List of Clemson Tigers women's basketball seasons

Clemson plays their home games in Littlejohn Coliseum.

The Clemson Tigers women's college basketball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] Clemson has played its home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina since the team's inception in 1975.

Clemson started a women's basketball team during the 1975–76 season. They spent two years as an independent before the Atlantic Coast Conference began sponsoring the sport in 1977–78. The Tigers have reached the final of the ACC tournament on five occasions, winning twice in 1996 and 1999.[2] Clemson received their first national postseason bid in 1980 to the National Women's Invitation Tournament (NWIT) and have participated in the tournament and its successor, the Women's National Invitation Tournament four times. In 1982, the Tigers were invited to the inaugural NCAA tournament. Their best NCAA showing to date was reaching the Elite Eight in 1991.

Seasons

Conference tournament champions* Conference regular season champions‡ Postseason bid^
Season Head coach[3] Conference Season results Tournament results Final poll[A 1]
Overall[3] Conference[2] Conference[2] Postseason[5] AP Coaches'
Wins Losses % Wins Losses % Finish
1975–76 Mary King Independent 14 11 .560 — — — — — AIAW Region II^ N/A N/A
1976–77 Annie Tribble 22 9 .710 — — — — — AIAW Region II^ — N/A
1977–78 Atlantic Coast Conference 21 11 .656 4 4 .500 4th Semifinal AIAW Region II First Round^ — N/A
1978–79 20 10 .667 6 2 .750 3rd Semifinal AIAW Region II First Round^ — N/A
1979–80 24 12 .667 6 3 .667 3rd Semifinal AIAW Region II First Round
NWIT^ 		— N/A
1980–81‡ 23 8 .742 6 1 .857 1st‡ Semifinal AIAW Region II First Round
AIAW National second round^ 		20 N/A
1981–82 20 12 .625 6 3 .667 4th final NCAA first round^ — N/A
1982–83 12 17 .414 5 8 .385 5th Semifinal — — N/A
1983–84 21 10 .677 9 5 .643 T-3rd first round NWIT^ — N/A
1984–85 18 9 .667 8 6 .571 4th first round — — N/A
1985–86 12 16 .429 4 10 .286 T-6th first round — — —
1986–87 7 21 .250 3 11 .214 T-7th first round — — —
1987–88 Jim Davis 21 9 .700 8 6 .571 4th Semifinal NCAA second round^ — 20
1988–89 20 11 .645 9 5 .643 3rd Semifinal NCAA Sweet 16^ — 13
1989–90 22 10 .688 10 4 .714 3rd Semifinal NCAA Sweet 16^ — 19
1990–91 22 11 .667 8 6 .571 4th final NCAA Elite 8^ 21 8
1991–92 21 10 .677 9 7 .563 T-3rd Semifinal NCAA first round^ — 19
1992–93 19 11 .633 8 8 .500 T-4th Semifinal NCAA second round^ 20 —
1993–94 20 10 .667 11 5 .688 3rd Semifinal NCAA second round^ — 22
1994–95 21 11 .656 9 7 .563 5th Quarterfinal NWIT^ — —
1995–96* 23 8 .742 11 5 .688 4th Champions NCAA second round^ 14 17
1996–97 19 11 .633 8 8 .500 6th final NCAA first round^ 21 25
1997–98 25 8 .758 12 4 .750 T-2nd final NCAA second round^ 14 21
1998–99* 26 6 .813 11 5 .688 T-3rd Champions NCAA Sweet 16^ T-10 T-10
1999–2000 19 12 .613 9 7 .563 4th Quarterfinal NCAA second round^ — —
2000–01 21 10 .677 10 6 .625 2nd Semifinal NCAA second round^ 22 22
2001–02 17 12 .586 9 7 .563 T-3rd Quarterfinal NCAA first round^ — —
2002–03 14 15 .483 5 11 .313 7th Quarterfinal — — —
2003–04 17 12 .586 7 9 .438 5th Quarterfinal WNIT First Round^ — —
2004–05 8 20 .286 2 12 .143 11th first round — — —
2005–06 Cristy McKinney 8 21 .276 2 12 .143 T-11th first round — — —
2006–07 12 18 .400 4 10 .286 9th first round — — —
2007–08 12 19 .387 4 10 .286 9th Quarterfinal — — —
2008–09 14 17 .452 2 12 .143 T-10th Quarterfinal — — —
2009–10 13 18 .419 4 10 .286 T-10th first round — — —
2010–11 Itoro Coleman 10 20 .333 3 11 .214 11th first round — — —
2011–12 6 22 .214 2 14 .125 T-11th first round — — —
2012–13 9 21 .300 5 13 .278 T-9th first round — — —
2013–14 Audra Smith 13 19 .419 4 12 .250 T-12th second round — — —
2014–15 9 21 .300 1 15 .063 T-14th first round — — —
2015–16 4 26 .133 0 16 .000 15th first round — — —
2016–17 15 16 .484 3 13 .188 T-13th second round — — —
2017–18 11 19 .367 1 15 .063 15th first round — — —
2018–19 Amanda Butler 20 13 .606 9 7 .563 7th quarterfinals NCAA Second Round^ — —
2019–20 8 23 .258 3 15 .167 14th second round — — —
2020–21 12 14 .462 5 12 .294 11th quarterfinals WNIT, second round^ — —
2021–22 10 21 .323 3 15 .167 13th second round — — —
2022–23 19 16 .543 7 11 .389 10th second round WNIT, Super 16^ — —
Totals 774 687 .530 275 398 .409  

Notes

  1. ^ The Associated Press began women's basketball team rankings during the 1976–77 season, and issues its final poll after the regular season. The Coaches' Poll began publishing its rankings during the 1985–86 season, and issues its final poll after the NCAA Tournament.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Clemson University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Ufnowski, Amy (ed.). "2015-16 ACC Women's Basketball Information Guide" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. pp. 54–60. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Clemson Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Clemson University. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 48–51, 91–93. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Clemson Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Clemson University. pp. 34–39. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.