Creighton’s first women’s basketball coach Eddye McClure died last month from cancer. She was 58.
McClure accepted the job at Creighton in 1973, also working as a physical education instructor. While coach, her teams compiled a 26-22 record.
In 1976, she moved to Missoula, Mont., to become instructor and coach of the women’s basketball team at the University of Montana at Missoula.
In 1978, she left coaching to pursue further education. She earned a law degree with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law.
She began a staff attorney for the Montana Legislative Services Division, where she remained until her death May 8.
An athletic scholarship bears her name.