It was worth the wait for second-year Lady Griz basketball coach Brian Holsinger, who finalized his staff recently. Holsinger has hired Lisa O’Meara, most recently an assistant coach at Saint Mary’s, and added Haley Simental as the program’s director of operations, a position that went unfilled last year. “Ecstatic,” Holsinger said, about adding O’Meara and Simental to a
Montana tabs Holsinger as new Head WBB Coach
Brian Holsinger, who has spent 13 seasons in the Pac-12 and has more than two decades of college coaching experience, has been named the next head coach of the Montana women’s basketball program. Holsinger, who was the head coach at Montana Tech for two seasons (2005-07) before moving on to an assistant position at Washington State
Montana Search Committee Announced
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 memberJean Gee, Senior Associate AD/SWADan Ingram, Associate
Montana to conduct search for new WBB Head Coach
University of Montana AD Kent Haslam confirmed last night that he will conduct a national search for a new head women’s basketball ccoach. 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
Hays Joins Montana Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff
For someone who has been retired since 2009, Eric Hays, who was hired recently to complete Shannon Schweyen’s first Lady Griz coaching staff, doesn’t give the impression he’s ready to slow down anytime soon. Or give up involvement in his favorite sport. “An ideal day for me would be to coach women’s basketball in the
Katie Baker Named Women’s Basketball Director of Administration at Montana
As a member of the Lady Griz, Katie Baker knew well the highs and lows that come with being a player, from missing the back half of her freshman season with an injured knee to making two NCAA tournaments and being named the Big Sky Conference MVP as a senior. In just two seasons as