Posts for Archives: Press Releases

(DES MOINES, Iowa—March 10, 2025) The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University and the Excellence with Integrity Institute are proud to announce an extended partnership with NCAA Women’s Basketball and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The partnership will help coaches create a positive team culture that empowers leadership development. The project […]

ATLANTA (March 4, 2025) — Tiffany Daniels, associate commissioner and senior woman administrator for the Southeastern Conference, is the 2025 WBCA Administrator of the Year, announced today by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The WBCA Administrator of the Year award is presented annually to an administrator, athletic director, associate or assistant athletic director, or senior woman […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 28, 2025) — Texas A&M head coach Joni Taylor is the recipient of the 2025 WBCA Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today. The Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award is named in honor of the late Carol Eckman, the former West Chester State College coach, who is […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 25, 2025) — Joan Cronan, who has served the University of Tennessee diligently since 1983, building lasting relationships and creating opportunities for success for UT student-athletes, coaches and administrators, is the recipient of the 2025 Betty F. Jaynes Lifetime Achievement Award, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today. The award is named in honor […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 13, 2025) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today a partnership with beauty brand Dove that will make the 2025 WBCA Convention’s biggest day of programming more accessible to scholastic and non-scholastic youth coaches. Dove also will lead a special panel discussion focused on raising awareness of body image concerns that cause girls to […]

Today’s historic vote by the NCAA Division I membership to create the Women’s Basketball Performance Fund is the culmination of decades of hard work by coaches with the support of the WBCA to grow our great game. Beginning with this year’s championship, the NCAA will tangibly recognize the teams that compete in the tournament for their success […]

ATLANTA (Jan. 15, 2025) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is pleased to announce the class for the 22nd “So You Want To Be A Coach” program. Each student-athlete will participate in the two-day workshop on April 3 and 4 during the WBCA Convention in Tampa. The “So” program increases the understanding and application of skills necessary […]

ATLANTA (Dec. 11, 2024) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the class of participants in the 2025 WBCA Next Generation Institute — a high-level education program for experienced assistant coaches who aspire to become collegiate head coaches. Now in its third year, the Next Generation Institute curriculum focuses on the CEO attributes needed to lead a […]

WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew reacts to Geno Auriemma surpassing Tara VanDerveer as the all-time winningest coach in college basketball: “Geno Auriemma is now the most successful college basketball coach of all time. Geno has won more games and more national championships than any other college basketball coach in history. His legacy, however, is far […]

Danielle Donehew, Executive Director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), has been named a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The announcement was made during halftime of the UConn-North Carolina game. Donehew joins a distinguished class of contributors to the sport, with the induction ceremony scheduled for June 14, […]