Newberry College Athletics announced Johnette Walker as its new women’s basketball head coach. The South Carolina native comes to Wolf Nation after five successful seasons as an assistant coach at Francis Marion University. She has also assisted at Chowan University and USC Upstate and enjoyed careers as a standout student-athlete at Radford University and a professional
Consuegra Named Marquette Women’s Basketball Head Coach
Cara Consuegra has been named the seventh women’s basketball head coach at Marquette University, Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Scholl announced Wednesday afternoon. Consuegra, who was an assistant coach at Marquette from 2004-11, was 225-169 in 13 seasons at Charlotte with seven postseason appearances, including a NCAA tournament berth in 2022. “When we
Swoffard named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Canisius
Canisius Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Maher announced today (April 17) that Tiffany Swoffard has been named the 11th head coach in women’s basketball program history. A long-time assistant coach with 14 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience at both the Power 5 and mid-major levels, Swoffard takes over the Golden Griffin program after spending the
Paye promoted to Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Stanford
Kate Paye has been named Stanford’s Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball, as announced by Bernard Muir, the Jaquish and Kenninger Director of Athletics. Paye will be formally introduced at a press conference on Wednesday, April 17, at 3:30 p.m. The 50-year-old Paye has been part of two of Stanford’s three national championships – as a
Van Horn announced as Women’s Basketball Head Coach at D2 Barton College
Barton College has announced the hiring of Eileen Van Horn as the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Van Horn takes over for Wendee Saintsing, who announced her retirement earlier in the spring. Van Horn comes to Barton after spending the past two seasons at Western Carolina University (2022-24) in Cullowhee, N.C., where she served as
Edwards named WBB Assistant Coach/Director of Basketball Operations at Robert Morris
RMU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Chandler McCabe has announced the hiring of Laryn Edwards as an Assistant Coach/Director of Basketball Operations. A native of Allison Park, PA, Edwards brings Division I playing and coaching experience to the Colonials. “I’m so excited about the addition of Laryn to our family,” said McCabe. “She is a bright star in
Varel elevated to Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Transylvania
Hannah Varel has been named the new Head Coach of Transylvania Women’s Basketball, Transylvania Athletics announced this morning. Varel becomes the 8th Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Transylvania since 1968. “I want to thank President Lewis, Dr. Sheilley and the entire athletics administration for the tremendous opportunity to serve as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at
Ashton Feldhaus hired as WBB Head Coach at Missouri Western
Missouri Western State University Director of Athletics Andy Carter has announced an agreement with Ashton Feldhaus to become the 10th head women’s basketball coach in program history. Feldhaus will take the reins of the Griffons as a first-time head coach, after spending the past five seasons as the top assistant and associate head coach for
UMBC names Hill as new Women’s Basketball Head Coach
UMBC has hired Candice Hill as the 11th head coach in the history of the Women’s Basketball program. A Baltimore native, Hill returns home after spending the last three seasons as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at perennial BIG EAST contender St. John’s. “We are delighted to bring Candice to UMBC to lead our
Faulkner named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Pepperdine
Pepperdine University has selected Katie Faulkner to serve as the 10th head women’s basketball coach in Pepperdine program history. Faulkner, who has a decade of college basketball coaching experience at top programs, comes to Malibu after serving as the Associate Head Coach at the University of Washington since the 2021-22 season. “Katie Faulkner has an exceptional track record