Mid Major Coaches

[azfan]

We are proud to announce the 10-person midseason watch list for the 2025 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats. This is the second season of the award, and the award is named after the legendary former Harvard head coach. This year’s watch list includes coaches from seven conferences.

2025 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Midseason Watch List

10 coaches representing seven conferences named to midseason watch list

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I would add

Molly Miller - Grand Canyon

and if the list were expanded to 20

Loree Payne - NAU

 

[nwhoopfan]

What exactly is the criteria? Seems pretty random, just the author picking some coaches they like. Columbia is ahead of both Princeton and Harvard in the Ivy League, but their coach isn't included. How about Montana St.'s coach? Ball St.?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

What exactly is the criteria? Seems pretty random, just the author picking some coaches they like. Columbia is ahead of both Princeton and Harvard in the Ivy League, but their coach isn't included. How about Montana St.'s coach? Ball St.?

Well, they explained the reasons, and these were selected from a pre-season larger list. I think the list includes many of the top mid-major coaches, but yes, personal bias can't be ruled out,