Cara Consuegra

Cara Ashley Consuegra (born March 4, 1979)^[1] is an American women's basketball coach, currently the head coach at Marquette.^[2] Previously, she had been the head coach with the Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team,^[3] and before that she spent 7 seasons as an assistant coach at Marquette. Her current head coaching record is 224–164.

Cara Consuegra

Marquette Golden Eagles
Position	Head coach
League	Big East Conference
Personal information
Born	(1979-03-04) March 4, 1979 (age 46) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school	Linganore (Frederick, Maryland)
College	Iowa (1997–2001)
WNBA draft	2001: 4th round, 54th overall pick
Drafted by	Utah Starzz
Position	Point guard
Number	21
Coaching career	2001–present
Career history
As a player:
2001	Utah Starzz
As a coach:
2001–2004	Penn State (DBO)
2004–2011	Marquette (assistant)
2011–2024	Charlotte
2024–present	Marquette
Career highlights
As head coach: C-USA regular season (2022) C-USA Tournament (2022) C-USA Coach of the Year (2022) Big East Co-Coach of the Year (2025) As player: Big Ten Tournament MOP (2001)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Consuegra played at Iowa from 1997–2001, where she was the first Hawkeyes player to score more than 1,000 points and 500 assists.^[2] She then played one year for the Utah Starzz in the WNBA.^[2]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

WNBA regular season statistics^[4]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2001	Utah	15	0	3.3	.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.1
Career	1 year, 1 team	15	0	3.3	.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.1

College

NCAA statistics^[5][6]

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Iowa	24	97	35.6%	23.1%	62.9%	2.1	3.9	0.5	0.1	4.0
1998–99		27	309	45.7%	32.1%	68.2%	2.6	5.7	1.4	0.1	11.4
1999–00		27	394	38.8%	21.3%	81.9%	3.7	5.1	2.0	0.1	14.6
2000–01		31	347	40.2%	26.5%	75.0%	2.9	6.2	2.0	0.1	11.2
Career		109	1147	40.7%	25.5%	75.1%	2.9	5.3	1.5	0.1	10.5

Head coaching

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Charlotte 49ers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2011–2013)
2011–12	Charlotte	16–14	8–6	6th	WNIT First Round
2012–13	Charlotte	26–6	13–1	2nd	WNIT Quarterfinals
Charlotte (Atlantic 10):		42–20 (.677)	21–7 (.750)
Charlotte 49ers (Conference USA) (2013–2023)
2013–14	Charlotte	15–16	9–7	T-6th	WNIT First Round
2014–15	Charlotte	15–17	10–8	T-7th
2015–16	Charlotte	19–12	12–6	4th	WNIT First Round
2016–17	Charlotte	21–10	12–6	T–4th
2017–18	Charlotte	14–16	10–6	T–3rd
2018–19	Charlotte	18–13	9–7	T–7th	WNIT First Round
2019–20	Charlotte	21–9	11–7	6th	Postseason Cancelled
2020–21	Charlotte	10–12	9–5	2nd (East)	WNIT First Round
2021–22	Charlotte	22–10	15–3	1st (East)	NCAA first round
2022–23	Charlotte	12–19	7–13	T–8th
Charlotte (C–USA):		167–134 (.555)	104–68 (.605)
Charlotte 49ers (American Athletic Conference) (2023–2024)
2023–24	Charlotte	16–15	9–9	T–6th
Charlotte (American):		16–15 (.516)	9–9 (.500)
Charlotte (Overall):		225–169 (.571)	134–84 (.615)
Marquette Golden Eagles (Big East Conference) (2024–present)
2024–25	Marquette	21–11	12–6	4th	WBIT Second Round
Marquette:		21–11 (.656)	12–6 (.667)
Total:		246–180 (.577)
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