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Christy Thomaskutty, Head Coach

Christy Thomaskutty was appointed head women's basketball coach for Emory University prior to the 2003-04 season. Thomaskutty spent the previous six seasons as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level, five at Illinois State University and one at Saint Louis University.

Thomaskutty saw her 2007-08 unit play a formidable schedule, hitting the court 11 times against six teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles posted an overall record of 14-11, a four-game improvement from the previous season. In University Athletic Assocation action, Emory bounced back from a 0-4 start to register a 7-7 ledger, the program's most victories in league play since the 1999-2000 campaign. The team was ranked 49th nationally in the Massey Ratings while D3hoops.com had Emory's slate of games ranked as the fourth most difficult among Division III squads. The Eagles claimed three victories over opponents who were ranked among the nation's top 25 at the the time of the meetings -- at No. 17 Rochester (59-56) and at home against No. 21 New York University (80-68) and No. 23 Washington University (68-66). Emory led all UAA teams in scoring in overall play (68.0 ppg) and shattered the school seasonal record with 151 three-point field goals. The Eagles used the three-ball effectively, establishing a school record with a UAA-leading 38.0 percent effort from beyond the arc, good for the No. 7 position nationally.

During the 2006-07 campaign, Thomaskutty, despite playing with one of the youngest teams in school history, directed her charges to a win at No. 16-ranked Chicago while coming up short against three top-10 ranked UAA foes by seven or fewer points.

In 2005-06, Thomaskutty led Emory to an overall record of 15-10, the best showing by an Eagles' unit since 1998-99. Among her team's win total were three victories over nationally ranked foes. Another highlight while at Emory includes a 61-59 victory on Jan. 23, 2005, over Brandeis University (Mass.), then ranked third in the nation by D3hoops.com.

Thomaskutty played college basketball at Tulane University where her teams competed in two NCAA tournaments, the first in school history, and made one appearance in the women's NIT (National Invitational Tournament). At the time of her graduation, she ranked fifth all-time in NCAA Division I history for career three-point field goals.

Thomaskutty was later honored by Tulane as a member of its Silver Anniversary Team, celebrating the basketball program's 25th anniversary and its greatest players. Her senior year at Tulane, she was the female winner of its "T Club Athlete of the Year" her senior year. The same year, she received honorable mention for the All-Louisiana Team.

While at Tulane, Thomaskutty was honored as the national female winner of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award. Thomaskutty received a Commissioner's Academic Medal from Conference USA. She was named the Metro Conference student-athlete of the year her junior season.

Thomaskutty graduated magna cum laude (Bachelor of Science in Management) from Tulane's A. B. Freeman School of Business in 1996. She later earned her master's degree (Masters of Business Administration) from Illinois State in 2002.

She spent the 1997-98 season as assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Louis University before moving on to Illinois State. There, Thomaskutty was credited with a key role in recruiting players who made the Missouri Valley Conference all-freshman team in three consecutive years. Her duties also included strength and conditioning, nutritional development, academic progress, perimeter player coaching, and scouting and game plan preparation.

A native of Somerville, Ala., Thomaskutty was a Street & Smith's Magazine Honorable Mention All-American at Brewer High School. An avid runner, Thomaskutty has competed in five marathons.