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Rene Portland
American basketball coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maureen Theresa Muth "Rene" Portland (March 31, 1953 – July 22, 2018)[1] was an American head coach in women's college basketball, known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team and anti-lesbian policies. Her career included 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, one AIAW national tournament appearance (1977, St. Joseph's), five Big Ten Conference championships and eight conference tournament titles (the first six in the Atlantic 10).
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Born | (1953-03-31)March 31, 1953 Broomall, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | July 22, 2018(2018-07-22) (aged 65) Tannersville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1972–1975 | Immaculata | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1978 | Saint Joseph's | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1980 | Colorado | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–2007 | Penn State | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall | 693–265 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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As player: 3× National champion (1973–1975) As coach: NCAA Regional—Final Four (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Portland was one of a few women's basketball coaches to have won 600 or more games at a single school, with a career record of 606–236 at Penn State. Her notoriety grew when it was revealed that she had for decades discriminated against homosexual players on the Penn State women's basketball team.[2]