Leaders. Trailblazers. Mentors. Each group has a visionary main the helm, and what they characterize is greater than total information and postseason wins (these are additionally nice, too). All throughout the nation, Black ladies are main their respective school basketball packages and paving the best way for extra individuals of shade, and ladies, within the business.
As we proceed to rejoice Ladies’s Historical past Month—and Black historical past day-after-day—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 match proper now or not, these are the ladies main favourite squads.
Daybreak Staley:
South Carolina | Started as head coach in 2008 |
Accolades embrace getting inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame and Ladies’s Basketball Corridor of Fame, main this system to 2 Nationwide Championships (2017, 2022) and 5 NCAA Remaining Fours
Felisha Legette-Jack:
Syracuse | Teaching Profession started in 1989 | Joined Previous to 2022 season
2024 ACC Coach of the 12 months and CAA Coach of the 12 months in ’04
Ashley Langford:
Stony Brook | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined Previous to 2021 season
Has the finest profitable share (.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 and named the 2022-23 ACC Coach of the 12 months
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
Ranks top-10 in NCAA all-time wins; three nationwide championships, 25 match appearances, 17 convention championships and 55 All-People
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 match 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 group to 2 Northeast-10 Convention Common Season Championships, and 2023-24 NEC Coach of the 12 months
Daybreak Thornton:
Arkansas Pine Bluff | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined previous to the 2019 season
Certified for the convention match for the primary time since 2017
Erin Dickerson Davis:
William & Mary | Teaching profession started in 2020 | Joined previous to 2022 season
Led the group 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 group to their first profitable season since 2012-2013 and matched single-season win report by having 12 CAA wins
Carrie Moore:
Harvard | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined previous to 2023 season
Led Harvard to highest NET rating in program historical past and was named ESPN coach of the week in January 2023
Margaret Richards:
Alabama A&M | Teaching profession started in 2005 | Joined previous to the 2016 season
Led the group to SWAC match semifinals and to a program report of 17 wins towards Division 1 opponents
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 Remaining 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 and CAA coach of the 12 months within the 2020 season
Destinee Rogers:
Arkansas State | Teaching profession started in 2015 | Joined previous to the 2018 season
First African-American feminine head coach to win a recreation in class historical past and reached the Solar Belt Convention match quarterfinals for the primary time since 2017
Johnnie Harris:
Auburn | Teaching profession started in 1998 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
Inducted in Watson’s Chapel Excessive College Corridor of Fame and defeated Texas A&M for the primary time in 2019
Brittany Younger:
Austin Peay | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined previous to 2023 season
First head coach in program historical past to steer the group to again to again convention match semifinals and the 37 wins are probably the most by head coach of their first two seasons
Janell Crayton:
Bethune-Cookman | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined previous to 2021 season
Member of Ladies’s Basketball Coaches Affiliation and within the first 12 months recorded 5 wins in BCU’s inaugural season within the Southwestern Athletic Convention (SWAC)
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 group to most total (19) and Pac-12 (7) wins in 5 years. Listed as 2020’s high 100 Most influential figures in Ladies’s Faculty Basketball.
Katrina Merriweather:
Cincinnati | Teaching profession started in 2001 | Joined in 2023 season
3x Horizon League Coach Of the 12 months
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 group to A-10 Championship Event
Sarah Jenkins:
Delaware | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined previous to 2023 season
Led the group to the Colonial Athletic Affiliation common season title
Jazmone Turner:
Delaware State | Teaching profession started in 2014 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
A part of the Ladies’s Basketball Coaches Affiliation 30 Beneath 30 Class
Doshia Woods:
Denver | Teaching profession started in 2001 | Joined in 2020
Led the group to be within the high 50 in NCAA free throws made and ranked twelfth within the nation for blocked pictures per recreation
Kara Lawson:
Duke | Teaching profession started in 2019 | Joined in 2020
Led the group to the perfect season in latest historical past, a 26-7 report; ranked third in NCAA in scoring protection (51.0).
