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Countdown to Tipoff: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Yellow Jackets Notes

• Georgia Tech freshman Aaliyah Whiteside ranks No. 24 according to ESPN's HoopGurlz's analysis of incoming recruiting classes
• The Blue Ribbon Panel selected Tyaunna Marshall to their Preseason All-ACC Team.
• Tyaunna Marshall was selected to the ACC Coaches Preseason All-ACC Team
• Georgia Tech is coming off its best season in school history in which it
  • Set a school record with 26 overall wins
  • Set a school record with 12 ACC wins
  • Set a school record with 10 road wins
  • Advanced to the program's second ACC Championship Game
  • Advanced to the program's first Sweet 16
  • Finished the season ranked 10th in the country (in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll)
• In 2012-13, Georgia Tech will:
  • Be seeking its seventh straight 20-win season
  • Be seeking its seventh straight NCAA Tournament Berth

MaChelle Joseph, Georgia Tech Head Coach

MaChelle Joseph enters her 10th season as the head coach of the Yellow Jackets ... The Yellow Jackets earned a school record 26 wins in 2011-12, earned their sixth straight trip to the NCAA Championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history ... Georgia Tech has improved on their win total over the previous year for seven consecutive seasons under Joseph ... Joseph led Georgia Tech to a 24-11 overall record and another NCAA Tournament berth in 2010-11 ... The Yellow Jackets went 22-10 overall in 2009-10 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament…Joseph owns a 179-106 career record in nine seasons as a head coach ... Before becoming head coach at Georgia Tech, Joseph spent the prior two seasons as an assistant coach, helping the Yellow Jackets match the Division I school record for wins with 20 in 2003 ... In 15 seasons as a collegiate player and assistant coach, Joseph was part of programs that produced winning records every year but one, and reached the NCAA Tournament 11 times ... Joseph came to Tech after serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Auburn from 1997-2001 ... Joseph helped guide the Tigers to a combined 97-50 record in five seasons and the second round of the NCAA Tournament three times ... Before joining the Auburn staff, Joseph coached as an assistant at her alma mater, Purdue, from 1994-96 and helped the Boilermakers post a sterling 73-24 (.753) record in three seasons ... Purdue advanced to the Final Four in 1994 and followed that performance with a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight in 1995 ... Joseph also served one year (1993) as an assistant at Illinois ... A four-year starter for the Boilermakers from 1989-92, Joseph was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as second-team all-conference in 1989 ... Joseph was a first-team All-Big Ten selection in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and was named Big Ten Player of the Year as a senior ... She also earned Kodak All-America honors in 1992, when she was tabbed the Women's Basketball News' College Player of the Year ... Joseph finished her career first on the Big Ten's all-time scoring list.