 Ciampi with Army in the late 1970s. | |
| Biographical details | |
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| Born | September 25, 1946 Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1967 | Mansfield State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1968–1972 | Nanticoke Area HS (boys' asst.) |
| 1972–1977 | Marlboro Central HS (boys') |
| 1977–1979 | Army |
| 1979–2004 | Auburn |
| 2012–2013 | Atlanta Dream (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 73–23 (.760) (high school) 607–213 (.740) (college) |
| Tournaments | 27–16 (NCAA Division I) 5–0 (WNIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Joseph R. Ciampi (born September 25, 1946) is a retired American basketball coach. Starting off in boys basketball from 1968 to 1977, Ciampi was an assistant coach for a Nanticoke high school and the head coach for Marlboro High School in New York. In women's basketball, Ciampi coached the Army Black Knights women's basketball team from 1977 to 1979 before joining the Auburn Tigers women's basketball team in 1979. With the Tigers, Ciampi and his team reached the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament final consecutively from 1988 to 1990. After winning his 600th game as a Division I coach in January 2004, Ciampi retired from basketball in March 2004.
With his stints with the Army Knights and Tigers, Ciampi retired with 607 wins and 213 losses. In the mid 2000s, Ciampi's record of 607 wins was in the top 15 overall wins by a Division I basketball coach during the late 2000s. After working as a women's basketball sports commentator for Comcast during the early 2010s, Ciampi briefly returned to basketball as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Dream from 2012 to 2013. Ciampi was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.