Karen Middleton
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamDuke
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
BornMonroe, North Carolina
Playing career
1987–1991South Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1994South Carolina (asst.)
1994–1997Eastern Washington (asst.)
1997–2007Stanford (asst.)
2007–2009Illinois (asst.)
2009–2015Western Carolina
2015–2016Cal State Fullerton (Associate HC)
2016–2023Wisconsin–La Crosse
2023–PresentDuke (asst.)

Karen Middleton is an American basketball coach.

On June 21, 2016, she became the 15th head coach of the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Women's Basketball team.

Prior to her hiring at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, she spent one year as an Associate Head Coach at California State University, Fullerton.

On May 15, 2009, she became the 10th head coach of Western Carolina University Women's Basketball, succeeding Kelly Harper, who was named head coach at NC State University.[1]

Prior to her appointment to Western Carolina, she spent two years as an assistant coach at Illinois.

Player

Middleton attended the University of South Carolina and was a four-year letter winner.[2] She was a team captain, team MVP and a two-time All-Metro Conference selection and finished her career as the fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,714 points.

Middleton became the best shooter in USC history and holds school records for career 3FG made (317), career 3FG percentage (44.5), season 3FG made (115) and season 3FG percentage (46.9). Middleton led her team to four NCAA Tournaments (including a Sweet 16 appearance),and was selected twice as GTE Academic All-District.

Born in Monroe, N.C., she graduated from McBee High School in McBee, S.C., and was the SC player of the year twice (1986 and '87).

South Carolina statistics

Source[3]

Legend
  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
1987–88 South Carolina 34 408 42.4% 43.4% 70.4% 2.4 2.7 0.7 0.1 12.0
1988–89 South Carolina 30 325 46.3% 45.5% 63.2% 2.3 3.0 1.1 0.2 10.8
1989–90 South Carolina 33 437 49.8% 46.9% 71.4% 4.5 3.2 1.3 0.1 13.2
1990–91 South Carolina 31 544 42.8% 43.4% 82.1% 4.7 3.9 1.7 0.0 17.5
Career South Carolina 128 1714 45.0% 44.5% 74.7% 3.5 3.2 1.2 0.1 13.4


Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2009–2015)
2009–10 Western Carolina 7–236–14T–7th
2010–11 Western Carolina 9–226–1410th
2011–12 Western Carolina 14–178–127th
2012–13 Western Carolina 7–235–159th
2013–14 Western Carolina 15–177–11T–7th
2014–15 Western Carolina 11–193–11T–6th
Western Carolina: 63–121 (.342)35–77 (.313)
Wisconsin-La Crosse Eagles (WIAC) (2016–2023)
2016–17 Wisconsin-La Crosse 16–119–5T–3rd
2017–18 Wisconsin-La Crosse 16–109–5T–2nd
2018–19 Wisconsin-La Crosse 22–410–4T–2nd
2019–20 Wisconsin-La Crosse 19–810–4T–2ndNCAA Division III First Round
2020–21 Wisconsin-La Crosse 5–54–44th
2021–22 Wisconsin-La Crosse 14–125–85th
2022–23 Wisconsin-La Crosse 19–78–6T–4th
Wisconsin-La Crosse: 111–57 (.661)55–36 (.604)
Total:174–184 (.486)

      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

Academic

In 1991, Middleton graduated cum laude with a BA, and also earned an Interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Physical Education in 1993, both from South Carolina.

References

  1. ↑ "Karen Middleton =Western Carolina University". 2009.
  2. ↑ "Karen Middleton =The University of Illinois". 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  3. ↑ "South Carolina Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-08.
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