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REPORT: Navy fires Women’s Basketball Coach

According to a report form the Capital Gazette, Navy has fired head women’s basketball coach Stefanie Pemper. Pemper is a two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year winner, who just completed her 12th season at the helm of the Mids. She will depart Navy as the all-time winningest coach in program history with a record

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D2 DIRT: Lincoln U (MO) makes WBB coaching change

Ayana McWilliams is no longer the head women’s basketball coach at D2 Lincoln University (MO). McWilliams just completed her fourth season at the school, and ends her tenure with a 22-87 over all record. Her best season came in 2018-19, where her team went 10-18. The Blue Tigers went 3-25 (0-19 MIAA) this past season.

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D3 DIRT: Illinois Tech Opens

Illinois Tech women’s basketball coach Usha Gilmore has transitioned to a full-time role in athletics, and will no longer have coaching responsibilities. Gilmore has been at Illinois Tech for the past seven seasons where she compiled a 5-153 (.032) overall record. This past season, her team went 0-25. Before being hired at IIT, she spent

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JUCO DIRT: Smith reinstated at Highland CC

Highland CC (KS) women’s basketball coach BJ Smith was back on the sidelines last night for the first time since his recent suspension. Smith had been on administrative leave all month while the school conducted an investigation into an undisclosed matter. Last night’s 63-55 win over #4 Johnson County CC moved #6 Highland to 15-0

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JUCO DIRT: Highland CC (KS) Coach Suspended

According to multiple sources, Highland CC (KS) head coach BJ Smith has been suspended by the college. Current Highland men’s assistant Jon Oler coached the team as the acting head coach on Monday (a 118-41 win over Ellsworth CC). Additionally, I have heard that women’s assistant Brad Zinn has also been suspended. There have been

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JUCO DIRT: Change made at Garden City CC (KS)

Omega Tandy is no longer the head women’s basketball coach at Garden City Community College (KS). She has been replaced on an interim basis by Mike Harding. Tandy was hired as the head coach back in June of 2019. She had been a high school coach in her home state of Indiana before coming to

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JUCO DIRT: Parrinello out at Monroe CC; WBB season canceled

Tim Parrinello is no longer the head women’s basketball coach at Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY), and the women’s basketball season has been canceled. Parrinello, the long-time head coach at MCC, was suspended last November then subsequently reinstated in April following an investigation stemming from an NJCAA audit. It is unclear at this point if Parrinello was

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UTEP Dirt…

I have heard from a great source that Sam Houston State women’s basketball assistant coach Anthony Anderson will be named as the second assistant at UTEP. Anderson has been on the Bearkats staff for the past two seasons, and spent five years at UTRGV before that. Prior to UTRGV, Anderson worked on the men’s side,

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