NCAA DI…
California Baptist: Steve Yang has been hired as an Assistant Coach after serving on staff for two seasons as both an Assistant & Associate Head Coach as well as overseeing the Director of Operations position at McNeese State (DI)
Evansville: Head Coach Robyn Scherr-Wells signs a contract extension
Gardner-Webb: Lauren Holden has been hired as an Assistant Coach following two seasons in the same role at Fordham (DI)
Louisiana Monroe: Former Louisiana Tech (DI) Director of Operations Nick Long has been added as an Assistant Coach/Director of Scouting Analytics & Operations
Louisiana Monroe: Devin Cooper has been added as an Assistant Coach
North Florida: Chandler Merkerson has been hired as an Associate Head Coach after serving as an Assistant Coach at Samford (DI) over the past four seasons
North Florida: Sydnei McCaskill has been welcomed as an Assistant Coach after serving last season in the same role at Marshall (DI)
North Florida: Benji Mastandrea has been named an Assistant Coach after spending the last two seasons as Video Coordinator at Illinois State (DI)
North Florida: I’Liyah Green is the new Director of Basketball Operations after spending last season in the same role at Abilene Christian (DI)
Northwestern State: Addae Houston has been announced as a new Assistant Coach hire after spending a year in the same role at Nebraska Wesleyan (DIII)
Notre Dame: Carlos Knox will join the Irish as Player Development Program Director after spending nearly a decade working with the Indiana Fever (WNBA) as an Interim Head Coach, Assistant Coach & Player Development Coach
Stony Brook: Former Loyola Marymount (DI) Graduate Assistant Cherise Beynon has been hired as Coordinator of Operations
UNC Wilmington: Cherie Lea, a UNCW Athletics Hall of Famer who spearheaded a resurgence in UNCW women's basketball in the early 2000s, is returning to her alma mater as Associate Head Coach after one season in the same role at Duquesne (DI)
NCAA DII…
Academy of Art: Denise Bennett has been hired as an Assistant Coach after three seasons in charge of the Cal Maritime (NAIA) program
Hillsdale: After a successful run as an assistant coach at Mount Union (DIII), Abbey Bartoszewicz joined the Hillsdale College women’s basketball coaching staff as an Assistant Coach in June 2023, bringing her experience in the coaching profession to a new challenge with the Chargers
Hillsdale: After an impressive playing career at Eastern Illinois (DI), Morgan Litwiller stepped into coaching in June of 2023, taking her first position as an assistant coach with the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team
Minnesota Duluth: After serving on staff since August 2022, Ryan Carpenter is no longer an Assistant Coach
Missouri Southern State: Kailyn Strawbridge has been hired as an Assistant Coach after serving most recently as a Girls’ Assistant Coach at Principia H.S. (MO)
Newman: After three seasons on staff as either an Assistant or Associate Head Coach at Truman State (DII), Amy Briggs has been hired as Head Coach
Ursuline: Kylie Frizell is no longer an Assistant Coach after serving on staff since June 2020
NAIA…
Bethel (Ind.): Jasmine Elliott has been elevated from Graduate Assistant to serve as an Assistant Coach
Bethel (Ind.): After one season on staff, Brandon Auker is no longer serving as an Associate Head Coach. Auker has moved on to accept a new role as a Technology Recruiter with Creative Financial Staffing
California Merced: Matthew Lowry has been hired as an Assistant Coach after serving last season as an Assistant Coach/Recruiting Director at Holy Names (DII)
NJCAA…
East Mississippi: Zariah Matthews is no longer on staff as an Assistant Coach after serving in the role since July 2022