Allison Guth

Allison Guth
Born	1981 or 1982 Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Women's basketball coach
Years active	2004–present
Known for	Head coach of Yale Bulldogs women's basketball (2015–2022), Loyola Ramblers women's basketball (2022–present)

Allison Guth (born 1981 or 1982) has served as the head coach of the Loyola Ramblers women's basketball program since 2022. Her basketball journey began when she led Buffalo Grove High School to its inaugural girls basketball championship in 2000 under the Illinois High School Association. Guth played collegiate basketball with the Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team, participating in the opening round of the 2003 Big Ten women's basketball tournament. After joining Coca-Cola in 2004, she took on assistant coaching roles at various institutions, including the University of Missouri and Northwestern University, spanning from 2004 to 2015.

During her tenure as head coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team from 2015 until 2022, Guth led Yale to two semifinal appearances in the Ivy League women's basketball tournament and achieved a historic milestone by securing the first-ever national postseason tournament victory for an Ivy League women’s squad at the 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational. She concluded her time at Yale with a coaching record of 99–74. At Loyola, her squad competed in the opening round of the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament.

Early life and education

Born in the early 1980s and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Guth was involved in basketball from an early age and also played golf during her time at Buffalo Grove High School. She played a key role in Buffalo Grove’s 1999 Schaumburg regional golf championship and captained the girls basketball team to its first Illinois High School Association Class AA championship in 2000. Outside of sports, she actively participated in student council activities.

Guth pursued a degree in business marketing at the University of Illinois, where she joined the golf team in 2000. A knee injury led to her redshirting on the basketball team before she officially joined the Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball roster in 2001. Despite facing health setbacks, she competed through to 2004, including appearances in the Big Ten tournament. Additionally, Guth undertook studies in educational leadership at DePaul University.

Sales and assistant coaching

After moving to Denver in 2004, Guth worked in sales for The Coca-Cola Company until 2005. She then transitioned into assistant coaching roles from 2005 to 2008, spending three seasons at Loyola University Chicago, where she also fulfilled duties as recruiting coordinator, followed by a year at the University of Missouri. In 2008, she was appointed as the Director of Basketball Operations at DePaul University before joining Yale University in 2010 to resume responsibilities involving recruiting and assistant coaching. From 2012 through 2015, she held similar posts at Northwestern University.

Head coaching

In 2015, Guth was named head coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's basketball program. Her leadership steered Yale to semifinal berths in the Ivy League women's basketball tournament during both 2018 and 2022 and marked a significant achievement when Yale became the first Ivy League women’s team to win a national postseason tournament at the 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational. By her departure in 2022, she had amassed a record of 99–74.

Guth assumed the head coaching position for the Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team in 2022, leading them to compete in the opening round of the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament.

Achievements and personal background

In 2013, the Illinois Coaches Basketball Association honored Guth's 1999-2000 Buffalo Grove High School Girls’ Team by inducting them into their Hall of Fame. She is a mother of two children.