2018-19 Coaches' Carousel

The links provided are usually to the school's official website.  Some schools do not issue a press release when they let go of their head coach.  Other schools do not issue a press release if their head coach left for a head coaching job at another school.

Totals-As of October 17, 2018

45 Changes with two interim HC.



1 Interim Head Coach named Permanent Head Coach from 2017-18


Gender:
20 changes Female was replaced by Female (F-F)
9 changes Female was replaced by Male * (F-M)
10 changes Male replaced by Female (M-F)
4 changes Male replaced by Male(M-M)


Difference- Less wins than the the year before.  To be completed after the 2018-19 season.

Head Coach Jobs Opened for 2018-19

1. Monmouth (F-F)

Opened- Dec. 8, 2017 Jenny Palmateer 

Filled- Dec. 8, 2017 Jody Craig  D1 AC
No release.  They were very vague when Palmateer was fired about whether Craig was the interim HC or the permanent HC. 

2017-18 record 10-21
2018-19 record 14-17
Difference: +4

2. Indiana St (M-F)

Opened- Jan 2, 2018 Joey Wells

Filled- March 21, 2018 Vicki Hall- D1 AC

2017-18 record 11-19
2018-19 record 11-19
Difference: 0

3. Texas Tech (F-F) 

Opened: Jan 1, 2018 Candi Whitaker

Filled- April 9, 2018 Marlene Stollings D1 HC

2017-18 record 7-23
2018-19 record 14-17
Difference: +7

4. Delaware St. (F-M)

Opened: Feb 22, 2018 Barbara Burgess
Filled- August 10, 2018 Dave Caputo D1 AC

2017-18 record 6-24
2018-19 record 7-21
Difference: +1
 
5. Boston College (M-F)

Opened: Mar 1, 2018- Erik Johnson
Filled- April 10, 2018 Joanna Bernabei-McNamee D1 HC

2017-18 record 7-23
2018-19 record 14-16
Difference: +7


6. LaSalle (M-M)

Opened: Mar 2, 2018- Jeff Williams
Filled- April 21, 2018 Mountain MacGillivray D1 AC

2017-18 record 8-22
2018-19 record 6-25
Difference: -2

7. Mississippi (M-F)

Opened: Mar 2, 2018 Matt Insell
Filled- April 4, 2018 Yolett McPhee-McCuin D1 HC

2017-18 record 12-19
2018-19 record 9-22
Difference: -3

8. UMass-Lowell (F-M)

Opened: Mar 5, 2018 Jenerrie Harris
Filled- April 10,2018 Tom Garrick D1 AC

2017-18 record 4-26
2018-19 record 7-22
Difference: +3

9.UIC (F-F) 

Opened: Mar 6, 2018 Regina Miller
Filled- April 3, 2018 Tasha Pointer D1 AC

2017-18 record 8-22
2018-19 record 3-26
Difference: -5

10. Sam Houston St. (F-F)

Opened: Mar 7, 2018 Brenda Nichols

Filled- April 12, 2018 Raven Justice D1 HC

2017-18 record 4-23
2018-19 record 16-13
Difference: +12

11. Bowling Green (F-F)

Opened: Mar 8, 2018 Jennifer Roos
Filled-April 3, 2018 Robyn Fralick D2 HC

2017-18 record 11-19
2018-19 record 9-21
Difference -2

12. Canisius (M-M)

Opened: Mar 8, 2018 Terry Zeh
Filled- April 23, 2018 Scott Hemer D3 HC

2017-18 record 10-20
2018-19 record 11-19
Difference +1

13. NJIT (M-M)

Opened: Mar 8, 2018 Steve Lanpher
Filled- May 21, 2018 Mike Lane D1 AC

2017-18 record 4-26
2018-19 record 6-24
Difference: +2

14. Longwood (M-F)

Opened: Mar 9, 2018 Bill Reinson
Filled- April 12, 2018 Rebecca Tillett D1 AC

2017-18 record 7-23
2018-19 record 3-27
Difference: -4

15.Valpo (F-F)

