Press Releases

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 […]