Todd Starkey

Todd Starkey
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Kent State
Conference	MAC
Record	143–99 (.591)
Biographical details
Born	June 5, 1971 (age 53)
Alma mater	Montreat (1993)
Playing career
?	Mars Hill
?	Montreat
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Men's basketball
1998–2003	Montreat (assistant)
2003–2005	Lenoir–Rhyne (assistant)
Women's basketball
2005–2014	Lenoir–Rhyne
2014–2016	Indiana (assistant)
2016–present	Kent State
Head coaching record
Overall	308–194 (.614)
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA Division I); 1–2 (WNIT); 1–4 (NCAA Division II);
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	MAC Tournament (2024); 2 MAC East Division (2017, 2020); 3 South Atlantic regular season (2009, 2010, 2013); South Atlantic Conference Tournament (2009);
Awards
	WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year (2009); MAC Coach of the Year (2017); 4× South Atlantic Coach of the Year (2009–2011, 2014);

Todd Starkey (born June 5, 1971)^[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Kent State University.^[2]

Career

He was previously an assistant coach at Indiana University Bloomington and was also the head women's basketball coach at Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2005 to 2014, where he won a national coach of the year award in 2009.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Lenoir–Rhyne Bears (South Atlantic Conference) (2005–2014)
2005–06	Lenoir–Rhyne	10–18	3–11	7th
2006–07	Lenoir–Rhyne	16–12	9–7	T–4th
2007–08	Lenoir–Rhyne	15–13	5–9	5th
2008–09	Lenoir–Rhyne	27–5	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Division II Round of 32
2009–10	Lenoir–Rhyne	21–8	13–3	1st	NCAA Division II Round of 64
2010–11	Lenoir–Rhyne	14–13	11–7	T–3rd
2011–12	Lenoir–Rhyne	19–9	11–7	3rd
2012–13	Lenoir–Rhyne	19–10	13–5	2nd	NCAA Division II Round of 64
2013–14	Lenoir–Rhyne	24–7	17–5	T–1st	NCAA Division II Round of 64
Lenoir–Rhyne:		165–95 (.635)	95–57 (.625)
Kent State Golden Flashes (Mid-American Conference) (2016–present)
2016–17	Kent State	19–13	13–5	1st (East)	WNIT first round
2017–18	Kent State	13–19	5–13	4th (East)
2018–19	Kent State	20–13	11–7	4th (East)	WNIT second round
2019–20	Kent State	19–11	11–7	T–1st (East)	Postseason not held ^[a]
2020–21	Kent State	11–9	10–6	5th
2021–22	Kent State	19–12	10–10	T–6th	WNIT second round
2022–23	Kent State	21–11	12–6	4th	WNIT first round
2023–24	Kent State	21–11	13–5	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
Kent State:		143–99 (.591)	85–59 (.590)
Total:		308–194 (.614)
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

Notes

^ Season not played past March 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

^ Kent State Women's Basketball [@KentStWBB] (June 5, 2021). "Wishing a Happy Birthday to our leader, @ToddStarkey33 ! We hope you have the best day ever! P.S. You don't look a day over 25" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Todd Starkey Named Kent State Women's Basketball Head Coach". Kent State University. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Lenoir-Rhyne's Starkey Named Region 3 Women's Basketball Coach Of The Year". South Atlantic Conference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

External links

[4] Season not played past March 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

[1] Kent State Women's Basketball [@KentStWBB] (June 5, 2021). "Wishing a Happy Birthday to our leader, @ToddStarkey33 ! We hope you have the best day ever! P.S. You don't look a day over 25" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] "Todd Starkey Named Kent State Women's Basketball Head Coach". Kent State University. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

[3] "Lenoir-Rhyne's Starkey Named Region 3 Women's Basketball Coach Of The Year". South Atlantic Conference. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

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