Liz Galloway McQuitter

Liz Galloway McQuitter

Sport(s)	Women's basketball
Biographical details
Born	August 15, 1955
Alma mater	University of Nevada-Las Vegas[1]
Playing career
1975	Temple Junior College
1976–1978	UNLV
1978–1980	Chicago Hustle[2]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986	Mundelein
1989–1991	DePaul (Asst.)
1991–1994	Lamar
1995–1998	Northern Illinois
1999–2002	Texas A&M (Asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	76–117 (.394)

Liz Galloway McQuitter (born August 15, 1955) has held positions as head coach and assistant coach women's basketball at the collegiate level. In April, 2015, she ended her career in athletics retiring as head coach of the Rockdale High School in Rockdale, Texas.^[3] McQuitter served as head coach at Mundelein College (1984–1986), Lamar (1990–1994), and Northern Illinois (1994–1998). McQuitter took over the head coaching position at Lamar after the resignation of Al Barbre following an NCAA investigation which ended with two years probation and other penalties for the team. In spite of the cloudy start, McQuitter's team tied for first place finish in the Sun Belt regular season. The Lady Cardinals were not eligible for post-season play that year. McQuitter left Lamar after four seasons to become head coach for the Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team. Her first season at Northern Illinois was also successful as the team qualified for the 1995 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. Coach McQuitter served as assistant coach at Northwestern, Dartmouth, DePaul, and Texas A&M.

Liz Galloway McQuitter competed as a player at at high school, junior college helping her team to a national championship, three years as a player for the UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team, and at the professional level playing for the Chicago Hustle.^[4]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mundelein College () (1984–1986) (Record not available)
Lamar Lady Cardinals (Sun Belt Conference) (1991–1994)
1991–92	Lamar	21–7	13–3	1st T	(Not eligible)
1992–93	Lamar	10–16	4–10
1993–94	Lamar	8–19	5–9
Lamar:		39–42 (.481)	22–22 (.500)
Northern Illinois Huskies (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1994–1997)
1994–95	Northern Illinois	17–14	10–6	T–4th	NCAA 1st Round
1995–96	Northern Illinois	9–19	5–11	T–6th
1996–97	Northern Illinois	7–20	5–11	T–6th
Northern Illinois Huskies (MAC) (1997–1998)
1997–98	Northern Illinois	4–22	3–15	6th (West)
Northern Illinois:		37–75 (.330)	23–43 (.348)
Total:		76–117 (.394)
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

References

1. Julie Deardorff (February 5, 1993). "Lamar's Coach a Quitter in Name Only". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
2. Porter, Karra (2006). Mad seasons : the story of the first Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-8789-1.
3. Bill Martin (April 9, 2015). "McQuitter calls it quits". Rockdale Reporter. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
4. Mark Shapiro (February 27, 1998). "NIU Women's Basketball Coach Resigns". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2016.