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[QUOTE="UConnCat, post: 4561842, member: 15"]
I posted this in the general forum thread about coaching changes:

I'm old enough to remember when Xavier was good at women's basketball. I saw Melanie Balcomb's name earlier in this thread. She became Xavier's head coach in 1995 when Xavier was part of the A10. In 1998-1999 her Xavier team made the NCAA tournament and almost (should have) upset UConn at Gampel in the 2nd round. The Huskies made a ferocious comeback to win on Tamika Williams's free throws in the waning seconds of the game. Xavier's Nikki Kremer was really good. In 2001, also under Coach Balcomb, Xavier upset Tennessee in the Sweet 16 but then lost to Purdue in the Elite 8.

McGuff took over beginning in the 2002 season (Balcomb moved on to Vanderbilt). He led Xavier to the Elite 8 in 2009-2010 before suffering a heartbreaking loss to Stanford when Dee Dee Jernigan missed 2 wide open layups in the waning seconds of a tie game. McGuff left Xavier for Washington after the 2010-11 season.

Since then, Xavier has been coached by Amy Waugh, Brian Neal and Melanie Moore.

Butler made a very good hire last year; it's past-time for Xavier to do the same.
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