, Nov. 11, 2007. Her first conference victory occurred just a few months later, when EMU turned in a dominating 61-42 victory over Northern Illinois University, Jan. 9, 2008.
"It is both an honor and a privilege to take on the challenge of leading the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball program," Gilbert said at her introductory press conference in the atrium of the Convocation Center. "The bar has been set high here, but I’m looking forward to raising it to new heights." "Recruiting is the key to winning MAC championships and advancing to NCAA tournaments," Gilbert added. "Our staff will be committed to signing the top players not only within the state of Michigan, but in the Midwest and nationally in order to build upon the winning foundation that has already been laid here."
Under Gilbert’s tutelage, Kristin Haynie and Lindsay Bowen were honorable mention All-America selections in 2004-05, while Haynie was a first-round draft pick (No. 9 overall) of the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. In 2005-06, Bowen was selected as a John R. Wooden Award candidate and was named second- team All-Big Ten. In 2006-07, Victoria Lucas-Perry earned second-team All-Big Ten honors, while Rene Haynes garnered second-team honors by the coaches.
As the recruiting coordinator for MSU, Gilbert consistently brought excellent talent to East Lansing, including four top 25 recruiting classes. In November of 2006, Gilbert was instrumental in signing five exceptional student-athletes to National Letters of Intent, including three players ranked in the top 100 nationally. As a class, it was ranked among the top 20 in the country by several recruiting publications.
Gilbert helped land another stellar recruiting class for the 2006-07 season, including Michigan Miss Basketball Allyssa DeHaan, who went on to become the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. All-Star Girls Report ranked the 2004-05 class 18th in the nation and Courtney Davidson was ranked as the nation’s sixth-best point guard. The 2005-06 class was ranked 21st in the nation and including Aisha Jefferson, who was the nation’s sixth-ranked forward.
During the 2004-05 season, Gilbert helped guide the program to a school-best 33-4 record which included a Big Ten Conference championship, a Big Ten Tournament title and a trip to the NCAA National Championship game. In her first season with the program Gilbert coached the post players. Under her direction, Liz Shimek was named co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year along with Lindsay Bowen, marking the first time ever two players from the same team earned such an honor.
Prior to joining the Spartans, Gilbert spent the previous eight seasons (1994-2002) as the head women’s basketball coach of NCAA Division III Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. She is still the winningest coach in Oberlin women’s basketball history as the Yeomen made six appearances in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) postseason tournament during her tenure. She assisted in the development of eight separate all-conference players as well as the 1999 All-NCAC Newcomer of the Year.
She began her coaching career at Oberlin as an assistant coach with the women’s basketball team in 1992-93 and was an assistant men’s basketball coach in 1993-94, before assuming the women’s basketball head coaching duties in 1994. In addition to coaching, Gilbert served as the Senior Women’s Administrator/Associate Director of Athletics at Oberlin from 1996-2002.
Gilbert played for two seasons (1986-88) at Mid-American Conference member Ohio University. She transferred to Oberlin for her junior and senior seasons (1989-91), where she was a two-time Kodak first-team All-American, a two-time NCAC Player of the Year, the Honda Division III Athlete of the Year and the Champion USA/WBCA Player of the Year in 1991.
As a junior at Oberlin, Gilbert led the nation in scoring (31.1 points per game) and was the nation’s second-leading scorer as a senior (31.3 ppg). She set the NCAA Division III record for points in a game with 61 against Allegheny, Feb. 6, 1991. She is still the Oberlin record holder for points in a season (778, 1989-90), field goals in a game (28), field goals in a season (319) and free throws made and attempted in a game (13-of-17 vs. Case Western Reserve, Jan. 6, 1990).
In just two seasons as a player at Oberlin, she registered 1,527 points to become the school’s leading scorer, a record which stood until 2002. All told, Gilbert set 24 school records and 10 conference records as a player and still holds 10 standing NCAA Division III records. She received an invitation to compete for the U.S. team in the 1990 Pan Am Games trials in Colorado Springs. Oberlin retired her jersey in 1994 and in 2001 she was inducted into the Oberlin College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Gilbert was a Street & Smith’s All-American, a McDonald’s All-Star game participant and was Ohio Miss Basketball her senior year of high school. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology with a minor in economics from Oberlin in 1991.
Gilbert has a daughter, Jada (6), and a son, Jaden (4).
THE ANNMARIE GILBERT FILE
Full Name: AnnMarie Gilbert
Born: Aug. 2, 1968 – Elyria, Ohio
High School: Elyria
College: Oberlin College - 1991; bachelor’s in sociology
COACHING EXPERIENCE
YEAR SCHOOL JOB TITLE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
2007-2008 Eastern Michigan University Head Women’s Basketball Coach 17-12; 11-5 MAC Named the program’s seventh head coach on May 15, 2007...Posted a 17-12 overall record and 11-5 in Mid-American Conference play...Tied for the MAC’s West Division Championship...Became the fourth coach in MAC history to win a title in their first season...Set the record for most wins for a first-year mentor in EMU history and is tied for the ninth most wins for a first year coach in MAC history |
2006-2007 Michigan State University Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 24-9; 13-3 Big Ten NCAA Tournament Second Round appearance...Tied for the second- best total in school history...Defeated all 10 conference teams during the league slate for the first time in program history
2005-2006 Michigan State University Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 24-10; 11-5 Big Ten NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance...Finished in a tie for third in the conference standings at 11-5...Advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament for the third consecutive year
2004-2005 Michigan State University Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 33-4; 14-2 Big Ten Big Ten Champion/NCAA Tournament National Finalist...Won a school-record 33 games (10 more than the previous record)...Won a school- record 14 Big Ten games while sharing just its second Big Ten regular-season championship, won its first Big Ten Tournament title...Finished 13-0 at home, had a school-record 17-game winning streak, and beat13 nationally-ranked teams, including four teams ranked No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 in the nation
2003-2004 Michigan State University Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 22-9; 10-6 Big Ten NCAA Tournament Second Round appearance...MSU won 10 road games and six conference road games for the first time in school history...Nationally ranked for the first time since 1996-97.
2002-2003 Michigan State University Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach 17-12; 10-6 Big Ten NCAA Tournament appearance...Tied for fourth in the conference for a second straight year, marking the first time in MSU history that the Spartans recorded double-digit wins in the Big Ten for two consecutive seasons
2001-2002 Oberlin College Head Coach/Senior Women’s Admin. 10-14; 5-11 NCAC Winningest coach in school-history
2000-2001 Oberlin College Head Coach/Senior Women’s Admin. 6-19; 5-11 NCAC
1999-2000 Oberlin College Head Coach/Senior Women’s Admin. 12-13; 6-10 NCAC
1998-1999 Oberlin College Head Coach/Senior Women’s Admin. 15-11; 8-8 NCAC
1997-1998 Oberlin College Head Coach/Senior Women’s Admin. 6-16; 3-13 NCAC
1996-1997 Oberlin College Head Coach/Senior Women’s Admin. 4-21; 1-15 NCAC
1995-1996 Oberlin College Head Coach 2-22; 0-16 NCAC
1994-1995 Oberlin College Head Coach 3-20; 1-15 NCAC
1993-1994 Oberlin College Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach 4-20; 0-16 NCAC
1992-1993 Oberlin College Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach 0-21; 0-16 NCAC
Overall Coaching Record (Includes head and assistant experience): 199-233 (.461)
Overall Assistant Coaching Record: 124-85
Overall Head Coaching Record: 75-148
