Carolyn Peck

Carolyn Arlene Peck (born January 22, 1966) Her brother Michael also became a basketball coach, and Peck hired him as her assistant coach for the Orlando Miracle in 2001. in Dandridge, Tennessee, Peck, a 6-4 center, was named Tennessee's Miss Basketball after averaging 35 points and 13.2 rebounds per game. She played college basketball at Vanderbilt University from 1985 to 1988, averaging 10.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. She also blocked 180 shots, to break a Vanderbilt women's basketball career record. She was team captain for her last two seasons.

USA Basketball Peck served as the assistant coach, under head coach Gail Goestenkors, for 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. as well as becoming the first woman and the first African American to win the Winged Foot Award (which honored the best coach in college basketball) from the New York Athletic Club. Two weeks after guiding Purdue to the title, Peck was in Orlando preparing the Miracle for their upcoming season.

Peck was awarded the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year, the WBCA Coach of the Year, the AP College Basketball Coach of the Year and the Naismith College Coach of the Year awards in 1999.

The title was the first one in women's college basketball by a Big Ten Conference school.

Orlando Miracle Peck started as the Orlando Miracle's head coach on April 1, 1999, after the end of the Boilermaker's championship season. She stated that it was difficult to assemble a team from scratch, and spent the first season focusing on building unity between the players. The team's first season had a record of 15–17, tying for second place in the Eastern Conference, and was one game away from qualifying for the playoffs. Peck became ESPN's expert guest analyst for the playoffs that year.