Thanks to great sources for getting us out in front of this last night… Kelly Cole, a coaching veteran with more than two decades of experience and three Sweet 16 appearances, has been named Northeastern University women’s basketball head coach, athletic director Peter Roby announced Monday (June 9). "We are very excited to welcome Kelly
Northeastern update…
Last week, I mentioned that former Minnesota head coach Pam Borton was the leader at Northeastern (http://www.whoopdirt.com/blog/8a5df169/northeastern-quotdirt…). I now have two people who have told me that negotiations have gone south, and NU may be on to plan B. The next candidate sounds like it is Harvard assistant Kelly Cole. Before joining the Harvard staff
Steding Named Head Coach at BU
Katy Steding, an assistant coach at California who won an Olympic gold medal and an NCAA title as a player, has been named Boston University’s seventh head coach of women’s basketball, assistant vice president and director of athletics Mike Lynch announced on Friday. A 14-year coaching veteran, Steding comes to BU after spending the past
Stony Brook names Caroline McCombs Head Coach
Incoming Stony Brook University Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron has named former Auburn assistant coach Caroline McCombs as the new #Seawolves women’s basketball head coach. She will be announced at a press conference in the Goldstein Family Student-Athlete Development Center Friday at 10 a.m. McCombs comes to Stony Brook with more than 15 years of
HOT: Gaitley extended through 2021 at Fordham
After returning the Fordham Women’s Basketball program to a position of national prominence in just three short seasons, Head Coach Stephanie Gaitley signed a contract extension that will keep her at Rose Hill through the 2020-2021 season, it was announced today by Director of Intercollegiate Athletics David Roach. "This is a great time to be
Northeastern "Dirt"…
I have now heard from three separate sources that former Minnesota head coach Pam Borton is the leader at Northeastern. She had spent 12 seasons as the head coach at Minnesota before being dismissed this spring. Borton is no stranger to New England, she was the head coach at Vermont from 1993-97 (69-46) and was
HOT: Extension for McCall at Cal State Bakersfield
Bakersfield Athletic Director Jeff Konya has announced women’s basketball coach Greg McCall has recently signed a three-year contract extension to remain at the helm of the Roadrunners. With the three additional years, McCall’s contract now runs through the 2017-18 season. "Coach McCall has helped rebuild our program into a contender in the WAC. We wanted
BREAKING: Boettcher named head coach at Southern Utah
Southern Utah University Athletics Director Ken Beazer announced the hiring of Chris Boettcher as the head coach of the Women’s Basketball program on Friday. Boettcher returns to collegiate coaching after spending the past season leading a professional team in Japan. “We are excited to have a coach of Chris’ character take over a program which
HOT: Extension for Stringer at Rutgers
As gratifying as winning the WNIT was last season for Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, it left her wanting more. Now she will be able to do something about that feeling. With Stringer and Rutgers finalizing a new four-year contract today, the Hall of Fame coach will shepherd the program into its inaugural
Behn Hired at Brown
Brown Athletics has scheduled a press conference on Wednesday, May 21 to announce that Sarah Behn will be named the ninth head women’s basketball coach in team history. The press conference will take place in the Nelson Fitness Center beginning at 11 a.m. Behn has spent the previous three seasons as head coach at UMass