LaVonda Wagner

College coach infobox


Name = LaVonda Wagner
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Sport = Basketball
College = Oregon State University
Title = Head coach
CurrentRecord = 2-0
OverallRecord = 27-34
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Player = Yes
Years = 1983-1986
Team = Mars Hill College
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Coach = Yes
CoachYears = 1988 - 1994
1994 - 2002
2002 - 2005
2005 - present
CoachTeams = East Tennessee State (asst.)
Illinois (asst.)
Duke (asst.)
Oregon State

LaVonda Wagner is the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team and an FSN television analyst for WNBA games.cite web|title=LaVonda Wagner|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24861&SPID=1955&DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=153038&Q_SEASON=2007|publisher=OSUBeavers.com|accessdate=2007-11-17]

Background and Early Career

LaVonda Wagner was born in 1964 in Bristol, Virginia. She attended Mars Hill College in North Carolina, where she earned a bachelor's degree in physical education. She was also a star for the women's basketball and volleyball teams, and earned All-America honors in both sports from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In 1998, she was inducted into the college's sports hall of fame. In 1988, Wagner earned a master's degree in athletic administration from East Tennessee State University (ETSU). From 1988 to 1994 she was the top assistant coach and recruiter for ETSU in women's basketball. From 1994 to 2002 she was an assistant coach for the University of Illinois women's basketball team; in 2000 she helped garner one of the top five recruiting classes in the nation for Illinois. From 2002 to 2005 Wagner was an assistant coach at Duke University, which featured one of the top-rated women's baskeball programs in the nation.

Oregon State

Wagner joined the Beavers for the 2005-06 season, making a ten game improvement from the previous season and ending the year with a 16-15 overall record and a postseason Women’s NIT berth. Her team went 9-19 in the 2006-07 season, and improved to 12-19 in 2007-08. [cite web|title=Beavers Fall to #6 Stanford|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24858&SPID=1955&DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=1408178|publisher=OSUBeavers.com|accessdate=2008-04-01] Her contract with the Beavers has been extended through 2012.cite web|title=LaVonda Wagner extends contract through 2012|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindbeaversbeat/2007/06/lavonda_wagner_extends_contrac.html|accessdate=2007-11-17]

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