Sue Gunter was an American women's college basketball coach.
15 Facts About Sue Gunter
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Sue Gunter is best known as the head coach of the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers basketball team.
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Sue Gunter attended George Peabody College for Teachers, with Nera White.
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Sue Gunter obtained both a bachelor's and a master's degree from Peabody in 1962.
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Sue Gunter was a member of the US National Team, which competed against the Soviet Union, from 1960 to 1962.
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Sue Gunter began her coaching career at Middle Tennessee State University where she led the Blue Raiders to undefeated seasons in both of her years there.
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Sue Gunter led LSU to one Final Four in 2004 and to the Elite Eight in 1986,2000 and 2003.
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Sue Gunter led the Lady Tigers to a championship at the WNIT in 1985 and to SEC Tournament Championships in 1991 and 2003.
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Sue Gunter was later diagnosed as having emphysema and pneumonia.
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Sue Gunter completed her career among the leaders in several NCAA coaching categories: seasons coached ; games coached ; wins ; and 20-win seasons.
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Sue Gunter guided her team to the title at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament prior to the Games they did not compete for a gold medal due to the United States' boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow.
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Sue Gunter shared success at the Olympics as an assistant coach of the 1976 US Team which captured the silver medal in Montreal.
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Sue Gunter has served as head coach for the US National Team three times in 1976,1978 and 1980.
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Sue Gunter was the Converse Region IV Coach of the Year in 1983; the Basketball News National Coach of the Year in 1983; the Louisiana Coach of the Year in 1983,1997,2002, and 2003; the Carol Eckman Award recipient in 1994; and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2003.
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Sue Gunter died at her home in Baton Rouge on August 4,2005, of respiratory problems and emphysema.