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Southern California Trojans Women's Basketball School History

Location: Los Angeles, California

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 791-507 .609 W-L%

Conferences: Pac-12, Pac-10, Pac-West and WCAA

Conference Champion: 4 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 18 Years (32-16), 3 Final Fours, 2 Championships

NCAA Champion: 1983 and 1984

Ranked in AP Poll: 19 Times (Preseason), 13 Times (Final), 223 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	Pac-12	29	6	.829	13	5	.722	30.21	17.78	74.9	62.5	21	3	3	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Lindsay Gottlieb (29-6)
2	2022-23	Pac-12	21	10	.677	11	7	.611	22.21	13.05	64.2	55.1		25		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Lindsay Gottlieb (21-10)
3	2021-22	Pac-12	12	16	.429	5	12	.294	12.79	13.15	64.3	64.7						Lindsay Gottlieb (12-16)
4	2020-21	Pac-12	11	12	.478	8	10	.444	14.47	19.73	63.6	68.9						Mark Trakh (11-12)
5	2019-20	Pac-12	17	14	.548	8	10	.444	13.80	13.16	64.8	64.2						Mark Trakh (17-14)
6	2018-19	Pac-12	17	13	.567	7	11	.389	17.33	14.40	69.9	67.0						Mark Trakh (17-13)
7	2017-18	Pac-12	20	11	.645	9	9	.500	19.57	12.48	67.7	60.6						Mark Trakh (20-11)
8	2016-17	Pac-12	14	16	.467	5	13	.278	16.54	14.14	67.5	65.1						Cynthia Cooper (14-16)
9	2015-16	Pac-12	19	13	.594	6	12	.333	18.55	12.10	66.6	57.4		25				Cynthia Cooper (19-13)
10	2014-15	Pac-12	15	15	.500	7	11	.389	13.14	10.20	68.0	65.0						Cynthia Cooper (15-15)
11	2013-14	Pac-12	22	13	.629	11	7	.611	15.03	12.46	67.1	64.6		25	25	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Cynthia Cooper (22-13)
12	2012-13	Pac-12	11	20	.355	7	11	.389	7.95	12.60	61.5	66.1						Michael Cooper (11-20)
13	2011-12	Pac-12	18	12	.600	12	6	.667	15.72	12.45	64.0	60.7	23	23				Michael Cooper (18-12)
14	2010-11	Pac-10	24	13	.649	10	8	.556	15.35	12.02	69.2	65.9						Michael Cooper (24-13)
15	2009-10	Pac-10	19	12	.613	12	6	.667	15.58	14.97	64.8	64.2						Michael Cooper (19-12)
16	2008-09	Pac-10	17	15	.531	9	9	.500			72.9	69.1						Mark Trakh (17-15)
17	2007-08	Pac-10	17	13	.567	10	8	.556			62.6	60.6						Mark Trakh (17-13)
18	2006-07	Pac-10	17	13	.567	10	8	.556			66.2	62.4	22	19				Mark Trakh (17-13)
19	2005-06	Pac-10	19	12	.613	11	7	.611	-8.51	7.49	68.5	66.6	24	23		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Mark Trakh (19-12)
20	2004-05	Pac-10	20	11	.645	12	6	.667	12.53	5.53	68.5	65.8				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Mark Trakh (20-11)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	Pac-10	15	13	.536	11	7	.611			67.5	63.3						Chris Gobrecht (15-13)
22	2002-03	Pac-10	14	17	.452	8	10	.444			66.8	65.1						Chris Gobrecht (14-17)
23	2001-02	Pac-10	16	14	.533	11	7	.611	15.41	9.77	71.7							Chris Gobrecht (16-14)
24	2000-01	Pac-10	13	15	.464	8	10	.444			67.7							Chris Gobrecht (13-15)
25	1999-00	Pac-10	16	14	.533	10	8	.556			66.6							Chris Gobrecht (16-14)
26	1998-99	Pac-10	7	20	.259	3	15	.167			62.4							Chris Gobrecht (7-20)
27	1997-98	Pac-10	12	15	.444	7	11	.389			64.7							Chris Gobrecht (12-15)
28	1996-97	Pac-10	20	9	.690	13	5	.722			76.5					Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Fred Williams (20-9)
29	1995-96	Pac-10	13	14	.481	8	10	.444			72.3		16	16				Fred Williams (13-14)
30	1994-95	Pac-10	18	10	.643	10	8	.556			72.3		25	20		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Cheryl Miller (18-10)
31	1993-94	Pac-10	26	4	.867	16	2	.889			79.6		13	4	9	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Cheryl Miller (26-4)
32	1992-93	Pac-10	22	7	.759	14	4	.778			71.3		9	9	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Marianne Stanley (22-7)
33	1991-92	Pac-10	23	8	.742	14	4	.778			69.7		19	18	23	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Marianne Stanley (23-8)
34	1990-91	Pac-10	18	12	.600	11	7	.611			71.7		25	21		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Marianne Stanley (18-12)
35	1989-90	Pac-10	8	19	.296	6	12	.333			59.7							Marianne Stanley (8-19)
36	1988-89	Pac-10	12	16	.429	8	10	.444			74.1		17	14				Linda Sharp (12-16)
37	1987-88	Pac-10	22	8	.733	15	3	.833			81.1		13	13	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Linda Sharp (22-8)
38	1986-87	Pac-10	22	8	.733	15	3	.833					5	5	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Linda Sharp (22-8)
39	1985-86	Pac-West	31	5	.861	8	0	1.000					7	2	3	Lost NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Linda Sharp (31-5)
40	1984-85	WCAA	21	9	.700	10	4	.714					5	2	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Linda Sharp (21-9)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	WCAA	29	4	.879	13	1	.929					1	1	5	Won NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Linda Sharp (29-4)
42	1982-83	WCAA	31	2	.939	13	1	.929					1	1	2	Won NCAA Tournament National Final	1	Linda Sharp (31-2)
43	1981-82	WCAA	23	4	.852	9	3	.750					5	2	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Linda Sharp (23-4)

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