Jennifer Alley

American basketball coach
Jennifer Elaine Alley
Occupation(s)Basketball coach, teacher, administrator
Years active1977–1986

Jennifer Elaine Alley is a former college basketball coach. She served as head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women's basketball team from 1977 to 1986.[1]

Alley was the first full-time head coach of the Tar Heels' women's program, and her tenure included an ACC championship in 1984.[1]

A native of Hudson, North Carolina, she was awarded the Nike Lifetime Achievement Award by Women Leaders in College Sports in 2020. Alley also was honored as an ACC Women’s Basketball Legend in 2009, and was named Appalachian State's University Distinguished Alumni of the Year in 2006. In 2023, she was inducted into the Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame, for her time spent helping serve the UNC Wilmington athletic department.[2]

Awards and honors

  • 1984 – ACC Women's Basketball Champions

References

  1. ^ a b Atlantic Coast Conference. "ACC Announces 2009 Women's Basketball Tournament Legends". February 5, 2009. Retrieved on May 3, 2013.
  2. ^ Spears, David. (May 3, 2023). Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame set for 16th induction class Sunday. starnewsonline.com. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
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High Point Panthers women's basketball head coaches
  • Betty Jo Clary (1967–1972)
  • Jennifer Alley (1972–1977)
  • Wanda Briley (1977–1979)
  • Nancy Little (1979–1985)
  • Debbie Trogdon (1985–1988)
  • Joe Ellenburg (1988–2001)
  • Tooey Loy (2001–2011)
  • Jen Hoover (2011–2012)
  • DeUnna Hendrix (2012–2019)
  • Chelsea Banbury (2019– )
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North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball head coaches
  • Angela Lumpkin (1974–1977)
  • Jennifer Alley (1977–1986)
  • Sylvia Hatchell (1986–2019)
  • Courtney Banghart (2019– )


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