1. Coquese Makebra Washington was born on January 17,1971 and is a basketball coach and former player who is currently the head women's basketball coach for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
16 Facts About Coquese Washington
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Coquese Washington played high school basketball at Flint Central High School and collegiate basketball at the University of Notre Dame.
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Coquese Washington attended high school at Flint Central High School in Flint, Michigan.
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Coquese Washington was the starting point guard for all four years of her high school basketball career, the first player at Central to earn a starting position in all four years.
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Coquese Washington led the team to their first ever Saginaw Valley Conference and district championships.
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Coquese Washington played for Notre Dame's Fighting Irish women's basketball team from 1989 to 1993.
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Coquese Washington began her coaching career in 1999, when she returned to her alma mater, University of Notre Dame, and worked as an assistant coach under Head Coach Muffet McGraw.
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Coquese Washington was part of the coaching staff for the team that won the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 2001, defeating Purdue.
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Coquese Washington's first post season appearance at Penn State was a first round loss in the 2010 WNIT Tournament.
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Since 2011, Coquese Washington has led her teams to three consecutive NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship appearances where her teams have advanced past the first round in every appearance.
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In 2013, Coquese Washington was named to the 18-member "Presidential Search and Screen Committee" at Penn State to help determine the university's next President.
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On March 8,2019, Penn State and Coquese Washington parted ways after 12 seasons.
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On May 23,2022, Coquese Washington was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers women's basketball program.
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Coquese Washington has a mother, Velma Washington, and her father James Washington.
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Coquese Washington is close friends with Notre Dame coach Carol Owens and head coach Niele Ivey.
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Coquese Washington currently has no pets, and there is no other information known about her personal life.