Conradt honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by NACWAA [June 4, 2010]
Jody Conradt was the Texas women's basketball coach from 1976-2007 and is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The University of Texas declared an Intercollegiate Athletics Department for Women in 1973 and formalized varsity sports for the 1974-75 academic year. WebJody Conradt began her illustrious basketball career as an outstanding player at Goldthwaite High School where she averaged 40 points per game. After he was removed as basketball coach by Donna Lopiano, UTs first director of womens athletics department, he spent three more years at the Forty Acres as a physical education teacher. Her friends and players also knew a loving, gentle - yes, gentle - kind and compassionate soul who loved to laugh and entertain friends at her house. On Buzzlearn.com, Jody is listed as a He has two daughters in college. Page lived in a one-bedroom off-campus apartment and walked to work. Page described Thompson as a very special human being., In Betty Thompsons eyes, I saw acceptance and belief, he continued. ft. of basketball history. Prior to that he worked at The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Light. Lopiano said, sure, then went to find Royal as he headed out to football practice. She loved competing. Most people only saw Pat on the sideline. AUSTIN, Texas -- When the University of Texas hired Jody Conradt to coach its women's basketball team for $17,000 in 1976, one of the state's largest newspapers announced the move with the headline: "Woman Hired at Man's Salary.". The Tower Amendment not only failed, but ultimately led to specific guidelines for the sports component of Title IX, that scholarship and participation numbers for mens and womens sports must reflect the student body percentages at each school. Women's Champ Week predictions: Which teams will win the auto bids in all 32 conferences? WebFind out where Jody Conradt was born, their birthday and details about their professions, education, religion, family and other life details and facts. Conradt selected as 2008 Naismith Outstanding Contributors to Basketball award winners [March 14, 2008]
Jody Conradt. Her love was basketball. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at every level. Years later, Coach Conradt joined Dean Report: Houston is the No. I cant even remember what I earn those few years, but most of it was from being a physical education teacher, not a basketball coach, he said. The Basketball Hall of Fame makes no representation concerning, and is not responsible for the quality, content, accessibility, nature or reliability of any hyperlinked site. instructor to Coach Conradt to Texas womens athletic director. Conradt is the first Texas women's athletic official to be honored with a statue on campus. Established by the College of Liberal Arts and the Center for Women and Gender Studies, this fund is used primarily to support the "Inspire" program. 2023 The University of Texas at Austin Athletics, J. Dan Brown Family Player Development Center, Conradt among National Sportsmanship Day 20th Anniversary honorees, Conradt honored with Joe Lapchick Character Award, Conradt honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by NACWAA, Conradt to co-chair WBCA ethics committee, Conradt to be honored with TAHPERD Pathfinder Award, Conradt selected as 2008 Naismith Outstanding Contributors to Basketball award winners, Conradt to receive Giant Steps Award from National Consortium for Academics and Sports, Sam Houston State University: 74-23 (1969-73), The University of Texas at Arlington: 43-39 (1973-76), The University of Texas at Austin: 783-245 (1976-2007), The University of Texas at Austin: 62-38-7 (1976-77), Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1998), National Coach of the Year (1979-80, 1985-86, 1996-97, 2003-04), Carol Eckmann Award for contributions to women's basketball, Women's Basketball Coaches Association (1987), The University of Texas-Arlington Athletics Hall of Honor (1987), The University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor (2000 inaugural class), International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, Women's Sports Foundation, New York (1995), Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Waco, Texas (1998), Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Knoxville, Tenn. (1999 inaugural class), International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame, Kingston, R.I. (2003), 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America, Institute for International Sport, Kingston, R.I. (2007), Giant Steps Award, National Consortium for Academics and Sports, Orlando, Fla. (2007), Outstanding Contributor to Basketball, Atlanta Tipoff Club (2008), Sam Houston State University Athletics