Cindy Stein is a former coach of the Missouri Tigers women's basketball

Missouri Tigers women's basketball

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 team at the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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. She was the head coach for the Tigers

Missouri Tigers

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 from 1998 to 2010. She announced her resignation (effective at the end of the 2009-10) season on her radio show on March 1, 2010.

Career as player

Stein was a junior college All-American, playing her first college basketball at Illinois Central College

Illinois Central College

Illinois Central College, often called ICC, is a large Illinois community college with its largest campus in East Peoria, Illinois, off Illinois State Route 116 near U.S. Route 150 and the McClugage Bridge...

. She later transferred to the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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, a Division I-A school, where she played in her first NCAA Division I tournament in 1982. She ranks sixth in career assists (323) for the Illinois Fighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini

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 and holds the highest career average for assists per game (5.6). In 1982-83, she set the second highest career assist total in school history (170). She graduated from Illinois in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
She is currently a TV analyst for Fox Sports basketball games. She is in her second season of providing color commentary for UMKC women's basketball along with play-by-play broadcaster T.J. Jackson on KCWJ 1030am.

Career as coach

Stein was a graduate assistant and coach for Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University

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, where she earned a Master's degree in physical education with an emphasis in athletic administration. After jobs as an assistant coach at Miami

Miami University

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, Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

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, and Bradley

Bradley University

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, Stein returned to her alma mater, first as a recruiting coach, and then as an assistant coach for her former team.

Her first head coaching assignment came at Emporia State University

Emporia State University

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, a Division II school in Emporia

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, Kansas

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. In three years as head coach at Emporia State, Stein turned the women's basketball program into a national contender, with her team advancing to the NCAA Division II title game

NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship

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 in 1998. This success earned Stein various coaching awards, including being named the Division II Basketball coach of the year.

Stein is set to embark on her eleventh season as head coach at Missouri. She has compiled a 112-97 career mark at Missouri as well as a 177-122 overall mark. She has led the Tigers to 2 NCAA tournament berths, including a 2001 Sweet Sixteen appearance. She has had 29 selections to the Academic All Big 12 teams. In the Big 12

Big 12 Conference

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, one of the toughest conferences, she has guided the Tigers to multiple seasons where they were above .500 in league play. For the 2007-08 season, the Tigers finished with an overall record of 10-21.