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In July of 2019, Kristen Dowling returned to Malibu for her third stint with the Pepperdine University program, this time as the Head Women's Basketball Coach. The former Waves' Graduate Assistant and Assistant Coach had [...]

With more than 25 years of Division I coaching experience, Keila Whittington brought a tremendous amount of experience to Saint Francis University, being named the program's new Head Women's Basketball Coach in April of 2019. [...]

Trevor Woodruff was named the new Head Coach at Bucknell University in April of 2019 following four incredibly successful seasons at the Division III level. He was the Head Coach at the University of Scranton, [...]

In 2014, Kyle Tolin left the familiarity of Oklahoma Baptist University, after a combined 14 years as an Assistant Men's Basketball Coach and a student-athlete, to take over the University of Arkansas at Monticello program. [...]

After four seasons as an Assistant Coach at Utah Valley University, Dan Nielson left the program for an assistant coaching position at BYU in 2013, but he always kept an eye on the Wolverine program. [...]

After more than 14 years of experience as an Assistant Coach at the Division I level, Morgan Valley retuned to the state where she won three National Championships as a player at UConn when she [...]

By Brian D. Stanchak, The BDS Agency Since 2014, there have been 228 Division I Head Women’s Basketball Coach openings. We dive deep into the levels of experience, gender, and race of the coaches who [...]

By Patrick Elliott, PhD You're sitting alone in YOUR new empty office. Finally... a moment to clear your head. The press conference is over. Your family and friends have left and you have silenced your [...]

In 2012, Tarrell Robinson was approached with an opportunity to lead his alma mater, North Carolina A&T State University. While both playing and serving as an Assistant Coach there, he made a positive impression on [...]

After 10 years as the Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach at the University of Akron, Melissa Jackson was named Acting Head Coach for the program. In what she viewed as a two and a [...]

A story is a fact Wrapped in an emotion That compels us to take action That transforms us in some way -Richard Maxwell and executive coach Robert Dickman When you tell a story, whether when recruiting, [...]

After 12 seasons as a Head Coach at the Division I and II levels, Missy Tiber used this experience in 2013 to embark on the challenge of leading the University of North Alabama's transition from [...]

Kim Rosamond was extremely happy as an Assistant Coach, but after spending 19 seasons in the SEC as a player and coach, she was ready to take over a Division I program of her own. [...]

A Colorado native, Jenny Huth returned to her home state in 2018 when she was named the new Head Coach at the University of Northern Colorado. Huth arrived in Greeley after spending the previous seven [...]

From 2003 to 2011, Brooke Atkinson served as an Assistant Coach at New Mexico State University. Little did she know six years after leaving Las Cruces, she would return as Head Coach. Atkinson was named [...]

On March 21, 2018, Indianapolis native Vicki Hall was named the new Head Women's Basketball Coach, returning to the state where she was voted 1988 "Miss Basketball". Hall had spent the previous six seasons as [...]

By Brian D. Stanchak, The BDS Agency Since 2014, there have been 187 Division I Head Women’s Basketball Coach openings. We dive deep into the levels of experience, gender, and race of the coaches who [...]

Earlier this morning, David Caputo was officially named the new Head Women's Basketball Coach at Delaware State University. In a special feature, David shared with HCTC fresh information and insight from the search process and [...]

On January 6, 2017, Amy Vachon was named the University of Maine's Interim Head Coach following Head Coach Richard Barron stepping aside for medical reasons. She continued in this role through the 2017-18 season where [...]

Brian D. Stanchak started The BDS Agency in 2013, which has quickly grown into a national leader in advising, marketing, and representing collegiate women's basketball coaches. Brian's 15 years of combined experience as a collegiate [...]

As the Deputy AD for Internal Operations/SWA at South Carolina State University, Tiffany Tucker is responsible for, among many things, oversight of women's basketball. Her familiarity with the sport extends well beyond her current role though, [...]

When Yolett McPhee-McCuin arrived at Jacksonville University in 2013, she inherited a program that was coming off of three straight losing seasons. She immediately implemented a vision that she believed in and a "No Ceilings" [...]

After six seasons as an Assistant Coach at Wright State University, Katrina Merriweather was offered the chance to move over one chair and become the program's Head Coach in 2016. She quickly took full advantage [...]

Can you take us through the process up until you were officially named the new Head Coach at Cal State Fullerton? I had just wrapped up my third season as Head Coach at Central Washington University. [...]

In 2016, Margaret Richards achieved a career goal when she was named the new Head Coach of Alabama A&M University. Tasked with rebuilding Division I program that had not won more than six games during [...]

In 2015, Lisa Carlsen's success as a Head Coach at the Division II level rewarded her with an opportunity to lead her own Division I program at Northern Illinois University. Tasked with rebuilding an NIU [...]

By Brian D. Stanchak, The BDS Agency Since 2014, there have been 142 Division I Head Women's Basketball Coach openings. We dive deep into the levels of experience, gender, and race of the coaches who [...]

In 2015, Forbes named Princeton Head Coach Courtney Banghart as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. This well-deserved honor was a result of building the Princeton program into a consistent winner on a national level, [...]

On April 8, 2016, Kacie Cryer's life changed when the Louisiana native and seven-year Assistant Coach at McNeese State University was promoted to the program's Head Coach. At the time of her hiring, she was [...]

On May 31, 2017, Kia Damon was formally introduced as the new Head Women's Basketball Coach at Lafayette College. Her return to Pennsylvania was a homecoming of sorts, as Damon had graduated from Millersville University [...]

Maureen Magarity grew up in a “basketball family” and around a father who was a successful Division I Head Men’s Basketball Coach, but that has not stopped her from creating her own legacy as both [...]