Bradley head coach Paula Buscher has resigned to accept the position of head coach at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

Buscher comes to SIUE after spending the last 12 seasons at Bradley University. She won 167 games for the Braves, ranking ninth most in Missouri Valley Conference history.

Buscher becomes the fifth head coach in the program’s history. She inherits a program that went 18-12 overall and finished third in its first season of play in the Ohio Valley Conference. Last season, the Cougars played in the Women’s Basketball Invitational, the University’s first NCAA Division I national postseason event.

Formal approval is pending routine preemployment background checks.