Saturday, 6 October 2012

Texas unveils statue to honor coach Conradt (Yahoo! Sports)

File-This Jan. 11, 2006 file photo shows Texas women's basketball coach Jody Conradt speaking during the postgame interview after her team's 80-50 victory over Iowa State in Austin, Texas. The University of Texas will honor former Conradt with a 7-foot bronze statue inside the Longhorns' basketball arena. Conradt coached Texas from 1976 to 2007 and finished with a career record 900-307. Her 1985-86 team (34-0) was the sport's first undefeated national champion, and she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- 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.''




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