Tournament teams coached by women
The majority of tournament teams have women has head coaches
Basketball
If you want to cheer for programs coached by women, look no further.
Dawn Staley, Lisa Bluder, Kim Mulkey, and Tara VanDerveer are all big names at the top of the sport. They have all contributed to growing the game and shining a spotlight on some of the best players the sport has seen.
Women coaches take center stage as women’s basketball finally steps into the spotlight. Below is a list of the 40 teams in the tournament coached by women.
- Alabama - Kristy Curry
- Arizona - Adia Barnes
- Baylor - Nicki Collen
- Drake - Allison Polman
- Drexel - Amy Mellon
- Duke - Kara Lawson
- Eastern Washington - Joddie Gleason
- Fairfield - Carly Thibault-DuDonis
- Florida State - Brook Wykoff
- Gonzaga - Lisa Fortier
- Holy Cross - Maureen Magarity
- Indiana - Teri Moren
- Iowa - Lisa Bluder
- Jackson State - Tomekia Reed
- LSU - Kim Mulkey
- Maine - Amy Vachon
- Marquette - Megan Duffy
- Marshall - Kim Stephens
- Maryland - Brenda Frese
- Michigan - Kim Barnes Arico
- Michigan State - Robyn Fralick
- Nebraska - Amy Williams
- Nevada – Las Vegas - Linda La Roc
- North Carolina - Courtney Banghard
- Notre Dame - Niele Ivy
- Presbyterian - Alaura Sharp
- Ole Miss - Yolett McPhee-McCuin
- Oklahoma - Jennie Baranczyk
- Princeton - Carla Berube
- Rice - Lindsay Edmonds
- South Carolina - Dawn Staley
- Southern California - Lindsay Gottlieb
- Stanford - Tara VanDerveer
- Syracuse - Felisha Legette-Jack
- Tennessee - Kellie Harper
- Texas A&M - Joni Taylor
- UC Irvine - Tamara Inoue
- UCLA - Cori Close
- Utah - Lynne Roberts
- Vanderbilt - Shea Ralph