It was a labor of love., Page has spent the majority of his life educating young people. Conradt had a 900-307 career record as a coach. WebSome people have speculated that you were pushed, even though youve said it was your decision. Column: Isnt it time we heard from Georgia coach Kirby Smart? Conradt among National Sportsmanship Day 20th Anniversary honorees [Feb. 25, 2011]
Page relied on Texas mens basketball coach Leon Black. AUSTIN, Texas -- When the University of Texas hired Jody Conradt to coach its women's basketball team for $17,000 in 1976, one of the state's largest newspapers announced the move with the headline: "Woman Hired at Man's Salary.". So whenever we went on road trips, we had a different roommate for each game. Jody Conradt has reached the pinnacle of athletic success and has been honored by multiple halls of fame. Conradts coaching passion and competitive instincts produced results. She says it was stressful time, but the lawsuit that forced the addition of three sports proved necessary. Long before the Lady Longhorns became a national brand, Page sought funds to buy new uniforms. The statue will be unveiled at an invitation-only ceremony Friday. We were happy to come away with a victory, but more importantly, I remember marveling at how hard their marketing department had worked to pull off such an amazing feat and how excited we were to be a part of history. They are delightful young women, eager, ready to learn, ready to work. A UT coach for three years two as a member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women there were no athletic scholarships for his players when he took the job. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. So instead of focusing on those things, we decided to focus on the few things we could influence. More important, 99 percent of her players graduated. University Development Office
She is currently a special assistant in the UT athletic department. Joe Youngblood
Armed with those traits, a graceful, compassionate style, Texas-sharp wit and humor, and a desire to bring education and sport opportunities to young women, Conradt emerged as a visionary leader for womens college basketball and womens sports administration. Lopianos departure represented a crossroad for Texas womens athletics and for Conradt personally. Its consequence is reflected in her lifes arc: From Addie Jo to non-scholarship Baylor star to masters degree to $12,000-a-year college P.E. jbyoungblood@austin.utexas.edu. All rights reserved. WebConradt's classroom eventually became a multipurpose arena at her beloved University of Texas, after serving as women's basketball coach at Sam Houston State (1969-73) and coach/women's athletics director at UT-Arlington (1973-76). Under Rice, Conradt learned the value of fundamentals. Jody Conradt, right, celebrates her 800th win Jan. 22, 2003. They saw her photo on the wall of heralded players. After retiring she went on to a career in nulrsing and worked for a veterans hospital both in the surgery unit and later management. UTA somehow won. Conradt knew it was just the start of a long, tough fight to lift women's college athletics at Texas and around the country from afterthought to equal footing with the men. #1 On Your Birthday As only the second woman ever inducted into the Springfield, Mass. No doubt prodded by the specter of Title IX, Texas in 1975 hired Lopiano. "Her career is a reminder that when you make sure your players are students first, everything else falls into place.". But thankfully the little picture that I did envision grew into something grand and glorious.. At 67, Page reflects on a period that challenged him in so many ways. Their mother was a young lady who came to the University on scholarship from Milwaukee, Wis., in fall 1994 but had unfortunately lost her battle with cancer just before Christmas last year. Conradt, 71, who coached at UT from 1976 to 2007 and won the 1986 national title, will become the second female to have a statue on UT's campus, joining congresswoman and civil rights leader Barbara Jordan. 8 ejected after UK-Florida scuffle at SEC tourney, Auriemma critical of 'selfish' Huskies after finale, New NCAA president readies for NIL, legal issues, S. Carolina stays No. Chris and his wonderful spouse, Dr. Robin Ward, faculty member at Rice University, daily share the impact higher education has on instructor to Coach Conradt to Texas womens athletic director. If something like that ever happened, he never let us know about it, she said. At 22, Pat had a focus, an intensity that most people couldn't comprehend. During her illustrious career, Conradt has coached countless players who have been Olympians, earned All-America honors, and National Player of the Year acclaim. She saw the good in me, the best in me. At Texas, and thanks to Title IX, resources wouldnt be nearly so bare, though the struggle for respect and visibility would be ongoing. Her coaching career I did exactly what I was supposed to do, Lopiano says. Especially at Texas, Conradt showcased her student-athletes, their speed and athleticism in a fast-breaking, run-and-shoot attack that lifted herteams to enormous popularity. And she was most definitely all of those things. I came to Texas in 1976 to coach volleyball AND basketball. Seconds into the conversation, Lopiano realized: Uh-oh. She also served as interim director of the newly established department in 1974-75. As players, we never picked up on anything like that.. UT plans statue for former women's basketball coach Conradt. Career Record (major schools): 25 Years, 585-205, .741 W-L% School: Texas (585-205) We aspired to turn our women's basketball programs into powerhouses. Conradt also was Texas' women's athletic director from 1992-2001. From 1990 to 2000, we (Texas) lost every single game in the series. Pat's first salary at Tennessee was approximately $250 a month and included laundry duty for her team. The owner of roughly 10 scrapbooks and dozens of black-and-white photos of his time at UT, Page should never forget coaching the womens basketball team. Jody Conradt was the Texas women's basketball coach from 1976-2007 and is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. According to Page, Lopiano made the move to bring in someone who could coach two sports basketball and volleyball. 