Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

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Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters

2024–25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team

University

Louisiana Tech University

First season

1974–75

All-time record

1207–406

Head coach

Brooke Stoehr (9th season)

Conference

C-USA

Location

Ruston, Louisiana

Arena

Thomas Assembly Center
(capacity: 8,000)

Nickname

Lady Techsters

Colors

Columbia blue and red^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA tournament champions

1982, 1988

NCAA tournament runner-up

1983, 1987, 1994, 1998

NCAA tournament Final Four

1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999

NCAA tournament Elite Eight

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004

NCAA tournament appearances

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011

AIAW tournament champions

1981

AIAW tournament runner-up

1979

AIAW tournament Final Four

1979, 1980, 1981

AIAW tournament Elite Eight

1979, 1980, 1981

AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen

1979, 1980, 1981

AIAW tournament appearances

1979, 1980, 1981

Conference tournament champions

American South: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Sun Belt: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
WAC: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010

Conference regular season champions

American South: 1988, 1989, 1990
Sun Belt: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
WAC: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011

Conference division season champions

C-USA: 2022

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. The team currently competes in Conference USA. The current head coach of the Lady Techsters is Brooke Stoehr.^[2] Louisiana Tech has won three National Championships and has competed in 13 Final Fours, 23 Sweet Sixteens, and 27 NCAA tournaments. The Lady Techsters basketball program boasts three Wade Trophy winners, five Olympic medalists, eight members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, 16 All-Americans, and 21 WNBA players. The Lady Techsters have an all-time record of 1207–406, with a .748 winning percentage, and are the fifth program in NCAA history to reach 1,200 wins.^[3] The Lady Techsters have made 27 appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, which is the twelfth most all-time.

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Sonja Hogg (Independent) (1974–1982)
1974–75	Sonja Hogg	13–9			AIAW State
1975–76	Sonja Hogg	19–10			AIAW State
1976–77	Sonja Hogg	22–9			AIAW Region 4
1977–78	Sonja Hogg	20–8			AIAW Region 4
1978–79	Sonja Hogg	34–4			AIAW Finalists
1979–80	Sonja Hogg	40–5			AIAW Final Four
1980–81	Sonja Hogg	34–0			AIAW Champions
1981–82	Sonja Hogg	35–1			NCAA Champions
Sonja Hogg/Leon Barmore (Independent) (1982–1985)
1982–83	Hogg/Barmore	31–2			NCAA Finalists
1983–84	Hogg/Barmore	30–3			NCAA Final Four
1984–85	Hogg/Barmore	29–4			NCAA Elite Eight
Sonja Hogg:		307–55 (.848)
Leon Barmore (Independent) (1985–1987)
1985–86	Leon Barmore	27–5			NCAA Elite Eight
1986–87	Leon Barmore	30–3			NCAA Finalists
Leon Barmore (American South Conference) (1987–1991)
1987–88	Leon Barmore	32–2	5–0	1st	NCAA Champions
1988–89	Leon Barmore	24–6	13–2	1st	NCAA Final Four
1989–90	Leon Barmore	25–6	14–2	1st	NCAA Final Four
1990–91	Leon Barmore	29–5	14–2	2nd	NCAA First Round
Leon Barmore (Sun Belt Conference) (1991–2001)
1991–92	Leon Barmore	20–10	12–4	T–3rd	NCAA 1st Round
1992–93	Leon Barmore	26–6	13–1	T–1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1993–94	Leon Barmore	31–4	14–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
1994–95	Leon Barmore	28–5	13–1	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1995–96	Leon Barmore	31–2	14–0	1st	NCAA Final Elite Eight
1996–97	Leon Barmore	31–4	12–2	T–1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1997–98	Leon Barmore	31–4	13–1	1st	NCAA Finalists
1998–99	Leon Barmore	30–3	12–0	T–1st	NCAA Final Four
1999–00	Leon Barmore	31–3	16–0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
2000–01	Leon Barmore	31–5	16–0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
Leon Barmore (WAC) (2001–2002)
2001–02	Leon Barmore	25–5	17–1	1st	NCAA First Round
Leon Barmore:		576–87 (.869)	186–13 (.935)
Kurt Budke (WAC) (2002–2005)
2002–03	Kurt Budke	31–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2003–04	Kurt Budke	29–3	17–1	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2004–05	Kurt Budke	20–10	14–4	T–1st	NCAA First Round
Kurt Budke:		80–16 (.833)	49–5 (.907)
Chris Long (WAC) (2005–2008)
2005–06	Chris Long	26–5	15–1	1st	NCAA First Round
2006–07	Chris Long	17–13	12–4	T–1st	Declined WNIT Bid
2007–08	Chris Long	16–15	9–7	T–4th
Chris Long/Teresa Weatherspoon (WAC) (2008–2009)
2008–09	Long/Weatherspoon	21–13	12–4	T–1st	WNIT Second Round
Chris Long:		71–44 (.617)	40–16 (.714)
Teresa Weatherspoon (WAC) (2009–2013)
2009–10	Teresa Weatherspoon	23–9	11–5	2nd	NCAA First Round
2010–11	Teresa Weatherspoon	24–8	15–1	1st	NCAA First Round
2011–12	Teresa Weatherspoon	17–15	8–6	3rd
2012–13	Teresa Weatherspoon	14–17	9–9	5th
Teresa Weatherspoon (Conference USA) (2013–2014)
2013–14	Teresa Weatherspoon	12–20	5–11	14th
Teresa Weatherspoon:		99–71 (.582)	56–32 (.636)
Tyler Summitt (Conference USA) (2014–2016)
2014–15	Tyler Summitt	16–15	10–8	T–7th
2015–16	Tyler Summitt	14–16	9–9	7th
Tyler Summitt:		30–31 (.492)	14–16 (.467)
Brooke Stoehr (Conference USA) (2016–present)
2016–17	Brooke Stoehr	18–14	12–6	T–4th	WNIT First Round
2017–18	Brooke Stoehr	19–12	10–6	T–3rd	WNIT First Round
2018–19	Brooke Stoehr	14–16	6–10	10th
2019–20	Brooke Stoehr	15-15	6–12	T–11th
2020–21	Brooke Stoehr	14–10	8–8	4th West
2021–22	Brooke Stoehr	21–12	11–7	1st West	WNIT First Round
2022–23	Brooke Stoehr	19-13	12–8	5th	WNIT First Round
2023–24	Brooke Stoehr	14-19	7-9	4th
Brooke Stoehr:		134–111 (.547)	72–66 (.522)
Total:		1207–406 (.748)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1979	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Kansas Northwestern Tennessee Old Dominion	W, 100–61 W, 88–52 W, 102–84 L, 65–75
1980	Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Third Place Game	Kansas Long Beach State Old Dominion South Carolina	W, 81–73 W, 96–70 L, 59–73 L, 69–77
1981	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Jackson State UCLA USC Tennessee	W, 97–50 W, 87–54 W, 66–50 W, 79–59

