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Savoy, Carolyn
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Dates of existence
1947-2015
History
Carolyn Savoy was born on July 21, 1947 in Saint John, NB. She graduated from UNB in 1969, and then attended Boston College for her Masters, and got a PhD in Sport Psychology from the University of Tennessee in 1992. She also did a certificate of Public Administration at Dalhousie in 1986. She started teaching and coaching at St. Francis Xavier for seven years, and then in 1977 took over the women’s basketball team at Dalhousie. She coached the Dalhousie Women’s basketball team for 32 years, had a 75% win percentage (858 wins), and is the winningest women’s basketball coach in CIS history. She graduated 100% of players who played between 3-5 years. She was a five-time AUS coach of the year, and won 11 AUS league titles and 5 AUS conference titles. She produced 9 national team athletes and 16 CIS All-Canadians. She served as the sports psychology consultant for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols 1991 NCAA championship team. She worked as a professor at Dalhousie, and also served on the Dalhousie Faculty Association. “A former president of Basketball Nova Scotia, she was the technical chair for the Pan American wheel chair games in 1982. A member of Canada Basketball’s Board of Directors from 1981 to 1987, she was the chair of the National Coaching School for Women in 1988. A master course conductor and Canada Basketball level 4 coach, Carolyn was the head coach of Nova Scotia’s Canada Games women’s basketball team in 2001 and was an assistant coach with Canada’s junior national team in 1979.” She published two books and was an accomplished public speaker. Carolyn has been inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame, the Saint John Sports Hall of Fame, and has an award at Dalhousie named in her honour. Carolyn Savoy passed away in 2015.