1 of 4. Seven-time APSE award winner; 2016 National Headliner Award; 2018 Celeste Williams Texas Sportswriter of the Year; 2021 NSMA Texas Sportswriter of the Year. At the end of the day, the counselors would play pickup, and I can remember being impressed with the wiry, hard-nosed guard with the thick Tennessee drawl. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1999. Since her retirement from coaching following the 2006-07 season, shehascontinuedto serve the University as a special assistantinTexas Athletics. She was always the consummate student. Victimhood is not in my DNA. Jody Conradt was nurtured by the small-town, West Texas values of Goldthwaite (pop. What a state takeover of HISD could mean for parents, students, Houston ISD to face TEA state takeover, Turner says, In Fertitta's members-only club, where photos, media are banned, Study: Low-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack, stroke risk, 750-home agrihood with farm, car-free zones breaks ground, HCC chancellor to leave role at end of contract, Popular breakfast taco spot in Houston announces a comeback, Opinion: 'Dilbert' readers can discern the wheat from the chaff, Second-half goal lifts Bush boys past district foe George Ranch, Loss to TCU sinks Texas' hopes of playing for Big 12 championship. If our teams were good, people would eventually take notice. Coach Conradt said, "That became the defensive philosophy I've always tried to follow." She loved competing. WebJody Conradt Conradts coaching passion and competitive instincts produced results. We knew there would be many things we could not control. Her first college head coaching job was overseeing basketball and volleyball at Sam Houston State from 1969 to 1973. She meant a lot to me as a mentor and a source of comfort.. As I think back on the early days of women's basketball, I think about how much of it is defined by not only Pat's success but her presence. She didnt even know the school had what was called an extramural womens basketball team until she wandered into Rena Marrs McLean gym, heard the thump of a basketball and was invited to join in. Lopianos other first-month lesson spoke to the almighty power of football at Texas. Texas unveils statue to honor coach Conradt. If Conradt had the edge due to her up-tempo offense, full-court defense, attention to detail and foothold in the UT system which enabled her to meet Chancellor Charles LeMaistre so be it. No one is more proud of those facts than Goldthwaites Addie Jo Conradt, whose 7-foot bronze statue appropriately stands in the UT athletics Hall of Fame next to, and just as tall, as that of Darrell K Royal. The states best coach in the mid-1970s? AUSTIN - Jody Conradt, the Hall of Fame women's basketball coach who won 900 games in her 38-year career, will be honored by Texas with a statue in her likeness at the Erwin Center. 1000 Hall of Fame AvenueSpringfield, Massachusetts 01105. WebJody Conradts childhood revolved around community, family, friends and sports in the small West Texas town of Goldthwaite. And if our two good teams played one another, more people would pay attention. We started with a blank slate, with a brand-new law that everybody was excited about, and figured it out.. Sports was not even contemplated when legislators crafted Title IX language. Retha Swindell and Cathy Self-Morgan, pioneer players for Texas womens basketball, describe Page as a driven but fair man who cared about his players. With a full-out style that was unprecedented and unmatched during its time, Conradt led the 1985-86 Longhorns to a 34-0 record and national championship, the NCAAs first perfect season in the sport. The Summit will run from approximately 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. The University of Texas declared an Intercollegiate Athletics Department for Women in 1973 and formalized varsity sports for the 1974-75 academic year. That's one of the reasons it will be so difficult to fathom a basketball season without Pat Summitt. With only enough cash for gas and a meal for the trip home, Conradt had her team check out of its hotel. We think about it being opportunity in sport, but it is opportunity in a lot of different areas. Tower had input in drafting his amendment from President Gerald Ford, an ex-Michigan football star. When he came to Texas in 1996, the upper Midwesttransplant wouldn't have imagined heading a program that would give him four state championships. (512) 475-7085
