Wisconsin women's basketball coach announces resignation
Wisconsin women's basketball head coach Marisa Moseley resigned from her position on Sunday, according to a press release from the program. Assistant coach Margaret McKeon will assume interim head coaching duties.
"I notified Chris McIntosh of my decision to resign for personal reasons," Moseley said in a statement. "It has been a privilege to lead the program at Wisconsin. I am grateful for the student-athletes, coaches and staff in our program who have put in so much time and effort. I am appreciative, also, of the Badger fans who supported us at the Kohl Center and around the country."
The news arrives on the heels of Wisconsin's season-ending defeat to the Iowa Hawkeyes on March 5 in the Big Ten Tournament. The loss concluded a season during which the Badgers went 13-17 overall and 4-14 in Big Ten play, a regression from the 15-17 season Moseley's team enjoyed in 2023-24.
After being hired by Wisconsin in March of 2021, Moseley accumulated a 47-75 overall record and 21-51 mark in Big Ten play. Her 2023-24 squad, campaigned by star forward Serah Williams, advanced to the 2024 WNIT quarterfinals in the program's first postseason berth in nearly 15 years.
Moseley inherited a team that went 5-19 the season before her arrival. Wisconsin increased its win total in each of Moseley's first three seasons, before a step back in 2024-25.
Wisconsin women's basketball head coach Marisa Moseley has resigned from her position, UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced on Sunday.https://t.co/SY9osk9qML
— Wisconsin Women's Basketball (@BadgerWBB) March 10, 2025
The Badgers did secure at least six conference wins during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons for the first time in over a decade. However, the program's inability to overcome a crowded top portion of the Big Ten proved detrimental in each of Moseley's seasons with the program. The team couldn't get over the hump against the conference's top competition.
Before arriving in Madison, Wisconsin, Moseley was the 2019 Patriot League Coach of the Year at Boston University. Before that, she won five national titles in nine seasons as an assistant coach with the UConn Huskies under Geno Auriemma.
With star forward Serah Williams entering her senior year, Wisconsin will now direct its efforts to a national coaching search. The program's last winning season was in 2009-10 under head coach Lisa Stone.
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