# Tricia Cullop

Tricia Cullop (born April 24, 1971) is the current head coach of the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team. She previously was the head coach with the Toledo Rockets women's basketball team.

## Early life

Cullop played basketball at Purdue under head coach Lin Dunn. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University in 1993.

## Coaching career

Early in her career, she served as an assistant at Radford, Long Beach State, and Xavier.

### Evansville

In 2000, she took over as the head coach at Evansville where she stayed for eight seasons with a 73–48 record. In her final season in 2007–08, the Purple Aces won the Missouri Valley Conference and advanced to the second round of the WNIT. She was the 2008 MVC coach of the year.

### Toledo

On April 18, 2008, she was named head coach at Toledo. Her teams have won five MAC championships in 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Her 2016–17 and 2022–23 teams won the MAC tournament. The 2017 team qualified for the NCAA tournament where they lost to Creighton in the first round. In 2023, they defeated Iowa State before losing to Tennessee. Her teams have played in the WNIT eight times including taking home the championship in the 2011 Tournament. Her 2024 team advanced to the quarterfinals of the WBIT before losing to Washington State. She was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

### Miami

On April 5, 2024, she was named head coach of Miami, replacing Katie Meier.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Evansville (Missouri Valley Conference) (2000–2008) ||||||
| 2000–01 | Evansville | 13–15 | 8–10 | T-5th | |
| 2001–02 | Evansville | 15–15 | 9–9 | T-4th | |
| 2002–03 | Evansville | 11–16 | 5–13 | T-8th | |
| 2003–04 | Evansville | 11–16 | 6–12 | 9th | |
| 2004–05 | Evansville | 17–11 | 10–8 | 5th | |
| 2005–06 | Evansville | 16–13 | 11–7 | 4th | |
| 2006–07 | Evansville | 19–12 | 11–7 | T-4th | |
| 2007–08 | Evansville | 21–12 | 13–5 | T-1st | WNIT second round |
| Evansville: | Evansville: | 123–110 (.528) | 73–71 (.507) | | |
| Toledo (Mid-American Conference) (2008–present) ||||||
| 2008–09 | Toledo | 18–13 | 11–5 | 2nd (West) | |
| 2009–10 | Toledo | 25–9 | 12–4 | 1st (West) | WNIT second round |
| 2010–11 | Toledo | 29–8 | 14–2 | 1st (West) | WNIT Champions |
| 2011–12 | Toledo | 24–10 | 13–3 | T-1st (West) | WNIT Quarterfinals |
| 2012–13 | Toledo | 29–4 | 15–1 | 1st (West) | WNIT third round |
| 2013–14 | Toledo | 16–16 | 9–9 | T-2nd (West) | |
| 2014–15 | Toledo | 19–14 | 10–8 | 4th (West) | WNIT second round |
| 2015–16 | Toledo | 17–13 | 12–6 | T-3rd (West) | |
| 2016–17 | Toledo | 25–9 | 12–6 | T-3rd (West) | NCAA first round |
| 2017–18 | Toledo | 18–15 | 8–10 | 4th (West) | WNIT second round |
| 2018–19 | Toledo | 21–12 | 11–7 | 2nd (West) | WNIT second round |
| 2019–20 | Toledo | 14–17 | 7–11 | T–5th (West) | |
| 2020–21 | Toledo | 12–12 | 8–12 | 9th | |
| 2021–22 | Toledo | 29–6 | 19–1 | 1st | WNIT Quarterfinals |
| 2022–23 | Toledo | 29–5 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA second round |
| 2023–24 | Toledo | 28–6 | 17–1 | 1st | WBIT Quarterfinals |
| Toledo: | Toledo: | 353–169 (.676) | 194–88 (.688) | | |
| Miami (FL) (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2024–present) ||||||
| 2024–25 | Miami (FL) | 14–15 | 4–14 | 16th | |
| Miami: | Miami: | 14–15 (.483) | 4–14 (.222) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 490–294 (.625) | | | |
| 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 ||||||