Joanne Benton-McCrary, who played for Texas from 1988-1993, said Conradt taught her players more than basketball. Idyllic though her upbringing had been in Goldthwaite, where her father, Charles, played semi-pro baseball and mother, Ann, played softball, Addie Jo was certain her life in organized sports ended with her 40-points-per-game high school career in six-player half-court basketball. It had to be basketball because that was the womens sport in Texas, and we had to recruit Texas, she says. On the morning she was to depart for Washington, D.C., Lopiano got a phone call from second-year UT President Lorene Rogers, the first and still only female president in the schools history. Solomon: DeMeco Ryans the right coach at the right time, 3 pressing questions facing new Astros GM Dana Brown, Jabari Smith Jr. growing up in NBA with an assist from his father, Poor parent behavior is driving high school sports refs away. Those women, Conradt notes, truly played out of love of competing. Jody Conradt, after her 900th coaching victory, has seen the impact of Title IX grow and continue. And yes, she loved winning. in physical education), Conradt first was a high school teacher and assistant girls basketball coach under legendary Waco Midway school administrator M.T. Conradt has been the The 600-pound statue depicts Conradt with an outstretched right arm flashing the "Hook'em" sign and was placed inside the school's basketball arena. Conradt to be honored with TAHPERD Pathfinder Award [Dec. 3, 2009]
Lopiano, on her way out the door at Texas in 1992, initially tried to get several Southwest Conference schools to sue for lack of Title IX compliance. The attorney called back: Would you come to D.C. to testify about the Tower Amendment?, Lopiano: Why, yes, my mother and father will be very proud.. I reflected on this today in writing this column. Tough, demanding and relentless. It was a pact we hoped would reverberate across the women's basketball landscape. 2 Indiana, No. Texas, perhaps more than any university in the country, has grappled with, shaped and ultimately led the implementing of Title IX. Self-Morgan, who has coached Westlake and Duncanville to multiple high school state championships, does not recall Page complaining about racial discrimination. Plano Prestonwood claims TAPPS soccer championship after OT, shootout, TAPPS boys state soccer: Plano Prestonwood, Frisco Legacy, Prince of Peace capture titles, Boys soccer leaders (3/1): See who has the best stats in D-FW, Author of Texas drag bill says video of him wearing dress was a joke back in school, Judge rules in favor of Michael Irvin in request for expedited evidence in $100M lawsuit, Dallas-Fort Worth could see severe thunderstorms, large hail, tornadoes Thursday, Former DPD chief David Brown returning to North Texas after resigning as Chicagos top cop, Corby Davidson, radio co-host of The Tickets Hardline, has rare benign tumor, Oak Cliff apartment project will bring affordable units, skyline view of Dallas, Target plans new store in Oak Cliffs Wynnewood Village, Hot List: 16 great restaurants to visit in Dallas-Fort Worth in March 2023, Comienza construccin de departamentos econmicos en North Oak Cliff. It will be on permanent display in the Frank Erwin Center by the Longhorns' exhibition game against Incarnate Word on Oct. 30. We won that inaugural game 74-59. Flanked by about 20 family members including wife Sheila, his spouse of 39 years, Page waved at the appreciative crowd, his eyes glistening from the spotlight aimed Being a teacher or, if I went to Brownwood, I might see a nurse.. As fate would have it the following spring, Pat would stand on a ladder to cut down the nets in the Frank Erwin Center in Austin as her team became the NCAA champs, the first of eight titles in her 38-year career. As we sat there on that beautiful day in the fall, I remember thinking how fitting it was that we were sitting in a setting much like the one from 30 years before, talking about the game we loved, how much it had grown, and how fortunate we were to be a part of something special. Reluctant to accept the invitation, Page had to be convinced by wife Sheila to attend. It was about the responsibility to a game that had already given us a great deal. Her love was basketball. Lopiano said, sure, then went to find Royal as he headed out to football practice. WebJody Conradt Project for Women's Health and Wellness Research Through the College of Education, this project reflects issues that affect women locally, nationally and globally, And let's face it, that's pretty big. Conradt personifies Title IX. The postbaccalaureate impact is the same for the role player and the Olympian. He considers it an honor to be the universitys first black head coach, but the journey was not always easy. For more information on how to contribute to Conradt's legacy, please contact:
He retired from the Round Rock school district in 2004. It was also said that Swoopes asked Texas coach Jody Conradt for a transfer because she had been inappropriately approached sexually by a female He is part of the fabric of a team that recently earned the 1,000th victory in school history, a feat achieved by just four other teams. Oops. She loved maneuvering. WebAddie Jo "Jody" Conradt [1] is a retired women's basketball coach. This week, we hosted three sisters (two who are twins) for coach Vic Schaefers girls basketball camp. From 1992-2001, Conradtalsoserved UT in a dual role as basketball coach and women's athletics director. Fortunately, she is native to a state which takes pride in its passion, independence and can-do attitude. They, too, will have the same opportunities as their mom, in their own time. All the coaches she had or knew of were men, including her seventh grade coach and next-door neighbor Ray Akins, who would go on to become one of the states most legendary football coaches. Jody Conradt. Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1998
