women's basketball Archives - Coach and Athletic Director

November 15, 2023

Strength development tactics for women’s basketball

by Bob Lemieux, MSCC, Kent State assistant athletic director for sports performance

Women's basketball is an acceleration and deceleration sport. Athletes are consistently changing direction and reacting to an opponent or ball. Many of their movements are performed while pushing off one leg, unless someone is standing still or ju...

March 6, 2023

NCAA issues first NIL sanctions to Miami women’s basketball

by Wesley Sykes

In a first for the college sports world, the NCAA issued sanctions to the University of Miami women's basketball program relating to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) opportunities. The Hurricanes are facing a year of probation and other minor penal...

March 4, 2022

UNC Athletic Facility Announcements Aids Six Programs

by Wesley Sykes

University of North Carolina Athletics will begin four new facility projects in the coming months that will directly impact six of its 28 sports programs and enhance the student-athlete experience. Construction and renovation will soon begin on a ...

February 22, 2022

Nebraska Women’s Basketball Assistant Suspended, Player Dismissed

by Wesley Sykes

Chuck Love, the University of Nebraska women's basketball associate head coach, was suspended over the weekend. The university's athletic department issued a statement citing the suspension of Love as a personnel matter and no additional informati...

July 7, 2021

Geno Auriemma Weighs In on New NCAA Rule

by Wesley Sykes

With the NCAA adopting new interim policies regarding student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness, industry leaders are weighing in on what it could mean for the future of their respective sports. Take UConn women's basketball h...

May 24, 2021

Detroit Mercy WBB Head Coach Cleared after Internal Investigation

by Wesley Sykes

Last week, the University of Detroit Mercy athletic director Robert Vowels shared details into the school's internal investigation against women's basketball head coach AnnMarie Gilbert for allegations that her program disregarded COVID-19 protocol a...

May 24, 2021

Detroit Mercy AD Denies WBB Team Forced Players to Play Through Injuries

by Wesley Sykes

Last week, the University of Detroit Mercy athletic director Robert Vowels shared details into the school's internal investigation against women's basketball head coach AnnMarie Gilbert for allegations that her program disregarded COVID-19 protocol a...

June 11, 2020

WABA’s Scottsdale Sirens Set Tryout Dates

by Wesley Sykes

The Scottsdale Sirens will be hosting pre-season tryouts for its newly founded professional women's basketball team. The organization is scouting women basketball players ages 18 and up. The team is the latest addition to the Women’s American Bask...