Actually, She’s Staying: Yolett McPhee-McCuin spurns Georgia to remain as Ole Miss women’s basketball head coach
Coach Yo will remain at Ole Miss after all.
Despite a report from Mike Robinson of The Ball Out earlier in the day, Ole Miss women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin announced Wednesday evening she will remain at Ole Miss.
McPhee-McCuin is fresh off of leading the Rebels to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 15 years. Robinson reported McPhee-McCuin was in line to become the next head coach at Georgia.
“I truly believe in what was’ve built here at Ole Miss,” McPhee-McCuin said. Ole Miss athletics director Keith Carter quickly followed with confirmation of McPhee-McCuin’s return. “Keith and (Ole Miss associate athletics director) Jen (Saxon) are committed to our program. Our visions are aligned and to me that’s important.
“If you look at my track record, we have been able got show consistent success over a period of time. The Sip is the move, and I’d like to continue to stabilize our program! So renew your season tickets, sit tight and let my staff and I continue to work.”
McPhee-McCuin just wrapped her fourth year with the Rebels after taking over in 2018. Two years ago, Ole Miss went 0-16 in SEC play. Fast forward to 2021-22 and the Rebels turned in their best conference record with the second 10-win SEC season in program history.
The Rebels closed out with a first round loss to South Dakota in the NCAA Tournament last Friday.
Afterwards, McPhee-McCuin showed her gratitude to the seniors who stayed the course and helped get the program to where it is, but also spoke of the future with the Rebels.
“This is the beginning. And I thanked our seniors, because they came and did what I asked them to do, help me jumpstart this thing,” McPhee-McCuin said. “So, just how I said it’s NCAA Tournament or bust, I can boldly say that we’ll be back.”
Coming off its run to the WNIT Championship game last March, McPhee-McCuin received a contract extension and a raise that pays her up to $750,000 a year.
*** The Ole Miss Spirit’s Jake Thompson contributed to this report.