Opened: Mar. 10 , 2018 Tracey Dorow
Filled- April 13, 2018 Mary Evans D1 AC

2017-18 record 13-18
2018-19 record 8-24
Difference -5

16. Presbyterian (M-F)

Opened: Mar 13 , 2018 Todd Steelman
Filled- April 24, 2018 Alaura Sharp D1 AC

2017-18 record 12-18
2018-19 record 7-24
Difference -5

17.Southern Utah (M-F)

Opened: Mar 13, 2018 Chris Boettcher
No press release
Filled- April 18, 2018 Tracy Sanders D1 AC

2017-18 record 3-27
2018-19 record 8-23
Difference: +5

18.Washington St. (F-F)

Opened: Mar 13, 2018 June Daugherty
Filled- April 15, 2018 Kamie Ethridge D1 HC

2017-18 record 10-20
2018-19 record 9-21
Difference: -1


19. Boston (F-F)

Opened: Mar 13, 2018 Katy Steding
Filled- April 17, 2018 Marisa Moseley D1 AC

2017-18 record 10-19
2018-19 record 15-14
Difference: +5

20. Georgia St. (F-M)

Opened: Mar 14, 2018 Sharon Baldwin
Filled- April 19, 2018 Gene Hill D1 AC

2017-18 record 8-22
2018-19 record 17-14
Difference +9

21. St. Peter's (F-M)

Opened: Mar.16, 2018 Pat Coyle
Filled- Mar 26, 2018 Marc Mitchell D3 HC

2017-18 record 4-26
2018-19 record 6-24
Difference: +2


22. Cleveland St. (F-M)

Opened: Mar 19, 2018 Kate Peterson Abiad
Filled- April 17, 2018 Chris Kielsmeier D2 HC

2017-18 record 19-11
2018-19 record 10-20
Difference: -9

23. Chicago St. (F-F)

Opened: Mar 20, 2018  Angela Jackson
No press release.
Filled-August 7, 2018 Misty Opat JC HC

2017-18 record 1-29
2018-19 record 2-27
Difference +1

24. Virginia (F-F)

Opened: Mar 20, 2018 Joanne Boyle
Filled- April 16, 2018 Tina Thompson D1 AC

2017-18 record 19-14
2018-19 record 12-19
Difference: -7

25. Cincinnati (F-F)

Opened: Mar 21, 2018 Jamelle Elliot
Filled- Mar 27, 2018 Michelle Clark-Heard D1 HC

2017-18 record 19-13
2018-19 record 21-10
Difference: +2

26. Jackson St. (F-F)

Opened: Mar 22, 2018 Surina Dixon
No press release.
Filled- April 16, 2018 Tomekia Reed JC HC

2017-18 record 15-13
2018-19 record 18-14
Difference: +3

27. Clemson (F-F)

Opened: Mar 27, 2018 Audra Smith
Filled- April 13, 2018 Amanda Butler Former D1 HC

2017-18 record 11-19
2018-19 record 20-13
Difference: + 9

28. Western Kentucky (F-M)

Opened: Mar 27, 2018 Michelle Clark-Heard
Filled- Mar 27, 2018 Greg Collins D1 AC

2017-18 record 24-9
2018-19 record 20-15
Difference -4

29. South Carolina St. (M-F)

Opened: Mar 27, 2018 Doug Robertson Jr.
Filled- June 7, 2018 Audra Smith

2017-18 record 12-17
2018-19 record 16-16
Difference +4

30. Gardner-Webb (M-F)

Opened: April 3, 2018 Rick Reeves
Filled- April 24, 2018 Alex Simmons D1 AC

2017-18 record 19-12
2018-19 record 16-15
Difference -3

31. Jacksonville (F-M)

Opened: April 4, 2018 Yolett McPhee-McCuin
Filled- April 10, 2018 Darnell Haney D1 AC

