2007-08 Division I coaching changes

Originally Published: June 12, 2008

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2007-08 DIVISION I COACHING CHANGES
TEAM	OLD COACH	NEW COACH
Alabama	Stephany Smith -- Story After the Crimson Tide finished 1-14 in the SEC, Smith was fired. The Tide were 27-61 overall and 4-41 in the SEC in Smith's three seasons as head coach.	Wendell Hudson
Alcorn State	Shirley Walker	Tonya Edwards -- Story Alcorn State hired the former University of Tennessee player. Edwards spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Detroit-Mercy.
American	Melissa McFerrin	Matt Corkery
Appalachian State	Adrienne Shuler Shuler stepped down after six seasons and a 63-110 mark, including an 8-22 record in 2007-08.	Darcie Vincent
Arizona	Joan Bonvicini -- Story Bonvicini was fired after 17 seasons. She had a 287-223 record with Arizona, but her last three teams had losing records. The Wildcats were 10-20 overall and 4-14 in the Pac-10 this season.	Niya Butts -- Story Butts joined Kentucky's staff as an associate coach in 2003 and previously coached at Michigan State for one year and Tennessee Tech for two.
Ball State	Tracy Roller -- Story Roller resigned, citing personal reasons. Roller missed much of last season while recovering from mononucleosis and an inner-ear infection. The winningest coach in school history, she had three 20-plus win seasons.	Kelly Packard
Bethune-Cookman	Francis Simmons
Boston College	Cathy Inglese -- Story Inglese resigned. Her 2007-2008 team was 21-12 and finished fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference. She has eight 20-win seasons and seven NCAA tournament appearances in the last 10 years.	Sylvia Crawley -- Story Crawley, who had been head coach at Ohio since 2006, inked a five-year deal with Boston College. She coached the Bobcats to a 20-13 mark this year, their first 20-win season since 1994-95.
Central Arkansas	Checola Seals-Horton	Matt Daniel
Colorado State	Jen Warden -- Story Warden, who had two years left on her contract, took over the Rams' program on May 10, 2005, after three seasons at Boise State. She was just 21-69 in three seasons at CSU and 50-128 overall.	Kristen Holt -- Story Rams assistant Holt replaced fired coach Jen Warden. Holt joined the Rams staff in 2007 as an assistant in charge of coaching guards and recruiting.
Denver	Pam Tanner The three-time coach of the year resigned after compiling a 190-181 record in 13 seasons.	Erik Johnson
Detroit Mercy	Michael Barrett	Autumn Rademacher
Eastern Kentucky	Larry Joe Inman	Chrissy Roberts
Elon	Brenda Paul	Karen Barefoot
Evansville	Tricia Cullop -- Story Cullop leaves for Toledo after eight seasons. She was the Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year last season after leading Evansville to a 21-8 record and WNIT bid.	Misty Murphy
FAMU	Debra Clark -- Story Clark was let go after compiling a 14-17 record in her seventh season at the school. Clark was 100-109 during her tenure.	LeDawn Gibson
George Mason	Debbie Taneyhill After 11 seasons, Taneyhill resigned with an overall record of 144-162 and two appearances in the WNIT. She has been at George Mason since 1988, first as a player and then as an assistant coach before taking over the team in 1997.	Jeri Porter Porter was the head coach at Radford the past six seasons. Prior to Radford, the former Liberty star was the head coach for four seasons at North Alabama.
George Washington	Joe McKeown -- Story McKeown, who was the winningest coach in GW and Atlantic 10 women's basketball history, left for Northwestern after compiling a 441-154 record as head coach of the Colonials.
Grambling State	David Ponton David "Rusty" Ponton was not retained for the 2008-09 season after a 2-26 campaign (1-17 SWAC).	Donnita Drain -- Story Drain spent 13 years at rival Langston and will try to turn her success there into wins at Grambling State.
