Having mulled retirement for some time, Jody Conradt finally decided it was time to step down. She did so in 2007 after a 31-year coaching career and 9 year stint as Director of Women’s Athletics at UT. Conradt ended with a 900-306 record overall (783-245 at Texas), which sits second all-time, trailing only Pat Summit,...
Almost ten years before she would retire, Jody Conradt was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (October 1998) with the likes of other basketball greats such as Larry Bird. Not even a year later, in June 1999, Conradt was a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the Women’s Basketball Hall...
Before and after the Longhorns national championship, women’s basketball at UT dominated the Southwestern Conference. After falling to Texas A&M, 59-53, on Jan. 23, 1978, the Longhorns went undefeated in conference play for more than 12 years. On February 23, 1990, Arkansas snapped UT’s streak at 183 games. Since the NCAA started keeping stats, the...
After No. 1 rankings and high expectations in their previous two seasons, the Longhorns finally capitalized against USC in the 1986 National Championship, making history in the process as the first team to go undefeated at 34-0. Georgia Coach Andy Landers on the 1986 Longhorns: “You could take their first five, mix them up...
UT Women’s Basketball made their first televised appearance on ESPN against Old Dominion, the defending national champions. Following their victory over OldDominion, it became readily apparent just how talented the 1986 squad was. After the game Old Dominion Coach Marianne Stanley said, “I think Texas is a team of destiny, they want it and don’t...
After spending 19 months recovering from a severe knee injury that threatened to end her basketball career, Annette Smith came back strong in the 1985-86season and scored 22 points against USC to become the all-time leading scorer in UT basketball history. Not only did Smith break the record, but she held the nation’s best player,...
The Longhorns ended the 1984-85 regular season campaign ranked number one in the nation and were to host the Final Four in Austin. Their chase for the championship was cut short, however, when the Longhorns lost a final-second heartbreaker to Western Kentucky in the regional semifinals.
During the 1979 season, after being featured in years past in the basketball programs, the women’s basketball team issued it’s first media guide. H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Sports and Physical Culture, Jody Conradt Collection
In their 11th intercollegiate season, the Longhorns season opener against TempleJunior College had the honor of being the first event to take place in the newly constructed Special Events Center (now the Frank Erwin Center). The Longhorns defeated Temple, 67-64. Temple guard Evwella Munn, who later transferred toUT, scored the building’s very first basket. After...
