Lisa Boyer is the associate head coach of the

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team since 2010. Prior to her time with the Gamecocks, Boyer was the head coach of the

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team from 1986 to 1996. As an assistant for the

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from 2001 to 2002, Boyer was the first woman to coach in the

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. Boyer was inducted into the

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Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Early life and education

Boyer was born in

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. She graduated from

with a

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and the

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with a

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Career

Boyer started her coaching career as an assistant coach for the

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team from 1981 to 1982. After head coaching the Converse Valkyries for a season, Boyer was briefly an assistant coach for the

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, and

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until the mid-1980s. After leaving the Hokies in 1986, Boyer began a ten-year position as the head coach of the

team. She then moved on to the American Basketball League to head coach the

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from 1996 to 1997. After the ABL, Boyer went to the

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and was the assistant coach of the

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from 1998 to 2002. During her time with the Rockers, she became the first woman to hold a coaching position in the

. In the NBA, she was an assistant for the

from 2001 to 2002. Boyer returned to the

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in 2002 when she was named an assistant coach for the

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team. She remained with the Owls until 2008 when she switched to the

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and resumed her assistant coach position. Boyer was promoted to associate head coach of the Gamecocks in 2010.

Awards and honors

Boyer was named the Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for the

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during 1990. She was inducted into the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

References

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Early life and education

Career

Awards and honors

See also

References