Leaders. Trailblazers. Mentors. Each staff has a visionary main the helm, and what they characterize is greater than total data and postseason wins (these are additionally nice, too). All throughout the nation, Black girls are main their respective school basketball applications and paving the way in which for extra individuals of colour, and ladies, within the business.
As we proceed to rejoice Girls’s Historical past Month—and Black historical past daily—WSLAM and the Black Coaches Affiliation are spotlighting these teaching DI, DII and DIII school hoops.
No matter whether or not they’re competing within the NCAA event proper now or not, these are the ladies main favourite squads.
Daybreak Staley:
South Carolina | Started as head coach in 2008 |
Accolades embody getting inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame and Girls’s Basketball Corridor of Fame, main this system to 2 Nationwide Championships (2017, 2022) and 5 NCAA Last Fours
Felisha Legette-Jack:
Syracuse | Teaching Profession started in 1989 | Joined Previous to 2022 season
2024 ACC Coach of the Yr and CAA Coach of the Yr in ’04
Ashley Langford:
Stony Brook | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined Previous to 2021 season
Has the greatest successful proportion (.683) of any head coach in program historical past and has led her squad to a median of 20 wins per season
Vanessa Blair Lewis:
George Mason | Teaching profession started in 1996 | Joined Previous to 2022 season
1998-99 NEC COY and 4x MEAC COY
Niele Ivey:
Notre Dame | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined previous to the 2020 season
Led this system to its first common season ACC title since 2019. Was named the 2022-23 ACC COY
Aqua Franklin:
Lamar | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined previous to the 2019 season
Finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award
DeLisha Milton-Jones:
Previous Dominion | Teaching profession started in 2016 | Joined previous to the 2020 season
2022 Girls’s Basketball Corridor of Fame Inductee
Tomekia Reed:
Jackson State | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined previous to the 2008 season
Led this system to 4 straight SWAC common season titles, back-to-back SWAC event titles and NCAA appearances, in addition to this system’s first even WNIT look
Mary Grimes:
Le Moyne | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined previous to the 2021 season
Within the first two years of being head coach, led the staff to 2 Northeast-10 Convention Common Season Championships
Daybreak Thornton:
Arkansas Pine Bluff | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined previous to the 2019 season
Certified for the convention event for the primary time since 2017
Erin Dickerson Davis:
William & Mary | Teaching profession started in 2020 | Joined previous to 2022 season
Led the staff to probably the most wins by a primary 12 months head coach in program historical past
Jesyka Burks-Wiley:
Florida Worldwide | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined previous to the 2020 season
Led the staff to their first successful season since 2012-2013.
Carrie Moore:
Harvard | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined previous to 2023 season
Led Harvard to highest NET rating in program historical past
Margaret Richards:
Alabama A&M | Teaching profession started in 2005 | Joined previous to the 2016 season
Led the staff to SWAC event semifinals
Freda Freeman-Jackson:
Alabama State | Teaching profession started in 1991 | Joined previous to the 1998 season
Has led this system to 3 SWAC Common season titles, quite a few journeys to theNCAA Event and one WNIT berth.
Adia Barnes
Arizona | Joined in 2016
WNIT champion and led this system to the Last 4 in 2021.
Natasha Adair
Arizona State | Teaching profession started in 1998 | Joined previous to the 2023 season
Began the season 5-0 for the primary time since 2002
Destinee Rogers:
Arkansas State | Teaching profession started in 2015 | Joined previous to the 2018 season
First African-American feminine head coach to win a sport in class historical past
Johnnie Harris:
Auburn | Teaching profession started in 1998 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
Inducted in Watson’s Chapel Excessive College Corridor of Fame
Brittany Younger:
Austin Peay | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined previous to 2023 season
First head coach in program historical past to steer the staff to again to again convention event semifinals
Janell Crayton:
Bethune-Cookman | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined previous to 2021 season
Member of Girls’s Basketball Coaches Affiliation
Charmin Smith:
California | Teaching profession started in 2003 | Named head coach previous to 2019-20 season
First Black feminine coach in program historical past. Led staff to most total (19) and Pac-12 (7) wins in 5 years.
