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Brandon Schneider Named Big 12 Coach of the Year

Kansas’ Brandon Schneider was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year while Holly Kersgieter (First Team), Zakiyah Franklin (Honorable Mention) and Taiyanna Jackson (Honorable Mention; All-Defensive Team) were honored on the 2021-22 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Team, which was announced on Monday. The All-Big 12 honors were chosen by head coaches, who are not

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Cara Consuegra Named Conference USA Coach of the Year

After winning the Conference USA regular season title on Saturday, the Charlotte women’s basketball program also cleaned up in the all-conference awards category announced by league officials Monday afternoon. Octavia Jett-Wilson was named the league’s Player of the Year, KeKe McKinney as the Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year honors going

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REPORT: Oklahoma State’s Littell out after season

The Oklahoman is reporting the Oklahoma State Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jim Littell and the OSU mutually agreed to part ways at the conclusion of the season. “We just had conversations as the regular season ended, and not knowing, really, for sure where those would go,” OSU athletic director Chad Weiberg said in a press

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Pointer out as WBB Head Coach at UIC

 Tasha Pointer will not return as head coach of the UIC women’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Michael Lipitz announced. “We thank Coach Pointer for her contributions on and off the court over the past four years and wish her and her family well moving forward,” said Lipitz. “We are committed to building a women’s basketball program that will

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Syracuse announces national search for next WBB Head Coach

Syracuse University Director of Athletics John Wildhack today announced that the Athletics Department will begin a national search for the head women’s basketball coaching position. The announcement comes as the women’s basketball team concludes its 2021-22 season with acting head coach Vonn Read at the helm. “This basketball team did some truly terrific things this season under very difficult circumstances,”

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Denise Dillon Named Big East Coach of the Year

The BIG EAST Conference today announced the 2021-22 women’s basketball major award winners and All-Conference teams. Villanova had four individuals honored highlighted by junior Maddy Siegrist (Poughkeepsie, N.Y) being named the conference Player of the Year and head coach Denise Dillon garnering Coach of the Year distinction. Siegrist was also named first team All-BIG EAST

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Arizona State’s Charli Turner Thorne announces retirement

Charli Turner Thorne, a transformational figure in the lineage of Sun Devil Athletics who turned Sun Devil Women’s Basketball into a national power, announced her retirement as head women’s basketball coach at Arizona State on Thursday. The winningest coach in ASU women’s basketball history and No. 2 all-time in career wins (488) by a Pac-12

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