Theresa Gernatt
	Position: Associate Head Coach Experience: 8th Year Alma Mater: Georgia Tech '91

Theresa A. Gernatt begins her seventh season as the top assistant coach for the Florida State women’s basketball program. Aside from the obvious success on the recruiting trail, what Gernatt has brought to the FSU women’s basketball program goes well beyond class rankings and records. A former student-athlete in the ACC herself, “Coach TAG” as she is prefers to be called, makes it her business to identify with the student-athletes she recruits. She tells them like it is and she tells them like it will be. She’s a “get down in the trenches” type of coach who while compassionate off of the court, instills fierceness in her players on the court.

Gernatt came to FSU as an assistant coach in 1996 and retained her position upon Sue Semrau’s arrival in 1997. Her familiarity with the FSU athletics program was a great advantage to Semrau as was her familiarity with the coaching staff that Semrau assembled. Gernatt worked with Semrau and Angie Johnson back in 1994-95 when she served one year as an administrative assistant for the Wisconsin women’s basketball program.

As Semrau’s top assistant, Gernatt has been instrumental in Florida State’s recruiting process, serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. Her efforts have rewarded time and time again with five of the nation’s top recruiting classes over the past six years, including ASGR's No. 3-ranked class. With Gernatt’s help, the current Seminole roster is highlighted by two Parade All-Americans, the Arizona, Georgia and Florida Gatorade Players of the Year, several USA Today honorable mention All-Americans and 1999’s Miss Alabama and 2002’s Miss Florida Basketball recipients. Three players have also been drafted to the WNBA over the past five years. Brooke Wyckoff, FSU’s highest draft pick (2nd round), started for the Connecticut Sun in 2003 and helped the team advance to the playoffs of the WNBA Championship.

Gernatt came to FSU in 1996 after serving one year as an assistant coach at Mississippi State. At MSU, Gernatt monitored the academic progress of the student-athletes, managed the program’s tape-exchange and assisted with on-court responsibilities.

A native of Marietta, Ga., Gernatt has several ties to the Atlantic Coast Conference. She was a four-year letter winner at Georgia Tech, where she earned a degree in management in 1991, and then served as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland the following season during which time the Terrapins reached a No. 1 national ranking. Gernatt returned to her alma mater for the next two years and worked as an assistant to the athletic director while pursuing her master’s degree.

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