Following up on our story from this weekend, Montana AD Kent Haslam has announced a national search will take place to identify the Grizzlies next head women’s basketball coach.
Haslam will lead the process. He will be assisted by an eight-person search committee:
Mike Frellick, Community and Hoop Club member
Jean Gee, Senior Associate AD/SWA
Dan Ingram, Associate AD for Development
Melanie Meuchel, head softball coach
Charlie Palmer, UM professor and Faculty Athletic Representative
Krista Redpath, Former Lady Griz player
Sheila Stearns, Community member and former President of UM and Commissioner of Higher Education
Jen Zellmer-Cuaresma, Athletic Academic Advisor
It’s the first national search for the program’s head coach since Robin Selvig was hired in June 1978.
Selvig, who retired in July 2016, would coach the Lady Griz for 38 years, leading them to 865 wins, 24 conference championships and 21 NCAA tournament appearances.
Mike Petrino, who coached the team on an interim basis this past season, will be considered as a candidate. Petrino took over last April after former head coach Shannon Schweyen was not retained.
Petrino led the Grizz to a 12-11 (9-8 Big Sky) record during the COVID shortened 2020-21 campaign. He had spent the previous four seasons as an assistant on Schweyen’s staff.
“Our intention since last spring has been to conduct a national search for the next Lady Griz head coach when the current season concluded,” said Haslam.
“I appreciate the search committee helping vet candidates and find the very best leader of this storied program.”
