Lucille Kyvallos

Categories: Class of 2025
  • 1962-1966 Head Coach, West Chester State College, record 52-2.
  • 1968-1980 and 1981-1982 Head Coach at Queens College (HY), the record 259-71, had an193 81% winning percentage in a collegiate career (311-73)
  • 1973 AIAW National Championship versus Immaculata beat previously undefeated Immaculata before a crowd of over 3,300 with national media coverage.
  • 1975 Historic game at Madison Square Garden, the first women’s collegiate basketball game played at the Garden, with over 12,000 spectators.
  • 1976 Lady Champion Sportswear National Coach of the Year
  • 1972-1976 AIAW Basketball Committee, Chair 1976-1979
  • 1969-1971 AAU/Division of Girl’s and Women in Sports (DGWS) Women’s Basketball Rules Committee (moved the women’s game to the “Rover” game and next step towards 5-on-5)
  • Inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame, Queens College Athletics Hall of Fame, New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, West Chester College Hall of Fame
  • The Queens College Fitzgerald Gymnasium is named the “Lucille Kyvallos Court.”
  • 1977 Head Coach of the US Women’s Team in 1977 at the World University Games, winning Silver
  • 1969-1972 and 1974-1976 US Olympic Committee Member
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