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Contract Extended for PFW WBB Head Coach Maria Marchesano

 Purdue University Fort Wayne and head women’s basketball coach Maria Marchesano have agreed to a contract extension, Director of Athletics Kelley Hartley Hutton announced on Thursday (July 6). Marchesano, who led Purdue Fort Wayne to the 2023 Horizon League semifinals in Indianapolis, now has her contract extended through the 2027-28 season. “We couldn’t be more excited to have Coach

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Henderson promoted to Women’s Basketball Director of Player Personnel, Development & Influence

Jace Henderson has been promoted to a full-time position on the Nebraska women’s basketball staff, assuming the new title of Director of Player Personnel, Development & Influence on July 1, Head Coach Amy Williams announced on Friday, June 30. Henderson joined the Nebraska women’s basketball program as a graduate assistant manager in August 2022, after

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D3 NEWS: Ziegler returns to Skidmore women’s basketball staff

 Skidmore College head women’s basketball coach Jessica Turner has announced the return of Richard “Ziggy” Ziegler to her staff for the 2023-24 season. Ziegler previously served as an assistant coach at Skidmore during the 2021-22 campaign. Ziegler recently completed a year as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of New Haven, where he helped lead the team

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Shand named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Glendale CC

In a career which spans 22 years, Ernest Shand joins the Glendale Community College Gauchos as their new Women’s Basketball Head Coach. Coach Shand was most recently a Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach under Frank Woodford at Benedictine University Mesa in Mesa, AZ. His tenure with the Redhawks included a CAL PAC Men’s Basketball Championship runner-up finish in 2021-22. After beating

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Salisbury promoted to Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Kent State

 Paige Salisbury has been promoted to assistant coach, Kent State women’s basketball head coach Todd Starkey announced. Salisbury, who played for the Golden Flashes during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, joined the staff as director of basketball operations last summer. “We are very excited about promoting Paige to assistant coach in our program,” Starkey said. “She has demonstrated

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Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Staff Update

As the calendar hit July 1 and with the NCAA’s coaching limit increase going into effect, head women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has elevated Patrick Henry and Erika Sisk to assistant coaches. In January of 2023, the Division I Council increased coaching limits across several sports, including women’s basketball. The Council supported an increase of two coaches, in which these additional coaches

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