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[summertime blues]

This time of year there’s a lot of talk about coaches on the way up, so I thought it might be interesting to start a thread on the subject. I can think of three I’ve been impressed by over the past week:

Destinee Rogers, Arkansas State. Just an impressive young coach all around

Sytia Messer, UCF. She was one of Kim’s assistants at Baylor. I watched her team take apart higher seeded Tulsa today and was very impressed.

Kyla McMakin, St. Louis. This is the second team she’s taken dancing in about as many years (the other was Longwood), and neither one had been before. That’s a pretty serious accomplishment, IMO.

Your nominations?

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Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom

[awhom111]

[Stormeo]

Tina Langley, Year 1 ('21-'22) at Washington: 7-16 overall (2-12 conf.)
Tina Langley, Year 2 ('22-'23) at Washington: 15-14 overall (7-11 conf.)

we're not back yet. but, we're comin'.

[summertime blues]

[Howee]

Here's one that's probably low on everyone's radar screen: Mark Campbell. A Graves protege, he went on to lead the Sacramento State team to its first ever Big Sky title in only his 2nd year on the job. He's got awesome recruiting skills, too - he's the reason Sabrina Ionescu landed at Oregon.

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[Hoops9092]

Lindy La Rocque @ UNLV!

[PRballer]

Alex (Fuller) Simmons at Gardener Webb. She is a former Lady Vol of the Candace Parker era who will have opportunities on larger stages.

[okstateguy]

Biased answer: Jacie Hoyt

She took a team of misfits and somehow turned them into a tournament team. IMO, she was robbed of Big 12 COTY(Only coach I would not have been upset with beating her would be Dawn P.).

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[ucbart]

I'd like to throw Austin Parkinson's name into this discussion. We all know what he did at IUPUI, but he took a Butler team that went 1-27 last year and 0-18 in conference, to an 11 win season, 6-14 in the Big East, a 9th place finish, and had a 4-game win streak at the end of the year.

I'll be curious to see what he does in the next 3-4 years. He has a shot to really do some nice things at Butler since Indiana(and Indy specifically) is full of HS talent.

[summertime blues]

Here’s one I had never watched before but am impressed by—Ashleen Bracey at UIC. She’s in her first year there but took a team that had won two games the year before to an 18-15 season and the conference semifinals this year. She’s a veteran of Robin Pingeton’s staff at Mizzou.

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Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom

[mzonefan]

The Athletic has an article ($) about who’s the best X’s and O’s coach. https://theathletic.com/4297500/2023/03/15/womens-basketball-best-coach-poll/ This is part of a series of surveys/interviews with 30 major and mid-major unnamed coaches. Plugged in at the end is:

Who’s the next big-time coach?

RANK COACH TEAM VOTES
1
Lindy LaRocque
UNLV
5

2
Robyn Fralick
Bowling Green
3

2
Lisa Fortier
Gonzaga
3

4
Kristen Gillespie
Illinois State Redbirds
2

4
Tina Langley
Washington Huskies
2

4
Molly Miller
Grand Canyon
2

Also receiving votes: Trish Cullop, Toledo; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Megan Duffy, Marquette; Shauna Green, Illinois; Jan Jensen, Iowa (assistant); Carley Kuhns, Samford; Michaela Mabrey, Notre Dame (assistant); Joy McCorvey, Tennessee (assistant); Carrie Moore, Harvard; Tomekia Reed, Jackson State; Tami Reiss, Rhode Island; Alex Simmons, Gardner Webb; Tamika Williams-Jeter, Dayton