Betsy Harris


Betsy Harris is an American basketball coach and former professional player.

Early life

Harris was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She went to Decatur High School, in Decatur, Mississippi, where she won the state championship in 1990.

College career

Harris played college basketball for the University of Alabama from 1990 to 1994. She led Alabama to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip the NCAA Division I Final Four in 1994. She earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a senior in 1994 and was also named the MVP of the Midwest Regional and earned a spot on the 1994 Final Four All-Tournament Team.

Alabama statistics

Source
YearTeamGPGSFGFGAFG%3FG3FGA3PA%FTFTAFT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPointsPPG
1990–91Alabama292210527737.9%4310939.4%8310777.6%0.551.860.071.2133611.59
1991–92Alabama30610828937.4%4914833.1%648278.0%2.531.430.001.2332910.97
1992–93Alabama313112529242.8%8920842.8%486277.4%3.521.290.061.4238712.48
1993–94Alabama333315638540.5%9126434.5%668974.2%2.971.520.090.8847014.24
Career12392494124339.7%27272937.3%26134076.8%2.431.520.061.18152212.37

Professional career

After graduating in 1994, Harris went on to play four years professionally in Greece, Iceland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
After starting the year playing in Spain, Harris signed with reigning Icelandic champions Breiðablik in August 1995. She helped Breiðablik win the Icelandic Super Cup and reach the playoffs. After the season, where she averaged 26.6 points per game, she was named the Foreign Player of the Year.
In 1998, she was invited to training camp with the WNBA's Detroit Shock.

Coaching career

In 2014, Harris was hired as the head coach of Florida Southern women's basketball team. In 2019, she won her second-consecutive Sunshine State Conference championship.