at UC Irvine. 2 Stanfurd, 75-51, California Falls Short at No. However, the second half success was not enough for an NCAA tournament bid and Cal wound up settling for the WNIT. ND went 10-10 overall and 8-7 in the ACC for sixth place during Iveys pandemic-shortened rookie year. WSU shot just 25.8% in the first half, and Cal held a nine-point lead (32-23) with 8:15 remaining in the third quarter. On January 2, Cal won at home against Arizona State, the Pac-12s only winless team in conference play. Mid-June is an odd time of year to be looking to replace a women's basketball coach. 4y Adrian Wojnarowski. Now, the slumping Bears will face the high-flying Buffaloes on Friday morning in a milestone game for Smith. On the hardwood, Smith has helped coach the Bears to the top three individual seasons in program history. Senior leader Layshia Clarendon cut her hair into what became a trademark mohawk,[35] and the team wrote, produced, and starred in their own music video, "Started from the Bottom. [13] Following an overtime win over Georgia in the Elite Eight, California advanced to their first ever Final Four,[14] where they lost to Louisville. She began her coaching career in 2003 as an assistant coach at Boston College, where she spent one season before joining Tara Vanderveers coaching staff at Stanford. Conference tournament champion, Gottlieb's husband is a finance entrepreneur. [19] Gottlieb inherited a very talented, but young team, which had ended the 201011 season losing seven of their last eight games. Its unlikely that Cal pulls off the upset in either of this weekends games, but a win would feel like a breath of fresh air for Smith and her team. She has served on the Womens Basketball Coaches Association Board of Directors and was hired in April 2019 to serve as an assistant coach for the WNBAs New York Liberty. 3 of 12 4 of 12 Cal women's basketball Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb during a women's basketball game at Hass Pavillion in Berkeley on Friday, January 12, 2018. The University of Utah women's basketball team's dream season continued Tuesday with the release of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference honors.. 8 UCLA marked Smiths 49th conference game as a head coach. Following 12 consecutive losing seasons from 199394 to 200405, California began a resurgence under former Richmond head coach Joanne Boyle. [23] In the second round they faced 1 seed Notre Dame on the Irish home floor. 2 6 P.M. [39] She has set an unequivocal goal of making the University of California Women's Basketball team one of the elite programs in the country.[40][41][42]. Until there is definitive word that a player will be taking advantage of this extra year, the WBB Blog scholarship charts will not reflect this extra eligibility. Phillips worked extensively with Arizonas post players, helping guide the development of Pac-12 All-Freshman selection Cate Reese.A California native, Phillips looks forward to bringing her energy and experience to the Cal culture.No stranger to excellence of her own, Phillips spent three seasons at LMU prior to her arrival Tucson, including the last two as the programs associate head coach. Miles playing status for this weeks ACC Tournament and beyond remained undetermined as of Tuesday, according to Ivey. After a 20-4 regular season and its first ACC title since 2019, third-year coach Niele Ivey is named the 2023 ACC women's basketball coach of the year. Gottlieb coached at Cal through 201819, a year in which she led the Golden Bears to their seventh NCAA tournament appearance under her tenure. After three years, Smith left the Farm for Berkeley and joined the Golden Bear staff for the 2007-08 season. Highly-regarded throughout the coaching ranks at both the collegiate and professional levels, Smith has played a key role in building Cal into one of the premier programs on the West Coast, handling duties from recruiting and scheduling, to alumni engagement and campus equity and inclusion. Harada was named the Cal State Fullerton head women's basketball coach on April 17, 2017 by Athletics Director Jim Donovan. Email. Smith played an integral role in the development of three of the Pac-10's top posts - Brooke Smith, Jayne Appel and Kristen Newlin - and in the spring of 2007, she switched her focus to working with the Cardinal guards, including three-time Pac-10 Player of the Year Candice Wiggins. In eight seasons as the head coach of the Golden Bears, Gottlieb compiled a 17989 overall record, with her teams going 8859 in Pac-12 play. But the Cougars stayed close by collecting 11 offensive rebounds, which led to 10 second-chance points. The program has been to the NCAA tournament a total of nine times, and won three conference championships. Over the past two seasons, five Golden Bear guards have earned All-Conference recognition. Head Women's Basketball Coach Year at California (PA) 17th (12th as Head Coach) Alma Mater Penn State - 2005 Phone 724.938.5394 E-Mail strom@pennwest.edu The all-time winningest coach in program history, Jess Strom is in her 12th season as head coach and 17th overall as a member of the California (PA) coaching staff. Cal has put together five top-20 recruiting classes in Smiths tenure, which includes three in the top 10 (2009, 2011, and 2020). [11] In her first season as a head coach, Gottlieb led the Gauchos to a 15-1 regular season conference record in the Big West Conference, and a 22-10 record overall. Gottlieb explained, "I knew that it was the perfect thing for me because it combined kind of my nerdiness and love of the X's and O's with the ability to impact 18- to 22-year-olds in a really significant way. Danelle Bishop is in her 12th season (13th year overall) as the head coach of the Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball team in 2022-23. The woes date to the beginning of Pac-12 play, as Cal womens basketball has won just one of its previous six games. 