Gary Blair Honored for Eclipsing 800 Wins by WBCA

ATLANTA – The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced that Gary Blair was a part of its 2020 WBCA Victory Club on Tuesday morning.
 
Blair is one of two coaches to have eclipsed the 800-win mark during the 2019-20 season, and the only one to have done so at the Division 1 level.
 
The WBCA Victory Club honor is bestowed annually on each WBCA-member head coach who achieves a milestone of 200, 300, 400, 500 or more career victories during the current season on the level of competition at which they currently coach. Victories recorded at differing levels of competition cannot be combined.
 
Blair earned his 800^th career victory earlier this season against Houston. He has amassed a record of 813-329 over his 34-year collegiate coaching career. At Texas A&M, the seven-time hall of fame inductee has recorded 405 victories, including a National Championship in 2011 and the SEC Tournament Championship in 2013. The Dallas, Texas, native's 17 years leading the Aggies makes him the longest tenured coach in program history.
 
The two-time national coach of the year will enter the 2020-21 basketball season with the fifth most wins by an active coach, and the 11^th most all-time.
 
Here are the 2020 WBCA Victory Club honorees:

Name	School	Date Achieved	Victory Number
Kim Muhl	Kirkwood Community College	12/04/2019	900
Rick Wilson	Duke High School	02/10/2020	900
Gary Blair	Texas A&M University	12/15/2019	800
John Carrick	Lakeview Academy	12/13/2019	800
Laney Clement-Holbrook	Oliver Ames High School	02/07/2020	700
Joe McKeown	Northwestern University	12/20/2019	700
Sue Phillips	Archbishop Mitty High School	12/30/2019	700
Ray Preston	Charlotte Valley Central School	01/10/2020	700
David Slifer	University of Central Missouri	01/06/2020	700
Lori Culler	Huntington University	11/16/2019	600
Russ Davis	Vanguard University	01/09/2020	600
Carmen Dolfo	Western Washington University	01/11/2020	600
Cheri Harrer	Baldwin Wallace University	02/01/2020	600
Brian Morehouse	Hope College	01/25/2020	600
Kim Mulkey	Baylor University	02/18/2020	600
Brian Niemuth	Simpson College	12/21/2019	600
Craig Roden	Delta State University	02/13/2020	600
Roonie Scovel	Gulf Coast State College	03/22/2019	600
Mary Beth Spirk	Moravian College	12/03/2019	600
Susan Summons	Miami Dade College	11/17/2019	600
Michael Olmstead	Rampart High School	02/26/2020	500
Dan Ricci	Ossining High School	03/22/2019	500
Scott Rueck	Oregon State University	11/30/2019	500
Charli Turner Thorne	Arizona State University	01/31/2020	500
Robert Amsberry	Wartburg College	02/12/2020	400
Carla Berube	Princeton University	02/07/2020	400
Brian Giorgis	Marist College	11/08/2019	400
Bonnie Henrickson	UC Santa Barbara	01/25/2020	400
Jeff Judkins	Brigham Young University	12/30/2019	400
Margaret Mohr	Cypress College	11/07/2019	400
Kerry Phayre	Assumption College	11/23/2019	400
Sue Troyan	Lehigh University	03/04/2020	400
Sharon Versyp	Purdue University	12/08/2019	400
Kellie Harper	University of Tennessee	01/20/2020	300
Quentin Hillsman	Syracuse University	02/09/2020	300
Theresa Humble	Jennings High School	02/21/2020	300
Wendy Lee	University of Mount Olive	12/10/2019	300
Carrie Lohr	Wayne State University	11/13/2019	300
Zach Loll	Dodge City Community College	01/08/2020	300
Faith Mimnaugh	California Poly State University	11/30/2019	300
Chris Nelson	Bethel University	01/02/2020	300
Lynne Roberts	University of Utah	12/20/2019	300
Steve Williamson	Williams Penn University	10/29/2019	300
Katie Gearlds	Marian University	03/02/2020	200
Betsy Harris	Florida Southern College	02/26/2020	200

 
 
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