Beth Morgan (basketball)

Beth Morgan Cunningham (born Beth Morgan on June 5, 1975 in Greenville, Ohio) is a former associate Head Coach at Notre Dame and had been the women's basketball head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and a former women's basketball player.

Beth Cunningham

Duke Blue Devils
Position	Assistant coach
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	June 5, 1975 Greenville, Ohio
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Bloomington South (Bloomington, Indiana)
College	Notre Dame (1993–1997)
Position	Shooting guard
Number	21
Coaching career	2001–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1998	Philadelphia Rage
2000	Washington Mystics
As coach:
2001–2003	VCU (assistant/assoc. HC)
2003–2012	VCU
2012–2020	Notre Dame (assistant)
2020–present	Duke (assistant)
Medals Women's Basketball Representing the  United States World University Games 1997 Marsala Team Competition Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team Competition

As Beth Morgan, she played for the University of Notre Dame, the Richmond Rage/Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League and the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before turning to coaching.

She also played on the American teams in 1997 World University Games [1] and the 1999 Pan-American Games.[2]

Cunningham ranked as #1 on Notre Dame's all-time scoring list with 2,322 points, until surpassed by Skylar Diggins. Diggins had played 17 more games than Cunningham did at Notre Dame. Had Morgan had 17 more games during her Notre Dame career no one would have ever broken her scoring record. During her career, she set or tied 28 school records. In her final two seasons, she was a first team all-Big-East selection.

Cunningham took over the VCU Rams for the 2003-2004 season after serving as assistant coach of the team for two years.

Her father, Bob Morgan, was the head baseball coach at Indiana University for 22 years before retiring in 2005.[3]

Notre Dame statistics

Source[4]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1993-94	Notre Dame	29	518	46.8%	37.1%	78.6%	4.3	2.2	1.1	0.2	17.9
1994-95	Notre Dame	27	482	44.9%	38.1%	80.2%	4.1	1.6	1.4	0.2	17.9
1995-96	Notre Dame	31	626	46.1%	39.9%	85.4%	5.0	2.6	2.1	0.2	20.2
1996-97	Notre Dame	38	696	40.9%	32.6%	80.9%	6.1	2.6	1.7	0.1	18.3
Career		125	2322	44.4%	36.8%	81.4%	5.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	18.6

Head Coaching Record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
VCU (Colonial Athletic Association) (2003–2012)
2003–04	VCU	14-14	10-8	T-4th
2004–05	VCU	11-18	6-12	7th
2005–06	VCU	13-15	6-12	9th
2006–07	VCU	17-13	9-9	6th
2007–08	VCU	26-8	13-5	T-3rd	WNIT 2nd Round
2008–09	VCU	26-7	15-3	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2009–10	VCU	22-13	12-6	3rd	WNIT 1st Round
2010–11	VCU	19-12	13-5	4th	WNIT 1st Round
2011–12	VCU	19-15	9-9	6th	WNIT 3rd Round
VCU:		167-115 (.592)	93–69 (.574)
Total:		167–115 (.592)
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

Notes

1. "Eighteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. "Thirteenth Pan American Games -- 1999". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
3. "Head Coach Bob Morgan Resigns". University of Indiana. June 5, 2005. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 Oct 2013.
4. "Notre Dame Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-08.

External links

• Notre Dame magazine article featuring Morgan
• VCU Biography