Marlene Stollings, the 2012 Big South Conference Coach of the Year at Winthrop University, has been named head women’s basketball coach at VCU, Interim Director of Athletics David Benedict announced Tuesday.

She will be formally introduced at a press conference Wednesday, June 6 at 3 p.m.

Stollings, the 13th coach in VCU Women’s Basketball history, made a splash in her first year as a head coach in 2011-12, guiding Winthrop to more than 40 team and individual school records, including just the program’s second winning season (18-13) in 26 years. Prior to joining the Eagles, Stollings served as an assistant at Southeastern Conference power Ole Miss from 2007-11 with the final season as the Rebels’ associate head coach. Her more than decade-long coaching and recruiting career also includes stops in the Atlantic 10, Sun Belt and Horizon League.

Prior to her arrival in Rock Hill, S.C., Stollings spent four seasons at Ole Miss, where she was responsible for overall offense as well as oversight of recruiting, scouting and coordination of individual guard development. Recognized as an outstanding national recruiter, she signed arguably the best Ole Miss recruiting class in nearly 30 years in 2010. Mississippi native Valencia McFarland, who ranked as the No. 14 point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz, highlighted a class that also included highly touted players from Ohio, Tennessee and Arkansas. Stollings’ final two classes at Ole Miss ranked 39th (2011) and 42nd (2010) in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz.

Stollings boasts extensive experience as both a player and a coach at the Division I level, having also spent time as an assistant at Saint Louis, Wright State, New Mexico State and Jacksonville.