# Sue Semrau

Susan Paige Semrau (born March 9, 1962) is the former head women's basketball coach at Florida State University. From 1997 through 2022, Semrau compiled a 468-252 career record at FSU. She retired after her 24th season at FSU. During the 2020–21 season she took a leave of absence to care for her mother. She guided the Seminoles to appearances in the NCAA tournament 15 total times, including 14 out of the past 15 seasons including three Elite Eights. Until her final season, Semrau at FSU never lost a 1st Round NCAA tournament game, going 15-0. In the 2019–20 season, she hit the 200 ACC wins milestone as a head coach.
Prior to being at Florida State, she was the head coach of Division III's Occidental College for four seasons before spending six seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois University (1991–92 and 1993–94) and the University of Wisconsin (1994–95 and 1996–97).
Semrau grew up in the state of Washington, and attended Shorecrest High School in Seattle. At first, she stayed in Washington for college, playing for Puget Sound for two years before transferring to UC-San Diego for her final two seasons.

## Career milestones

* All-time winningest coach at Florida State University
* 200 career wins in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
* Defeated Clemson at Clemson for the first time in school history
* Eight straight wins over the Clemson Tigers (school record)
* Defeated Virginia for the first time in school history
* 3-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year
* 2-time co-champions of the ACC
* First Sweet 16 appearance in 2006–2007 season
* Named United States Marine Corps/WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year
* 2013—Kay Yow Heart Coach of the Year
* 2015—Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year

## Coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Florida State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1997–2022) ||||||
| 1997–98 | Florida State | 9–18 | 5–11 | 7th | |
| 1998–99 | Florida State | 7–20 | 2–14 | 9th | |
| 1999–00 | Florida State | 12–17 | 4–12 | 8th | |
| 2000–01 | Florida State | 19–12 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2001–02 | Florida State | 13–15 | 4–12 | 9th | |
| 2002–03 | Florida State | 17–13 | 8–8 | 4th | WNIT Second Round |
| 2003–04 | Florida State | 15–15 | 7–9 | 5th | WNIT Second Round |
| 2004–05 | Florida State | 24–8 | 9–5 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2005–06 | Florida State | 20–10 | 10–4 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2006–07 | Florida State | 24–10 * | 10–4 | 4th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2007–08 | Florida State | 19–14 * | 7–7 | 5th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2008–09 | Florida State | 26–8 | 12–2 | T-1st | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2009–10 | Florida State | 29–6 | 12–2 | T-1st | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2010–11 | Florida State | 24–8 | 11–3 | 3rd | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2011–12 | Florida State | 14–17 | 6–10 | 8th | |
| 2012–13 | Florida State | 23–10 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2013–14 | Florida State | 21–12 | 7–9 | 9th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2014–15 | Florida State | 32–5 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2015–16 | Florida State | 25–8 | 13–3 | T-3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| 2016–17 | Florida State | 28–7 | 13–3 | T-2nd | NCAA Elite Eight |
| 2017–18 | Florida State | 26–7 | 12–4 | 3rd | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2018–19 | Florida State | 24–9 | 10–6 | 6th | NCAA round of 32 |
| 2019–20 | Florida State | 24–8 | 11–7 | T-4th | Postseason cancelled |
| 2021–22 | Florida State | 17–14 | 10–8 | T-7th | NCAA First Four |
| Florida State: | Florida State: | 492–271 (.645) | 217–159 (.577) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 492–271 (.645) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
* 16 wins in 2006–07 and 6 wins in 2007–08 vacated by NCAA