Annie Tribble

Annie Claire Tribble (née Stephens, September 18, 1932–April 18, 2013) was an American college basketball coach.

Annie Tribble

Tribble in 1977
Biographical details
Born	September 18, 1932 (1932-09-18) Anderson, South Carolina[1]
Died	April 18, 2013(2013-04-18) (aged 80) Anderson, South Carolina
Alma mater	Clemson (BA 1966, MA 1969)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967–1976	Anderson (SC)
1976–1987	Clemson
Head coaching record
Overall	200–135 (.597) (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 AIAW Juco (1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76)

Born in Anderson, South Carolina, she attended Anderson Junior College and Clemson University, graduating in 1966. She became the intramural director and instructor in physical education at Anderson in 1965, and was named the school's first women's basketball coach in 1967. Tribble led Anderson to a 155–33 record over nine seasons, and won three AIAW Junior College National Championships in 1973–74, 1974–75, and 1975–76.^[2]

In 1976, she was hired by Clemson to take over the year-old women's basketball program. Over 11 seasons at Clemson, Tribble led the Tigers to the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championship in 1980–81 and 7 postseason tournaments, including the inaugural NCAA Tournament in 1982.^[3]

Tribble was inducted into the Anderson and Clemson athletic halls of fame, and the State of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.^[4] Anderson University's home court is named in her honor.^[5]

Tribble died from cancer.^[3]

Coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Anderson Trojans () (1967–1976)
Anderson (SC):		155–33 (.824)
Clemson Tigers[6] (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1976–1987)
1976–77	Clemson	22–9	—	—	AIAW Region II
1977–78	Clemson	21–11	4–4	4th	AIAW Regional
1978–79	Clemson	20–10	6–2	3rd	AIAW Region II First Round
1979–80	Clemson	24–12	6–3	3rd	AIAW Region II First Round NWIT
1980–81	Clemson	23–8	6–1	1st	AIAW National First Round
1981–82	Clemson	20–12	6–3	4th	NCAA First Round
1982–83	Clemson	12–17	5–8	5th
1983–84	Clemson	21–10	9–5	T-3rd	NWIT
1984–85	Clemson	18–9	8–6	4th
1985–86	Clemson	12–16	4–10	T-6th
1986–87	Clemson	7–21	3–11	T-7th
Clemson:		200–135 (.597)	57–53 (.518)
Total:		355–168 (.679)
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