The North Dakota State Athletic Department and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Maren Walseth have mutually agreed to part ways, director of athletics Matt Larsen announced Monday, March 11.
Walseth had a 40-106 record in five seasons with the Bison, including a 19-59 record in The Summit League.
She led the Bison to an 11-18 record and sixth-place finish as a rookie head coach in 2014-15 after spending seven years as an assistant coach at Penn State and three years at Navy.
The Bison finished 7-22 this year and placed seventh in the league for the third straight season.
Larsen said a national search will begin immediately for a new head coach.
North Dakota State University is a student-focused, land-grant research university located in Fargo, N.D., with an enrollment of approximately 14,000. NDSU is a member of The Summit League and Missouri Valley Football Conference with an affiliate membership in the Big 12 Conference for wrestling.
NDSU has a storied history of athletic success including 27 team national championships since 1965 in football, women’s basketball, wrestling, softball, men’s cross country and women’s indoor track and field.
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