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USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Wisconsin women's basketball to renew in-state rivalry this fall
Wisconsin women's basketball to renew in-state rivalry this fall The Wisconsin women's basketball program will renew its I-94 rivalry with Marquette as part of a home-and-home series beginning on Nov. 8, 2025. UW will travel east to Milwaukee for the first leg of the series, then welcome the Golden Eagles to the Kohl Center in 2026. The two squads last squared off in 2017. The Golden Eagles own a 6-5 mark against the Badgers since the 2001-02 season. Wisconsin's Nov. 8 contest against the in-state rival also marks the first game the Badgers' program has announced under new head coach Robin Pingeton, who took over following former head coach Marisa Moseley's resignation earlier this year. The Badgers, who went 13-17 during the 2024-25 slate, will open the 2025-26 campaign with an entirely new roster. Former Wisconsin star Serah Williams and starting center Carter McCray transferred following the season's end, prompting Pingeton to look for talent in the portal. The former Missouri coach responded with seven transfer commitments. Those include Croatian center Dorja Zaja, Illinois forward Shay Bollin, Stony Brook guard Breauna Ware, Howard guard Destiny Howell, NC State guard Laci Steele, Southern Illinois forward Gift Uchenna and Missouri State guard Kyrah Daniels. The Badgers also signed class of 2025 standout Nikki Kerstein in April, bolstering the program's backcourt depth. While both Williams and McCray departed, starting guard Ronnie Porter returns for her fourth season in Madison as the Badgers' leading veteran presence. She, alongside new acquisitions Uchenna and Howell, projects to spearhead Wisconsin's offensive attack this coming season. Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion
Reuters
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Wisconsin hoops coach Marisa Moseley resigns
March 10 - Marisa Moseley has resigned as the Wisconsin women's basketball coach after four seasons. The announcement came Sunday, four days after the Badgers (13-17) were knocked out in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament. Associate head coach Margaret McKeon will serve as interim coach in the event that Wisconsin receives an invitation to the Women's NIT. Athletic director Chris McIntosh said Moseley informed him of her decision to resign on Friday. "I want to thank Marisa for the commitment she demonstrated as head coach of our women's basketball program," McIntosh said in a press release. "She had a clear passion for coaching our student-athletes and she worked hard to bring success to our program. I wish her well as she transitions to the next chapter of her life." Moseley, 42, compiled a 47-75 overall record at Wisconsin, including 21-51 in Big Ten play. Moseley, who was 45-29 as the head coach at Boston University from 2018-21, cited personal reasons for stepping down. "It has been a privilege to lead the program at Wisconsin," Moseley said in the press release. "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." A former player, Tessa Towers, accused Moseley and her staff of mistreatment in a post on social media earlier this year. Moseley denied the allegations at the time.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
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 — 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. Contact/Follow on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion This article originally appeared on Badgers Wire: Wisconsin women's basketball Marisa Moseley Resigns
New York Times
10-03-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Women's college basketball coaching carousel: Kellie Harper or Jeff Mittie to Mizzou?
