Cal State Fullerton Women's Basketball

Barb Bausch returns for her second season on the bench for the women’s basketball program at her alma mater in 2004-05, after a highly-successful stint at the Division III level.

Bausch, a 1987 graduate of Cal State Fullerton who also earned her master’s degree at the university in 1991 in physical education, spent 10 seasons at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., where she compiled a record of 187-80 (.700) with the Quakers as head coach and senior woman’s administrator.

She joined the Quakers in 1993 after coaching and teaching in the physical education department at Pomona-Pitzer College in Pomona, Calif. She also made assistant coaching stops at Cerritos College (1991-92) and Springfield College (1990-91) in Massachusetts.

She led Guilford to the regular season Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship last season and guided the school to back-to-back appearances in the second round of the NCAA Tournament from 2000-02.

The all-time leader in women’s basketball coaching victories at Guilford, Bausch was named the ODAC Coach of the Year twice in 1995 and 2000, coaching four conference Players of the Year, two league Rookies of the Year, two Division III All-Americans in Arden Miller (honorable mention) and Laura Haynes, and seven all-conference honorees to 14 first- or second-team all-conference commendations.

Bausch finished her tenure with the Quakers with three consecutive 20-win seasons (and four overall in her career), including a school-record 25 wins in 2001-02.

In 1995, she guided the Quakers to 20 victories and the first of four consecutive ODAC Tournament semifinal appearances en route to her first coach of the year honor. Guilford and Roanoke College are the only two teams to reach the tournament semifinals in nine of the last 10 years.

As Guilford’s Senior Woman’s Administrator, Bausch chaired the ODAC Women’s Basketball Committee and served on the Quaker Club Executive Board.

She was the head girl’s basketball coach at Katella High School from 1987-90, posting a 59-23 record and making three appearances in the CIF playoffs. The 1989 squad won the Southern Section and Southern Region Championships and finished second at the state championship tournament.

The CIF and Orange County Register selected Bausch as their 1989 Girls Basketball Coach of the Year as Katella HS finished with a 29-4 record.

In addition to her experience at the college level, Bausch has taken her talents overseas, coaching the last 11 years at the Hoersholm Invitational Basket Camp in Denmark, teaching children ages 9-18. She has coached five players in that camp who have gone on to play at NCAA institutions and, in 2000, became the first female coach to head the entire camp.

Bausch has also served as a coach at the World Scholar-Athlete Games, Rhode Island Scholar-Athlete Games, and Ireland Scholar-Athlete Games.

She was named the 1989 Cal State Fullerton Graduate Student of the Year and the 1989 CIF Coach of the Year. Bausch is also currently involved with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program as a Big Sister.