Rutgers to Host Theresa Grentz Day on Saturday
The Rutgers women’s basketball team will honor it’s pioneering first head coach in Hall of Famer Theresa Grentz on Saturday before tip-off of a critical Big Ten match-up against Nebraska at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 7.
From a release issued by Rutgers Athletics: “The Scarlet Knights will honor the impact Grentz made on the program as the only coach to win a national championship in Rutgers’ history, in addition to the anniversary of Title IX and 50 years of women’s sports at Rutgers University. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive Title IX tumblers.
The team will celebrate Theresa Grentz Day and her enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022, showing off her commemorative banner in the rafters of Jersey Mike’s Arena with letterwinners and fans in attendance for pregame and halftime ceremonies.
Grentz, who coached the Scarlet Knights as their first full-time head coach from 1976-95, amassed a 434-150 (.584) record during her 19 seasons “On The Banks”. She led the team to six Atlantic-10 Conference regular-season and four tournament titles in addition to the 1982 AIAW Tournament National Championship. Grentz guided RU to nine consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament (1986-94) as 14 of her 19 teams won 20 or more games.”
