Cristy McKinney

Cristy McKinney (née Earnhardt, born July 13, 1957) is an American former women's basketball coach. She found most success as the head coach at Rice University from 1993 to 2005, posting a 216–138 record and winning two Western Athletic Conference Tournament championships. She also appeared in four Women's National Invitation Tournaments and two NCAA Tournaments. McKinney was inducted into Rice's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013, and she remains the school's winningest coach.

McKinney played college basketball at NC State in the late 1970s under Hall of Famer Kay Yow, where she stills holds the freshman scoring record. Besides Rice, she was also the head coach at the University of Montevallo from 1984 to 1986, and at Clemson University from 2005 to 2010. At Clemson, her last head coaching job, she posted a record of 59–93 before resigning. She also served for years as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky University and at Elon University. In May 2018, McKinney announced her retirement from coaching after 36 years.

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