An exciting young coach, Dana McGraw was named assistant coach at San Diego State on Sept. 11, 2000, and is in her second season with the Aztec women?s basketball program.
She came to Montezuma Mesa from Chicago State, where she spent the 1999-00 campaign as an assistant coach. While at Chicago State, she coordinated recruiting and academics in addition to handling scheduling and coaching the Cougar backcourt.
A native of Atlanta, McGraw attended Loyola University in New Orleans, where she was a member of the Wolfpack basketball team and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor of arts in philosophy in 1997. Following graduation, McGraw went on to earn an MBA from Baylor University?s Hankamer School of Business in 1998.
A member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference honor roll while a player at Loyola, McGraw received numerous academic honors during her collegiate career, including the Percy A. Roy, S.J. Memorial Award given by Loyola to the graduating senior with the highest GPA, and the John G. Arnold Cardinal Key Award, presented to Loyola?s outstanding female graduate.
McGraw?s coaching r?sum? also includes stints on the women?s basketball staffs at Texas A&M-Commerce and Baylor. As assistant coach at A&M-Commerce, McGraw?s responsibilities included coordinating recruiting efforts, strength and conditioning programs, on-floor coaching and directing summer camps. She served as a volunteer assistant at Baylor while obtaining her MBA.
McGraw received her start in coaching while attending Loyola, serving as coach of the New Orleans Southern Bells AAU team in 1996.