South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley got a $50,000 raise for reaching the NCAA tournament’s round of 16. Staley’s base salary rose from $250,000 to $300,000, making her total contract about $725,000 a year through 2016. Staley also had her buyout cut in half from $400,000 to $200,000 should she leave the Gamecocks. Stay
West Hills CC names first-ever coach
Andrea Picchi has been named as the first-ever head women’s basketball coach at West Hills Community College in Lemoore, Calif. She had been an assistant Cal State San Marcos. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Colo. Mesa names head coach
Colorado Mesa University Athletic Director Butch Miller announced Taylor Wagner as the next head women’s basketball coach to guide the CMU program. Wagner was the head women’s coach at Otero Junior College the past eight years. Wagner becomes the 11th head coach in the programs history. Wagner spent eight seasons at Otero Junior College in
AUM promotes GA to AC
Auburn University at Montgomery women’s basketball coach Dan Davis has announced the hiring of former standout Haley McIntyre as the assistant coach of the women’s basketball program. McIntyre served as the team’s graduate assistant last season and spent two years as a student assistant with the program. She replaces former assistant coach Samantha Paradise, who
Jackrabbits add assistant
Veteran collegiate coach Mike Jewett will join the South Dakota State University women’s basketball coaching staff, head coach Aaron Johnston announced Friday. Jewett has coached at the collegiate level throughout the Midwest for nearly 20 years, most recently serving as head coach at Southwest Minnesota State from 2006-10. The Mustangs improved their win total each
Arizona Hires Assistant
Arizona head coach Niya Butts announced the addition of Calamity McEntire as an assistant coach to the women’s basketball staff on Monday. McEntire comes to Arizona from Boise State, where she served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for four years, specifically handling scouting, assisting with team workouts and coaching the guards. Stay with
Stonehill College Hires Assistant
Stonehill College has named Amanda Shannon as assistant women’s basketball coach. Shannon comes to Stonehill after spending the 2011-12 season as assistant coach at Mount Ida College. Prior to Mount Ida, Shannon served as assistant coach for the 2010-11 season at her alma mater, Merrimack College Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching
Bowling Green Hires Assistant
Bowling Green State University women’s basketball head coach Jennifer Roos has announced the hiring of Emily London as assistant coach. London comes to BGSU after spending the past five years at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Stay with HoopDirt for the latest college basketball coaching news and rumors.
Memphis adds assistant
The University of Memphis women’s basketball staff rounded out its staff for the 2012-13 season with the hiring of assistant coach Keila Whittington it was announced by head coach Melissa McFerrin. Whittington has spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Oregon, where she has coached the post players and
Cram the choice at Bellhaven
Belhaven University has announced that Rusty Cram has been hired as the new Head Coach of the Blazers women’s basketball program. Cram brings a wealth of coaching experience to Belhaven after spending 21 seasons at NCAA Division I Georgia Southern, with 16 of those seasons as the head coach. Cram began his career in Statesboro