New Eastern Michigan women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi will receive $170,000 in compensation each year, a monthly vehicle stipend and possibly thousands of dollars in bonus money, according to his employment contract. Verdi’s contract outlines the following bonus incentives: * $5,000 if team is champion of its MAC division * $7,500 if team is MAC
Manhattanville coach takes DI AC job
After three successful seasons at the helm of the Manhattanville women’s basketball program, head coach Lauren Thomer has stepped down from her position to accept the top assistant job at Division I Yale University. Thomer finishes her three-year stint at Manhattanville ranked third all-time in wins at the school and moves on to a Yale
W&L promotes AC
Washington and Lee Director of Athletics Jan Hathorn has announced that following a national search, Christine Clancy has been promoted to head women’s basketball coach and assistant professor of physical education. Clancy earned the head coaching position after one season as an assistant coach with the Generals, helping lead W&L to a 14-13 overall record
Northern Arizona Hires Coach
Sue Darling, an assistant coach at Arizona for the last four seasons, has been selected as the 10th head coach in Northern Arizona women’s basketball history. Darling has 27 years of basketball coaching experience, including stints as an assistant at both Arizona and Arizona State and three years as the head coach at Air Force.
Tilley named assistant at High Point
The High Point University women’s basketball team and head coach DeUnna Hendrix announced the addition of Colby Tilley as an assistant coach on Friday. Tilley comes to HPU with 34 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 17 as head coach at Kennesaw State. Tilley has established himself as one of the most successful and well-respected
UNCW hires assistant
UNCW head women’s basketball coach Adell Harris has added another coach to her inaugural staff with the appointment of former Kennesaw State assistant and Pennsylvania native Kim Tingley as an assistant coach. Tingley joins the Seahawks from Kennesaw State, where she spent one year as an assistant coach and served as interim head coach following
ASU adds assistant
Arizona State University head women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne today announced the appointment of Jackie Moore as assistant coach at ASU. Moore, who has previously coached at UMass, Boston College, Miami (Fla.) and Nevada, will be bringing 18 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Sun Devil staff. Moore’s most recent coaching stop was
Kent State Hires Ops
Kent State women’s basketball first-year head coach Danielle O’Banion announced the addition of director of basketball operations Jessica Jackson Thursday (June 14). Jackson spent the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant at North Carolina State, assisting with the day-to-day operations of the basketball office, coordinating the scout team efforts and assisting with women’s basketball
Ferris State hires head coach
One of the top prep coaches in the state will take over the Ferris State University women’s basketball program as FSU Athletics Director Perk Weisenburger today (June 14) officially announced the appointment of Colleen Lamoreaux-Tate as the Bulldogs’ new head coach. A veteran coach with 26 years of experience on the sidelines, Lamoreaux-Tate most recently
St. Francis (NY) adds assistant
First-year St. Francis College head women’s basketball coach John Thurston announced today that Nettie Respondek has been named assistant coach. Respondek spent the last two seasons with the Columbia University women’s basketball team as an assistant coach under head coach Paul Nixon. Prior to her stint in Morningside Heights, Respondek held a similar assistant coaching