1. Joseph R Ciampi was born on September 25,1946 and is an American former basketball coach.
14 Facts About Joe Ciampi
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In women's basketball, Joe Ciampi coached the Army Black Knights women's basketball team from 1977 to 1979 before joining the Auburn Tigers women's basketball team in 1979.
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Joe Ciampi was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
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On September 25,1946, Joe Ciampi was born in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania.
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At Nanticoke Area High School in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Joe Ciampi started playing basketball and baseball.
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Joe Ciampi then attended Mansfield State College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1968.
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In 1977, Joe Ciampi joined the United States Military Academy to be head coach for Army Cadets women's basketball, the program's first head coach at the NCAA Division I level.
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In 1979, Joe Ciampi joined Auburn University as head coach of the Auburn Tigers women's basketball team.
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Apart from the NCAA tournament, Joe Ciampi led Auburn to the 2003 Women's National Invitation Tournament title.
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That year, Joe Ciampi ended his Auburn head coach position with 568 wins and 203 losses.
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In 2012, Joe Ciampi came out of retirement to become an assistant coach for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA.
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Joe Ciampi continued to coach for the Dream until 2013.
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Joe Ciampi continues to be a women's basketball analyst for the Auburn Sports Network and SEC Network.
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In 2005, Joe Ciampi was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.