William and Mary Athletics Director Terry Driscoll announced Tuesday (March 19) that head women’s basketball coach Debbie Taylor will not have her contract renewed for the 2013-14 season. The Tribe finished this past season with an overall record of 8-22, including a 6-12 mark in Colonial Athletic Association play.

While no timetable has been established to name a successor, Driscoll will assemble a search committee and begin a national search immediately.

"I want to thank Debbie Taylor for all her contributions to the program for the past 14 seasons,” Driscoll said. “She was always a first-class representative of her program and the College of William and Mary. I sincerely wish her well as she explores other career opportunities."

A 1986 graduate of William and Mary, Taylor departs as the program’s all-time wins leader with a 146-265 (.355) overall record and a 73-175 (.294) mark in the CAA. Her 79 CAA wins ranks ninth in conference history. Taylor was named the 2006 CAA Coach of the Year after leading the Tribe to a 15-13 mark, including a fifth-place showing in the CAA at 11-7.

Twice during her tenure Tribe players took home the CAA’s prestigious Dean Ehlers Leadership Award given to the CAA student-athlete who "embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with her academic athletic achievement." Taylor-coached teams succeeded in the classroom as well and earned NCAA APR recognition three times since the program began in 2003-04, the highest total among Division I schools in the state of Virginia, with a perfect score of 1,000.