Mike Durbin recruited Kali Peschel to play for the College of Saint Benedict women’s basketball team during her senior year of high school at Sauk Centre. Peschel turned down Durbin and went on to play four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Iowa, but now, four years later, she is in
Brittany Gaetano Named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Colby College
Brittany Gaetano, head coach at Drew University since 2010 and a former assistant at Amherst College, is the new head coach of the Colby College women’s basketball program. A four-year starter during her playing days at St. Lawrence University, Gaetano starts at Colby on August 1. “We are thrilled to have Brittany joining us to
Boreman Named Gettysburg Women’s Hoops Assistant
Eastern University grad and assistant coach Kaleigh Boreman has been named the assistant coach for the Gettysburg College women’s basketball team. Boreman arrives in Gettysburg after spending the last five years at Eastern where she competed in both basketball and golf before becoming an assistant basketball coach last season. As a basketball player, Boreman appeared
Dolan Added to Hartford Coaching Staff
University of Hartford women’s basketball head coach Kim McNeill has rounded out her coaching staff with the hiring of Robin Dolan as an assistant coach. Dolan joins Associate Head Coach Cory McNeill and Assistant Coach Ebony Moore, who were brought on to McNeill’s staff last month. A Staten Island, N.Y., native, Dolan joins the Hawks
Jacobs Tabs Jennifer Leedham As Women’s Assistant Basketball Coach at Wagner
Wagner head women’s basketball coach Heather Jacobs has announced that Jennifer Leedham, who amassed a .588 winning percentage in the last four seasons as head coach of Franklin Pierce College, has been hired as an assistant coach with the Seahawks. Leedham led the Rindge, NH-based Division II program to two NCAA Championship appearances (2013 &
Bethel College (KS) names Adam Esses Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Bethel College Athletic Director Kent Allshouse has announced the hiring of Adam Esses as head coach for the Thresher women’s basketball program. Adam Esses comes to Bethel from Kaskaskia College, a two-year school in Centralia, Illinois, where he has been head women’s basketball coach and athletic director since 2014. Before that, he was assistant women’s
Karen McConnell Resigns as Lourdes Women’s Basketball Coach
Lourdes University athletics director Jo Ann Gordon has announced that head women’s basketball coach Karen McConnell has resigned her position at the school to pursue other opportunities. “We’d like to thank Coach McConnell for leading our women’s basketball program for the last three seasons,” Gordon stated. “While we are disappointed in her departure, we wish
Beauregard Adds Four to Women’s Basketball Staff
On Tuesday afternoon, the Fresno Pacific women’s basketball program and head coach Tim Beauregard announced the additions of Doug Carter, James Stevens, Shannae Thiesen and Katie Menton to the coaching staff for the upcoming season. Doug Carter Serving as the lead assistant, Carter brings more than 16 years of coaching experience, including ten seasons as
Upstate Grad Pinson Joins Women’s Basketball Staff
USC Upstate women’s basketball coach Tammy George has announced the addition of Tobias Pinson to the women’s basketball coaching staff. Pinson, a 2015 Upstate graduate, returns to Spartanburg after spending the 2015-16 season as a graduate assistant at Walsh University. Pinson will assist with the Spartan post players as well as recruiting. “I am excited
North Georgia Hires Assistant
University of North Georgia head women’s basketball coach Buffie Burson has announced the hiring of former student-athlete and graduate assistant, Jaymee Acton as assistant coach for the women’s basketball program. Acton enters her new role after serving in the capacity of graduate assistant coach for the previous two seasons. The then-Jaymee Carnes was a national