NCAA Tournaments

Goestenkors' 1998-99 Duke team finished in second place, losing to the Carolyn Peck-coached Purdue Lady Boilermakers in the championship game. Along the way, Duke defeated the Tennessee Lady Vols in the Elite Eight, spoiling Chamique Holdsclaw's bid for a clean sweep of the National Championship (Holdsclaw had starred on Tennessee's National Championship teams as a freshman, sophomore and junior).

Duke's historic upset ended the Lady Vols' three-year run of national championships with a 69-63 victory over Tennessee in the final of the 1999 East Regionaland that sent a shock wave through the sport

Goestenkors' 2004-05 squad made the NCAA Elite Eight and posted a 31-5 record despite the loss of National Player of the Year Alana Beard to graduation.

In 2003-04 with Beard leading the way, the Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, boasted a 30-4 record, won a fifth-straight ACC Tournament championship and fourth-straight ACC regular season title. and broke the University of Connecticut's 69-game home winning steak with a 68-67 comeback victory in Hartford, Connecticut.

Goestenkors led the Blue Devils to an ACC-record 35-2 ledger in 2002-03 and their second straight NCAA Final Four appearance. For the second consecutive year, Duke posted a 19-0 record against ACC opponents. The 2001-02 season produced similar success. She led the Blue Devils to a 31-4 record and an NCAA Final Four appearance. Duke became the first ACC school to produce an undefeated 19-0 record in the ACC by winning the regular season and Tournament titles. The Blue Devils in 2000-01 posted a 30-4 record, won ACC Tournament and ACC regular season championships and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The 2006-2007 season ended with a 32-2 record and notched her school's first ever undefeated regular season. She is often known as the "winningest coach not to have won a championship", being runner-up two times in fifteen years. Goestenkors also won the ACC Coach of the Year award in 2007 for the seventh time in fifteen years.

USA Basketball

Goestenkors served as the head coach of the USA representative to the 1997 William Jones Cup competition The event was held in Taipei, Taiwan during August 1997. The USA team won their first six games. Four of the six were decided by six points or fewer, including the semifinal game against Japan which went to overtime. In the gold medal game, the USA faced undefeated South Korea. The USA team played to a six-point margin early in the second half, but could not extend the margin. South Korea came back, took the lead, and held on to win the championship and the gold medal 76-71.

Goestenkors served as an assistant coach to the National team in the 2002 World Championships, held during September in three cities in China, including Nanjing, China. The USA won the opening six preliminary rounds easily, with no contest closer than 30 points. That included the opening round game against Russia, who has played them close ant he 1998 Championship final. In the opening game, the USA won 89-55 behind 20 points form Lisa Leslie and 17 from Sheryl Swoopes. The USA wasn't seriously challenged in the quarterfinals, where they beat Spain by 39 points. The semifinal game against Australia was closer, but Leslie had a double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds to help the USA team win by 15 points. In the championship game, much like the 1998 finals, the rematch was much closer. This time the USA team did not have to play form behind, and had a ten-point lead late ant he game, but the Russians cut the lead to a single point with just over three minutes remaining. The game remained close, and was within three points with just over twelve seconds to go, but Swoopes was fouled and sank the free throws to give the USA a 79-74 win and the gold medal.

Goestenkors served as an assistant coach for the USA National team in 2006, a team in transition. Lisa Leslie, who had led the team in scoring in the 2004 Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, the 2000 Olympics, the 1998 World Championships, and the 1996 Olympics was no longer on the team. Sheryl Swoopes was available but hampered by injuries, and Dawn Staley moved on to coaching. Newcomers Sue Bird, Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi picked up the slack, but it was a team in transition. As an additional challenge, some members of the squad were unable to join the team for practices due to WNBA commitments. The team started out strong, winning each of the six preliminary games, including the game against Russia. In the quarterfinals, the USA team beat Spain 90-56. The semifinal was a rematch against Russia, but this time the Russian team prevailed, 75-68. The USA faced Brazil in the bronze medal game, and won easily 99-59.

Awards

• Associated Press National Coach of the Year (2007)
• ACC Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
• WBCA District Coach of the Year (1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2006)
• WBCA National Coach of the Year (2003, 2007)
• Victor Award Coach of the Year (1999, 2003)
• Naismith National Coach of the Year (2003)
• GBallMag.com Coach of the Year (2002)
• Basketball Times Coach of the Year (2000)
• Carol Eckman Award (2006)
• US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award (2007)

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Duke (ACC)
1992-93	Duke	12-15	3-13	9th
1993-94	Duke	16-11	7-9	5th
1994-95	Duke	22-9	10-6	4th	NCAA Second Round
1995-96	Duke	26-7	12-4	2nd	NCAA Second Round
1996-97	Duke	19-11	9-7	T-3rd	NCAA Second Round
1997-98	Duke	24-8	13-3	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1998-99	Duke	29-7	15-1	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
1999-00	Duke	28-6	12-4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000-01	Duke	30-4	13-3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2001-02	Duke	31-4	16-0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2002-03	Duke	35-2	16-0	1st	NCAA Final Four
2003-04	Duke	30-4	15-1	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
2004-05	Duke	31-5	12-2	T-1st	NCAA Elite Eight
2005-06	Duke	31-4	12-2	T-2nd	NCAA Runner-Up
2006-07	Duke	32-2	14-0	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Duke:		396-99 (.800)	179-55 (.765)
Texas (Big 12)
2007-08	Texas	22-13	7-9	T-7th	NCAA Second Round
2008-09	Texas	21-12	8-8	6th	NCAA First Round
2009-10	Texas	22-11	10-6	T-4th	NCAA First Round
2010-11	Texas	19-14	7-9	7th	NCAA First Round
2011-12	Texas	18-14	8-10	8th	NCAA First Round
Texas:		102-64 (.614)	40-42 (.488)
Total:		498-163 (.753)

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Personal life

Goestenkors' ex-husband is Mark Simons, an assistant coach for the Auburn women's basketball team. Assistant coach at Michigan State, 2012 to present.

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