Hall of Fame (2010), Texas Women's Hall of Fame, Dallas (1986), Baylor University Distinguished Alumnus (1989), Field Scovell Award, Dallas All-Sports Association (2003), Harvey Penick Award for Excellence in the Game of Life, Caritas of Austin (2003), CASEY Award, Kansas City Sports Association (2004), Woman of Distinction Award, Central Texas Girl Scouts (2005), Neighborhood Longhorns Linking Community With Education Award, Austin (2006), Most Worthy Citizen Award, Austin Board of Realtors (2007), Bridges Award, The Movement Organization, Austin (2007), Commencement Speaker, UT Graduation (2008), Legends Honoree, Dallas Texas Exes Chapter Texas-OU Weekend (2008), Distinguished speaker series, internships, Health and wellness research at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. She was born on May 13, 1941 and her birthplace is Goldthwaite Texas. Conradt's classroom eventually became a multipurpose arena at her beloved University of Texas, after serving as women's basketball coach at Sam Houston State (1969-73) and coach/women's athletics director at UT-Arlington (1973-76). It would take six years. They saw her photo on the wall of heralded players. We played in the now-defunct Southwest Conference, Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference. She was always the consummate student. Yainer Diaz becomes first Astros hitter to violate new MLB rules. 1 of 4. She was the head coach for the women's team at University of Texas at Austin . But thankfully the little picture that I did envision grew into something grand and glorious.. Under Rice, Conradt learned the value of fundamentals. Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1998
Creating a model collegiate program that several other schools have tried to emulate, but few have managed to duplicate, she led her teams to over 900 wins and an undefeated 34-0 national championship in 1986. So from 1992 to 2001, she did both jobs. Page said he was surprised when Lopiano fired him after the 21-7 season. When she tried to register for second-semester teaching courses, a bar had been placed on her record. While gazing at the fans standing and cheering for him on Sunday, Rodney Page said he made the right choice to attend. This week, we hosted three sisters (two who are twins) for coach Vic Schaefers girls basketball camp. The Hall of Fame has more than 400 inductees and 40,000 sq. Lopiano deduced that it was Stephen F. Austins Sue Gunter or UT-Arlingtons Conradt. No one is more proud of those facts than Goldthwaites Addie Jo Conradt, whose 7-foot bronze statue appropriately stands in the UT athletics Hall of Fame next to, and just as tall, as that of Darrell K Royal. Grizzlies 113, Rockets 99: 2nd-half flurry extends Houston's skid, Texas A&M's SEC title hopes quashed by Alabama's win over Auburn. Not even a consideration. Heres what you need to know. Texas, perhaps more than any university in the country, has grappled with, shaped and ultimately led the implementing of Title IX. All of the funding for womens sports came from the university presidents office. UTA somehow won. Among the 20 team sports in which it competes (11 womens sports) Texas finished among the top 10 in 14 of them while winning the Learfield Directors Cup for all-around excellence for the second straight year, breaking Stanfords 25-year hold on the award. They reached the Final Four the following season, but then not again until 2003. Jackson was a standout for Jody Conradt's final Texas teams, one of only three Longhorns to ever achieve three-time All-American status. Fortunately, she resided in a state that prides itself on passion, opportunity and can-do attitude. During her illustrious career, Conradt has coached countless players who have been Olympians, earned All-America honors, and National Player of the Year acclaim. Two of this years Longhorn national titles were by womens teams, rowing and tennis. The Conradt statue weighs 600 pounds and depicts her flashing the well-known "Hook'em Horns" hand signal. For us, coaching was always bigger than basketball. At the time of her enshrinement, Conradt had been named National Coach of the Year and Southwest Conference Coach of the Year numerous times. In the 1980s, Longhorn womens teams piled up 15 national championships, including Conradts 34-0 1985-86 squad. Angela Jackson was a four-year starter eventual all-conference player for us and graduated in 1998 with a journalism degree. He is part of the fabric of a team that recently earned the 1,000th victory in school history, a feat achieved by just four other teams. 10 Irish lose top scorer Miles to knee injury. "We changed the world.". In the ensuing days, it became clear to Conradt that UTs administration wanted her to take the AD job, but they werent very optimistic about me doing both.. Conradt honored with Joe Lapchick Character Award [Nov. 18, 2010]
