2025-26 women's college basketball coaching carousel
As the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season nears its end, the coaching carousel has begun to spin. Each opening and hiring will be tracked here and updated daily.
Jobs open: 16
Jobs filled: 3
A-10
VCU parts with head coach Beth O’Boyle, Kirk Crawford named interim head coach (2/2)
ACC
Boston College parts ways with Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (2/1)
Pittsburgh parts ways with Tory Verdi (3/3)
American
Memphis has parted ways with Alex Simmons (3/9)
Head coach Jose Fernandez accepts head coaching job with Dallas Wings, Michele Woods-Baxter named interim head coach (10/23)
ASUN
North Alabama
Candi Whitaker accepts Kansas City head coaching job (3/11)
Big Ten
Head coach Joe McKeown announces retirement following the 2025-26 season (3/24)
Penn State parts ways with Carolyn Kieger (3/5)
Rutgers parts ways with head coach Coquese Washington (3/2)
Gary Redus named head coach (3/9)
C-USA
Kennesaw State parts ways with Octavia Blue (3/11)
Head coach Rick Pietri has retired (3/12)
New Mexico State parts ways with Jody Adams (3/8)
New Mexico State hires Adeniyi Amadou (3/11)
Mountain West
Nevada has parted ways with Amanda Levens (3/9)
SEC
Florida has parted ways with Kellie Ray Finley (3/9)
Summit
Kansas City
Kansas City parts ways with Dionnah Jackson-Durrett (3/6)
Kansas City hires Candi Whitaker (3/11)
St. Thomas
Ruth Sinn announces retirement following the 2025-26 season (2/10)
Sun Belt
Gene Hill resigns as head coach (3/12)
Pac-12
Texas State has parted ways with Zenarae Antoine (3/9)
WCC
Denver parts ways with Doshia Woods (3/10)
Seattle parted ways with Skyler Young (3/2)