Having common goals. "Woman Earns Man-Size Salary: $17,000.". Pages first team at Texas finished its club-based schedule with a 7-11 record. She also received a masters degree. A drive. Conradt, valedictorian of Goldthwaites 22-student Class of 59, recalls the boys and girls basketball teams riding a bus together to play packed-gym doubleheaders in towns like Mason, Burnet and Llano. "We changed the world.". Dozens of Conradt's former players attended the ceremony. When Texas director of womens athletics Christine Plonsky invited Page two weeks to return for Sundays celebration, it was the first time anyone from the university had notified him in 40 years. Basketball players hand-me-down uniforms from the volleyball team. Creating a model collegiate program that several other schools have tried to emulate, but Jody Conradt came to the University of Texas just a couple of years after [Title IX], said former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a taped statement. It was not easy for a man of color to coach at Texas, he said. FILE - Texas forward Tiffany Jackson (33) points during Big 12 women's basketball tournament practice Monday, March 5, 2007 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Jackson, a former standout at the University of Texas who was the in physical education at Baylor University. Her aspirations were to teach. So from 1992 to 2001, she did both jobs. The laws contentious path to acceptance and understanding nationally largely mirrors what happened at Texas, but UT today stands as a shining example of Title IX. In 1992, after announcing her departure to become CEO of the Womens Sports Foundation, Lopiano covertly plotted a lawsuit by seven womens athletes that accused Texas of Title IX violations, a transformative moment that rocked UT and Lopianos AD successor, Conradt. Doors will open at 8:00 AM. Conradt's classroom eventually became a multipurpose arena at her beloved University of Texas, after serving as women's basketball coach at Sam Houston State (1969-73) and coach/women's athletics director at UT-Arlington (1973-76). Royal told Lopiano to get a copy of the budget from his assistant. It eventually became bigger than both of our respective UTs. For me and my fellow administrators and coaches, Title IX impact focus always has been on young people. Coach Page focused on developing player relationships, said Swindell, a state champion in the triple jump from Houston before she played at Texas. Ultimately she agreed to be the athletic director, but only if she was allowed to keep coach. Crowds exceeded 8,000 fans per game average in the late 1980s. In 1974, Pages Longhorns became the first womens team in UT history to play their games at Gregory Gym. She retired from coaching in 2007, but remains active as special assistant in administration to Chris Del Conte, who in 2017, his first year as athletic director, combined the mens and womens programs as one department, making Texas the last NCAA Division I school to do so. She was one of the very earliest supporters (of Texas Womens Athletics), said Chris Plonsky, chief of staff for Texas Athletics. From 1992-2001, Conradt served UT in a dual role as basketball coach and womens athletics director, and she currently serves as a special assistant to womens athletics. It was always bigger than us. Perhaps nowhere was that concern more heightened than at Texas, which had won national football championships in 1963, 1969 and 1970 under coach Darrell Royal, who since 1962 had doubled as the schools athletic director. Gunter, figuring on a longer tournament stay, didnt bring Stephen F. Austin until the day of the second-round game. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The University of Texas is a better institution of higher learning. On Friday, Texas unveiled a 7-foot bronze statue to honor Conradt's role in that fight, her 900 career victories and her 1986 national championship team, the first in the sport to go undefeated. Classroom doors were closed to women, women of color and men of color at that time, particularly in areas of science, engineering, law, medicine and math. During a Texas Exes meet and greet at Barton Creek Country Club, Lopiano was approached by UT Regent Ed Clark, who bluntly wondered how long it would take for a Longhorn womens team to win a national title. When the University of Texas hired Jody Conradt to coach its women's basketball team for $17,000 in 1976, one of the state's largest newspapers announced There is no more fitting person, and place, to assess the impact of Title IX of 1972s Education Amendments, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funding. Even then, I knew. Jody Conradts childhood revolved around community, family, friends and sports in the small West Texas town of Goldthwaite. It was designed by New Jersey-based artist Brian Hanlon, the official sculptor for the Naismith Hall of Fame. Those traits, along with her graceful, compassionate style, Texas-sharp wit and humor, and desire to bring education and sport opportunities to young women, advanced Conradt into a visionary leader for women's college basketball and women's sports administration. Ready to learn, ready to learn, ready to work school teacher and girls. 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