[4] After high school, Conradt played collegiate basketball at Baylor University, earning a degree in physical education in 1963.

After graduation, she taught and coached at Midway High School in Waco[5] and earned her master's degree from Baylor in 1969.

[6] Prior to Conradt's career at UT, she served as women's basketball head coach at Sam Houston State University from 1969 to 1973, where her teams had a record of 74–23.

[5][7] In 1975, in response to Title IX, the University of Texas created a separate women's athletic department.

[5] Texas planned to bring the women's program to national prominence, and they felt Conradt was the right coach for the job.

[5] Teams coached by Condradt were using tactics not seen in many other places, such as full court pressure, double low posts and a transition game.

[5] Although Davis wasn't a starter on the team, she ended up earning the tournament's most valuable player award.

[8] From 1986 to 1991, Texas was the women's basketball attendance leader, including an NCAA record average of 8,481 for one season.

[10] After retiring from coaching, Conradt continued to work for the University of Texas as special assistant to the women's athletic director.