Allison Guth

Allison Guth (born 1982) was recently the head coach of the Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team, a position she held from 2022 until 2026. She now serves as Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball's chief of staff.

Guth and Buffalo Grove High School won their first girls basketball title in 2000 as part of the Illinois High School Association. As a member of the Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team, Guth played in the first round of the 2003 Big Ten women's basketball tournament. After joining Coca-Cola in 2004, Guth worked as an assistant coach between 2004 and 2015. Some of these university included the University of Missouri and Northwestern University.

As the coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's basketball from 2015 to 2022, Guth and her team reached the semifinals of the Ivy League women's basketball tournament twice. They became "the first Ivy League women's team to win a national postseason tournament" at the 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational. Upon leaving Yale, Guth had 99 wins and 74 losses. With Loyola, her team competed in the first round of the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament.

Early life and education Guth was born in the early 1980s and is from Arlington Heights, Illinois. She grew up with two siblings and played on her dad's basketball teams. After becoming an elementary school basketball player, Guth was on the basketball and golf teams at Buffalo Grove High School.

For her post-secondary education, Guth studied business marketing at the University of Illinois. While there, Guth joined the golf team in 2000. Career While at Buffalo Grove, Guth and her team won the 1999 Schaumburg regional golf event. Guth and Buffalo Grove won the Class AA division in girls basketball the following year. With their 2000 win, it was the first time Buffalo Grove won an Illinois High School Association title in girls basketball. Outside of sports, she was on the student council while at Buffalo Grove.

By January 2002, she played at Russian basketball games for Illinois. Guth was also ill with mononucleosis. The following year, her team played in the first round of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament. She remained with the Illinois basketball team until 2004. Guth also went to DePaul University and studied educational leadership.

Sales and assistant coaching After moving to Denver in 2004, she was a Coca-Cola employee in sales until the following year. As an assistant coach from 2005 to 2008, Guth spent three years with the Loyola University Chicago and one year with the University of Missouri. While at Loyola, Guth was also a recruiting coordinator. In 2008, Guth became the Director of Basketball Operations for DePaul University. She remained at DePaul before leaving for Yale University in 2010 to resume her recruiter and assistant coach experience. Guth held these two positions for Northwestern University from 2012 to 2015.

Head coaching In 2015, Guth became the coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team. While with Yale, they reached the semifinals of the Ivy League women's basketball tournament during 2018 and 2022. Guth's roster became "the first Ivy League women's team to win a national postseason tournament" at the 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational. That year, Guth became the Loyola Ramblers women's basketball coach. With Loyola, her team reached the first round of the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament. Head coaching record

Honors and personal life In 2013, Guth was a member of the 1999-2000 Buffalo Grove High School Girls’ Team that joined the Illinois Coaches Basketball Association Hall of Fame. She has two children.