Sounds like Taiwo was not invited back for her 5th year. I’m sure it creates a scholarship issue with these Covid years
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Joni Taylor (former Georgia coach) is the new head coach at Texas A&M.
Joni Taylor Named Women’s Basketball Head Coach - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com
Texas A&M named 2021 SEC Coach of the Year Joni Taylor as the eighth women's basketball head coach in program history, Director of Athletics Ross Bjork annou...12thman.com
I didn't realize she had played at Alabama, which means she played against Fennelly/ISU back in the '97-'98 season.
Taylor going A&M was surprising to me. I figured she would be at Georgia as long as she continued to win. However, I'm guessing money talked and she took advantage of the situation.
The rumor floating on one of the Hawks message boards was that there would be potentially two more. They are post-heavy next year and some are thinking there could be some movement there. Again, all message board rumors.
It would be hilarious if KF ends up transferring. She has been quite a non-factor for them
A familiar face tops the possible replacement list in an article at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/3204803/2022/03/23/four-potential-hires-for-georgia-womens-basketball/
(Spoiler for those without subscriptions: Coach Abe.)
They lose two (transfer out), so that takes the roster to 11, but bring in 3, so they will be at 14 on the roster. All five starters return, so I'm not sure that KF picks up a ton more minutes next year. She played back-up guard to Marshall, and Marshall played 2x the minutes KF did. Also, one of their incoming freshman is a SG, so she will be competing for minutes too,
I'm sure CBF would be happy, he has openly stated he does not like to coach against his former assistants. She has done a great job at UCF and would be a great hire for Georgia.
I've never figured out why a coach would move to another school in the same league (unless the money was crazy good). The SEC does it all the time in football, and now WBB is seemingly following suit.
Joni Taylor (former Georgia coach) is the new head coach at Texas A&M.
Joni Taylor Named Women’s Basketball Head Coach - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com
Texas A&M named 2021 SEC Coach of the Year Joni Taylor as the eighth women's basketball head coach in program history, Director of Athletics Ross Bjork annou...
Crazy that 2 of the teams that came to Ames lost their coaches.
Joni Taylor (former Georgia coach) is the new head coach at Texas A&M.
Joni Taylor Named Women’s Basketball Head Coach - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com
Texas A&M named 2021 SEC Coach of the Year Joni Taylor as the eighth women's basketball head coach in program history, Director of Athletics Ross Bjork annou...
A confident Joni Taylor embraces the challenge of succeeding legendary Gary Blair
On Thursday, Joni Taylor was introduced as the new head coach of Texas A&M's women's basketball team. The 2021 SEC Coach of the Year is eager to fill the shoes left by Hall of Fame coach Gary Blair, who led the Aggies for the last 19 years.
Georgia fans were wondering if this was in the works before the tournament games.
Texas A&M Director of Athletics Ross Bjork and Deputy AD Kristen Brown were sold on Taylor almost immediately after meeting face-to-face.
“The moment that we engaged with Joni, we knew, ‘Okay, we need to meet her face-to-face,” Bjork said. “And then we walked out of the meeting, Kristen and I, with her face-to-face, and I said, ‘Why won’t we hire her? What’s the process going to look like? We need to try to get this done.’”
That was before the NCAA Tournament started. Taylor’s Bulldogs were traveling to Ames as a six-seed. They opened with a 70-54 victory over Dayton. Then they fell to Iowa State on Sunday, 67-44.
“I didn’t want them to lose on Sunday,” Bjork said. “But when that happened, it created the opportunity to get that done as soon as possible. They were on a plane yesterday, and here we are today.”
After Coach Yo said she's staying at Ole Miss, Coach Abe reportedly flew to Georgia to visit with officials there, and UCF is trying to keep her.
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That’s fantastic! She’s been an assistant there for several years. They obviously like what she’s doing.
I believe the previous head coach who just retired was elevated to head coach like Heather. It certainly should make for an easier transition. Wyoming just lost last night to UCLA in the WNIT 82-81 in 3OT.