Kim McNeill:
East Carolina | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined in 2019
Named AAC Coach of the 12 months and gained the 2023 AAC Event championship
Ke’Sha Blanton:
Japanese Michigan | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined in 2022
Led the group to Horizon League Ladies’s Basketball Championships
Charlotte Smith:
Elon | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined in 2011
Led the group to 4 consecutive years of advancing to the CAA championships and was the 2016 CAA Coach of the 12 months
Bridgette Gordon:
Florida A&M | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined Previous to the 2023 season
Coached six gamers to the WNBA
Jennifer Sullivan:
Florida Atlantic | Teaching profession started in 2008 | Joined previous to the 2022 season
Guided a 140% enhance in wins and season sweep over rival FIU
Bridgette Mitchell:
Fordham | Teaching profession started in 2013 | Joined previous to the 2023/24 season
Received CAA Coach of the 12 months
Anita Howard:
Georgia Southern | teaching profession started in 2012 | Joined Previous to the 2019 season
Led the group to the primary 20-win season since 2002 and ranked fifth out 348 NCAA Division 1 in scoring offense (79.3 ppg)
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 group to CAA Ladies’s Basketball Championships and the primary 12-seed within the CAA Championship that superior to quarterfinal since 2006
Ty Grace:
Howard | Teaching profession started in 1998 | Joined in 2015
Received first MEAC Event title since 2001 and 2020-21 MEAC Coach of the 12 months
Particular Jennings:
Jacksonville | Teaching profession started in 2016 | Joined in 2023
Octavia Blue:
Kennesaw State | Teaching profession started in 2008 | Joined in 2020
Fasted KSU head coach to 30 Wins
Kia Damon-Olson:
Lafayette | Teaching profession started in 1993 | Joined in 2017
Introduced the group 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 and tied this system report for wins (20)
Rene Haynes:
Lengthy Island | Teaching profession started in 2012 | Joined in 2019
twelfth Head coach in 54 years and Better Columbus Legends Corridor of Fame
Erika Lang-Montgomery:
Longwood | Teaching profession started in 1995 | Joined in 2022
Within the first season, Longwood to a sixth place end in Massive South standings
Danielle O’Banion:
Loyola (MD) | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined in 2021
2023-24 Patriot League Coach of the 12 months
Aarika Hughes:
Loyola Marymount | Teaching profession started in 2011 | Joined in 2021
Named Prime 21 Coaches by The Athletic Journal and acknowledged by Ladies’s Basketball Coaches Affiliation’s Prime 30 Coaches Beneath 30
Alex Simmons:
Memphis | Teaching profession started 2009 | Joined in 2018 however named head coach in 2023
Named Massive South Coach of the 12 months
Kimberly Anderson:
Mississippi Valley State | Teaching profession started in 1982 | Joined 2022
sixth Ladies’s basketball head coach
Trelanne Powell:
New Orleans | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined 2023
Second Coach of the 12 months in 2023
Jada Pierce:
Niagara | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2015
Set new program report with 16 MAAC wins and earned a bid to WNIT
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
3x MVC Coach of the 12 months
Yolett McPhee-McCuin:
Ole Miss | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2018
Led the group to eleventh Candy 16 in Program Historical past and nineteenth NCAA Event look
Carrie Banks:
Omaha | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined 2020
Led the group to 29 Wins and made it to the Summit League Event in 2022
Sandy Pugh:
Prairie View A&M | Teaching profession started in 1987 | Joined 2018
Led the group to WNIT Look
Erin Batth:
Windfall | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2023
Guided former groups to NCAA Event appearances and eleventh coach in this system’s historical past
Jen Brown:
Queens College | Teaching profession started in 2005 | Joined 2020
Led the group to the D1 Degree
Coquese Washington:
Rutgers | Teaching profession started in 1999 | Joined 2022
WBCA Carol Eckman Integrity in Teaching Award and 3x Massive Ten Coach of the 12 months
Ravon Justice:
Sam Houston State | Teaching profession started in 2004 | Joined 2019
Led the group to 35-23 report and 2018-19 Southland Coach of the 12 months
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 group to first Mountain West Convention Event win since 2020
Yolisha Jackson:
South Alabama | Teaching profession started round 2016 | Joined as assistant coach 2019
tenth ladies’s basketball Head Coach in program historical past
Rekha Patterson:
Southeast Missouri State | Teaching profession started ain 2022 | Joined 2015
Led the group to second OVC Event Title and 2019-20 OVC Coach of the 12 months
Kelly Bond-White:
Southern Illinois | Teaching profession started in 1999 | Joined 2022
Coached the group to attain not less than 100 factors on three events and 2021-22 MVC Coach of the 12 months
Toyelle Wilson:
Southern Methodist | Teaching profession started in 2003 | Joined 2021
First Black Feminine Head Coach at SMU and introduced the group to its second consecutive WNIT look
Keila Whittington:
St. Francis (PA) | Teaching profession started in 1991 | Joined 2023
Led the group to 1st in free throw share (.810) and defensive rebounds per recreation (27.1)
Diane Richardson:
Temple | Teaching profession started in 2000 | Joined 2022
Led the Staff to 11-18 Report with Eight Gamers and 2018-19 CAA Coach of the 12 months
Joni Taylor:
Texas A&M | Teaching profession started in 2002 | Joined 2022
2021 SEC Coach of the 12 months
Vernette Skeete:
Texas Southern | Teaching profession started in 2009 | Joined 2022
Reestablished the TSU model in neighborhood
Zenarae Antoine:
Texas State | Teaching profession started in 1999 | Joined in 2011
All-time winningest coach and 2023 Solar Belt Convention Coach of the 12 months
Shereka Wright:
Texas-Arlington | Teaching profession started in 2006 | Joined 2020
Received Solar Belt Coach of the 12 months in 2021
Styia Messer:
UCF | Teaching profession started in 2000 | Joined 2022
Led the group to 6-0 Begin since 1984
Denise King:
UMass Lowell | Teaching profession started in 2005 | Joined 2018
Led the Staff to Two Straight America East Playoff Semifinal Video games
Dionnah Jackson-Durrett:
UMKC | Teaching profession started in 2010 | Joined 2022
Led the Staff to Summit League Championships
Trina Patterson:
UNC Greensboro | Teaching profession started in 1991 | Joined 2016
2x SoCon Coach of the 12 months, 1993 CAA Coach of the 12 months, and 2007 AEC Coach of the 12 months
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 12 months
Semeka Randall Lay:
Winthrop | Teaching profession started in 2007 | Joined in 2020
Led Rivalry Wins in 2021-22 towards Presbyterian, UNC Asheville and Charleston Southern
Marisa Moseley:
Wisconsin | Teaching started in 2005 | Joined in 2021
Received the 2019 Patriot League Coach of the 12 months
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 Faculty | Teaching profession started in 2018 | Joined in 2024
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Featured graphic designed by Abdel Kyle Traore.
