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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jennifer Rizzotti
| image = JenniferRizzotti022024-8.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| position = [[President (corporate title)|President]]
| team = Connecticut Sun
| league = [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 146
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|15}}
| birth_place = [[White Plains, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| high_school = [[New Fairfield High School|New Fairfield]]<br/>([[New Fairfield, Connecticut]])
| college = [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|UConn]] (1992–1996)
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_team = [[Houston Comets]]
| draft_round = 4
| draft_pick = 48
| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2003
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number = 21
| coach_start = 1999
| years1 = 1996–1998
| team1 = [[New England Blizzard]]
| years2 = 1999–2000
| team2 = [[Houston Comets]]
| years3 = 2001–2003
| team3 = [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| cyears1 = 1999–2016
| cteam1 = [[Hartford Hawks women's basketball|Hartford]]
| cyears2 = 2016–2021
| cteam2 = [[George Washington Colonials women's basketball|George Washington]]
| highlights = '''As player:'''
* 2× WNBA champion ([[1999 WNBA Championship|1999]], [[2000 WNBA Championship|2000]])
* [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA champion]] ([[1995 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|1995]])
* [[List of Women's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year|Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year]] (1996)
* [[Honda-Broderick Cup]] (1996)
* [[Wade Trophy]] (1996)
* [[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year|AP Player of the Year]] (1996)
* [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] (1996)
* [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]] (1996)
* All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1996)
* 2x [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1995, 1996)
* First-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (1996)
* Second-team All-American – AP (1995)
* 2x First-team All-Big East (1995, 1996)
* [[Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year|Big East Player of the Year]] (1996)
* [[Big East Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year|Big East co-Freshman of the Year]] (1993)
* Big East All-Freshman Team (1993)
'''As coach:'''
*5× [[America East Conference women's basketball tournament|America East tournament]] champion (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011)
*4× [[America East Conference|America East]] regular season champion (2006–2008, 2010)
*[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] Tournament champion (2018)
*2× America East Coach of the Year (2006, 2007)
| womensHOF = jennifer-rizzotti
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|Jones Cup]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|1996 Taipei]]| Team Competition}}
{{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{USA}} }}    {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 World Championship]]}}    {{MedalGold|[[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|2011 Puerto Montt]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalSport|Head Coach for {{USA}} }}    {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship]]}}    {{MedalGold|[[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|2010 Colorado Springs]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalSport|Assistant Coach for {{USA}} }}    {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship]]}}    {{MedalGold|[[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|2006 Colorado Springs]] | Team Competition}}
}}
'''Jennifer Marie Rizzotti''' (born May 15, 1974)<ref name="GWU">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jennifer_rizzotti_1012570.html|title=Jennifer Rizzotti|publisher=George Washington University|access-date=August 9, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729045323/http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jennifer_rizzotti_1012570.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American former collegiate and professional [[basketball]] player, and former Division I coach at [[George Washington University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-jen-rizzotti-to-gw-from-hartford-0416-20160415-story.html|title=It's Official: Jen Rizzotti Leaving UHart To Coach At George Washington|last=Courant|first=Hartford|website=courant.com|access-date=2016-04-15}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=GW and Jen Rizzotti Part Ways – George Washington University Athletics|language=en-US|work=George Washington University Athletics|url=https://gwsports.com/news/2021/3/15/womens-basketball-gw-and-jen-rizzotti-part-ways.aspx|access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> She is the president of the [[Connecticut Sun]]. Rizzotti was inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2013.

==Early life==
Rizzotti attended [[New Fairfield High School]] in [[New Fairfield, Connecticut]].
The basketball court at the New Fairfield town park was named after Rizzotti in honor of her achievements. 
She also attended [[American School in Japan|ASIJ]] in Tokyo, Japan.