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	#1	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#8 Tennessee Tech #4 Arizona State #2 Kentucky #2 Tennessee #2 Cheyney	W 114–53 W 92–54 W 82–60 W 69–46 W 76–62
1983	#1	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#8 Middle Tennessee #5 Auburn #2 Texas #2 Old Dominion #1 USC	W 91–59 W 81–54 W 72–58 W 71–55 L 67–69
1984	#1	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#8 Texas Tech #5 LSU #2 Texas #1 USC	W 94–68 W 92–67 W 85–60 L 57–62
1985	#1	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#8 Illinois State #5 San Diego State #2 Northeast Louisiana	W 81–57 W 94–64 L 76–85
1986	#2	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#7 Washington #3 Long Beach State #1 USC	W 79–54 W 71–69 L 64–80
1987	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#8 Northwestern #5 Southern Illinois #3 Iowa #1 Texas #2 Tennessee	W 82–60 W 66–53 W 66–65 W 79–75 L 44–67
1988	#2	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#7 Kansas #3 Ole Miss #1 Texas #1 Tennessee #1 Auburn	W 89–50 W 80–60 W 83–80 W 68–59 W 56–54
1989	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#9 Oklahoma State #4 LSU #2 Stanford #1 Auburn	W 103–78 W 85–68 W 85–75 L 71–76
1990	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#8 Southern Miss #4 Purdue #3 Texas #2 Auburn	W 89–70 W 91–47 W 71–57 L 69–81
1991	#10	First Round	#7 Cal State Fullerton	L 80–84
1992	#6	First Round	#11 Northern Illinois	L 71–77 (OT)
1993	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#11 DePaul #3 Texas #7 Southwest Missouri State #1 Vanderbilt	W 70–59 W 82–78 W 59–43 L 53–58
1994	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#13 SMU #6 Ole Miss #1 Tennessee #2 USC #6 Alabama #3 North Carolina	W 96–62 W 82–67 W 71–68 W 75–66 W 69–66 L 59–60
1995	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#15 Furman #7 Oklahoma #3 Virginia	W 90–52 W 48–36 L 62–63
1996	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#16 UCF #9 Southern Miss #4 Texas Tech #2 Georgia	W 98–41 W 84–46 W 66–55 L 76–90
1997	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#15 Saint Peter's #7 Auburn #3 Florida	W 94–50 W 74–48 L 57–71
1998	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#14 Holy Cross #6 Clemson #2 Alabama #4 Purdue #4 NC State #1 Tennessee	W 86–58 W 74–52 W 71–57 W 72–65 W 84–65 L 75–93
1999	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 UCF #8 Penn State #4 LSU #3 UCLA #1 Purdue	W 90–48 W 79–62 W 73–52 W 88–62 L 63–77
2000	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#16 Alcorn State #9 Vanderbilt #4 Old Dominion #2 Penn State	W 95–53 W 66–65 W 86–74 L 65–86
2001	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#14 Georgia State #11 TCU #10 Missouri #1 Connecticut	W 84–48 W 80–59 W 78–67 L 48–67
2002	#5	First Round	#12 UC Santa Barbara	L 56–57
2003	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Pepperdine #4 Ohio State #1 LSU	W 94–60 W 74–61 L 63–69
2004	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Montana #4 Texas Tech #1 Duke	W 81–77 W 81–64 L 49–63
2005	#11	First Round	#6 Temple	L 61–66
2006	#11	First Round	#6 Florida State	L 71–80
2010	#14	First Round	#3 Florida State	L 61–75
2011	#10	First Round	#7 Rutgers	L 51–76