When you grew up in a small town, you only saw women doing one of two things, Conradt says. In 38 years as a collegiate head coach, Conradt's student-athletes won 900 games and, more important, nearly every one of them graduated. AUSTIN - Jody Conradt, the Hall of Fame women's basketball coach who won 900 games in her 38-year career, will be honored by Texas with a statue in her in physical education), Conradt first was a high school teacher and assistant girls basketball coach under legendary Waco Midway school administrator M.T. As individuals, we gauge our success by the depth of ongoing, sustained relationships with the student-athletes. Brad Townsend, Sports enterprise reporter, Mavericks and NBA.. Dallas Morning News sports reporter since 1993. UTA had driven to Arkansas in a pair of station wagons. And let's face it, that's pretty big. If I hadnt shown up, I would have been a fraud, he said. Football and other mens sports neednt have worried, turns out. Women can be whatever they want to be at this point in time and not feel like they are in a minority - and not feel like they are a visitor in the area of their pursuit. I reflected on this today in writing this column. It was not easy for a man of color to coach at Texas, he said. Striving for excellence. The AIAW attorney asked Lopiano if she could obtain a copy of Texas mens athletic budget. Texas officials said Friday the statue will be dedicated in a private ceremony on Oct. 5. Del Conte is on record as calling Title IX the greatest thing thats ever happened to college athletics, primarily because of the opportunities its created for women, but also due to the 85-scholarship cap that was placed on football, creating more parity in that sport. When he came to Texas in 1996, the upper Midwesttransplant wouldn't have imagined heading a program that would give him four state championships. From 1992-2001, Conradt served UT in a dual role as basketball coach and womens athletics director, and she currently serves as a special assistant to womens athletics. Jody Conradt is the former University of Texas womens basketball coach (1976-2007) and womens athletics director (1992-2001). Page, sporting an impressive Afro in the early 70s, arrived at Texas after earning bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Houston. Basketball players hand-me-down uniforms from the volleyball team. Her love was basketball. Scholarships for women athletes were virtually nonexistent. When President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments into law on June 23, 1972, the purpose of Title IX was to update Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned some forms of employment discrimination but did not address educational discrimination. A drive. FILE - Texas forward Tiffany Jackson (33) points during Big 12 women's basketball tournament practice Monday, March 5, 2007 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Jackson, a former standout at the University of Texas who was the That is Title IX impact, alive, well and continuing. No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Idyllic though her upbringing had been in Goldthwaite, where her father, Charles, played semi-pro baseball and mother, Ann, played softball, Addie Jo was certain her life in organized sports ended with her 40-points-per-game high school career in six-player half-court basketball. The states best coach in the mid-1970s? WebJody Conradts childhood revolved around community, family, friends and sports in the small West Texas town of Goldthwaite. Chris and his wonderful spouse, Dr. Robin Ward, faculty member at Rice University, daily share the impact higher education has on young women. Page: Im not a woe-is-me-type person. Conradt to co-chair WBCA ethics committee [Feb. 26, 2010]
With a full-out style that was unprecedented and unmatched during its time, Conradt led the 1985-86 Longhorns to a 34-0 record and national championship, the NCAAs first perfect season in the sport. She is among names such as the late Pat Summitt, Jody Conradt and C. Vivian Stringer. She didnt even know the school had what was called an extramural womens basketball team until she wandered into Rena Marrs McLean gym, heard the thump of a basketball and was invited to join in. Easily the states best womens basketball program since the late 1940s was Plainviews Wayland Baptist and its Flying Queens, the first school in the country to offer full scholarships to women athletes, largely funded by a local businessman. Texas coach Jody Conradt, left, and Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, right, wish each other well prior to a gane in Austin in 2002. Before camp registration, we toured campus with her three daughters and her mother, showing them where she had studied, stayed in the dorm and played basketball. Speak with her former student-athletes, and they agree on Conradt's life lessons: integrity and team goals above all, practice self-discipline and be organized, embrace diversity and tolerance, commit to honest and effective communication, maintain presence and exhibit class. Progress, though, has been relative. and M.S. Jody Conradt Project for Women's Health and Wellness Research