==College career==
From 1992 to 1996, she was one of the stars of the women's basketball team at the [[University of Connecticut]].  She was the starting [[point guard]] on the Huskies first national championship team in 1995, which recorded a perfect season, winning all 35 games. Rizzotti's picture was on the cover of [[Sports Illustrated]] magazine in recognition of the perfect season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9478/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806064016/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9478/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2009|title=SI Covers|publisher=Sports Illustrated|pages=Cover|access-date=2009-09-28}}</ref>  Jen received the [[Honda-Broderick Cup]] for 1995–96, presented to the athlete "most deserving of recognition as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.honda.com/?p=ii |title=Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year |access-date=2009-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712215614/http://awards.honda.com/?p=ii |archive-date=2011-07-12 }}</ref> She was named the 1996 Associated Press Player of the Year.<ref name="Hartford">{{cite web|url=http://www.hartfordhawks.com/coaches.aspx?rc=593&path=wbball|title=Jennifer Rizzotti, Head Women's Basketball Coach|publisher=University of Hartford|access-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809031647/http://hartfordhawks.com/coaches.aspx?rc=593&path=wbball|archive-date=August 9, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
Rizzotti was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html|title=Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor"|access-date=2009-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807164447/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html|archive-date=2009-08-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rizzotti won the [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]] during the 1995–96 basketball season.<ref name="Frances Pomeroy Naismith"/> This award is given to the best women's basketball player in the country under 5'6' tall. During the 1995–96 season Jennifer set school records for assists with 212 and steals with 112.  Jennifer graduated with a degree in biology.

Sports Illustrated did a series of thirteen photographs featuring players on teams that were chasing or achieved undefeated seasons. The cover photo of Jennifer Rizzoti racing upcourt is one of the photos in the collection.<ref name="SI Perfection"/>

==USA Basketball – player==
Rizzotti was invited to be a member of the Jones Cup team representing the US in 1996. She helped the team to a 9–0 record, and the gold medal in the event. Rizzotti averaged 2.6 points per games, while recording 26 assists, highest on the team.<ref name="1996 Jones Cup"/>

==Awards and honors==
* 1993—[[Big East Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year|Big East Co-Rookie of the Year]]
* 1996—[[Wade Trophy]]
* 1996—[[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year]]
* 1996—Winner of the [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball<ref name="Past Winners - basketball"/>
* 1996—The [[Honda-Broderick Cup]] winner for all sports.<ref name="Honda Cup past winners"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-14-sp-18432-story.html|title=Connecticut's Rizzotti Is Named Top Women's College Athlete|date=1997-01-14|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>
* 2013—Inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]]

==Professional career==
She began her career as a professional basketball player playing for the [[New England Blizzard]] of the now defunct [[American Basketball League (1996-1998)|American Basketball League]]. During that time she was a two-time All-Star,<ref name="Hartford"/>  Rizzotti was a member of the [[Houston Comets]] after being drafted in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/history/comets_draft_history.html|title=Houston Comets Draft History|access-date=2009-07-06}}</ref> and played for the Comets in 1999 and 2000.  The Comets won the League Championship both seasons.<ref name="Porter399">Porter p 399</ref> In 2001, she was traded to the Detroit Shock, but a month later, she was traded to the Cleveland Rockers.<ref name="Porter399"/> She played for the [[Cleveland Rockers]] from 2001 to 2003. Rizzotti was selected in the [[2004 WNBA dispersal draft|dispersal draft]] by the Detroit Shock in January 2004, but she retired from the WNBA prior to the 2004 season.<ref name="Porter399"/><ref>{{cite web |title=2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalrecap_040506.html |website=WNBA |date=|access-date=May 24, 2025}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Rizzotti was recently the head basketball coach at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.<ref name=":0" />  She previously spent 17 seasons as the head women's basketball coach at the [[University of Hartford]] where she led the [[Hartford Hawks|Hawks]] to four [[America East Conference]] championships and six trips to the [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]].  She was named [[America East]] Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=697209|title=Coach of the Year|access-date=2009-07-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102838/http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=697209|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>  In 2010 Rizzotti guided Hartford to an undefeated regular season in the America East Conference and was one of the 10 finalists up for the Kay Yow Coach of the Year.

