Ferne Labati

Ferne Labati (born June 2, 1947)^[1] is the former head women's basketball coach at Seton Hill University. She previously served as the head women's basketball coach at University of Miami, where she became the school's all time winningest coach. Throughout her coaching career, she has amassed 451 wins, making her only the 39th ever coach to win 400 games. She was named the Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year in 1992.^[2]

At Miami, she was named to the University of Miami Athletic Hall of Fame. She has coached one Kodak All-American, one Big East player of the year, and one Big East rookie of the year at Miami. In 1989, she led Miami to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance. In 1992 and 1993, Miami won back-to-back Big East regular season championships, making the NCAA in both years. In 1993, the Hurricanes finished the year ranked 6th in the nation, their highest ranking ever. She also coached for four seasons at Farleigh Dickinson University

Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
University of Miami (Big East Conference) (1988–2004)
1988-1989	Miami	21-8
1989-1990	Miami	25-6
1990-1991	Miami	20-10	9-3
1991-1992	Miami	30-2	18-0
1992-1993	Miami	24-7	15-3
1993-1994	Miami	10-17	7-11
1994-1995	Miami	11-16	8-10
1995-1996	Miami	14-16	9-9
1996-1997	Miami	15-14	8-10
1997-1998	Miami	19-10	13-5
1998-1999	Miami	15-14	9-9
1999-2000	Miami	14-15	7-9
2000-2001	Miami	13-15	6-10
2001-2002	Miami	19-12	10-6
2002-2003	Miami	18-13	8-8
2003-2004	Miami	22-7	11-5
2004-2005	Miami	13-16	4-10
Miami:		290-179
Total:
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

External links

• Ferne Labati bio

References

1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 23 Sep 2015.
2. "Past Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coaches of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.