Howard	Cathy Parson
Idaho	Mike Divilbiss -- Story Divilbiss resigned after athletic director Rob Spear decided the Vandals needed to move in another direction. The Vandals were 4-25 this season and 82-119 in Divilbiss' seven seasons as head coach.	Jon Newlee
Idaho State	Jon Newlee	Seton Sobolewski
Memphis	Blair Savage-Lansden	Melissa McFerrin
Monmouth	Michele Baxter Baxter, who had one year remaining on a four-year contract, was 51-51 in three seasons with the Hawks.	Stephanie Gaitley
Murray State	Jody Adams -- Story Adams spent one season at Murray State, leading the Racers to a 24-8 record and a win in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.	Rob Cross
Navy	Tom Marryott Marryott took over the Navy women in 2003 but has been associated with Navy basketball for two decades. He was the athletic director and basketball coach at the Naval Academy Prep School for 10 years, followed by five seasons as an assistant with the Navy men.	Stefanie Pemper
Nicholls State	Mark Cook In four seasons, Cook compiled a 25-84 overall record, including a 16-50 mark in the Southland Conference. The Lady Colonels were 6-21 this past season.	DoBee Plaisance
North Dakota State	Amy Ruley	Carolyn DeHoff
North Texas	Tina Slinker The contract of the program's winningest coach -- 241-287 in 19 seasons -- will not be renewed, North Texas announced on March 11.	Shanice Stephens -- Story Stephens spent nine years at Rice and three at Clemson. At 36, she is the youngest head coach in the Sun Belt Conference.
Northwestern	Beth Combs Combs resigned May 7, after Northwestern went 5-26 overall while finishing last in the Big Ten at 1-17.	Joe McKeown -- Story McKeown leaves GW as the winningest coach in school history (441-154) and in 22 seasons as a college head coach, he has guided a team to postseason play 19 times.
Ohio	Sylvia Crawley -- Story Crawley stepped down after accepting a five-year deal with Boston College.	Semeka Randall
Radford	Jeri Porter	Tajama Ngongba
Santa Clara	Michelle Bento-Jackson -- Story Santa Clara will not renew the contract of Bento-Jackson, parting ways with the sixth-year coach. Her contract expired after this season.	Jennifer Mountain -- Story Santa Clara hired Mountain, giving Gonzaga's top assistant a five-year deal.
South Carolina	Susan Walvius -- Story Walvius announced her resignation after 11 seasons at South Carolina. She went 165-160 during her tenure and made the NCAA tournament twice.	Dawn Staley -- Story Staley became Temple's winningest coach (172-80) the past eight years and was the Atlantic 10 coach of the year twice. The Owls earned a conference title in Staley's second season in 2002 and then won three straight crowns from 2004-06.
South Carolina State	Tonya Mackey	Doug Robertson, Jr.
Temple	Dawn Staley
Texas Southern	Claude Cummings, III	Yolanda Wells-Broughton -- Story The former LSU assistant will replace Surina Dixon, who was hired in March but released June 30 after a contract dispute with athletic director Charles McClelland.
Toledo	Mark Ehlen After 13 seasons at Toledo, Ehlen resigns with a 240-148 career record, winning three regular-season Mid-American Conference titles and four NCAA tournament appearances.	Tricia Cullop -- Story Cullop was at Evansville for eight seasons. She was the Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year last season after leading Evansville to a 21-8 record and WNIT bid.
UC Irvine	Molly Tuter
UC Santa Barbara	Mark French	Lindsay Gottlieb
UCLA	Kathy Olivier -- Story Olivier resigned but will continue to work for the athletic department on special projects yet to be determined. Olivier compiled a record of 232-208 during her 15 seasons as head coach.	Nikki Caldwell -- Story After six seasons (and two NCAA titles) as an assistant at Tennessee, Caldwell, 35, steps into her first head coaching position. She served as the Lady Vols' recruiting director since 2003.
UNLV	Regina Miller Miller had a 175-125 record in 10 seasons in Las Vegas and is 235-225 overall after the Rebels went 8-22 this season.	Kathy Olivier -- Story Former UCLA coach and Lady Rebels player Olivier, 48, becomes the eighth head coach in UNLV's 33-year history.
Western Michigan	Ron Stewart Stewart's 11-year tenure included a 101-77 mark in Mid-American Conference games. Director of Athletics Kathy Beauregard told the Kalamazoo Gazette the program had stopped "moving forward in the direction I truly wanted."	Tasha McDowell
Wichita State	Jane Albright Albright was fired after going 48-95 in five seasons.	Jody Adams -- Story Wichita State hired Adams less than a week after she led Murray State to its first NCAA tournament appearance.
Youngstown State	Tisha Hill Hill resigned after five seasons and a losing record. With two games left, she is 43-97 overall and 24-57 in Horizon League play.	Cindy Martin Martin led Indiana University of Pennsylvania to a school-best 27 wins in 2007-08 as the WBCA Division II East Region Coach of the Year. She was 70-23 in three seasons at IUP and also is a former recruiting coordinator at West Virginia.