Name	Country	Olympiad	Event	Result
Venus Lacy	United States	Atlanta 1996	Women's basketball	1st
Janice Lawrence	United States	Los Angeles 1984	Women's basketball	1st
Kim Mulkey	United States	Los Angeles 1984	Women's basketball	1st
Teresa Weatherspoon	United States	Seoul 1988	Women's basketball	1st
Teresa Weatherspoon	United States	Barcelona 1992	Women's basketball	3rd

Year	Rnd	Pick	Overall	Player name	Position	WNBA team	Notes
1997	Initial Player Allocation			Janice Lawrence Braxton	C	Cleveland Rockers	—
1997	Initial Player Allocation			Teresa Weatherspoon	G	New York Liberty	WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997, 1998)
1997	2	4	12	Vickie Johnson	G	New York Liberty	WNBA All-Star (1999, 2001) Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2008)
1997	3	1	17	Racquel Spurlock	C	Houston Comets	—
1997	3	7	23	Debra Williams	G	Charlotte Sting	—
1998	Undrafted			La'Shawn Brown	C	Washington Mystics	—
1999	4	10	46	Amanda Wilson	F	Phoenix Mercury	—
1999	Undrafted			Alisa Burras	C	Cleveland Rockers	—
1999	Undrafted			Monica Maxwell	F	Sacramento Monarchs	—
1999	Undrafted			Venus Lacy	C	New York Liberty	—
2000	1	6	6	Betty Lennox	G	Minnesota Lynx	WNBA Champion (2004) WNBA All-Star (2000) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2000) WNBA Finals MVP (2004)
2000	1	8	8	Tamicha Jackson	G	Detroit Shock	—
2000	4	11	59	Shaka Massey	C	Charlotte Sting	—
2002	2	4	20	Ayana Walker	F	Detroit Shock	WNBA Champion (2003)
2002	3	3	35	Takeisha Lewis	F	Seattle Storm	—
2003	1	3	3	Cheryl Ford	F	Detroit Shock	WNBA Champion (2003, 2006, 2008) WNBA All-Star (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2007) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2003)
2004	2	4	17	Amisha Carter	C	New York Liberty	—
2004	2	6	19	Trina Frierson	F	Seattle Storm	WNBA Champion (2004)
2005	2	6	19	Erica Taylor	G	Washington Mystics	—
2010	2	6	18	Shanavia Dowdell	F	Washington Mystics	—
2011	3	4	28	Adrienne Johnson	F	Connecticut Sun	—

#	Name	Years	Seasons	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	RCs	TCs	NCs
1	Sonja Hogg	1974–1985	11	362	307	55	.848	—	—	—	56	16	—	—	2
2	Leon Barmore	1982–2002	20	663	576	87	.869	186	13	.935	56	19	13	12	1
3	Kurt Budke	2002–2005	3	96	80	16	.833	49	5	.907	4	3	3	2	0
4	Chris Long	2005–2009	3.7	115	71	44	.617	40	16	.714	0	1	2	1	0
5	Teresa Weatherspoon	2009–2014	5.3	170	99	71	.582	56	32	.636	1	3	2	1	0
6	Tyler Summitt	2014–2016	2	61	30	31	.492	19	17	.528	0	0	0	0	0
7	Brooke Stoehr	2016–present	8	245	134	111	.547	72	66	.522	0	4	0	0	0

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Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1974–1982) Thomas Assembly Center (1982–present)
Culture & lore	Tech (mascot)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

History

Sonja Hogg Era (1974–1982)

Hogg-Barmore Era (1982–1985)

Leon Barmore Era (1985–2002)

Kurt Budke Era (2002–2005)

Chris Long Era (2005–2009)

Teresa Weatherspoon Era (2009–2014)

Tyler Summitt Era (2014–2016)

Brooke Stoehr Era (since 2016)

Conference affiliations

Seasons

Postseason results

AIAW Division I

NCAA Division I

Rivalries

Fresno State Bulldogs

LSU Lady Tigers

Tennessee Lady Vols

WKU Lady Toppers

Home venues

Thomas Assembly Center

Memorial Gymnasium

Traditions

Lady Techsters

Columbia Blue

Jersey Sleeves

Hoop Troop

Players

Honors

Olympic medalists

Lady Techsters in the WNBA

Coaches

Head coaching records

Honors

Leon Barmore coaching tree

Lady Techsters in coaching

See also

References

External links