Rizzotti served as the head coach of the [[USA Basketball]] [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|U18 team]], at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in June 2010 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs CO.<ref name="U18 Draw">{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=2010WU18draw|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205132723/http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=2010WU18draw|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2013|title=Draw Announced For 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="U18 Coach">{{cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-jen-rizzotti-0330.artmar30,0,1467316.story|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121043117/http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-jen-rizzotti-0330.artmar30,0,1467316.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2013|title=College Rizzotti To Coach U.S. U-18 Team|date=30 March 2010|work=Hartford Courant|access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref>  She previously served as an assistant coach of the U18 team, assisting head coach [[Doug Bruno]] in 2006, when the team went 4–0 to win the gold medal.<ref name="USA Coaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wu18_coaches|title=USA Women's FIBA Americas U18 Championship All-Time Coaching Staff|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=29 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103192019/http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wu18_coaches|archive-date=3 January 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, Rizzotti was named USA Basketball National Coach of the Year. She was the head coach for the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|USA U18 team]], which won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. She continued as head coach of the U19 team and guided the team to another gold medal at the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams#2011 USA U19 results|FIBA U19 World Championship]] games held in [[Chile]].<ref name="USA COY"/>

==Hall of Fame==
Rizzotti was inducted in the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in June 2013. In her emotional acceptance speech she summarized, "I'm in the Hall of Fame because I played at the right school, at the right time with the right teammates, and I was taught to be a champion by the best coach who's ever coached the game."<ref name="WBHOF"/> Her credentials included point guard on the 1995 National Championship team, and winner of the [[Wade Trophy]] and AP national player of the year award.<ref name="Wade Trophy"/><ref name="Inductees"/>

==Personal life==
Rizzotti grew up in [[New Fairfield, Connecticut]] and graduated from [[New Fairfield High School]] in 1992.<ref name="Porter398"/> She is the daughter of Tom and Carol Rizzotti.<ref name="Porter398">Porter p 398</ref>

Rizzotti was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame in 2001.<ref name="Porter399"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctwomensbasketballhalloffame.com/Past_Inductees/2001/2001.html|title=Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame|publisher=Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame|access-date=2009-09-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706121629/http://www.ctwomensbasketballhalloffame.com/Past_Inductees/2001/2001.html|archive-date=2008-07-06}}</ref>

Rizzotti married [[University of Hartford]] assistant Bill Sullivan in July 1999.  The two welcomed their first child, Holden Thomas Sullivan, born {{birth date and age|2005|4|16|df=yes}}. The couple's second child, Conor, was born on {{birth date and age|2008|7|8|df=yes}}.

