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Winona State’s Ballard announces retirement

The sport of basketball is one of the most statistic-laden activities in college athletics, with a single game generating an endless array of performance metrics, such as points, assists, rebounds, shooting percentages and assist-to-turnover ratio, just to name a few.   However, one statistic rises above all others at the end of 40 minutes on the basketball court.

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Upper Iowa names Maass as new WBB Head Coach

Justin Maass has been named as Upper Iowa University’s new head women’s basketball coach. Maass spent the last four years with the Morehead State University women’s basketball program including three years as an assistant with the NCAA Division I Eagles in Morehead, Kentucky. He is the 15th head coach in the Peacocks 47-year history in the sport.

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SWOSU adds Davis as WBB assistant coach

SWOSU Women’s Basketball head coach Jeff Zinn has announced the addition of Heather Davis who will join his staff as an assistant. Davis comes from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) where she has been the assistant coach for the past eight years under former Bronchos head coach Guy Hardaker, who retired following the 2021-22 season. She has over

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Ayrault added to Wayne State Women’s Basketball Staff

Wayne State University women’s basketball head coach Carrie Lohr, who will enter her 12th season this fall, has announced the addition of former WSU basketball standout Andy Ayrault to the Warrior women’s basketball coaching staff. “I was fortunate to meet Andy and his wife Kim 10 years ago at a WSU Basketball Alumni event,” commented Lohr. 

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Alderson Broaddus tabs Franklin as new Women’s Basketball Head Coach

 Ta-Rel Franklin has been named the next Head Women’s Basketball Coach for Alderson Broaddus University, as announced by Director of Athletics Carrie Bodkins on Monday. Franklin becomes the seventh Head Coach in program history, succeeding Coach Summer Quesenberry.  “It’s my pleasure to announce Ta-Rel Franklin as our next Head Women’s Basketball Coach,” Bodkins said. “As our former Assistant Men’s Basketball

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Edwards named Head WBB Coach at Chaminade

Chaminade University Athletics announced Wednesday the hiring of Michael Edwards as its new women’s basketball head coach. Edwards spent the last two years at Flowing Wells High School in Tucson, Arizona, where he was the girls’ varsity associate head coach. In both years there, he helped the Caballeros reach two 5A state championship games while compiling an overall

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Quesenberry named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at D’Youville

D’Youville University Director of Athletics, Ona Halladay, announced the addition of Summer Quesenberry as the head women’s basketball coach. Quesenberry comes to D’Youville from Alderson Broaddus in West Virginia. During her time at Alderson Broaddus, Quesenberry guided the Battlers to a 13-14 overall record with an appearance in the 2022 Mountain East Conference Championships. The

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D2 Holy Names (CA) opens

Holy Names Director of Athletics Phillip Billeci-Gard announced that Head Women’s Basketball Coach Dave Covell has been named the head coach of the Hawks men’s basketball program.  “After heavy consideration, I found Dave Covell to be the perfect fit to lead our men’s basketball program,” said Billeci-Gard. “He is an alumni and cares deeply about the institution. Dave will be an excellent

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Shepherd Names Julie Kaufman Head Women’s Basketball Coach

Shepherd University Vice President for Athletics Chauncey Winbush announced today that Julie Kaufman has been named head women’s basketball coach. Kaufman replaces Jenna Eckleberry, who resigned to take the head coaching job at Frostburg State.  “We are very excited to name Julie Kaufman our new head women’s basketball coach,” said Winbush.  “Julie brings a ton of experience

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Salvato joins Southern Nazarene Women’s Basketball staff

Sydni Salvato has been announced as Southern Nazarene Women’s Basketball’s second Assistant Coach, effective June 1. Salvato joins fellow Assistant Coach Kayla Tucker in their first seasons with the Crimson Storm.  Salvato is no stranger to success, having earned bids to the national tournament in all five seasons serving as an assistant coach. Most recently, Salvato spent a

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