Already this postseason, six power conference coaching jobs have opened — one in the Big Ten, two in the SEC and three in the Big 12. For a while, I've been chatting with women's basketball insiders about what this coaching cycle will look like because big changes are coming with revenue sharing and financial units (multi-million dollar payments the NCAA awards to conferences in March Madness tournaments) hitting the sport within months of one another. Advertisement Revenue sharing will impact a coach's ability to recruit and build a program while the units will incentivize programs to invest in their women's basketball programs. Many believe the SEC and Big Ten will be the leaders on this because of their TV contracts for college football (which fuel so much of college sports), so I have long been curious if women's basketball openings in those conferences will pull sitting ACC and Big 12 coaches. Based on the early looks of it, that might be true for the better jobs opening in those conferences. This is what I'm hearing about the six coaching jobs in women's college hoops after talking to sources over the weekend: Out: Marisa Moseley (2021-25 at Wisconsin) 2024-25 record: 13-17 (4-14 in Big Ten), first-round loss in Big Ten tournament Salary: $658,000 As it did with Moseley, who had success in a three-year stint at Boston University, it looks like Wisconsin might be returning to a familiar formula (but hoping for different results). Wisconsin might try to land a successful mid-major coach who can bring the Badgers to a competitive level in the Big Ten. If that is the direction, there's no shortage of good options. Wisconsin women's basketball head coach Marisa Moseley has resigned from her position, UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced on — Wisconsin Women's Basketball (@BadgerWBB) March 10, 2025 Richmond coach Aaron Roussell has taken two mid-major programs (Bucknell and Richmond) to the NCAA Tournament. The Minnesota native is a two-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year and two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year. Last season, the Spiders made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005, and they're expected to receive an at-large bid this year. Fairfield coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis has Big Ten experience as a Minnesota assistant under Lindsay Whalen from 2018-22. She has led the Stags to the NCAA Tournament twice (2022, 2024), and are favorites in the MAAC tournament, which begins on Wednesday. Advertisement Harvard coach Carrie Moore has helped establish the Ivy League rule beyond Princeton. The Michigan native and Western Michigan alum has power conference experience as an assistant at Michigan under Kim Barnes Arico (2021-22) and North Carolina (2019-21). The Athletic's most recent Bracket Watch has Harvard in a play-in game for a No. 11 seed. If the Crimson receive a bid, it would be the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. If the Badgers hope to stay in the Midwest with their mid-major acquisition, South Dakota State coach Aaron Johnston, whose Jackrabbits' Summit League win means his program will advance to the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time, has a roster built entirely out of the Midwest and would be a smart choice. Out: Robin Pingeton (2010-25 at Missouri) 2024-25 record: 14-17 (3-13 SEC), first-round loss in SEC tournament Salary: $650,000 The Tigers haven't made it out of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament since 2001. Pingeton was hired in 2010, ahead of the program's move into the SEC (in 2012), and Mizzou experienced success in the late 2010s — finishing the season ranked in the AP poll in 2018 and 2019 — but it hasn't been a team that contends for much in a deep (and deepening) SEC. Seems like Mizzou is out to change that narrative with this hire, and it'll have a chance to because this job is seen by most in the business as the best opening right now. Expect the Tigers to cast a wide net. I'm hearing that phone interviews could start early this week, and that Kansas State coach Jeff Mittie is a big target. The Missouri native has been at KSU since 2014 and is familiar with former Big 12 opponents Texas and Oklahoma. Mittie signed a five-year extension through 2028-29 last June, making him a pretty pricey target, too, but it sounds like Missouri is willing to pay. Advertisement Grand Canyon coach Molly Miller, also a Missouri native, could be a more affordable option for the Tigers. She reportedly makes $250,000 a season, and the jump to a power conference would be appealing. Given the quick success of Tennessee coach Kim Caldwell who, like Miller, spent most of her coaching career in Division II, Missouri might hand the reins over to Miller without qualms about her lack of power conference experience. Two other sitting power conference coaches who could be in the mix are Cal's Charmin Smith (2024 salary: $530,400) and Oklahoma State's Jacie Hoyt ($650,000) — both are having the best years of their careers. I've also heard former Tennessee coach Kellie Harper and Missouri State's Beth Cunningham in the mix. Harper has spent the last year as an analyst for the SEC Network, but it wouldn't be out of the question to see her back on a sideline in 2025-26 or the next few seasons if she felt like the opportunity was right. Cunningham spent nine seasons as VCU's head coach and also has assistant experience at VCU, Notre Dame and Duke. She has been at Missouri State since 2022. Out: Johnnie Harris (2021-25 at Auburn) 2024-25 record: 12-17 (3-13 SEC), first-round loss in SEC tournament Salary: $568,750 The big