Andrea Williams:
Chicago State | Teaching profession started in 1995 | Joined previous to 2023 season
Acknowledged for the Shadow League Management Award in 2017
Katrina Merriweather:
Cincinnati | Teaching profession started in 2001 | Joined in 2023 season
3x Horizon League Coach Of the Yr
Ganiyat Adeduntan:
Colgate | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
Tamika Williams-Jeter:
Dayton | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined previous to the 2023 season
Led the staff to A-10 Championship Event
Sarah Jenkins:
Delaware | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined previous to 2023 season
Led the staff to Colonial Athletic Affiliation title
Jazmone Turner:
Delaware State | Teaching profession started in 2014 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
A part of the Girls’s Basketball Coaches Affiliation 30 Below 30 Class
Doshia Woods:
Denver | Teaching profession started in 2001 | Joined in 2020
Led the staff to be within the prime 50 in NCAA free throws made
Kara Lawson:
Duke | Teaching profession started in 2019 | Joined in 2020
Led the staff to greatest season in current historical past of 26-7 document
Kim McNeill:
East Carolina | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined in 2019
Named AAC Coach of the Yr
Ke’Sha Blanton:
Japanese Michigan | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined in 2022
Led the staff to Horizon League Girls’s Basketball Championships
Charlotte Smith:
Elon | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined in 2011
Led the staff to 4 consecutive years of advancing to the CAA championships
Bridgette Gordon:
Florida A&M | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined Previous to the 2023 season
Seven NCAA Event Appearances
Jennifer Sullivan:
Florida Atlantic | Teaching profession started in 2012 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
Guided a 140% enhance in wins
Bridgette Mitchell:
Fordham | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined previous to the 2023/24 season
Received CAA Coach of the Yr
Anita Howard:
Georgia Southern | teaching profession started in 2012 | Joined Previous to the 2019 season
Led the staff to the primary 20-win season since 2002
Courtney Simmons:
Grambling State | Teaching profession started in 2008 | Joined previous to the 2023 season
Guided prior groups to Solar Belt Event Championships
Danielle Santos Atkinson:
Hofstra | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined in 2019
Led the staff to CAA Girls’s Basketball Championships
Ty Grace:
Howard | Teaching profession started in 1998 | Joined in 2015
Received first MEAC Event title since 2001
Particular Jennings:
Jacksonville | Teaching profession started in 2016 | Joined in 2023
Led Montverde Academy to three Nationwide Championships
Octavia Blue:
Kennesaw State | Teaching profession started in 2008 | Joined in 2020
Fasted KSU head coach to 30 Wins
Kyra Elzy:
Kentucky | Teaching profession started in 2001 |
Kia Damon-Olson:
Lafayette | Teaching profession started in 1993 | Joined in 2017
Introduced the staff to Patriot League Semifinals
Lauren Sumski:
Lipscomb | Teaching profession started in 2014 | Joined in 2019
First Feminine in Lipscomb Historical past to be Head Coach
Rene Haynes:
Lengthy Island | Teaching profession started in 2012 | Joined in 2019
twelfth Head coach in 54 years
Erika Lang-Montgomery:
Longwood | Teaching profession started in 1995 | Joined in 2022
Had three groups go to NCAA Event
Danielle O’Banion:
Loyola (MD) | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined in 2021
twelfth Head Girls’s coach
Aarika Hughes:
Loyola Marymount | Teaching profession started in 2011 | Joined in 2021
Named Prime 21 Coaches by The Athletic Journal
Alex Simmons:
Memphis | Teaching profession started 2009 | Joined in 2018 however named head coach in 2023
Named Massive South Coach of the Yr
Kimberly Anderson:
Mississippi Valley State | Teaching profession started in 1982 | Joined 2022
sixth Girls’s basketball head coach
Trelanne Powell:
New Orleans | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined 2023
Second Coach of the Yr in 2023
Jada Pierce:
