Theresa Grentz

Grentz is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois, a position she has held since 1995. She is the sixth-winningest women's basketball coach in NCAA history, with 537 wins and 200 losses in 26 seasons, including a record of 434-150 in 19 years at Rutgers University. She led the Fighting Illini to the program's first-ever Big Ten title in 1997 and first-ever appearances in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in both '97 and '98. From 1986-94, her Rutgers team made nine consecutive...See more

Grentz is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois, a position she has held since 1995. She is the sixth-winningest women's basketball coach in NCAA history, with 537 wins and 200 losses in 26 seasons, including a record of 434-150 in 19 years at Rutgers University. She led the Fighting Illini to the program's first-ever Big Ten title in 1997 and first-ever appearances in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in both '97 and '98. From 1986-94, her Rutgers team made nine consecutive NCAA Tournment appearances. Her 1981-82 team went 25-7 and won the AIAW national championship. In addition, she coached the 1992 U.S. Olympic team to a bronze medal in Barcelona. She has won four National Coach of the Year awards and is on of the original founders of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. See less