Chris Paul - Head Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches

Chris Paul

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
paulc@ipfw.edu
Phone:
481-6970

The winningest coach in program history, Chris Paul now enters his 11th season at IPFW with a career record of 118-172.

Chris Paul laid a foundation at IPFW during his first five full seasons as the head coach of the Mastodons as the team set and met multiple goals, each year winning more games than in any of the five prior seasons.

The 2013-14 season saw Paul's squad return to the postseason with its second appearance in the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI). The Mastodons finished third in the Summit League as Amanda Hyde earned her second consecutive Summit League Player of the Year honor. Hyde was joined by Haley Seibert to become the first pair of IPFW players to be named to the First Team. The duo was also named to the Academic All-League team.

Hyde went on to be named the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Female Scholar Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season and become the first IPFW student-athlete to be named to the Capital One Academic All-America ® first team.

The 2012-13 team received multiple post-season honors under Paul's guidance, with the top award going to Amanda Hyde who was named Summit League Player of the Year for her outstanding efforts. Hyde became the first IPFW women's basketball player to earn Player of the Year honors since the 1995-96 season when Lindy Jones was crowned as the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year.

Additionally, Hyde was named the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, the Summit League Scholar Athlete of the Year, and a Capital One Academic All-America ® second team honoree.

Hyde was a clear choice as a First Team All-Summit League selection and teammate Erin Murphy was an All-League honorable mention pick.

During the 2010-11 season, Paul guided the Mastodons to a 20-11 overall record, the first time the team had reached 20 or more wins since the 1995-96 team went 23-5, while earning the second seed into the Summit League Championship. The team capped off the year by claiming the program’s first postseason tournament appearance since becoming members of NCAA Division I, in earning a berth into the WBI.

Since joining the Summit League in 2007, Paul has coached nine student-athletes who have received postseason recognition. Johnna Lewis Carlisle was a First Team All-Summit League selection, Jordan Zuppe was a part of the All-Newcomer Team and went on to become a Second Team All-League player, Chelsey Jackson was named to the Summit League Second Team, and both Eva Ivanova and Kayla Drake were named to the All-Newcomer Team.

The duo of Stephanie Rosado and Anne Boese also had a positive impact on the program as Rosado ended her career with one First Team All-League honor, two Second Team awards, while also being tabbed to the All-Newcomer Team. Boese was selected as a Second Team player in 2009-10 and was twice recognized as an honorable mention selection.

In his first full season as head coach, the team set a Division I record with 12 wins in 2006-07, as the next season’s team equaled that mark. The 2009-10 season saw the team finish 13-17, and going 10-8 in Summit League play, good for the sixth seed in the league tournament.

Paul took over head coaching duties of the team on December 21, 2005 after Bruce Patterson resigned from the position halfway through the season.

Paul finished his first season at the helm with a 6-13 record after the Mastodons started the season going 1-7. On March 22, 2006, Paul was officially named the head coach of the women's basketball program. At IPFW, Paul is responsible for all daily activities, which include practice, game preparation, recruiting, and coaching defensive schemes.

Paul has served in multiple capacities at IPFW. He was previously the Associate Head Coach for the Mastodons, a position he held for two plus seasons. Paul spend the previous three seasons as first assistant coach for the women.

Prior to IPFW, Paul spent six years as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis under Patterson. While at USF, Paul was responsible for daily activities, including practice, recruiting and game preparation for a squad that won a total of 177 games over six years, an average of 29.5 per season, with a winning percentage of .831.

Paul received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1994 from the University of St. Francis. While at USF he was a four-year letterwinner, and holds the school record for assists in a game (18) and is sixth all-time with 147 assists in a season.

Paul resides in Fort Wayne with his wife Trisha, a partner at Barrett & McNagny, and their three children; sons Jalen and Jackson and daughter Jersey.