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Dawn Plitzuweit (PLITTS-zoo-white born October 31, 1972) is an American basketball coach, currently the head women's basketball coach at South Dakota.
Playing career
Michigan Tech statistics
Plitzuweit attended Michigan Tech between 1990-1995, but did not play basketball 1991-1992. In her freshman year she started all 29 games. Her sophomore year, 1992-1993, played in all 33 games leading Michigan Tech to a record of 30-3 scoring 12.4 points a game, 2nd on the team. Her Junior year she, once again, played in all 28 games. Her senior year she played in 29 of the 30 games that year and would finish her career with a playing record of 99-22.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-1991 | Michigan Tech | 29 | 268 | .519 | .000 | .727 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| 1992-1993 | Michigan Tech | 33 | 408 | .529 | .500 | .683 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.02 | 12.4 |
| 1993-1994 | Michigan Tech | 28 | 340 | .474 | .130 | .674 | 8.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 12.1 |
| 1994-1995 | Michigan Tech | 30 | 382 | .523 | .371 | .678 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| Career | 120 | 1,398 | .511 | .--- | .690 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 11.65 |
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Early coaching career
Plitzuweit started her career at her Alma mater, Michigan Tech, under her collegiate coach Kevin Borseth, and would continue to coach with him at Green Bay and then Michigan.
Grand Valley State
Over her career five year career at Grand Valley State, Plitzuweit reached the NCAA Division II Tournament four of the five years. In 2006, Grand Valley State, with a record of 33-3, won the 2006 NCAA Division II Tournament over American International College 58-52.
Northern Kentucky
Left Michigan at the end of the 2012 season and accepted the head coaching job at Northern Kentucky. Northern Kentucky would go on to reach the WBI in all four years making it to the second round only once.
South Dakota
On April 22, 2016, Plitzuweit became the South Dakota head coach.
Personal life
Dawn is married and has a son and daughter.
Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 2002-03 | Grand Valley State | 24-7 | 13-5 | 2nd | NCAA Div. II First Round | ||||
| 2003-04 | Grand Valley State | 11-15 | 8-10 | 5th-t | |||||
| 2004-05 | Grand Valley State | 28-6 | 16-2 | 1st-t | NCAA Div. II Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2005-06 | Grand Valley State | 33-3 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA Div. II Champion | ||||
| 2006-07 | Grand Valley State | 21-8 | 14-4 | 1st | NCAA Div. II First Round | ||||
| Grand Valley State: | 117–39 (.750) | 66–22 (.750) | |||||||
| Northern Kentucky Norse (Atlantic Sun Conference/Horizon League) | |||||||||
| 2012-13 | Northern Kentucky | 15-13 | 12-6 | 4th | WBI First Round | ||||
| 2013-14 | Northern Kentucky | 18-13 | 13-5 | 3rd | WBI Second Round | ||||
| 2014-15 | Northern Kentucky | 19-14 | 8-6 | 3rd | WBI First Round | ||||
| 2015-16 | Northern Kentucky | 19-14 | 9-9 | 5th-t | WBI First Round | ||||
| Northern Kentucky: | 71–54 (.568) | 42–26 (.618) | |||||||
| South Dakota Coyotes (Summit League) | |||||||||
| 2016-17 | South Dakota | 23-9 | 11-5 | 4th | WNIT Second Round | ||||
| 2017-18 | South Dakota | 29-7 | 14-0 | 1st | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2018-19 | South Dakota | 28-6 | 14-2 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2019-20 | South Dakota | 30-2 | 15-0 | 1st | Postseason not held | ||||
| South Dakota: | 110–24 (.821) | 54–7 (.885) | |||||||
| Total: | 298–117 (.718) | ||||||||
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