Awards and Honors
- 1984—Big Ten Coach of the Year Award
- 1985—Big Ten Coach of the Year Award
- Buffalo Seminary's Athletic Hall of Fame
- 1988—National Coach of the Year.
- 1989—National Coach of the Year.
- 1990—National Coach of the Year.
- 1990—US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award in 1990.
- 1995—Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award by the United States Sports Academy
- 1995—Indiana University Hall of Fame.
- 1998—Named to the Women's Sports Foundation International Women's Sports Hall of Fame (Coach category)
- 1999—Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame
- 2002—Elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 2010—Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame
- 2011—WBCA Division I Women's Basketball Coach of the Year.
- 2011—Named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
- 2011—Naismith College Coach of the Year
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