Carly Thibault
@CTbow
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Fairfield Women’s Basketball Head Coach. Dog Mom. Taco Enthusiast. Come as you are! #BeTheLight
Joined January 2010
𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮. Don’t overcomplicate life…. Go where you fit. Stay where you are valued. Create unbreakable bonds. Turn that into family. Bloom where you are planted. Fairfield IS the big time. Women’s basketball is important here. Come run with the Stags🤘🏼.
𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘾𝙊𝘼𝘾𝙃 🗣️. Coach Carly @CTbow signs three-year contract extension as our Head Coach ‼️. ▶️ #WeAreStags🤘
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Eat salad they said. It’s healthy they said. You know what never gets recalled?. Cake.
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PSA to recruits: now that college coaches are in person, we can now see. 1. Not high fiving teammates when you go to the bench.2. Eye rolls and back-talk to coaches and/or teammates .3. Not paying attention or cheering for teammates on the bench. Being a great teammate matters!.
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When you put in the scout to “play for the drive, not a shooter” and she hits back to back 3s.
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BIG RESPECT. @dawnstaley is always unafraid to stand up for what’s right even when it may be unpopular or against the grain. A role model for me for so many reasons as a young head coach.
“As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff. The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.” – @dawnstaley.
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What an incredible journey this year has been. Didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but I am so proud of our team for their fight & toughness all year long. Thank you seniors and thank you to the best fans in the country for all you’ve done for this program!
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There aren’t enough words for someone who impacts your life as positively as @Lindsay_13 does. She makes you want to be a more loving, caring, compassionate person just by being in her presence. She does things the right way, and treats people the right way. My family for life🤍
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Some of my biggest 🏀 no-no’s:. 1. Turn the ball over and jog back .2. Miss a layup then foul 90 ft from rim.3. Miscommunication on defense when 2 people end up on the ball and both leave. Drop yours below! 👇🏼👇🏼.
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Dear Post Players: . While I totally understand AND SUPPORT your desire to play on the perimeter, you lose me when you say you don’t want to play with your back to the basket. Why put limitations on your skill set? The great ones want to be lethal from everywhere on the floor.
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Whelp, this happened tonight. And I was totally uncool. Quick story (a thread) 🧵
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God is SO GOOD!. I am so thankful to be joining an amazing group of young women who want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. Stag nation, let’s go!!.
Welcome Carly Thibault-DuDonis to @FairfieldU as the head coach of @StagsWBball‼️. ➡️ #WeAreStags #StagsLead #FairfieldU #MAACHoops 🤘🏀
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I 🤍 high school parents who only encourage and cheer positive things, don’t try to coach or ref, and I can’t tell which kid is theirs! The world needs more of this!.
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Lost in the convo about Phil Jackson’s handling of Rodman & letting him go on a vacation mid season is how the PLAYERS handled it it. MJ & Pippen didn’t say, “what about me?” or worry about what was fair. They all trusted that everyone needed different things for them to win.
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I repeat. Don’t overcomplicate life…. Go where you fit. Stay where you are valued. Create unbreakable bonds. Turn that into family. Bloom where you are planted. Fairfield IS the big time. Women’s basketball is important here. Run with the Stags🤘🏼.
“I feel so blessed to be at a place that is ALL IN on making Fairfield one of the best Women's Basketball programs in the country.”. Coach Carly signs contract extension through 2030-31. ✍️ 🤘🏀
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This is NOT characteristic of the women I coach; watch play in the @WNBA, NCAA & HS; or have as friends or family. I am proud to be a woman and to associate with women who are tough, strong, passionate, resilient. Please continue to call out people use this degrading stereotype.
"He's got a lot of female tendencies on the court, flopping and throwing his head back. he's soft, very woman-like". - Marcus Morris on Jae Crowder
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4️⃣ different Coach of the Year awards for our fearless leader! Come play FOR the best and WITH the best! 🙌🏼
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Put your shoes on, there’s glass everywhere!!!.
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A thought for Head Coaches:. Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to. Yes we coach basketball, but we are in PEOPLE business! Empower your people to be ready to walk into whatever space they choose, including your own!.
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How you do ANYTHING is how you do EVERYTHING. If you shoot 1/2 speed in practice, how can you expect to make shots full speed in a game? If you dont go hard every rep in practice, how can you be trusted not to take plays off in a game?. Want to be taken seriously? Be consistent.
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PSA to AAU coaches: . A super simple way to help your players get recruited… pin your spring/summer schedule to the top of your Twitter. College coaches are in a recruiting shutdown and can’t ask for schedules right now. Make it easy to find!.
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Thought of the day: BUY IN. "You are either supporting the vision or supporting division.".