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Self-Morgan, who has coached Westlake and Duncanville to multiple high school state championships, does not recall Page complaining about racial discrimination. There was a connection, a camaraderie, a feeling that we were all in this together and weve got to make do. She reminded me: "It's for our game." And of the schools 62 overall national titles, exactly half have been won by womens teams, all since 1981. Tower and Ed Clark were friends. She was 45 years old. He could not remember the last time hes seen a Texas basketball game. Dozens of Conradt's former players attended the ceremony. Women's Champ Week predictions: Which teams will win the auto bids in all 32 conferences? By 2016, the ratio was 2 of every 5 girls. 1 most stressful city for workers in U.S. Houston rap royalty Bun B on returning to Rodeo for another Takeover, Turner: State takeover of Houston ISD could happen as soon as next week, 'Call me a Nazi': Former Houston-area pastor calls for state book ban. Its more welcoming, considerably more diverse.. One of my fondest memories was when she came to Austin to speak at my statue ceremony in 2012. Conradt personifies Title IX. During a Texas Exes meet and greet at Barton Creek Country Club, Lopiano was approached by UT Regent Ed Clark, who bluntly wondered how long it would take for a Longhorn womens team to win a national title. WebJ ody Conradt, the powerhouse women's basketball coach at the University of Texas -Austin (UT), has won more college women's basketball games than any other coach in She was one of the very earliest supporters (of Texas Womens Athletics), said Chris Plonsky, chief of staff for Texas Athletics. She coached the Longhorns from 1976-2007 and was the Texas women's athletic director from 1992-2001. It all started with a lot of blood, sweat and tears, Page said last week from his home in North Austin. Women's Power Rankings: Pac-12 teams, Maryland show their teeth, SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school girls' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. When in 1976, at age 35, she finally climbed from coaching basketball, softball and volleyball at UT-Arlington to coaching basketball and volleyball at Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegrams headline trumpeted: Woman Earns Man-Size Salary: $17,000.. Inspire features a curriculum created to develop leadership, talent and capabilities among undergraduate women at UT. We started with a blank slate, with a brand-new law that everybody was excited about, and figured it out.. Ford had met in the White House with a concerned Royal, Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler and Arkansas coach Frank Broyles. That was Pat - always thinking about our game. Two days after his removal, Conradt was hired by Lopiano. ATLANTA (March 10, 2021) Legendary hall of famer Jody Conradt is the recipient of the 2021 Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her Coach Page focused on developing player relationships, said Swindell, a state champion in the triple jump from Houston before she played at Texas. Like most women, shed spent her life prying open, inch-by-inch, one of the few doors of opportunity afforded her. Gunter, figuring on a longer tournament stay, didnt bring Stephen F. Austin until the day of the second-round game. Conradt will be just the second female public figure to have a statue dedicated on the Texas campus, joining civil rights champion and former U.S. Rep. Heres why he prefers it that way, Why Stars win over Coyotes came when Dallas needed it most, Are these Rangers good? Conradt received her B.S. She had a hunger. WebJody Conradt is a famous American basketball player-coach. Even then, I knew. After retiring she went on to a career in nulrsing and worked for a veterans hospital both in the surgery unit and later management. Title IX was not written with sports in mind and makes no mention of them. As only the second woman ever inducted into the Springfield, Mass. Pages first team at Texas finished its club-based schedule with a 7-11 record. With a full-out style that was unprecedented and unmatched during its time, Conradt led the 1985-86 Longhorns to a 34-0 record and national championship, the NCAA's first perfect season in the sport. He still serves the district as a part-time life-skills coach.. 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