Coaching Changes Tracker, Women’s Basketball, 2022–23 Season

Rundown of head coaching changes in D-I women’s basketball for the 2022–23 season. (The conferences noted for the schools in parentheses are as of the 2021-22 season.)

• jobs filled: 58

See also:

• Coaching Changes Tracker, Women’s Basketball, 2021–22 Season

JOBS FILLED

American (Patriot League)

• Megan Gebbia leaves for the Wake Forest job (May 26, 2022)
• Tiffany Coll is promoted to head coach (June 7, 2022)

Arizona State (Pac-12)

• Charli Turner Thorne announces her retirement (March 3, 2022)
• Natasha Adair hired (March 27, 2022)

Arkansas State (Sun Belt)

• Destinee Rogers is named head coach after serving in an interim capacity since mid-December (March 13, 2022)

Bradley (MVC)

• Andrea Gorski announces her retirement (March 22, 2022)
• Kate Popovec hired (April 6, 2022)

BYU (WCC)

• Jeff Judkins announces his retirement (April 14, 2022)
• Amber Whiting hired (May 18, 2022)

Buffalo (MAC)

• Felisha Legette-Jack leaves for the Syracuse job (March 26, 2022)
• Becky Burke hired (April 6, 2022)

Butler (Big East)

• Kurt Godlevske is out as head coach (March 22, 2022)
• Austin Parkinson hired (April 8, 2022)

Cal Poly (Big West)

• Faith Mimnaugh announces her retirement (March 9, 2022)
• Shanele Stires hired (April 14, 2022)

Cal State Northridge (Big West)

• Carlene Mitchell is named head coach after serving in an interim capacity for the 2021-22 season (March 16, 2022)

UCF (AAC)

• Katie Abrahamson-Henderson leaves for the Georgia job (March 26, 2022)
• Sytia Messer hired (April 3, 2022)

Chattanooga (SoCon)

• Katie Burrows steps down (March 8, 2022)
• Shawn Poppie hired (March 30, 2022)

Chicago State (WAC)

• Tiffany Sardin steps down (May 6, 2022)
• Andrea Williams hired (July 1, 2022)

Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt)

• Jaida Williams will not return as head coach (March 18, 2022)
• Kevin Pederson hired (April 12, 2022)

Coppin State (MEAC)

• Laura Harper leaves for the Towson job (April 20, 2022)
• Jermaine Woods is promoted to head coach (May 26, 2022)

Dayton (A-10)

• Shauna Green leaves for the Illinois job (March 21, 2022)
• Tamika Williams-Jeter hired (March 26, 2022)

Delaware (CAA)

• Natasha Adair leaves for the Arizona State job (March 27, 2022)
• Sarah Jenkins hired (April 3, 2022)

Detroit Mercy (Horizon)

• AD announces a head coaching search after LaTanya Collins serves as acting head coach for the 2021-22 season (March 31, 2022)
• Kate Achter hired (April 27, 2022)

East Tennessee State (SoCon)

• Simon Harris fired (August 1, 2022)
• Brenda Mock Brown hired (August 8, 2022)

Fairfield (MAAC)

• Joe Frager announces intention to retire following 2021-22 season (October 19, 2021)
• Carly Thibault-DuDonis hired (April 11, 2022)

Florida (SEC)

• Kelly Rae Finley is named head coach after serving in an interim capacity for the 2021-22 season (February 28, 2022)

Florida State (ACC)

• Sue Semrau announces her retirement (March 21, 2022)
• Brooke Wyckoff is promoted to head coach (March 29, 2022)

Fordham (A-10)

• Stephanie Gaitley leaves (June 30, 2022)
• Candice Green is named interim head coach through the 2022-23 season (July 8, 2022)

Georgia (SEC)

• Joni Taylor leaves for the Texas A&M job (March 23, 2022)
• Katie Abrahamson-Henderson hired (March 26, 2022)

Hartford (America East)

• Polly Thomason hired (after Melissa L. Hodgdon serves as interim head coach for the 2021-22 season) (May 27, 2022)

Harvard (Ivy)

• Kathy Delaney-Smith announces intention to retire following 2021-22 season (November 5, 2021)
• Carrie Moore hired (April 5, 2022)

Illinois (Big Ten)

• Nancy Fahey announces her retirement (March 4, 2022)
• Shauna Green hired (March 21, 2022)

UIC (Horizon)

• Tasha Pointer will not return as head coach (March 4, 2022)
• Ashleen Bracey hired (March 28, 2022)

IUPUI (Horizon)

• Austin Parkinson leaves for the Butler job (April 8, 2022)
• Kate Bruce hired (May 12, 2022)

Kansas City (Summit)