Rizzotti was honored by her alma mater, the University of Connecticut, as the winner of the Red O'Neill Award, an award given annually to a former student athlete who has "gone on to distinguish themselves in their chosen career."<ref name="ONeill">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/sports/college/hartford-coach-honored-by-uconn|title=Hartford coach honored by UConn|work=Hartford Courant|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-date=22 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222063428/http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/sports/college/hartford-coach-honored-by-uconn|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rizzotti was honored by The University of Hartford in 2010 as commencement speaker. Additionally she received an honorary doctorate degree from the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hartford.edu/daily/Articles.asp?MainID=8642&Category=1 |title=UNOTES Daily – Your Source for Campus News and Information |access-date=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527161410/http://www.hartford.edu/daily/Articles.asp?MainID=8642&Category=1 |archive-date=2010-05-27 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| align="left" | [[1999 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
|25||0||9.7||35.0||26.9||58.3||1.1||0.8||0.7||0.0||'''0.6'''||1.7	
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]
| align="left" | [[2000 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
|32||2||13.7||38.2||30.8||66.7||1.1||1.4||0.5||'''0.1'''||0.8||1.9	
|-
| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
| align="left" | [[2001 Cleveland Rockers season|Cleveland]]
|32||0||14.9||38.2||'''38.4'''||63.6||0.9||1.6||0.8||'''0.1'''||1.3||3.7	
|-
| align="left" | [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| align="left" | [[2002 Cleveland Rockers season|Cleveland]]
|26||'''25'''||'''26.7'''||'''40.0'''||'''38.4'''||'''80.0'''||'''2.7'''||'''3.3'''||'''0.9'''||'''0.1'''||1.7||'''6.8'''	
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[2003 Cleveland Rockers season|Cleveland]]
|'''33'''||0||15.9||27.8||19.6||56.3||1.3||2.0||0.4||0.0||1.1||1.8	
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams
|148||27||16.0||36.7||33.0||69.3||1.4||1.8||0.6||0.1||1.1||3.1	
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1999 WNBA Playoffs|1999]]
| align="left" | [[1999 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
|2||0||2.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.5||0.0||0.0||'''0.0'''||0.0	
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 WNBA Playoffs|2000]]
| align="left" | [[2000 Houston Comets season|Houston]]
|1||0||3.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||'''0.0'''||0.0	
|-
| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA Playoffs|2001]]
| align="left" | [[2001 Cleveland Rockers season|Cleveland]]
|'''3'''||0||'''15.0'''||33.3||33.3||0.0||'''1.0'''||2.3||0.0||0.0||'''0.0'''||2.0	
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA Playoffs|2003]]
| align="left" | [[2003 Cleveland Rockers season|Cleveland]]
|'''3'''||0||12.0||'''66.7'''||66.7||0.0||0.7||'''2.7'''||0.0||0.0||0.3||'''4.0'''	
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 4 years, 2 teams
|9||0||9.9||42.9||42.9||0.0||0.7||1.8||0.0||0.0||0.1||2.0	
{{S-end}}

===College===
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|colspan="20" height="14" | Jennifer Rizzotti Statistics<ref>{{cite web|title=UConn Media Guide |url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/WBasketball/2009/Media%20Guide/129-160.pdf |access-date=15 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218112352/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/WBasketball/2009/Media%20Guide/129-160.pdf |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }}</ref> at University of Connecticut 
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 | AVG
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 | TO
 | B
 | S
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 | PTS
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 53
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 73
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 239
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 54
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 126
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.429
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 52
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 78
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.667
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 111
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 3.4
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 150
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 90
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 4
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 80
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 326
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 156
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 308
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 57
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 138
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.413
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 69
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 94
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.734
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 97
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 2.8
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 161
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 86
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 2
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 98
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 905
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 438
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 12.5
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| height="14"  valign="bottom" | 1995–96
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 148
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 335
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.442
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 43
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 158
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.272
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 79
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 112
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.705
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 126
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 3.3
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 222
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 115
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 2
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 112
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 418
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 11.0
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| height="15" align="center" valign="bottom" | Totals
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 530
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 1170
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.453
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 207
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 564
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.367
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 273
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 402
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.679
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 459
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 3.4
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 637
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 407
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 9
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 350
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 4133
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 1540
| align="right" valign="bottom" | 11.1
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==Head coaching record==
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/WBB.pdf|title=All-time standings|work=Women's Basketball Record Book|publisher=America East Conference|pages=1–4|access-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Am. East Standings – 2015–16|url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/1/year/2016/america-east-conference|publisher=ESPN|access-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref>
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|name=[[Hartford Hawks women's basketball|Hartford Hawks]]
|startyear=1999
|conference=[[America East Conference]]
|endyear=2016
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1999–2000
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 14–14
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
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 | championship = 
 | season       = 2000–01
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 15–14
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = 
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2001–02
 | name         = [[2001–02 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 16–15
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2002–03
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 7–21
 | conference   = 5–11
 | confstanding = 8th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2003–04
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 18–12
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2004–05
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 22–9
 | conference   = 13–5
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 2005–06
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 27–4
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 2006–07
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 25–9
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 2007–08
 | name         =  [[2007–08 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 28–6
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2008–09
 | name         = Hartford
 | overall      = 20–12
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = [[2009–10 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 27–5
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2010–11
 | name         = [[2010–11 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 17–16
 | conference   = 11–5
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | postseason   = [[2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = 2011–12
 | name         = [[2011–12 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 19–13
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2012–13]]
 | name         = [[2012–13 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 21–12
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]]
 | name         = [[2013–14 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 13–18
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2014–15]]
 | name         = [[2014–15 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 16–17
 | conference   = 8–8
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2015–16]]
 | name         = [[2015–16 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team|Hartford]]
 | overall      = 11–19
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Hartford
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|316|216|record=y}} 
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|183|97|record=y}} 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=[[George Washington Colonials women's basketball|George Washington Colonials]]
|startyear=2016
|conference=[[Atlantic 10 Conference]]
|endyear=2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team|George Washington]]
 | overall      = 20–10
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T-1st
 | postseason   = [[2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team|George Washington]]
 | overall      = 19–13
 | conference   = 10–6
 | confstanding = T-5th
 | postseason   = [[2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA First Round]] 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team|George Washington]]
 | overall      = 10–20
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = T-8th
 | postseason   = 
}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = George Washington
 | overall      = {{Winning percentage|49|43|record=y}} 
 | confrecord   = {{Winning percentage|30|18|record=y}} 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall={{Winning percentage|365|259|record=y}} 
}}

