For Immediate ReleaseMarch 31, 2023 Ashland University Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kari Pickens has been named as the WHoopDirt.com NCAA D2 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2022-23 college basketball season. Pickens qualified for the award by being named as the WHoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week in Week 9 of the season. Pickens has led
Colorado extends Payne through 2027-28
Colorado Athletic Director Rick George announced the contract extension of women’s basketball coach JR Payne on Thursday. The five-year extension comes fresh off the Buffaloes’ first Sweet 16 appearance in 21 seasons and will keep Payne under contract through the 2027-28 season. “JR Payne has done an outstanding job with our basketball program,” George said. “I have a lot of
Bilderback takes over as WBB Head Coach at ULM
ULM Athletics Director John Hartwell announced Wednesday the hiring of Missy Bilderback, who has compiled a record of 198-33 (.857) in eight years at Jones College in Ellisville, Mississippi, including seven-straight 20-win seasons and seven consecutive appearances in the NJCAA Division I Tournament, as head women’s basketball coach. Bilderback will be formally introduced as ULM’s 10th
Moore returns to Michigan Women’s Basketball Staff
J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kim Barnes Arico announced the addition of Melanie Moore as an assistant coach of the women’s basketball program on Thursday (March 30). Moore, who spent the last four seasons as the head coach at Xavier, returns to Ann Arbor where she worked alongside Barnes Arico from 2012-19. “I am
Lancaster Bible Head Women’s Basketball Coach Tharrington resigns
Lancaster Bible College Women’s Basketball Head Coach Joy Tharrington is stepping away from the program, ending a three-year stint with the Chargers. Tharrington coached 60 games over the three years with the program including a tough first year as the conference and world was amid the pandemic. Having begun 6-5 overall in the 2020-21 season, Tharrington finished with
Whittington steps down as WBB head coach at D3 Goucher
Goucher College women’s basketball head coach Joya Whittington has stepped down from that position, it was announced on Tuesday. Current assistant coach Moneshia Davis will lead the program on an interim basis until a successor is named. A national search for Whittington’s successor will begin immediately. In her one season on the Gopher bench, Whittington
WHoopDirt.com 2022-23 NCAA D3 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 29, 2023 Transylvania University Head Women’s Basketball Coach Juli Fulks has been named as the WHoopDirt.com NCAA D3 Coach of the Year presented by Just Play Solutions for the 2022-23 college basketball season. Fulks qualified for the award by being named as the WHoopDirt.com/Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week in Week 3 of the season. Fulks has led
Cammon takes over as Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Saint Mary’s
Saint Mary’s College Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Matoso, announced today Jeff Cammon as its new Head Women’s Basketball Coach, who comes to SMC after six seasons as head coach at Long Beach State. This past season, Cammon was named The Big West Coach of the Year after leading the Beach to their first
Bill Brock named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Tarleton State
Tarleton Women’s Basketball has found their new leader, a man who holds a 40-year coaching resume with a national championship pedigree. Tarleton Athletics announced on Monday that they have hired three-time NCAA Division I national champion and longtime Baylor associate head coach Bill Brock as their women’s basketball head coach. Brock becomes the seventh head