| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 7, 1947 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | West Chester University | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 1972–1977 | Immaculata | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 149–15 | ||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
| Championships | |||||||||||||||
| 3 AIAW National (1972–1974) | |||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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Cathy Rush (born Cathy Cowan; April 7, 1947) is a former basketball coach at Immaculata from 1972 to 1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive AIAW national titles from 1972–1974. She led the Mighty Macs to six consecutive final four appearances in her six seasons with the school, attaining a 149–15 record.[1] Rush was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 7, 2008.[2] She had also been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
A resident of Ventnor City, New Jersey, Rush grew up in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and graduated from Oakcrest High School in 1964.[3] She received a Bachelor of Science in 1968 and a master's degree in education in 1972, both from West Chester University.[4] She has two children with her ex-husband, former National Basketball Association referee and Supervisor of Officials Ed T. Rush.[5]
The Mighty Macs, a movie about the season leading to the winning of the first women's national basketball championship in 1972, was released in October 2011. Rush is played by Carla Gugino.[6]
- ^ "Hall of Fame honors former Immaculata coach Cathy Rush." Philadelphia Daily News, April 7, 2008. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20080407_Hall_of_Fame_honors_former_Immaculata_coach_Cathy_Rush.html
- ^ Associated Press. "Ewing, Hakeem headline 2008 Naismith Hall of Fame class." ESPN.com, April 7, 2008. https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=3333987
- ^ Lulgjuraj, Susan. "'The Mighty Macs,' based on Oakcrest High grad Cathy Rush, set for release today", The Press of Atlantic City, October 21, 2011. Accessed October 28, 2011. "Cathy Rush invited friends to her home in Ventnor a couple of years ago to watch an advance copy of the movie The Mighty Macs....Rush, a native of West Atlantic City in Egg Harbor Township, saw the filming of this movie.... 'My stomach dropped,' said Rush, a 1964 Oakcrest High School graduate. 'It was the most disconcerting thing because it was real.'"
- ^ Hawkes 2000, p. 139
- ^ Hawkes 2000, p. 138,142
- ^ "The Mighty Macs". themightymacs.com. Retrieved 26 August 2011.