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My mom is an OG. WNBA commentators asked her for an anniversary message for my dad to show on the broadcast in the wubble. She decided to use the opportunity to encourage everyone to vote! #Vote2020 #Vote #UseYourVoice @NanciThibault @Coaches4Change
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It’s the last go-around in AAU for many. SO my advice?. Put the phones down! Be fully present in the buses, cars, planes, hotels & restaurants with your teammates. You can’t get this time back and you may never be with that group all together again. It’s more than basketball!
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My parents always taught me. 1. Be respectful.2. Listen when someone else speaks.3. Don’t interrupt. Very basic manners that most toddlers can manage.
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Don’t forget, it’s a privilege to educate yourself on racism instead of experiencing it.
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Blessed and humbled to receive over 10 offers to hang out while at the #WBCA19 Final Four in Tampa #notcommitted #blessed
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Can’t remember where I saw this to give credit where it’s due. but a much needed reminder this Monday morning!
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For those of you who don’t know @CoachVic_MSU, he’s not only the best coach in the country (as shown by his stash of COY awards), but an even better person. Honored to work for him and learn from him every single day. Congrats coach!
COACH of the YEAR. After capturing perfect regular season and advancing to the national championship game for the second-straight year, @CoachVic_MSU is the Naismith Coach of the Year! . #HailState🐶
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My dad is cool or whatever.
The winningest coach just keeps winning 🙌. Congratulations on win 3️⃣5️⃣0️⃣, @coachthibault!!. #TogetherDC
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Dear Minnesota:. Just made my first ever tater tot hotdish. Does that officially make me a Minnesota native now? . Sincerely,.Nomad Basketball Coach.
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I would just like to point out that @Lindsay_13 currently has the highest winning percentage in the history of women’s college basketball 🤷🏻♀️. #TheWinningWhay.
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I’m overjoyed for @BlakeDuDonis. He has stayed patient & faithful, kept his head down and worked, and found ways to be innovative and resourceful wherever we lived. There’s a new boss in the house! God is so good!.
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Baaaaaack to back 🏆🏆.
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Going to bed with a team that’s 11-0 in the non conference, it’s snowing on Christmas Eve Eve, and I’ve got amazing family and friends to be thankful for. God is great. ❄️☃️🎄.
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There are not enough emotions to cover what we have seen in the last 24 hrs from Kenosha, WI to Georgia to Washington DC. But there are two things I know for sure:. 1. The @WNBA is full of amazingly talented, powerful, fearless & brilliant women.2. Black Lives Matter.
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Wouldn’t trade them for the world! Best staff in the country 🐶👌🏼 @CoachVic_MSU @dee_d35 @Humbleheart501
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First road dub of the year & first SEC win in program history! This team already playing with joy and love…Just the beginning!. Rank us, don’t rank us. Watch lists, no watch lists. Not our focus or in our control. Just keep choosing each other. #RunWithTheStags 🤘🏼.
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Fit matters. People matter. An environment you can thrive in matters. Enjoying your experience matters. Feeling loved and supported matters. The biggest school doesn’t always check all of these boxes. Go where you fit, not where you think you’re supposed to go!.
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Thankful to @Lindsay_13 for this opportunity. A few reflections. 1. Minnesota feels like home.2. Life is good when you’re surrounded by great people.3. Love what you do & you’ll never work a day in your life.4. So pumped for the program’s future. #SkiUMah 〽️.
The #Gophers are excited to announce that @CTbow has been promoted to the title of associate head coach!. Story:
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I am so honored to be joining @Lindsay_13 and the @GopherWBB program at the University of Minnesota. @Coach_Blake_ and I are so excited for this next step in our lives and our walk in faith together. I can’t wait to get up there with @kellyroysland and get to work!.
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Major props to Charles Barkley in the LaGuardia airport (a place that puts anyone in a bad mood) at 6am taking photos with anyone who asks. No attitude, all smiles. Mad respect!.
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Some thoughts for aspiring college basketball players on good habits to form/bad habits to break in your game before getting to college…. A thread 🧵.
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My pops got his 300th WNBA win tonight!!! Huge win at LA. Leads the WNBA in most wins. Proving doubters wrong every day. #ProudDaughter
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If you aren’t tuned in to ABC for a full day of women’s hoops right now, I’m not sure if we can be friends. 🤷🏻♀️.
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YES @oturu65. YES. We are building. It IS going to be a powerhouse. Play in front of your friends and family. Have the whole state behind you. Pack out Williams arena. I repeat, it WILL happen.
If you’re a #Gophers fan it’s hard not to love Daniel Oturu. He wants Minnesota kids to stay home and build a power here:. “If you’re good enough, they’ll find you. Why not stay home? Why not build a program here. Why not make Minnesota a powerhouse?” @FOX9
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Help me wish a happy birthday to the best boss in the country @CoachVic_MSU! Also, the best Texas Two Stepper in the south!
