ATLANTA (June 2, 2026) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today the 2025-26 WBCA Victory Club honorees.
The WBCA Victory Club honor is bestowed annually on each WBCA-member head coach who achieves and reports to the WBCA a milestone of 200, 300, 400, 500 or more career victories during the season recently ended on the level of competition at which they currently coach. Victories recorded at different levels of competition (such as scholastic and collegiate) cannot be combined.
Here are the 2025-26 WBCA Victory Club honorees (date listed is the date the milestone was achieved):
1000 wins
Dave Stricklin, Umpqua Community College, 1/19/2026
800 wins
Mark Campbell, Union University, 3/13/26
Bill Fennelly, Iowa State University, 3/19/2025
Gina Johnson, San Joaquin Delta College, 1/16/2026
Mike Miller, Messiah University, 2/2/2026
700 wins
Jim Brown, Jackson County High School, 1/10/2026
Russ Davis, Vanguard University, 12/4/2025
David Smalley, University of Rio Grande, 2/27/2025
Lisa Stone, Washington University (St. Louis), 2/15/2026
600 wins
Steve DiPatri, Wildwood Catholic Academy, 12/21/2025
Jeannie Hebert-Truax, Wasilla High School, 2/1/2025
Robin Pingeton, University of Wisconsin, 3/22/2026
Jim Scheible, University of Rochester, 1/18/2026
500 wins
Keith Boucher, Keene State College, 1/21/2026
Tricia Cullop, University of Miami, 1/1/2026
Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee State, 1/23/2026
Kevin McGuff, Ohio State University, 2/5/2026
Kevin Pederson, Coastal Carolina University, 12/29/25
Kerry Phayre, Assumption University, 12/13/2025
Chanda Rigby, Troy University, 1/28/2026
Dawn Staley, South Carolina, 2/14/2026
Jeff Walz, University of Louisville, 1/4/2026
400 wins
Courtney Banghart, University of North Carolina, 2/12/2026
Brian Crichlow, Mt. San Antonio College, 11/12/2025
Kellie Harper, University of Missouri, 11/29/2025
Felisha Legette-Jack, Syracuse University, 11/4/2025
Carrie Lohr, Wayne State University, 12/9/2025
Rick Pietri, Jacksonville State University, 1/25/2025
Brady Sallee, Ball State University, 3/15/2025
300 wins
Shawn Reed, Tabor College, 1/21/2026
Jennie Baranczyk, University of Oklahoma, 11/30/2025
Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga University, 1/2/2026
Mike Mincey, Carson-Newman University, 1/21/2026
Stephanie Yelton, University of West Florida, 3/1/2025
Brad Fischer, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1/7/2026
Jordan Olufson, Webster University, 11/19/2025
Leigh Marshall, Palomar Community College, 3/1/2025
200 wins
Mike McGuire, Radford University, 12/18/2025
Veronica Nolt, Elizabethtown College, 2/21/2026
About the WBCA
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.
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