25 Facts About Carolyn Peck

Carolyn Arlene Peck was born on January 22,1966 and is an American television sportscaster and former college basketball coach.

Carolyn Peck was the head coach for the women's basketball teams of Purdue University and the University of Florida, and the first head coach-general manager in the history of the WNBA's Orlando Miracle.

Carolyn Peck has praised her family as her biggest influence, saying they showed her the importance of supporting each other.

Carolyn Peck says her mom and grandmothers taught her to work hard and appreciate life and family.

Carolyn Peck played college basketball at Vanderbilt University from 1985 to 1988, averaging 10.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

Carolyn Peck blocked 180 shots, to break a Vanderbilt women's basketball career record.

Carolyn Peck was team captain for her last two seasons.

Carolyn Peck graduated from Vanderbilt with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications in 1988.

Carolyn Peck passed up an opportunity to play professionally in Spain to work as a marketing consultant at a Nashville television station, as well as sell pharmaceutical products for a Fortune 500 company for two years.

Carolyn Peck returned to basketball in 1991, quitting her job to play professionally in Italy for three weeks, then for Japan's Nippondenso Corporation for two years.

Carolyn Peck was third in the league for rebounding in 1991 and 1992.

Carolyn Peck returned to her home state to serve as an assistant coach for the Tennessee Lady Vols under coach Pat Summitt for two seasons.

Carolyn Peck handed over the reins of head coach to Peck, who became Purdue's third head coach in as many seasons.

Carolyn Peck served as the assistant coach, under head coach Gail Goestenkors, for the USA representative to the 1997 William Jones Cup competition.

Carolyn Peck became the third coach for Purdue's women's basketball team to accomplish an Elite Eight appearance in her first season as head coach.

In June 1998 Carolyn Peck accepted the job with a four-year contract.

Carolyn Peck became the first African American to coach a women's Division I basketball national championship team; she has since been joined by Dawn Staley, who coached South Carolina to the 2017 National Championship.

Carolyn Peck was named Women's Basketball Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, as well as becoming the first woman and the first African American to win the Winged Foot Award from the New York Athletic Club.

Two weeks after guiding Purdue to the title, Carolyn Peck was in Orlando preparing the Miracle for their upcoming season.

Carolyn Peck was awarded the US Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year, the WBCA Coach of the Year, the AP College Basketball Coach of the Year and the Naismith College Coach of the Year awards in 1999.

Carolyn Peck started as the Orlando Miracle's head coach on April 1,1999, after the end of the Boilermaker's championship season.

Carolyn Peck stated that it was difficult to assemble a team from scratch, and spent the first season focusing on building unity between the players.

Carolyn Peck became ESPN's expert guest analyst for the playoffs that year.

In 2000, Carolyn Peck coached the WNBA On Tour Eastern Team, which played exhibition games in non-WNBA cities.

In 2001, Carolyn Peck hired her brother Michael as an assistant coach for the Miracle, and they became the first brother-sister coaching team for the WNBA.