Career

Conbs is the former head women's basketball coach at Northwestern

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

 from 2004 to 2008. She resigned on May 7, 2008. Combs compiled a 24–95 record in her four years at Northwestern, and a 7–59 mark in Big Ten conference play. In the 2004 season, Northwestern upset #22 Penn State 59–48, which was the school's first win over a ranked opponent in more than six years.

From 2001 to 2004, she coached at Colgate

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

. She posted a 44–45 record through three seasons there. She went 21–10 during her final season there, and earned her second Patriot League

Patriot League

The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...

 coach of the year award. During that season, the Raiders made it to the NCAA tournament, before losing to national runner-up Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

.

She coached as an assistant at Eastern Illinois

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University is a state university located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a...

 prior to coaching at Colgate. She graduated from Illinois and later from Eastern Illinois for graduate school.

External links

• http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/combs_beth00.html