Pam Borton

American women's college basketball coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican women's college basketball coach
PlacesUnited States of America
isSports coach Basketball coach
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth22 August 1965
Age59 years
The details

Biography

Pam Borton (born August 22, 1965) is a former head women's basketball coach, most recently at the University of Minnesota. She took over following the resignation of Brenda Frese in 2002.
As head coach of the Gophers, she had a 236-152 record and a 305-198 career coaching record. She is the winningest coach in program history. Previously, Borton was the head coach at the University of Vermont from 1993 to 1997 and was an assistant at Boston College from 1998 to 2002, where she served as associate head coach for her last two seasons.
Borton led Minnesota to its first Final Four appearance in 2004 and she led the team to six NCAA appearances and three straight Sweet 16 appearances.
In 2011, she co-founded a non-profit in the Twin Cities, TeamWomenMN. A premiere professional women's organization focused on professional development, mentoring program, networking and empowering women.
In 2014, she founded Pam Borton Partners. She has an advanced degree in personal and executive coaching from the college of executive coaching in Santa Barbara, CA. She is a senior executive coach, leadership consultant, facilitator, and keynote speaker.
Also in 2014, she founded LSWAG. A Leadership, Sports, Winners Academy for girls in grades 5-12. The mission is to develop, inspire, and promote leadership for our next generation.
In 2014, influential community and campus leaders raised over $100,000 for an endowment in Pam Borton's name. This endowment is housed in the College of Education and Human Development at the Tucker Center to promote leadership for women and girls in a sport context. It's the only endowment of its kind in the world.
Pam Borton is currently writing a book on leadership. She has a rare executive combination of major college athletics, assembling and coaching teams, reaching a Final 4 and now a certified personal and executive coach.

Head coaching record

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Vermont (America East Conference) (1993–1997)
1993–94Vermont19-119-53rdNCAA First Round
1994–95Vermont11-169-75th
1995–96Vermont18-1113-52nd
1996–97Vermont21-814-4T-2nd
Vermont:69-46 (.600)45-21 (.682)
Minnesota (Big Ten Conference) (2002–present)
2002–03Minnesota25-612-4T-2ndNCAA Sweet 16
2003–04Minnesota25-99-76thNCAA Final Four
2004–05Minnesota26-812-44thNCAA Sweet 16
2005–06Minnesota19-1011-5T-3rdNCAA First Round
2006–07Minnesota17-167-9T-5thWNIT Second Round
2007–08Minnesota20-1211-7T-3rdNCAA First Round
2008–09Minnesota20-1211-7T-5thNCAA Second Round
2009–10Minnesota13-176-1211th
2010–11Minnesota12-184-129th
2011–12Minnesota19-176-108thWBI Champions
2012–13Minnesota18-147-9T-8thWNIT First Round
2013–14Minnesota22-138-8T-6thWNIT Third Round
Minnesota:236-152 (.608)104-94 (.525)
Total:305-198 (.606)

      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

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