Coaching Carousel 2018

[oldude]

BC chooses Albany Head Coach. She had been there TWO years, and had players recruited by her very successful predecessor!

She may be good, and she certainly didn't squander the talent she had, but I would be concerned about her short track record.

Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Named Women’s Basketball Head Coach - Boston College

Coach Mac is a good choice for BC, and the 2nd UAlbany coach to move on to greener pastures in 3 years after Coach Abe left for UCF.

 

[WLT1717]

Whalen to coach her alma mater, Minnesota. Exciting, intriguing selection.


Lindsay Whalen Takes Over Women's Basketball

 

[Vowelguy]

Fla St assistant Lance White new coach at Pitt

Lance White Named Pitt Women’s Basketball Head Coach - University of Pittsburgh

 

[Dillon77]

Fla St assistant Lance White new coach at Pitt

Lance White Named Pitt Women’s Basketball Head Coach - University of Pittsburgh

Thanks for posting. Off the top of my head, that's it for the Power 5 Conferences, right?

 

[CocoHusky]

Thanks for posting. Off the top of my head, that's it for the Power 5 Conferences, right?

Correct.

 

[Vowelguy]

I think this is the full P5 scorecard:

BC ..... ..... Albany HC
Pitt ... ..... Fla St Asst (Lance White)
UVa .... ..... Texas Asst (Tina Thompson)
WashSt . ..... No Colo HC (Kamie Ethridge)
Tex Tech ..... Minnesota HC (Marlene Stollings)
Minn ... ..... -- (Lindsay Whalen)
Ole Miss ..... Jacksonville HC (Yolett McPhee-McCuin)​

 

[CocoHusky]

I think this is the full P5 scorecard:

BC ..... ..... Albany HC
Pitt ... ..... Fla St Asst (Lance White)
UVa .... ..... Texas Asst (Tina Thompson)
WashSt . ..... No Colo HC (Kamie Ethridge)
Tex Tech ..... Minnesota HC (Marlene Stollings)
Minn ... ..... -- (Lindsay Whalen)
Ole Miss ..... Jacksonville HC (Yolett McPhee-McCuin)​

Clemson....... Amanda Butler

 

[Vowelguy]

I think this is the full P5 scorecard:

BC ..... ..... Albany HC
Pitt ... ..... Fla St Asst (Lance White)
UVa .... ..... Texas Asst (Tina Thompson)
Clemson. ..... -- (Amanda Butler)
WashSt . ..... No Colo HC (Kamie Ethridge)
Tex Tech ..... Minnesota HC (Marlene Stollings)
Minn ... ..... -- (Lindsay Whalen)
Ole Miss ..... Jacksonville HC (Yolett McPhee-McCuin)
​

 

[Vowelguy]

P5:

BC ..... ..... Albany HC (Joanna Bernabei-McNamee)
Pitt ... ..... Fla St Asst (Lance White)
UVa .... ..... Texas Asst (Tina Thompson)
Clemson. ..... -- (Amanda Butler)
WashSt . ..... No Colo HC (Kamie Ethridge)
Tex Tech ..... Minnesota HC (Marlene Stollings)
Minn ... ..... -- (Lindsay Whalen)
Ole Miss ..... Jacksonville HC (Yolett McPhee-McCuin)
​

Other notables:

Cinci .. ..... W Kentucky HC (Michelle Clark-Heard)
W Ky ... ..... WKU Asst (Greg Collins)
​

 

[Plebe]

I'm digging the hire by Washington State. Kamie Ethridge was the point guard of the 1986 Texas team, which I consider among the top 5 all time greatest teams in WCBB history. She did a great job at Northern Colorado in just four years.

Here's a cool story about a letter that the seven returning WSU players sent her when she was wrapping things up at her old job:

New Washington State women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge said welcome email from returning Cougars ‘hit me hard’

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm digging the hire by Washington State. Kamie Ethridge was the point guard of the 1986 Texas team, which I consider among the top 5 all time greatest teams in WCBB history. She did a great job at Northern Colorado in just four years.

Here's a cool story about a letter that the seven returning WSU players sent her when she was wrapping things up at her old job:

New Washington State women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge said welcome email from returning Cougars ‘hit me hard’

I don't know anything about her, other than a good coaching record while at N. Colorado. Seems like it's an uphill battle to build a winning program in Pullman. It can be done. A few men's basketball coaches have done it, a few football coaches. Volleyball is decent. I can't honestly remember when they had a good women's hoops team. Best of luck to the new coach and remaining players.

 

[Vowelguy]

I don't know anything about her, other than a good coaching record while at N. Colorado. Seems like it's an uphill battle to build a winning program in Pullman. It can be done. A few men's basketball coaches have done it, a few football coaches. Volleyball is decent. I can't honestly remember when they had a good women's hoops team. Best of luck to the new coach and remaining players.

One NCAA appearance: 1991.

WNIT semifinalist in 2017
Also made WNIT in 2015, 2014

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I agree that building in Pullman will be difficult. It doesn't have a lot of history.

Kamie Ethridge - as noted a phenomenal player - any player that I "heard of" before I started following WBB in the mid-'90's had to be notable. Wade Trophy and assorted other hardware in the day.

18 or so years at Kansas State and strongly associated with then head coach Deb Patterson, in fact, their relationship (whatever it may be) was one of the issues at Kansas State according to articles at the time. Patterson followed her to Northern Colorado, where she was Director of Women's Basketball Operations this past year.

I think it is a great hire for Washington State, but results will take a while.

 

[Plebe]

A nice roundup of the coaching hires:

Thompson, Whalen lead wave of female coaching hires

 

[CocoHusky]

I'm sure this won't pop up on many people's radar but Mountain formerly of Quinnipiac has been named the head coach at LaSalle.
Mountain is a great guy, family friend, and my older daughter's former HS coach.
Season tickets to LaSalle women's basketball for my whole family.
Mountain MacGillivray Named Head Women's Basketball Coach - La Salle University