Jackson State University has named Surina Dixon – a seasoned basketball coach with over 20 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and II levels – as the university’s head women’s basketball coach. Dixon, a Mississippi native, comes to Jackson State from Southwind High School in Memphis where she compiled a 67-20 overall
OFFICIAL: UB hires Legette-Jack
Felisha Legette-Jack, a New York native with 10 years of Division I head coaching experience, has been named the 12th head coach in the history of the University at Buffalo women’s basketball program, athletic director Danny White announced on Thursday morning. Legette-Jack most recently spent six seasons as the head coach at Indiana University. Legette-Jack
HOT RUMOR: Buffalo to hire ex-Indiana HC
According to multiple sources, Felisha Legette-Jack will become the next head coach at Buffalo. A press conference has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. Legette-Jack had served as the head coach at Indiana for the past six seasons (87-113). She is familiar with the Upstate NY area having starred at Syracuse in the late 1980’s. Legette-Jack
HOT RUMOR: Mars Hill set to hire
I have heard that Mars Hill College has settled on a replacement for former head coach Jennifer Williams. Multiple sources are reporting that the choice will be Belmont Abbey assistant Sarah Jansen. Prior to her five seasons at Belmont Abbey, Jansen was on the staff at Winthrop. She is a 2004 graduate of USC Upstate.
BREAKING: Bradley HC resigns – heads to SIUE
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.
BREAKING: Cook promoted to head coach at Winthrop
Winthrop Athletic Director Tom Hickman has announced that Kevin Cook, a veteran collegiate and WNBA coach for more than two decades, has been named the new Winthrop women’s basketball head coach replacing Marlene Stollings who left after one year to accept the head coaching position at VCU. Cook’s experience goes beyond the collegiate level as
BREAKING: Stollings Named HC @ VCU
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,
BREAKING: South Dakota to name coach today
The University of South Dakota athletic department has scheduled a press conference for Monday, June 4, to introduce its new women’s basketball coach. The press conference begins at 11 a.m. at the Muenster University Center on the USD campus. We’ll bring you the choice as soon as it’s announced.
Amy Williams named Head Coach at South Dakota
University of South Dakota athletic director David Sayler has announced that Amy (Gusso) Williams has been named the new Coyote head women’s basketball coach. Williams, who was introduced at a press conference on Monday on the USD campus, is the seventh Coyote women’s basketball coach in school history. Williams, a native of Spearfish, S.D., replaces
BREAKING: Buffalo fires coach
The University at Buffalo Division of Athletics announced today that Linda Hill-MacDonald will not return as women’s basketball coach after seven seasons leading the Bulls. Hill-MacDonald posted a career record of 75-137 in seven years, including a 35-77 record in conference play. This past season, Buffalo finished with a 9-22 record overall and were 4-12