Marianne Crawford Stanley was born on April 29,1954 and is an American basketball coach.
12 Facts About Marianne Stanley
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Marianne Stanley previously served as the head coach of the Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.
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Marianne Stanley was inducted into the Prendergast Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Marianne Stanley began her coaching career as an assistant at Immaculata under her coach, Cathy Rush.
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Marianne Stanley later coached at Penn, USC, Stanford and California joining the WNBA as an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2000.
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Marianne Stanley joined the Mystics in 2001, and was named head coach of the team in 2002.
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That year Marianne Stanley earned WNBA Coach of the Year honors, guiding the Mystics to the Eastern Conference finals.
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Marianne Stanley was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame the same year.
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Marianne Stanley joined the New York Liberty as an assistant coach in 2004.
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Marianne Stanley returned to the college coaching ranks in Sept of 2006 as an assistant to C Vivian Stringer at Rutgers University.
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The WNBA came calling in 2008 and Marianne Stanley left to join Coach Michael Cooper staff with the Los Angeles Sparks as an assistant from 2008 through 2009, and rejoined the Mystics as an assistant coach in 2010.
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On November 27,2019, Marianne Stanley was introduced as the head coach of the Indiana Fever.