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Five Cornell players sit on stools in a horizontal line facing head coach Dayna Smith. Their teammates and the rest of the staff huddle in a semicircle around them.

After 22 years, Dayna Smith is out as Cornell’s head coach

By Jenn Hatfield / March 12, 2024

The Big Red have struggled since winning their lone Ivy League title in 2008

Lavender Thornhill holds on with her left hand and waves with her right as she rides a baby hippo on a carousel.

2024 women’s basketball coaching carousel live tracker

By Talia Goodman / March 11, 2024

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Mizzou head coach Robin Pingeton walks by the halfcourt logo

Stock down: Which women’s college basketball coaches are on the hot seat?

By Em Adler / December 31, 2023

This article isn’t Jolly; in fact, it’s quite Grave(s)

Newly appointed Fordham head coach Bridgette Mitchell poses with director of athletics Ed Kull and a basketball

New beginnings in the Bronx: Bridgette Mitchell looks to ‘revive’ Fordham Rams

By Natalie Heavren / April 16, 2023

What the beginning of the Mitchell era means for the Rams

Connecticut Sun center Jonquel Jones congratulates teammate Alyssa Thomas after it was announced that Thomas recorded a triple-double. Below that picture is the headline "CT's Busy November" in all caps, with the Locked On Women's Basketball logo in the upper right corner.

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Inside the Connecticut Sun’s busy November

By The Next / December 2, 2022

Team president Jennifer Rizzotti hired a new coach and a new general manager and announced a promotion

Stephanie White officially introduced as Connecticut Sun head coach

By Jacqueline LeBlanc / November 22, 2022

The Connecticut Sun officially introduced Stephanie White as the team’s new head coach in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun Arena

Then-Washington Mystics associate head coach Eric Thibault watches the game from the sideline with his hands at his sides. His father and then-head coach Mike Thibault is in the background with his arms crossed.

‘Nothing different’: Why new Mystics head coach Eric Thibault is ready to hit the ground running

By Jenn Hatfield / November 20, 2022

Thibault grew up immersed in the game, now gets first head-coaching job

Thumbnail preview for the Locked on Women's Basketball podcast episode about the changing of WNBA front offices

Locked on Women’s Basketball: A new era in WNBA front offices

By The Next / November 18, 2022

Host Jackie Powell is joined by an all-star panel to discuss some of the front office changes we’ve seen in the past two months

A close-up photo of Washington Mystics head coach and general manager Mike Thibault smiling.

Mike Thibault retires as Washington Mystics head coach, will remain general manager

By Jenn Hatfield / November 15, 2022

Eric Thibault slides into head coaching role after 10 years on his father’s staff

Preview thumbnail for the Locked on Women's Basketball podcast covering the Cavinders of the Miami Hurricanes and Latricia Trammell being hired by the Dallas wings

Locked on Women’s Basketball: What to expect from Trammell in Dallas and the Cavinders in Miami

By The Next / November 4, 2022

Jackie Powell is joined by Arie Graham to talk Trammell and the Wings, and then ESPN’s Alexa Philippou talks about her recent feature on the Cavinders