Former Southern Miss team captain and three-time letterwinner Lauren Gross returns to Hattiesburg as head coach Missy Bilderback’s assistant coach for the 2025-26 season. Gross, a Mississippi native and two-time graduate of Southern Miss, is no stranger to the Hub City, having spent four seasons as a member of the Lady Eagles before finishing her
Louisiana Monroe Women’s Basketball Staff Update
ULM head women’s basketball coach Scotty Fletcher announced two additions to his staff for the 2025-26 season on Monday (May 12). Amy Pryor comes from George Washington, where she spent a season as the recruiting coordinator, while Mikayla Etienne comes from a season at Pearl River CC with Fletcher. Amy Pryor, Assistant Coach/Recruiting CoordinatorAmy Pryor arrives
McNeese named Women’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at Louisiana Monroe
First-year Louisiana Monroe head women’s basketball coach Scotty Fletcher has announced the hiring of Mendy McNeese as associate head coach. McNeese, who spent four years on the Pearl River staff, follows Fletcher to Monroe. Over the last four season, Pearl River posted a combined record of 98-17, while going 50-6 in conference play. McNeese helped guide
Fletcher named Women’s Basketball Head Coach at Louisiana Monroe
Scotty Fletcher, who led Pearl River Community College to three MACCC State Championships and four consecutive 20-win seasons, has been named the 11th head coach of ULM women’s basketball, Director of Athletics John Hartwell announced on Friday (March 28). Fletcher will be formally introduced at a press conference Monday morning at 11 a.m. inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum. “I am thrilled for our ULM women’s basketball
Southern Miss hires Bilderback as Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Southern Miss Director of Athletics Jeremy McClain announced the hiring of Missy Bilderback as the Lady Eagles’ fifth head coach. Bilderback, a 2001 graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi, returns to her alma mater after two years at ULM. In Monroe, Bilderback did nothing short of the miraculous, taking a program that had won just 17
O’Regan receives contract extension at James Madison
Fresh off his first Coach of the Year honor and the most regular-season victories in James Madison history, women’s basketball Head Coach Sean O’Regan received a contract extension through the 2030-31 season, as announced Friday by JMU Director of Athletics Matt Roan. “As we have settled into the Sun Belt Conference, Sean’s leadership has been paramount to the sustained
Rogers inks contract extension at Arkansas State
Arkansas State Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Purinton announced that head women’s basketball coach Destinee Rogers, who has led the program to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance this season, has signed a new agreement that extends her contract to March 31, 2029. “Behind the strength of Coach Rogers’ leadership, our women’s basketball team has put together
Joye Lee-McNelis announces retirement at Southern Miss
Southern Miss women’s basketball head coach Joye Lee-McNelis today announced that she will retire as the program’s head coach at the end of the 2024-25 season. The leader of the Lady Eagles for the last 21 seasons, McNelis, 62, is an institution in the game of women’s basketball. She has spent the last 34 seasons as a
Cox added as Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina women’s basketball head coach Kevin Pederson has added former DII national champion coach Dennis Cox to bolster the defense for the Chanticleers. “Dennis is an incredible addition to our coaching staff and he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge with him that will impact our program in a very positive way,” stated Pederson. “Coach Cox had successful
Marshall Women’s Basketball Staff Update
Marshall Women’s Basketball Coach Juli Fulks announced the finalized coaching staff for her first season at the helm of the Thundering Herd on Tuesday. Fulks’ additions for the 2024-25 staff includes assistant coaches Stephanie Gehlhausen, Sacha Santimano and Mykasa Robinson. “One of the most important tasks a head coach has is putting together a group