Ali-Marie "JR" Payne was born on May 27,1977 and is an American college basketball coach who is currently head women's coach at Colorado.
16 Facts About JR Payne
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Ali-Marie JR Payne was born in the American city of Jackson, Tennessee and raised in the Canadian city of North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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JR Payne's father nicknamed her after JR Ewing, a character on the TV show Dallas.
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JR Payne attended Saint Mary's College, where she would play point guard for the Saint Mary's Gaels from 1995 to 1999.
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In 1999, JR Payne graduated from Saint Mary's with a degree in French, then attended San Francisco State University for a year for graduate school.
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In 2000, JR Payne began her women's basketball coaching career at Gonzaga under Kelly Graves.
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JR Payne helped recruit guard Shannon Mathews, who would become the first All-American in program history.
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In 2005, JR Payne became an assistant coach at Boise State under Gordy Presnell.
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In 2009, JR Payne got her first head coaching opportunity at Southern Utah.
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JR Payne was head coach at Southern Utah for five seasons.
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JR Payne led Southern Utah team to two winning seasons, including a record 23-win season, Big Sky Conference regular-season co-championship, and first-ever postseason appearance in program history in the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament.
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JR Payne finished her career at Southern Utah with only two winning seasons out of five.
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JR Payne was head coach at Santa Clara for two seasons competing in the WCC Conference.
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On March 28,2016, JR Payne became head coach at Colorado.
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JR Payne inherited a program that had a lack of player talent.
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JR Payne is married to assistant coach Toriano Towns and they have three children together: Aliyah, Jordan, and Jaxton.