Women's Basketball announces Greta Grothe as new Head Coach

IRVING, Texas – The University of Dallas announced Friday that Greta Grothe has been named as the fourteenth head coach of the Women’s Basketball Team. She inherits a squad that is coming off a 14-12 record and 7-7 mark versus Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) opponents. The Lady Crusaders notched the No. 5-Seed and were eliminated in the SCAC Quarterfinals to No. 4-Seeded Schreiner University.

Grothe arrives at the helm of the Dallas women’s basketball program after spending the previous two seasons as an Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. With the Lynx, Grothe enhanced a successful program that reflected a 45-13 display that won the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) conference tournament in both seasons she was there.

In the most recent campaign, Grothe assisted a team that went 20-9 and 8-6 in conference en route to its second consecutive SAA conference tournament championship. RC fell in the first round of the NCAA tournament to University of Texas at Dallas.

Rhodes also won the SAA conference title Grothe’s first year after the squad shattered a school-best 25-4 record, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team would fall 77-74 in a tightly contested battle with University of Texas at Tyler.

Prior to Rhodes, Grothe served as a graduate assistant for two years at NAIA DI Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. During the 2012-2013 campaign the Lady Wildcats finished with their first 20 win season since the 2005-2006. The Wildcats finished third in the Heart of America Conference (HAAC) and made it to the second round of the conference tournament before falling to the eventual conference tournament champion. At Baker, Grothe’s duties included recruiting, developing player skills, and aiding the head coach with in game and practice management.

Prior to Baker, Grothe served as an assistant coach for four years at NCAA DIII Fontbonne University in St. Louis, MO. During the 2009-2010 season, Fontbonne went 18-10, won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Tournament, and qualified for the NCAA DIII tournament.

Grothe received her undergraduate degree in 2005 from Rockhurst University. In 2013, she completed her masters from Baker University.