Xavier Athletics and Head Coach Melanie Moore have mutually agreed to part ways, Vice President and Director of Athletics Greg Christopher announced today. “We appreciate Melanie and her staff for their work the last four years. Melanie led the program in a first-class manner, navigated her team through Covid and always focused on what was best for the
Auriemma to miss UConn – Xavier game tonight
The University of Connecticut has released the following statement on the status of head women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma: UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma will miss the Huskies’ game at Xavier tonight and will rejoin the team at a later date. “It’s been an extremely difficult month for me, and I’ve been feeling under the
UConn’s Auriemma to miss 2nd straight game
UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma will miss his second straight game when the Huskies host Seton Hall on Wednesday. Auriemma began feeling unwell with flu-like symptoms ahead of last Sunday’s game vs. Florida State. On the advice of medical staff, he will be away from the team through the weekend to recoup. “There’s been a
St. John’s Women’s Basketball Staff Update
St. John’s women’s basketball head coach Joe Tartamella announced changes to his coaching staff for the 2022-23 season on Wednesday. Tartamella elevated Candice Walker to from assistant coach to associate head coach. Shenneika Smith moved up into the second assistant role while Joe Rutigliano was named an assistant coach following a season as the team’s Assistant Director of Operations. Candice Walker “Candice is a
Wodrich added as Assistant Basketball Coach at Butler
Butler women’s basketball head coach Austin Parkinson finalized his coaching staff on Tuesday afternoon by hiring Kristin Wodrich as an assistant. Wodrich spent the previous six seasons at UIndy as the head coach for the Greyhounds. “I am so thrilled Kristin is joining our staff and I get the opportunity to coach with her again,” Parkinson explained. “Having been a
Hoopingarner added to Butler WBB staff
Butler women’s basketball head coach Austin Parkinson added Holly Hoopingarner to his staff today as an assistant coach. Hoopingarner spent the 2021-22 season at IUPUI coaching alongside Parkinson and Latrell Fleming. Prior to joining the Jags, Hoopingarner spent a season at Florida as a graduate assistant coach. Hoopingarner is a Greenwood, Indiana native that played point guard at IUPUI from 2016-20
Fleming joins Butler WBB Staff
Latrell Fleming will join Austin Parkinson on the Butler women’s basketball coaching staff as the program’s top assistant coach. Fleming and Parkinson have coached together for eight seasons, including seven recently at IUPUI. Over those seven seasons at IUPUI, the Jaguars went 149-60 overall. Fleming comes to Butler as an experienced coach that focuses on post-play development. Just one
Butler parts ways with Women’s Basketball Coach Godlevske
Butler Vice President/Director of Athletics Barry Collier announced Tuesday, March 22 that Kurt Godlevske is no longer the head coach of the women’s basketball program, effective immediately. “On behalf of our university and athletics department, I want to thank Kurt for his efforts,” said Collier. “We wish Kurt and his family nothing but the best
DePaul’s Bruno elected to Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Story: DePaul Athletics Doug Bruno has dedicated most of his adult life to championing the cause of women in sports by coaching a crowd-pleasing style of play to entertain fans and grow the game. He has given everything he has to elevate the stature of women’s basketball while waging a never-ending battle against gender inequity in
Seton Hall Women’s Basketball Staff Update
Seton Hall women’s basketball Head Coach Anthony Bozzella announced on Monday several staff changes including the promotion of current assistant coach Lauren DeFalco to Associate Head Coach. DeFalco came to Seton Hall with Bozzella’s hiring prior to the start of the 2013-14 season. She has been a member of his staff for the last 11 years,