name being thrown out with the Auburn search has been Mississippi State coach Sam Purcell, and with good reason — he's an Auburn alum, has established SEC knowledge and current Auburn athletic director John Cohen was the AD who hired him at Mississippi State in 2022. However, I'm hearing that the program might be focused on bringing in a female coach. If that's the case, there are several who make a lot of sense. If Auburn prefers a sitting head coach (which seems the case), Miller is a strong choice. She has a fantastic basketball mind, and luring a mid-major coach to a power conference program, even if it has not gotten out of the first weekend of the tournament since 1996, isn't rocket science. Though Harper is not a sitting head coach, she could also be a good fit. Her first coaching job was as an assistant on Joe Ciampi's Auburn staff (for one season) before moving on to Wes Moore's staff at Chattanooga before holding a slew of head coaching jobs. Advertisement Out: Natasha Adair (2022-25 at ASU) 2024-25 record: 10-21 (3-15 Big 12), first-round loss in Big 12 tournament Salary: $650,000 The big question here is whether Miller would want to leave Grand Canyon for Arizona State. And that's not a given. She's a top candidate in this cycle, but if she opts to stay at GCU, that doesn't hurt her stock for next year's crop of openings (which could be stronger with programs raising the stakes in the era of revenue sharing and women's basketball tournament units). The Sun Devils could also reach into the WNBA ranks. Nikki Blue, who spent 15 seasons as a college assistant (including three at Arizona State), has been an assistant in the WNBA — for the Mercury and now Sparks — since 2022. Recently retired Briann January, who played at ASU, was an assistant for one season under former ASU coach Charlier Turner Thorne before joining the Connecticut Sun staff and the G League's Motor City Cruise. Out: Amber Whiting 2024-25 record: 13-16 (4-14 Big 12), first-round loss in Big 12 tournament Salary: Unknown, private school When Jeff Judkins retired in 2022, the program made it clear that it intended to hire someone from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which contributed to hiring Whiting, who had no college coaching experience). It's not a requirement for BYU employment, but it has certainly been a preference in the past. Complicating matters, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe plans to retire at the end of this academic year, meaning that any coach who signs with BYU will be working for a boss who didn't actually hire them, which isn't often appealing. Given that, the pool is … sparse. BYU assistant Lee Cummard, who has spent his entire coaching career at BYU as an assistant for both the men and the women, is an alum and LDS member. Utah assistant Morgan Bailey is a BYU alum who has spent time as an assistant on both BYU and Utah Valley's staffs. Utah Valley head coach Dan Nielsen is also a BYU alum. The Wolverines made the NCAA Tournament in 2021. Advertisement Out: Ronald Hughey (2014-25 at Houston) 2024-25 record: 5-24 (1-17 Big 12), first-round loss in Big 12 tournament Salary: $330,000 It's not a great job opening and, even with the success of the men's program, it's hard to know how much Houston wants to invest in its women's basketball program. Of the open jobs now, this is the lowest on the list for top candidates and it wouldn't be surprising to see the Cougars chase a sitting head coach outside of the power conferences or a top assistant to help move the program from the bottom of the Big 12 to a middling program. Texas' ties will be huge in this search since the program knows that top recruits aren't going to automatically consider the Cougars with Texas, Baylor, TCU, Texas A&M and even Texas Tech in the state. Identifying those second-tier players who can compete at the power conference level or having established recruiting relationships from a power conference program so you can pull in transfer portal players (à la Mark Campbell at TCU) will be necessary. UTSA coach Karen Aston, who has spent the majority of her 31-year career in the state of Texas, is a likely target. Per OpenPayrolls, she made just more than $200,000 last year so Houston wouldn't need to match her previous Texas salaries ($700,000-plus) to have an edge. Texas associate head coach Elena Lovato has spent most of the last decade on Vic Schaefer's staffs at Texas and Mississippi State, but she has had head coaching stints at lower-level programs. If Houston opts to go outside the box for a coach who doesn't have Texas ties, they might consider Southeastern Louisiana's Ayla Guzzardo. The Louisiana native has been the head coach of the Lady Lions since 2017, and she led the program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2023. They have the top seed in the Southland Conference, and if they can hold their regular season results through the tournament, they could punch their ticket to the Big Dance again this year. (Photos of Kellie Harper and Jeff Mittie: Lance King and David Purdy / Getty Images)
Washington Post
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Wisconsin's Marisa Moseley stepping down after fourth straight losing season
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin women's basketball coach Marisa Moseley has stepped down after posting a 47-75 record in four seasons at a program that has been struggling to compete in the Big Ten for over a decade. The Badgers went 13-16 this season and lost 81-54 to Iowa in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. Moseley didn't win more than one-third of her Big Ten games in any of her four seasons.
