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ATLANTA (March 17, 2025) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the NCAA Division III senior women’s basketball players selected as members of the 2025 Women’s Collegiate All-Star Team presented by the WBCA. The 2025 Women’s Collegiate All-Star Game presented by the WBCA will be played at 1 p.m. ET, Saturday, March 22, preceding […]

ATLANTA (March 11, 2025) –The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the two-year college award winners for the 2024-25 season. Coach of the Year – Chelsea Dewey Arizona Western College head coach Chelsea Dewey is the 2025 WBCA Two-Year College Coach of the Year. Dewey will receive the Pat Summitt Trophy, named for the late […]

(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 […]