Itoro Coleman - Women's Basketball Coach - Marquette University Athletics

Itoro Coleman

Title :
Assistant Coach
E-Mail:
itoro.coleman@marquette.edu
Phone:
288-5784
Experience :
First Year
Alma Mater:
Clemson, 2000

The 2020-21 campaign will mark the first year for Itoro Coleman on the Marquette women's basketball staff. She will be responsible for guard player development, recruiting and serve as the liaison with strength and conditioning and sport medicine.

Coleman brings an abundance of experience to Marquette, including a long tenure at Penn State and as head coach of Clemson from 2010-13.

During Coleman’s stint as a recruiting coordinator, she guided the signing of four top-25 classes, three while at Penn State.

Coleman spent eight years in State College and was instrumental in various roles including on court guard development, opponent scouting, sport performance implementation, and leadership programs and community outreach.

With the Lady Lions, Coleman built multiple players into national threats in scoring and on the defensive end, while playing in the challenging Big Ten Conference.

At the helm of the Tigers, Coleman brought a pair of top-30 recruiting classes to Clemson with the No. 14 player in the country in the 2012 class and brought South Carolina’s Player of the Year to Clemson, guiding her to All-ACC Rookie honors as well as All-American accolades in 2006-07.

Coleman spent time as an assistant coach at Clemson and was on the sidelines at fellow BIG EAST school, Butler from 2000-02.

Along with a heralded coaching career, Coleman also found success as a player and was a standout defensive player for Clemson. She was a three-time All-ACC performer, earned AP All-America honorable-mention accolades, defensive All-America honors, and was crowned the 1999 ACC Tournament MVP after leading the Tigers to the tournament title. She is etched in the Clemson record books with top-10 marks in scoring (1,409 points), assists (459) and steals (265). In 2008 Coleman was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame.

Following her climb through the college ranks, Coleman enjoyed a long professional career and played in the WNBA for the Indiana Fever and the Houston Comets. She was a member of Team USA in the Pan American Games and at the FIBA World Championships. Coleman played for the Nigerian National Team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and was captain of that team that gave Nigeria its first-ever Olympic victory.