Gary Blair Honored for Eclipsing 800 Wins by WBCA
Apr 07, 2020 | Women's Basketball
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 800th 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 11th most all-time.
Here are the 2020 WBCA Victory Club honorees:
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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 800th 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 11th 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 |
For complete coverage of Texas A&M women's basketball, be sure to follow the Aggies on social media at @AggieWBB (Twitter), @aggiewbb (Instagram) and @AggieWomensHoops (Facebook) or visit the official home Texas A&M Athletics at 12thMan.com.
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