Cara Consuegra

Biography

Cara Consuegra was named the seventh women’s basketball head coach at Marquette University on April 17, 2024 and competed her first year in charge of the Golden Eagles women’s basketball program in 2024-25. Consuegra (pronounced con-SWAY-gruh) guided Marquette to a 21-win season and earned BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year honors in her first year back in Milwaukee. Marquette finished fourth in the BIG EAST after being picked 10th in the preseason coaches’ poll. The Golden Eagles made it to the second round of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. The Golden Eagles finished the season with a 13-2 record at the Al McGuire Center, tied for the best home record by a first-year head coach. Marquette reached 20 wins in 28 games, tied for the second-fastest road to 20 wins by a first-year head coach in program history with Terri Mitchell (1996-97). Consuegra also tied Mitchell for the most wins in February in her first year with six. Consuegra earned her fifth BIG EAST road win of the season on Jan. 25, 2025, at Georgetown, the most conference road wins by a first-year head coach in program history. Under Consuegra’s leadership, Skylar Forbes earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors after having a breakout sophomore season. Forbes set the single season blocks record at 56 and was just the second player in program history to shoot 90-percent or better from the free throw line in a season. Lee Volker earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors after averaging career bests in almost every

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