2017-18 record 24-9
2018-19 record 14-16
Difference: -10

32. Pittsburgh (F-M)

Opened: April 5, 2018 Suzie McConnell-Serio
Filled- April 18, 2018 Lance White D1 AC

2017-18 record 10-20
2018-19 record 11-20
Difference: +1

33. St. Francis (M-F)

Opened: April 5, 2018 John Thurston
Filled- May 18, 2018 Linda Cimino D1 HC

2017-18 record 13-17
2018-19 record 18-13
Difference: +5

34. Minnesota (F-F)

Opened: April 9, 2018 Marlene Stollings
Filled- April 12, 2018 Lindsay Whalen WNBA Player

2017-18 record 24-9
2018-19 record 21-11
Difference: -3

35. Albany (F-F)

Opened: April 10, 2018 Joanna Bernabei-McNamee
Filled- May 14, 2018 Colleen Mullen D1 AC

2017-18 record 24-8
2018-19 record 13-18
Difference: -11

36. Akron (F-F)

Opened: April 10, 2018 Jodi Kest
Filled- June 27, 2018 Melissa Jackson

2017-18 record 9-21
2018-19 record 16-15
Difference: +7

37. Prairie View A&M (F-F)

Opened: April 12, 2018 Raven Justice
Filled- May 7, 2018 Sandy Pugh D1 HC

2017-18 record 15-16
2018-19 record 17-14
Difference: +2

38. Northern Colorado (F-F)

Opened: April 15, 2018 Kamie Ethridge
Filled- April 30, 2018 Jenny Roulier-Huth D1 AC

2017-18 record 26-7
2018-19 record 21-11
Difference -5

39. UTRGV (M-M)

Opened: April 21, 2018 Larry Tidwell
Filled- May 21, 2018 Lane Lord D2 HC

2017-18 record 14-16
2018-19 record 18-15
Difference +4

40. Southern (F-M)

Opened: May 7, 2018 Sandy Pugh
Filled- June 22, 2018 Carlos Funchess D1 AC

2017-18 record 17-14
2018-19 record 21-12
Difference +4

41. Chattanooga (M-F)

Opened: May 8, 2018 Jim Foster
Filled- May 25, 2018 Katie Burrows D1 AC

2017-18 record 17-13
2018-19 record 14-17
Difference: -3

42. Binghamton (F-F)

Opened: May 18, 2018 Linda Cimino
Filled- June 15, 2018 Bethann Shapiro Ord D1 HC

2017-18 record 20-12
2018-19 record 12-18
Difference: -8

43. Weber St. (F-F)

Opened: June 15, 2018 Bethann Shapiro Ord 
Filled- July 17, 2018 Velaida Harris D1 AC


2017-18 record 21-11
2018-19 record 6-25
Difference: -15

Interim Head Coaches for the 2018-19 Season

1. Vermont

April 26, 2018 Chris Day
No press release on the website.  They did issue a release to the press, which is included in the linked story.

April 26, 2018 Alisa Kresge D1 AC

2017-18 record 8-22
2018-19 record 11-18
Difference +3


2. East Carolina

October 17, 2018- Head Coach Heather Macy resigns.

October 17, 2018-Chad Killinger named Interim Head Coach for the 2018-19 season.

2017-18 record 16-15
2018-19 record 16-15
Difference 0

Interim Head Coaches from the 2017-18 Season

1. Maine-

April 5, 2017- Head Coach Richard Barron takes a leave of absence due to health reasons.

April 5, 2017- Amy Vachon named Interim Head Coach for the 2017-18 season.

Filled: March 2, 2018  Amy Vachon

Assistant Coaches

This is a list of assistant coaches who left during the 2017-18 season.

Northwestern- Christie Sides
Northern Arizona- Vivian Frieson
Texas Tech-Melanie Balcomb-she resigned about two weeks before the HC was fired.
Hawaii-Darron Larson
Murray St-Aubrey Reese
Utah St-Kelsie Kruger
Western Kentucky-Brittany Parker