Niagara | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2015
Set new program document with 16 MAAC wins
Priscilla Edwards-Lloyd:
Northeastern | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined 2023
eighth Head Coach in Program Historical past
Tanya Warren:
Northern Iowa | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined 2007
First Black Feminine Head Coach
Yolett McPhee-McCuin:
Ole Miss | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2018
Led the staff to eleventh Candy 16 in Program Historical past
Carrie Banks:
Omaha | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined 2020
Led the staff to 29 Wins
Sandy Pugh:
Prairie View A&M | Teaching profession started in 1987 | Joined 2018
Led the staff to WNIT Look
Erin Batth:
Windfall | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2023
Guided former groups to NCAA Event appearances
Jen Brown:
Queens College | Teaching profession started in 2005 | Joined 2020
Led the staff to the D1 Stage
Coquese Washington:
Rutgers | Teaching profession started in 1999 | Joined 2022
WBCA Carol Eckman Integrity in Teaching Award
Ravon Justice:
Sam Houston State | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2019
Led the staff to 35-23 document
Stacie Terry-Hutson:
San Diego State | Teaching profession started in 1999 | Joined 2013
Made the WNIT which is the First Postseason Look Since 2012
April Phillips:
San Jose State | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined 2022
Led the staff to first Mountain West Convention Event win since 2020
Yolisha Jackson:
South Alabama | Teaching profession started round 2016 | Joined as assistant coach 2019
Led the staff to a WNIT Victory
Rekha Patterson:
Southeast Missouri State | Teaching profession started ain 2022 | Joined 2015
Led the staff to second OVC Event Title
Kelly Bond-White:
Southern Illinois | Teaching profession started in 1999 | Joined 2022
Coached the staff to attain at the very least 100 factors on three events
Toyelle Wilson:
Southern Methodist | Teaching profession started in 2003 | Joined 2021
First Black Feminine Head Coach at SMU
Keila Whittington:
St. Francis (PA) | Teaching profession started in 1991 | Joined 2023
Made to first NEC Event Semifinal Sport
Diane Richardson:
Temple | Teaching profession started in 2000 | Joined 2022
Led the Crew to 11-18 File with Eight Gamers
Joni Taylor:
Texas A&M | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined 2022
2021 SEC Coach of the Yr
Vernette Skeete:
Texas Southern | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined 2022
Reestablished the TSU model in neighborhood
Shereka Wright:
Texas-Arlington | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined 2020
Received Solar Belt Coach of the Yr
Styia Messer:
UCF | Teaching profession started in 2000 | Joined 2022
Led the staff to 6-0 Begin since 1984
Denise King:
UMass Lowell | Teaching profession started in 2005 | Joined 2018
Led the Crew to Two Straight America East Playoff Semifinal Video games
Dionnah Jackson-Durrett:
UMKC | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined 2022
Led the Crew to Summit League Championships
Trina Patterson:
UNC Greensboro | Teaching profession started in 1991 | Joined 2016
Named SoCon Coach of the Yr
Nicole Woods:
UNC Wilmington | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined 2023
Inducted into the Gatson Sports activities Corridor of Fame
Amaka Agugua-Hamilton:
Virginia | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined in 2022
Two-Time MVC Coach of the Yr
Semeka Randall Lay:
Winthrop | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined in 2020
Led Rivalry Wins in 2021-22 in opposition to Presbyterian, UNC Asheville and Charleston Southern
Marisa Moseley:
Wisconsin | Teaching started in 2005 | Joined in 2021
Received the 2019 Patriot League Coach of the Yr
Dalila Eshe:
Yale | Teaching started in 2006 | Joined in 2022
Coached Ivy League Co-Defensive PLayer and Prime 10 finalist for Nancy Lieberman Award
Michelle Clark-Heard
Mercer School | Teaching profession started in 2018 | Joined in 2024
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Featured graphic designed by Abdel Kyle Traore.