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Mississippi State WBB Staff Update

Mississippi State women’s basketball head coach Nikki McCray-Penson announced Tuesday the hiring of Tamisha Augustin and Wesley Brooks as assistant coaches. “Tamisha and Wesley have been successful at developing players and helping programs win everywhere they have been, and I am really excited to have them in our program,” said McCray-Penson. “Tamisha has a championship pedigree.

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Stringer agrees 5-yr contract extension at Rutgers

Rutgers University and head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer have agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Coach courtside through the 2025-26 season. Stringer has led the Scarlet Knights to a top-three finish in the Big Ten Conference in two of the past three

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WHoopDirt.com 2020-21 NCAA D1 Coach of the Year presented by Pivot Analysis

For Immediate Release April 14, 2021 University of Arizona Head Women’s Basketball Coach Adia Barnes has been named as the WHoopDirt.com NCAA D1 Coach of the Year presented by Pivot Analysis for the 2020-21 college basketball season. Barnes qualified for the award by being named as the WHoopDirt.com/Pivot Analysis Coach of the Week for Week 2 of the season. Coach

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Small College Dirt…

A couple of things from the small college level… I can confirm that Jim Brunelli is no longer the head women’s basketball coach at D2 Converse College (SC). He had been the head coach there since 2019, and compiled a 10-41 (.196) record. Prior to his time at Converse, he spent six seasons as the

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Montana tabs Holsinger as new Head WBB Coach

Brian Holsinger, who has spent 13 seasons in the Pac-12 and has more than two decades of college coaching experience, has been named the next head coach of the Montana women’s basketball program. Holsinger, who was the head coach at Montana Tech for two seasons (2005-07) before moving on to an assistant position at Washington State

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Allegheny’s Costanzo steps away from coaching duties

Kate Costanzo, a 14-year presence on the sideline for Allegheny College as head women’s basketball coach, will step away from her coaching duties to transition full-time into administrative responsibilities within both the athletic department and general College structure, effective May 1. Costanzo will retain her roles as the department’s senior woman administrator and NCAA diversity

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Nelp Named Tulsa Women’s Basketball Coach

Arizona State Associate Head Coach Angie Nelp will be introduced Tuesday as The University of Tulsa head women’s basketball coach, it was announced today by Director of Athletics Rick Dickson. Nelp is the 11th head coach in Tulsa women’s basketball history. Nelp (formerly Angie Gorton) returns to her native Oklahoma, where she finished her senior season as

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WHoopDirt.com 2020-21 NCAA D2 Coach of the Year presented by Pivot Analysis

For Immediate Release April 12, 2021 Lubbock Christian University Head Women’s Basketball Coach Steve Gomez has been named as the WHoopDirt.com NCAA D2 Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year presented by Pivot Analysis for the 2020-21 college basketball season. Gomez qualified for the award by being named as the WHoopDirt.com/Pivot Analysis Coach of the Week for Week 14 of

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