The Cal State Monterey Bay women’s basketball program made a short jaunt down Highway 101 to find its new leader, naming Cal Poly Associate Head Coach Kerri Nakamoto (Twitter: @CoachKNakamoto) the seventh head coach in Otter women’s basketball history. Nakamoto succeeds Renee Jimenez, who left to take a similar position at Cal State San Bernardino.
Morehead State Hires Assistant
Mark Kost, who has served on the basketball staffs at Coastal Carolina University for the past 11 years, has been named assistant women’s basketball coach at Morehead State. Kost spent 10 seasons on the women’s staff at CCU and was elevated to interim head coach in 2012-13 for the final half of the schedule. He
Penn State Altoona names head coach
Penn State Altoona athletics has announced Casey Shoup as its head coach of varsity women’s basketball for the 2013-2014 season. Shoup was an assistant coach for the team during the past two years. “Having been an assistant coach for the team, Casey is familiar with our women’s basketball program and many of the student-athletes,” said
Syracuse Names Assistant
Syracuse women’s basketball head coach Quentin Hillsman announced the hiring of Sasha Palmer as assistant coach on Monday. The Northern Michigan ’00 alum served as head coach at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown the last six seasons. Palmer took over as head coach at Division II Pitt-Johnstown in Aug. 2007 and amassed an 87-80
Gardner-Webb Hires Assistant
Gardner-Webb women’s basketball head coach Rick Reeves is pleased to announce the addition of Brittini Young to the Runnin’ Bulldog coaching staff effective as of July 1st. Young comes to Gardner-Webb after serving as a graduate assistant coach for the Columbus State University Lady Cougar basketball program over the last two years where she worked
IUPUI Hires Assistant
After hiring Kristin Drabyn in May to fill one of the two vacancies on his coaching staff, IUPUI head women’s basketball coach Austin Parkinson announced today the final piece of his coaching staff for the 2013-14 campaign with the hiring of Lee Larkins. Larkins joins the IUPUI women’s basketball staff after spending last season as
Jacksonville State Hires Coach
Rick Pietri has been named women’s head basketball coach at Jacksonville State University, athletic director Warren Koegel announced on Monday afternoon. Pietri spent the last 13 seasons as the head coach at South Alabama and helped turn the Lady Jags into a contender in the Sun Belt Conference, capturing back-to-back Sun Belt West Division titles
Washburn University Adds Assistant
Washburn women’s basketball coach Ron McHenry announced Monday that former player Brette (Ulsaker) Herber will return to Washburn as the team’s top assistant coach. Herber will begin her duties Wednesday, replacing Jim Biggs after the two-year coach left the program this summer. She played for Washburn for three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10 and she
Alabama Huntsville adds assistant
Head Coach Roy Heintz and the Alabama Huntsville women’s basketball program announced the hiring of Amber Lee to be the team’s next assistant coach. Lee comes to the Rocket City after spending three seasons as an assistant at Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn. "I’m very excited to have Amber Lee join my staff,” said Heintz.
Curry’s contract at Alabama details
New Alabama head coach Kristy Curry had a five-year contract approved unanimously Friday morning by the University of Alabama Systems board of trustees’ compensation committee. The deal will pay her a base salary of $400,000 per season. There were also a lot of incentives built into the contract, they are: • $20,000 for participating in