Orri Cohen has been named by Yeshiva University Athletics the next Head Coach of the Women’s Basketball Program. No stranger to the Maccabee program, Cohen served as an assistant coach to the team throughout the 2023-24 season, helping bring YU their first Skyline Conference Player of the Year in school history. Outside of Yeshiva, Cohen is heavily
Moravian’s Spirk to Step Away from Sideline for 2024-25 Season; Fallara Named Acting Head Coach
The Moravian University Athletics Department announced today that legendary Women’s Basketball Head Coach and Athletic Director Mary Beth Spirk, one of the most successful active coaches in NCAA Division III, will not be on the bench this season as she faces a recent cancer diagnosis. Coach Spirk remains dedicated to the team and the program and is hopeful
Shields named Interim Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Merchant Marine
USMMA sixth-year Athletic Director Kristofer Schnatz has announced that Alexa Shields will serve as the Interim Head Coach of the women’s basketball program ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 season. This comes after 16-year head coach Matt Dempsey recently announced his retirement. Shields has been on the Mariners’ sidelines alongside Dempsey since they both arrived at Kings Point in 2008. She helped guide
Nowatzki named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Fredonia State
Fredonia State’s newest Head Women’s Basketball Coach is 1989 graduate Sherri Nowatzki. She will take over the head coaching roll following the departure of Sarah Cartmill who had led the Devils for six years. “I was born and raised in Western New York,” said Nowatzki, “and am glad to be back home. This is where it
Dowling named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Whittier College
Whittier College Athletics has introduced Kristen Dowling as the next head coach of their women’s basketball program, effective immediately. From her playing days at the University of Redlands to her seven-year coaching stint at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, Dowling is no stranger to The SCIAC. She is also no stranger to success as the owner of six
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Women’s Basketball Coach Matt Dempsey announces retirement
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s basketball program’s winningest and longest-tenured head coach Matt Dempsey has announced that he will be retiring from his post at the Academy this December. Dempsey spent 16 seasons on the sidelines at Kings Point, steering the Mariners to three Skyline Conference Championships and appearances in the NCAA National Tournament. In total,
Fernandez named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Greensboro College
The Greensboro College Athletics department has announced the hiring of Aaron Fernandez as its next women’s basketball head coach. Fernandez comes over from Guilford College, where he served as the assistant women’s basketball coach for the Quakers in 2023-2024. Fernandez arrives at Greensboro College from Guilford College where he served as the assistant women’s basketball coach for the
Chrys Jackson joins Centenary Women’s Basketball Staff
Former Centenary men’s basketball player Chrys Jackson has joined the Centenary women’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach, head coach Paul Reed and Director of Athletics and Recreation David Orr have announced. Jackson, a native of North Las Vegas, Nev., played two seasons for the Gents (2022-23 and 2023-24) after transferring from Oxnard College.
WestConn hires Maria Conlon as Women’s Basketball Head Coach
Western Connecticut State University Athletic Director Lori Mazza has announced the hiring of Maria Conlon as the Wolves’ head women’s basketball coach. Conlon, a 2005 graduate of the University of Connecticut and a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion as a member of the Huskies’ women’s basketball squad, comes to WestConn after a highly-successful career
Will Brown named WBB Head Coach at MCLA
Assistant Dean of Athletics and Recreation Laura Mooney has announced that longtime University of Albany men’s coach and last year’s College of Saint Rose women’s coach Will Brown has been selected as the next Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) head women’s basketball coach. “I am extremely excited to welcome Will Brown to MCLA as our