==See also==
* [[List of Connecticut women's basketball players with 1000 points]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|2|refs=

<ref name="Frances Pomeroy Naismith">{{cite web|title=Frances Pomeroy Naismith |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_frances-pomeroy-naismith |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=30 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715061812/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_frances-pomeroy-naismith |archive-date=2014-07-15 }}</ref>

<ref name="SI Perfection">{{cite magazine|title=In Search of Perfection|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1000030/9/13/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104194548/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1000030/9/13/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=10 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="1996 Jones Cup">{{cite web|date=June 10, 2010|title=1996 Women's R. William Jones Cup|url=http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1996-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907023857/http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1996-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Past Winners - basketball">{{cite journal|title=PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR BASKETBALL|url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/basketball|journal=THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program|access-date=8 May 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Honda Cup past winners">{{cite journal|title=Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners (Honda Cup)|url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/aoty_awards|journal=THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program|access-date=8 May 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="USA COY">{{cite web|title=Jennifer Rizzotti Named USA Basketball Coach Of The Year|url=http://www.courant.com/sports/college/blog/hc-jennifer-rizzotti-us-coach-20120106,0,95437.story|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120013559/http://www.courant.com/sports/college/blog/hc-jennifer-rizzotti-us-coach-20120106,0,95437.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2013|work=Hartford Courant|access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="WBHOF">{{cite web|last=Cornelius|first=Maria M. |date=June 9, 2013|title=Six enter Women's Basketball HOF|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9357783/women-basketball-hall-fame-inducts-six|publisher=ESPN|access-date=9 Jun 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Wade Trophy">{{cite web|title=The Wade Trophy|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_wade-trophy|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=30 Jun 2014|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715035651/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_wade-trophy|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Inductees">{{cite web|date=June 7, 2013|title=They're the class of 2013|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9353584/women-basketball-hall-fame-inductees|publisher=ESPN|access-date=9 Jun 2013}}</ref>

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==References==
* {{cite book|title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary|editor=David L. Porter|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-313-30952-6}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Jennifer Rizzotti}}
* [https://gwsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=171 Official Biography, George Washington Colonials]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160819221956/http://origin.wnba.com/playerfile/jennifer_rizzotti/ WNBA player profile]

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