The Louisville women’s basketball team (14-3, 4-0 ACC) took down Virginia Tech (11-5, 1-3 ACC) in convincing fashion, 85-60, Sunday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center. With the win, head coach Jeff Walz collected his 500th career win at the helm of the Cardinals. Walz became just the seventh active coach in women’s college basketball to win
Connors State WBB Head Coach Jaylen Thompson assumes coaching duties for MBB program
Connors State head men’s basketball coach Bill Muse and two unnamed assistant coaches have been placed on leave following the death of Sophomore forward Ethan Dietz on November 25th. CSC head women’s basketball coach Jaylen Thompson has assumed coaching duties for the men’s program for the remainder of the season. The college released the following statement:
WEEK 5: WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions
Story: AJ Nelson, Senior Staff Writer, WHoopDirt.com BOSTON, MA – The following women’s college basketball coaches have been honored with the Week 5 WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award, presented by Just Play Solutions. These coaches are now eligible for the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award, presented by Just Play Solutions, which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2025-26
WEEK 4: WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions
Story: AJ Nelson, Senior Staff Writer, WHoopDirt.com BOSTON, MA – The following women’s college basketball coaches have been honored with the Week 4 WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award, presented by Just Play Solutions. These coaches are now eligible for the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award, presented by Just Play Solutions, which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2025-26
WEEK 3: WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions
Story: AJ Nelson, Senior Staff Writer, WHoopDirt.com BOSTON, MA – The following women’s college basketball coaches have been honored with the Week 3 WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award, presented by Just Play Solutions. These coaches are now eligible for the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award, presented by Just Play Solutions, which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2025-26
Askins named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Penn State Lehigh Valley
Penn State Lehigh Valley has proud to announced the hiring of Todd Askins as the new Head Coach of the Women’s Basketball Program. After an extensive national search, Askins emerged as the ideal leader to guide the program into its next chapter. Askins will be taking this time during the 2025-26 season to develop relationships
Tills to Resign as Lake Forest College Head Women’s Basketball Coach after 2025-26 Season
Lake Forest College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Tamlyn Tills announced that she would resign from that position after the 2025-26 season. She will remain the head coach of the Forester women’s golf team. “It has been an incredible privilege to coach at Lake Forest College for nearly two decades,” began Tills. “I’m deeply grateful to all of the
WEEK 2: WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions
Story: AJ Nelson, Senior Staff Writer, WHoopDirt.com BOSTON, MA – The following women’s college basketball coaches have been honored with the Week 2 WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award, presented by Just Play Solutions. These coaches are now eligible for the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award, presented by Just Play Solutions, which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2025-26
McMurry University Announces Sam Nichols Court, Honoring All-Time Winningest Women’s Basketball Coach
McMurry University has named the basketball court in the Phillips Family Student Activities Center Sam Nichols Court in honor of Coach Sam Nichols ’72, the all-time winningest coach in McMurry women’s basketball history. The naming recognizes Nichols’ 12 years as McMurry’s head women’s basketball coach from 1995 to 2007 – a transformative era that elevated
Arkansas Tech’s Wilbers announces retirement at conclusion of 2025-26 season
We missed this one from a few weeks ago…here’s the press release from Arkansas Tech announcing that women’s basketball head coach will retire at the end of the season: Dave Wilbers announced that he will retire as head coach of the Arkansas Tech University women’s basketball program after the 2025-26 basketball season. The longest-tenured head women’s basketball