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It’s a great day to be a Stag!! Special people, special place 🤩🤘🏼🦌. #StagsAreRanked.
𝐓𝐎𝐏 -2⃣5⃣ ‼️. For the 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 the Stags are ranked in a national poll, earning the No. 25 spot in the @AP_Top25 ‼️. 📰: #RankedTheStags🤘
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When I hear people say "I don't watch the #WNBA because it's never on TV. ". PLEASE JUST FOLLOW @WNBA - they show you when it's FREE on twitter, $17 for the whole season, when its on @ESPN - literally a game easily accessible 5-10 times a week. #NoExcuses.
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If you’ve posted about black lives matter, support and love family & friends who identify as LGBTQ+, and believe women should have equal rights, I sure hope your vote reflected that. This election is rooted in human issues, not political issues. Practice what you preach.
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2022s playing your last AAU games today: STAY IN THE MOMENT. Its easy to get wrapped up in what’s next, colleges at ur games, team drama, etc. Live in the moments with your teammates, the energy you give each other, the joy of playing the game you love. Cant get these days back!.
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Phew. I was not ready for this season to end! All I can say…I am SO GRATEFUL!. For the people. The laughs. The water baths. The high 5s. The tears. The “I got yous”. The huddles. The sprinting to pick up a teammate. The pointing to the passer. The love & joy shared. For family.
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The lack of food options at Run 4 The Roses just set my diet back about a decade😞.
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So proud of these 3 @McDAAG nominees! The future is bright for the bulldogs! #HailState 🐶🏀🍟
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Extremely humbled by this. and can’t help but think about how it takes a village! So thankful for those around me who have poured into me both as a coach and as a person. “If you see a turtle on a fence post, you know it had some help.”.
Congrats to Minnesota Assistant Coach Carly Thibault-Dudonis on being named one of fifty impactful Assistants in D1 Women’s Basketball - @CTbow .
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Spent the last 24 hours in deep reflection on how to empower and lead young women in a time when our country is telling us that we do not matter 💭
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ITS OFFICIAL!!!! We have a #WNBA 25 greatest of all time player as our head coach! . We ❤️ you @Lindsay_13!
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I love seeing all the pictures & videos of players shooting outside in the driveway. It’s like a reset button, bringing us back to the days when we first fell in love with the game, shooting alone without trainers or coaches telling us what to do. Don’t get me wrong. .
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Just hustled from practice to the airport to go recruiting…realized I walked thru the whole airport & boarded the plane with my whistle around my neck. Never know who I’m gonna have to sub out for improper mask wearing. #StayReady.
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It’s a great day to be a Dawg. Woke up this morning as a #1 seed in the @NCAA tournament, I get to work for the @SEC coach of the year and a finalist for the Naismith coach or the year @CoachVic_MSU, and get to coach basketball for a living! Life is good.
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Pops just got a tech, then said “Good, that’s the best call you’ve made all night.”. #ProudDaughterMoment.
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Awesome turnout at the Easter service this morning in our hotel! #PraiseTheLordAndGoDawgs #VictoryinJesus #HappyEaster
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Officially touched down in the Twin Cities. Minneapolis I am here for good! 🙌🏼.
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It’s gameday for the National Semifinals, about to watch @CoachVic_MSU get presented with the WBCA Coach of the Year, and @Humbleheart501 get presented with WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year. God is GREAT! #PraisetheLord #GoDawgs.
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Great line by Monty Williams in the Phoenix Suns locker room tonight. “Everything you want is on the other side of hard.”.
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Just like her playing days, @Lindsay_13 is still an absolute warrior! We’ll hold it down until she gets back, but we’re all so glad she’s recovering and will be back with us soon!.
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Not a more deserving person than @Lindsay_13 to have her high school gym named after her! Honored to be there to support her!
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One thing I love about the University of a Minnesota is how proud people are of the state and our school! Big things about to happen for the Gophers. Don’t be afraid to be a part of something special and make it happen! 〽️.
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart. It won’t be comfortable. You won’t always be liked. It takes maximum effort every second. Above all else, you must have the success of the group as a whole at the forefront of your mission. Individual accolades must be a byproduct.
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Don’t think this moment is going to make the cut into #TheLastDance tonight, so thought I would supplement the content for yall. Had the honor to meet MJ twice in my life, and was the first time my dad got street cred in my eyes for having coached him 🤷🏻♀️ #kidsaretoughcritics
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We are in here for hunby’s first game as an NCAA Women’s Basketball Head Coach!!!!! Let’s do this @BlakeDuDonis!!!
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Assistant coaches everywhere when you can’t see the baseline out of bounds play on film because of the TV instant replay 😡🤬
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