• Jacie Hoyt leaves for the Oklahoma State job (March 20, 2022)
• Dionnah Jackson-Durrett hired (March 30, 2022)

Lehigh (Patriot League)

• Sue Troyan moves into an administrative role and Addie Micir is promoted to head coach (April 27, 2022; press release)

Longwood (Big South)

• Rebecca Tillett leaves for the Saint Louis job (April 12, 2022)
• Erika Lang-Montgomery hired (April 28, 2022)

Loyola Chicago (MVC)

• Kate Achter does not have her contract renewed (March 24, 2022)
• Allison Guth hired (April 8, 2022)

Mississippi State (SEC)

• Sam Purcell is named head coach after Doug Novak serves as interim head coach for the 2021-22 season (March 12, 2022)

Mississippi Valley State (SWAC)

• Kimberly Anderson hired, replacing Ashley Walker-Johnson (May 3, 2022)

Missouri State (MVC)

• Amaka Agugua-Hamilton leaves for the Virginia job (March 21, 2022)
• Beth Cunningham hired (March 30, 2022)

New Mexico State (WAC)

• Brooke Atkinson will not have her contract renewed (March 15, 2022)
• Jody Adams-Birch hired (March 31, 2022)

UNC Wilmington (CAA)

• Karen Barefoot is relieved of her duties (February 14, 2022)
• Tina Martin is named interim head coach through the 2022-23 season (April 7, 2022)

Oklahoma State (Big 12)

• Jim Littell and OSU mutually agree to part ways (March 7, 2022)
• Jacie Hoyt hired (March 20, 2022)

Oral Roberts (Summit)

• Misti Cussen does not have her contract renewed (March 30, 2022)
• Kelsi Musick hired (April 21, 2022)

Rutgers (Big Ten)

• C. Vivian Stringer announces her retirement effective September 1, 2022 (April 30, 2022)
• Coquese Washington hired (May 23, 2022)

Saint Louis (A-10)

• Lisa Stone is out as head coach (March 18, 2022)
• Rebecca Tillett hired (April 12, 2022)

Saint Peter’s (MAAC)

• Marc Mitchell is named head coach at UIndy (June 29, 2022)
• Jennifer Leedham hired (July 25, 2022)

San José State (Mountain West)

• Jamie Craighead Turner is not retained (March 11, 2022)
• April Phillips hired (April 6, 2022)

South Carolina State (MEAC)

• Audra Smith has her contract ended (February 24, 2022)
• Timothy Eatman hired (July 12, 2022)

USC Upstate (Big South)

• Becky Burke leaves for the Buffalo job (April 6, 2022)
• Jason Williams hired (April 22, 2022)

South Dakota (Summit)

• Dawn Plitzuweit leaves for the West Virginia job (March 31, 2022)
• Kayla Karius hired (April 10, 2022)

Southern Illinois (MVC)

• Cindy Stein announces intention to retire following 2021-22 season (July 2, 2021)
• Kelly Bond-White hired (March 31, 2022)

Syracuse (ACC)

• AD announces a head coaching search after Vonn Read serves as acting head coach for the 2021-22 season
• Felisha Legette-Jack hired (March 26, 2022)

Temple (AAC)

• Tonya Cardoza will not return as head coach (March 22, 2022)
• Diane Richardson hired (April 5, 2022)

Texas A&M (SEC)

• Gary Blair announces intention to retire following 2021-22 season (October 28, 2021)
• Joni Taylor hired (March 23, 2022)

Texas Southern (SWAC)

• Cynthia Cooper-Dyke announces her retirement (March 17, 2022)
• Vernette Skeete hired (April 13, 2022)

Towson (CAA)

• Diane Richardson leaves for the Temple job (April 5, 2022)
• Laura Harper hired (April 20, 2022)

Virginia (ACC)

• Tina Thompson is fired (March 3, 2022)
• Amaka Agugua-Hamilton hired (March 21, 2022)

Wake Forest (ACC)

• Jen Hoover is relieved of her duties (May 11, 2022)
• Megan Gebbia hired (May 26, 2022)

West Virginia (Big 12)

• Mike Carey announces his retirement (March 16, 2022)
• Dawn Plitzuweit hired (March 31, 2022)

William & Mary (CAA)

• Ed Swanson does not have his contract extended (March 21, 2022)
• Erin Dickerson Davis hired (April 11, 2022)

Wyoming (Mountain West)

• Gerald Mattinson retires and Heather Ezell is promoted to head coach (March 25, 2022, press release)

Yale (Ivy)

• Allison Guth leaves for the Loyola Chicago job (April 8, 2022)
• Dalila Eshe hired (April 25, 2022)

Categories: 2022-23 season

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