Rob Cross (basketball)

Rob Cross is an American former college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Murray State Racers women's basketball team for nine seasons, leaving as the winningest coach in the programs history.^[1][2]

Rob Cross

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2008	Murray State (asst.)
2008–2017	Murray State
Head coaching record
Overall	120–147 (.449)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
OVC regular season championship (2009)
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2009)

Early life

Cross graduated from Murray State University with a degree in music in 1991 and subsequently worked as an associate high school band director.^[2]

Career

He served as assistant coach of the Racers from 1995 through 2008,^[3] before serving as head coach until 2017.^[4] In 2009, he was named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year after his team won the regular season championship.^[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Murray State University (Ohio Valley Conference) (2008–2017)
2008–09	Murray State	23–9	16–2	1st	1–1 (WNIT)
2009–10	Murray State	13–17	8–10	4th tie
2010–11	Murray State	9–21	5–13	7th tie
2011–12	Murray State	13–18	8–8	5th
2012–13	Murray State	16–13	8–8	4th West
2013–14	Murray State	11–17	4–12	6th West
2014–15	Murray State	8–21	3–13	t-10th
2015–16	Murray State	12–17	7–9	t-7th
2016–17	Murray State	15–14	7–11	8th
Total:		120–147 (.449)
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