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Sahar Nusseibeh (born May 7, 1987)[1] is a women's basketball head coach and former player. She is the current head coach of the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team.[2] She previously served as the head coach at Canisius University.[3]
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Eastern Michigan |
Conference | MAC |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Uniontown, Ohio | May 7, 1987
Alma mater | American University |
Playing career | |
2005–2009 | American |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2009–2011 | Cincinnati (GA) |
2011–2013 | Holy Cross (asst.) |
2013–2016 | Bowling Green (asst.) |
2016–2019 | Manhattan (AHC) |
2019–2021 | Miami (OH) (asst.) |
2021–2024 | Canisius |
2024–present | Eastern Michigan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 32–60 (.348) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
As a player
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Nusseibeh is from Uniontown, Ohio. She attended North Canton High School in North Canton, Ohio where she played high school basketball.[4] She played college basketball for American University from 2005 through 2009 where she received her bachelor's degree in international business.[5] She earned an MBA from the University of Cincinnati in 2011.[6]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2005–06 | American | 28 | - | 26.5 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 57.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 8.8 |
2006–07 | American | 31 | - | 17.0 | 46.3 | 0.0 | 69.7 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 4.8 |
2007–08 | American | 30 | - | 12.4 | 55.4 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.2 |
2008–09 | American | 27 | - | 9.7 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 31.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
Career | 116 | - | 16.4 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 57.4 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.9 | |
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7] |
She had WNBA internships with the Atlanta Dream in 2007 and the Washington Mystics 2009 before becoming a graduate assistant for the Cincinnati Bearcats from 2011 through 2013.[8] Her first job as at assistant coach was with Holy Cross from 2011 to 2013.[9] She spent three years each as an assistant at both Bowling Green and Manhattan, and two at Miami (OH) before landing her first head coaching job.[10]
On July 23, 2021, She was named the head coach at Canisius.[11] She led the Golden Griffins to a 32–60 record over three seasons.[12] Their 17–14 record in her final season was Canisius's first winning record since 2009.
On March 28, 2024, She was named the ninth head coach at Eastern Michigan.[13]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Canisius (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2021–2024) | |||||||||
2021–22[14] | Canisius | 6–25 | 3–17 | 11th | |||||
2022–23[15] | Canisius | 9–21 | 6–14 | 10th | |||||
2023–24[16] | Canisius | 17–14 | 11–9 | T–4th | |||||
Canisius: | 32–60 (.348) | 20–40 (.333) | |||||||
Eastern Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
Eastern Michigan: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 32–60 (.348) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Source:[17]
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