Valerie Goodwin-Colbert

Valerie Goodwin-Colbert

Playing career
1975–79	Wayland Baptist
1979–80	Dallas Diamonds
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–82	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (assistant)
1982–83	Oklahoma State (assistant)
1983–87	Southwest Missouri State
1987–90	Oklahoma
1990–2015	Southwestern College (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall	79–114 (.409) (senior college)

Valerie Goodwin-Colbert is a former basketball coach. She was the fifth head coach of the University of Oklahoma women's basketball program. While at Oklahoma, the program had a 32–51 record. During her tenure, the university dropped the women's basketball program but later reinstated it only to have Goodwin-Colbert resign the next day. Prior to coaching at Oklahoma, Goodwin-Colbert was the head women's basketball coach at Southwest Missouri State University. Goodwin–Colbert was raised in Forgan, Oklahoma and played basketball at Wayland Baptist University. After playing for the Flying Queens, played professional basketball for the Dallas Diamonds.

Head coaching record

Senior college

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southwest Missouri State Lady Bears (Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1983–1987)
1983–84	Southwest Missouri State	12–16	8–10	6th
1984–85	Southwest Missouri State	12–16	9–9	4th
1985–86	Southwest Missouri State	6–21	5–13	7th
1986–87	Southwest Missouri State	17–10	12–6	2nd
Southwest Missouri State:		47–63 (.427)	34–38 (.472)
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1987–1990)
1987–88	Oklahoma	14–13	7–7	5th
1988–89	Oklahoma	11–16	4–10	8th
1989–90	Oklahoma	7–22	2–12	T–7th
Oklahoma:		32–51 (.386)	13–29 (.310)
Total:		79–114 (.409)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion