2022-23 D1 Women's Basketball Head Coaching Changes
Stats as of August 8, 2022.
59 Hires, including two interim HC 's (UNC Wilmington and Fordham) for 2022-23.
53 females
6 males
19 D1 HC
6 D2 HC
1 D3 HC
1 High School HC
16 hires are Associate HC's. (AHC) 12 AHC last year, 1 was AHC two years ago.
Red= Head Coach Hired!
Purple Italics= Interim Head Coach for 2022-23
1. SIU (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened: July 2, 2021 Cindy Stein will retire after the 2021-22 season! 136-135 in 9 years!
Filled March 31, 2022 Kelly Bond-White named HC!
2021-22 Record 21-10
2022-23 Record 12-19
Change: -9
2. Fairfield (M- F) D1 Associate HC
Opened: October 19, 2021 Joe Frager will retire after the 2021-22 season! 265-191 in 15 years!
Filled April 11, 2022 Carly Thubault-DuBonis named HC!
2021-22 Record 25-7
2022-23 Record 15-15
Change: -10
3. Texas A&M (M-F) D1 HC
Opened October 28, 2021 Gary Blair will retire after the 2021-22 season. 444-185 in 19 years!
Filled March 23, 2022 Joni Taylor named HC!
2021-22 Record 14-15
2022-23 Record 9-20
Change: -5
4. Mississippi St (F-M) D1 AC
Opened Oct. 12, 2022 Nikki McCray-Penson steps down for health reasons. 10-19 in one season.
Interim Named- Doug Novak named interim HC for 2021-22 season
Filled March 12, 2022 Sam Purcell named HC!
2021-22 Record 15-14
2022-23 Record 22-11
Change: +7
5. Harvard (F-F) D1 AC
Opened November 5, 2021 Kathy Delaney-Smith will retire after the 2021-22 season! 630-434 in 40 years!
Filled April 5, 2021 Carrie Moore named HC!
2021-22 Record 13-14
2022-23 Record 20-12
Change: +7
6. Arkansas St. (M-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened December 13, 2021 Matt Daniel resigns 24-37 record in two plus seasons.
Interim Named December 14, 2021 Destinee Rogers named Interim HC!
Filled March 13, 2022 Destinee Rogers named HC!
2021-22 Record 12-16
2022-23 Record 13-19
Change: +1
7. UNC- Wilmington (F-F) Interim HC for 2022-23
Opened Feb 14, 2022 Karen Barefoot relieved of duties. 50-83 in five plus seasons.
Interim Named- Tina Martin named interim HC!
Tina Martin named interim HC for 2022-23!
2021-22 Record 3-18
2022-23 Record 5-25
Change: +2
8.South Carolina St. (F-M)
Opened Feb 24, 2022 Audra Smith fired! 23-63 in almost three seasons. Nothing on the official site, yet!
Finally, on May 24, 2022 South Carolina St. announced they hired a search firm for the WBB HC!
Filled July 12, 2022 Tim Eatman named HC!
2021-22 Record 4-21
2022-23 Record 3-27
Change: -1
9. Virginia (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 3, 2022 Tina Thompson contract terminated. 30-63 in three seasons.
Filled March 21, 2022 Amaka Agugua-Hamilton named HC!
2021-22 Record 5-22
2022-23 Record 15-15
Change: +10
10. Arizona St. (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 3, 2022 Charlie Turner-Thorne retires! 488-302 in 25 seasons.
Filled March 27. 2022 Natsha Adair named HC!
2021-22 Record 12-14
2022-23 Record 8-20
Change: -4
11. Illinois (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 4, 2022 Nancy Fahey retires. 42-99 in 5 seasons.
Filled March 21, 2022 Shauna Green named HC!
2021-22 Record 7-20
2022-23 Record 22-10
Change: +15
12. UIC (F-F) D1 AC
Opened March 4, 2022 Tasha Pointer will not return as HC. 11-94 in four seasons.
Filled March 28, 2022 Ashleen Bracey named HC!
2021-22 Record 2-25
2022-23 Record 19-17
Change: +19
13. Oklahoma St. (M-F) D1 HC
Opened March 7, 2022 Jim Littell agrees to part ways. 203-139 in 11 plus seasons. Story by ESPN.
Filled March 20, 2022 Jacie Hoyt named HC!
2021-22 Record 9-20
2022-23 Record 21-12
Change: +12
14. Chattanooga (F-M) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 8, 2022 Katie Burrows steps down as HC! 46-68 in four years!
Filled March 30, 2022 Shawn Poppie named HC!
2021-22 Record 7-23
2022-23 Record 20-13
Change: +13
15. Cal Poly (F- F) D2 AC
Opened March 9, 2022 Faith Mimnaugh retires as HC! 338-403 in 25 years!
Filled April 14 2022 Shanele Stires named HC
2021-22 Record 3-22
2022-23 Record 10-18
Change: +7
16. San Jose St. (F-F) D1 AC
Opened March 11,2022 Jaime Craighead Turner fired! 89-160 in 9 years!
Filled April 6, 2022 April Phillips named HC!
2021-22 Record 5-25
2022-23 Record 6-25
Change: +1
17. New Mexico St. (F-F) D1 AC- former D1 HC, Associate HC
Opened March 15, 2022 Brooke Atkinson contract not renewed! 75-68 in 5 years!
Filled March 31, 2022 Jody Adams-Birch named HC!
2021-22 Record 10-19
2022-23 Record 18-17
Change: +8
18. West Virginia (M-F) D1 HC
Opened March 16, 2022 Mike Carey retires! 437-239 in 21 years!
Filled March 31, 2022 Dawn Plitzuweit named HC!
2021-22 Record 15-15
2022-23 Record 19-12
Change: +4
19. Texas Southern (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 17, 2022 Cynthia Cooper-Dykes retires! 36-35 in 3 years!
Filled April 13, 2022 Vernette Skeete named HC!
2021-22 Record 11-15
2022-23 Record 2-27
Change: -9
20. St. Louis (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 18, 2022 Lisa Stone change made! 164-138 in 10 years!
Filled April 12, 2022 Rebecca Tillett named HC!
2021-22 Record 9-18
2022-23 Record 17-18
Change: +8
21. Coastal Carolina (F-M) D2 HC
Opened March 18, 2022 Jaida Williams will not return! 129-127 in 9 years!
Filled April 12, 2022 Kevin Pederson named HC!
2021-22 Record 15-11
2022-23 Record 14-16
Change: -1
22. Kansas City (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 20, 2022 Jacie Hoyt named HC at Oklahoma St. 81-65 in 5 years!
Filled March 30, 2022 Dionnah Jackson-Durrett named HC!
2021-22 Record 23-9
2022-23 Record 9-23
Change: -14
23. Dayton (F-F) D3 HC
Opened March 21, 2022 Shauna Green named HC at Illinois! 127-50 in 6 years!
Filled March 26, 2022 Tamika Williams-Jeter named HC!
2021-22 Record 26-6
2022-23 Record 7-21
Change: -19
24. Missouri St. (F-F) D1 AC & Former D1 HC
Opened March 21, 2022 Amaka Agugua-Hamilton named HC at Virginia. 74-15 in 3 years!
Filled March 30, 2022 Beth Cunningham named HC!
2021-22 Record 25-8
2022-23 Record 20-12
Change: -5
25. Florida St. (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 21, 2022 Sue Semrau retires! 470-271 in 24 years!
Filled March 29, 2022 Brooke Wyckoff named HC!
2021-22 Record 17-14
2022-23 Record 23-10
Change: +6
26. Williams & Mary (M-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 21, 2022 Ed Swanson contract not renewed! 126-128 in 9 years!
Filled April 11, 2022 Erin Dickerson Davis named HC!
2021-22 Record 10-20
2022-23 Record 18-13
Change: +8
27. Temple (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 22, 2022 Tonya Cardoza contract not renewed. 251-188 in 14 years!
Filled April 5, 2022 Diane Richardson named HC!
2021-22 Record 13-15
2022-23 Record 11-18
Change: -2
28. Bradley (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 22, 2022 Andrea Gorki retires. 88-90 in six years!
Filled April 6, 2022 Kate Popovec named HC!
2021-22 Record 4-24
2022-23 Record 4-28
No change.
29. Butler (M-M) D1 HC
Opened March 22, 2022 Kurt Godlevske part ways! 91-144 in eight years!
Filled April 8, 2022 Austin Parkinson named HC!
2021-22 Record 1-27
2022-23 Record 11-19
Change: +10
30. Georgia (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 23, 2022 Joni Taylor named HC at Texas A&M! 140-75 in 7 years!
Filled March 26, 2022 Katie Abrahamson-Henderson named HC!
2021-22 Record 21-10
2022-23 Record 22-12
Change: +1
31. Mississippi Valley St. (F-F) D2 HC
Opened March 23,2022 Ashley Walker-Johnson not retained! 18-117 in 5 years! Nothing on official site, yet. Link is the job posting!
Filled May 3, 2022 Kimberly Anderson named HC!
2021-22 Record 4-22
2022-23 Record 2-27
Change: -2
32. Loyola (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 24, 2022 Kate Achter contract not renewed! 67-110 in 6 years!
Filled April 8, 2022 Allison Guth named HC!
2021-22 Record 18-12
2022-23 Record 6-24
Change: -12 in a new conference.
33.Wyoming (M-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened March 25, 2022 Gerald Mattinson retires! 48-35 in 3 years!
Filled March 25, 2022 Heather Ezell named HC!
2021-22 Record 17-13
2022-23 Record 23-11
Change: +6
34. UCF (F-F) D1 AC Former D1 HC, Associate HC
Opened March 26, 2022 Katie Abrahamson-Henderson named HC at Georgia! 131-49 record in six years!
Filled April 3, 2022 Sytia Messer named HC!
2021-22 Record 26-4
2022-23 Record 14-15
Change: -12
35. Buffalo (F-F) D1 HC
Opened March 26, 2022 Felisha Legette-Jack named HC at Syracuse! 202-115 in 10 years!
Filled April 6, 2022 Becky Burke named HC!
2021-22 Record 25-9
2022-23 Record 12-16
Change: -13
36. Delaware (F-F) D1 AC, former Associate HC
Opened March 27. 2022 Natsha Adair named HC at Arizona St. 95-58 in 5 years!
Filled April 3, 2022 Sarah Jenkins named HC!
2021-22 Record 24-8
2022-23 Record 16-14
Change: -8
37. ORU (F-F) D2 HC
Opened March 30, 2022 Misti Cussen fired! 146-152 in 10 years!
Filled April 21, 2022 Kelsi Musick named HC!
2021-22 Record 16-15
2022-23 Record 12-19
Change: -4
38. South Dakota (F-F) D1 AC
Opened March 31, 2022 Dawn Plitzuweit named HC at West Virginia! 158-36 record in 6 seasons
Filled April 10, 2022 Kayla Karius named HC!
2021-22 Record 29-6
2022-23 Record 14-16
Change: -15
39. Towson (F-F) D1 HC
Opened April 5, 2022 Diane Richardson named HC at Temple! 80-66 in 5 years!
Filled -April 20, 2022 Laura Harper named HC!
2021-22 Record 24-8
2022-23 Record 21-12
Change: -3
40. South Carolina Upstate (F-M) D2 HC
Opened April 6, 2022 Becky Burke named HC at Buffalo! 30-23 in 2 years!
Filled April 22, 2022 Jason Williams named HC!
2021-22 Record 22-8
2022-23 Record 11-20
Change: -11
41. IUPUI (M-F) D2 HC
Opened April 8, 2022 Austin Parkinson named HC at Butler! 224-141 in 12 years!
Filled May 12, 2022 Kate Bruce named HC!
2021-22 Record 24-5
2022-23 Record 17-13
Change: -7
42. Yale (F-F) D1 AC
Opened April 8, 2022 Allison Guth named HC at Loyola! 99-74 in 6 seasons, 7 years overall!
Filled April 25, 2022 Dalila Eshe named HC!
2021-22 Record 16-11
2022-23 Record 13-14
Change: -3
43. Longwood (F-F) D1 AC
Opened April 12, 2022 Rebecca Tillett named HC at St. Louis! 61-58 in 4 years!
Filled April 28, 2022 Erika Lang-Montgomery named HC!
2021-22 Record 22-12
2022-23 Record 9-21
Change: -13
44. BYU (M-F) HS HC
Opened April 14, 2022 Jeff Judkins retires! 456-204 in 21 years!
Filled May 18, 2022 Amber Whiting named HC!
2021-22 Record 26-4
2022-23 Record 16-17
Change: -10
45. Coppin St. (F-M) D1 AC
Opened April 20, 2022 Laura Harper named HC at Towson! 17-26 in 2 years.
Filled May 26, 2022 Jermaine Woods promoted to HC!
2021-22 Record 15-13
2022-23 Record 8-22
Change: -7
46. Lehigh (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened April 27, 2022 Sue Troyan will transition to administration role. 430-361 in 27 years!
Filled April 27, 2022 Addie Micir named HC!
2021-22 Record 19-11
2022-23 Record 17-14
Change:-2
47. Rutgers (F-F) D1 AC. Former D1 HC
Opened April 30, 2021 Vivian Stringer retires. 535-291 in 26 years!
Filled May 23, 2022 Coquese Washington named HC!
2021-22 Record 11-20
2022-23 Record 12-20
Change: +1
48. Chicago St. (F-F) AC. Former D1 HC
Opened May 6, 2022 Tiffany Sardin steps down. 4-37 in 2 years!
Filled July 1, 2022 Andrea Williams named HC!
2021-22 Record 4-23
2022-23 Record 6-22
Change: +2
49. Wake Forest (F-F) D1 HC
Opened May 11, 2022 Jen Hoover relieved of duties! 162-183 in 10 years!
Filled May 26, 2022 Megan Gebbia named HC!
2021-22 Record 16-17
2022-23 Record 17-17
Change: +1
50. American (F-F) D1 Associate HC
Opened May 26, 2022 Megan Gebbia named HC at Wake Forest! 160-105 in 8 years!
Filled June 7 2022 Tiffany Coll named HC!
2021-22 Record 23-9
2022-23 Record 9-22
Change: -14
51. St. Peter's (M-F) D1 AC
Opened June 29, 2022 Marc Mitchell named HC at Indy. 41- 78 in 4 years!
Filled July 25, 2022 Jennifer Needham named HC!
2021-22 Record 13-18
2022-23 Record 0-30
Change: -30
52. Fordham (F-F) Interim HC for 2022-23
Opened June 30, 2022 Stephanie Gaitley leaves Fordham. 220-123 in 11 years!
Interim Named July 8, 2022 Candice Green named Interim HC for 2022-23!
Filled
2021-22 Record 18-11
2022-23 Record 19-13
Change: +1
53. ETSU (M-F) Former D1 HC
Opened August 1, 2022. ETSU's official link. Simon Harris suspended and will be fired August 15th! 6-22 in 1 year!
Newpaper link ETSU Will Fire WBB HC!
Filled August 8, 2022 Brenda Mock Brown named HC!
2021-22 Record 6-22
2022-23 Record 25-10
Change:+19
Interim Head Coaches for the 2021-22 season
RED= New coach hired!
1. Central Conn St. (F-F) D1 AC
Opened- May 8, 2020 Beryl Piper retires.
Interim Named-May 8, 2020 Kerri Reeves named Interim HC.
Filled- May 20, 2022 Kerri Reeaves is the HC. No release. They finally removed interim from her bio on their website, sometime around May 20, 2022!
2019-20 Record 4-25
2020-21 Record 6-20
2022-23 Record 7-22
Change: +1
2. Hartford Interim HC for 21-22 (F-F) D3 HC
Opened- April 21, 2021 Morgan Valley named AC at UConn! 2 years, 4-37 record!
Named- April 22, 2021 Melissa Hodgdon named Interim HC!
Filled May 27, 2022 Polly Thomason named HC!
2020-21 Record 3-9
2021-22 Record 4-26
2022-23 Record 2-25
Change: -43. Detroit Interim HC for 21-22. (F-F) D1 HC
Opened -June 15, 2021 AnnMarie Gilbert leaves.
Named- June 15, 2021 LaTanya Collins named Interim HC!
Announced- March 31, 2022 Leadership change for WBB program!
Filled April 27, 2022 Kate Achter named HC!
2020-21 Record 1-13
2021-22 Record 1-29
2022-23 Record 5-25
Change: +44. Florida Interim HC for 2021-22 (M-F) D1 AC
Opened -July 16, 2021 Cam Newbauer steps down. 4 years 46-71 record.
Named -July 16, 2021 Kelly Rae Finley named Interim HC for 2021-22 season.
Filled Feb 28, 2022 Kelly Rae Finley named HC!
2020-21 Record 12-14
2021-22 Record 21-11
2022-23 Record 19-15
5. Cal St. Northridge (F-F) D1 former HC
Opened- July 27, 2021 Lindsay Foster resigns.
Named- Jul 30, 2021- Carlene Mitchell named Interim HC for 2021-22 season.
Filled March 16, 2022 Carlene Mitchell named HC!
2020-21 Record- Opted out.
2021-22 Record 9-19
2022-23 Record 7-24
Change: -2
6. Syracuse (M-F) D1 HC
Opened- August 2, 2021 Quentin Hillsman resigns.
Named- August 4, 2021 Vonn Read named Interim HC.
Filled- March 26, 2022 Felisha Legette-Jack named HC!
2020-21 Record 7-4
2021-22 Record 11-18
2022-23 Record 20-13
Change: +9