20/20 Cal Hosts Washington, WSU - The University of California Official Athletic Site", "2007 Women's College Basketball Rankings and Polls for Week 18 - ESPN", "Joanne Boyle leaving Cal to coach at Virginia", "WNIT CHAMPIONS! [16] Gottlieb's 179 wins rank second all-time in team history. The Cougars shot 59.8% from the field after halftime, and Cal was just 3-for-11 from the floor in the fourth quarter. Gottlieb was passionate about sports from an early age. Their 13-5 record in conference play put them in second place in the Pac-12 Conference. Harada was named the Cal State Fullerton head women's basketball coach on April 17, 2017 by Athletics Director Jim Donovan. [15] The following summer, Layshia Clarendon was drafted ninth overall in the 2013 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. Of the 15 McDonalds All-Americans in Cal womens basketball history, Smith has helped sign 13 of them since joining the Cal staff in 2007, including an impressive haul in 2009 with a class that featured four All-Americans that served as the foundation to the Bears 2013 NCAA Final Four run. Daunting Pac-12 matchups to come for Cal womens basketball. At Cal, Reed will work with the post players, head recruiting efforts and assist on the defensive side of the ball. A mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for over a decade, Charmin Smith was named head coach of the Cal womens basketball team on June 21, 2019.Smith becomes the 10th head coach in Cal womens basketball history after spending the last 12 seasons as an assistant on the Golden Bear staff, including serving as the programs associate head coach since 2012. Keeping up where Boyle's teams left off, the 201112 Golden Bears returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time in three years, losing in the second round to eventual runners-up Notre Dame. They really made it hard for us to run any kind of offense.". For Cal head coach Charmin Smith, Jayda Curry is a first. More recently, Smith has worked extensively with Cal's post players, including 2019 National Defensive Player of the Year and four-time All-American Kristine Anigwe, who was selected by the Connecticut Sun with the ninth overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft. Shes also the most efficient scorer in the Pac-12. McGraw, Iveys Hall of Fame predecessor, took home the honor in 2014 at the end of Notre Dames first season in the ACC and again in 2016. 13 Arizona on the road in the regular season finale. LOS ANGELES Cal State L.A. has named Tuonisia Turner-Lewis to be the University s next head coach for woman s basketball. It was tears, such an amazing moment for me, an accomplishment, (but) I wouldnt have this award if it wasnt for this amazing team and my staff., Last game:Notre Dame women overcome loss of Olivia Miles to clinch ACC regular-season championship. Paul Reed joined the Cal women's basketball program as an assistant coach on April 30, 2021. 8 Utah, has lost just one game this season and is perched atop the conference standings, having won its first thirteen games. Miller has had a stellar career as a player and coach. Postseason invitational champion In her first two years in Berkeley, Cal set then-school records for wins in a season, finishing both years with 27-7 marks before Cal pushed itself into elite status with the record-breaking 32-4 Final Four campaign in 2012-13. After having four coaches in its first six seasons, the program entered a period of stability in 1979 with the arrival of Gooch Foster, who led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons to begin her tenure. [10], During Boyle and Gottlieb's first year at California, 200506, the Bears had their first winning season in 13 years and received their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1993. [2], In 2005, Boyle was hired as the head coach of the University of California, and she brought Gottlieb with her to Berkeley as her top assistant. CBU has put together a 234-80 record for a winning percentage of 74.5 in Olson's nine seasons. Mar 10 TBA WBB. Smith experienced a number of successes in her first year as head coach, leading the Golden Bears to three upsets over higher-ranked opponents. Highly-regarded throughout the coaching ranks at both the collegiate and professional levels, Smith has played a key role in building Cal into one of the premier programs on the West Coast, handling duties from recruiting and scheduling, to alumni engagement and campus equity and inclusion. Develop the athletic skills of each student-athlete in season and out . Phone. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Jess Strom is in her 12th season as head coach and 17th overall as a member of the California (PA) coaching staff. Gottlieb began her head coaching career with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos where she spent three years and led the team to two regular-season Big West championships in 2009 and 2011, as well as the Big West tournament championship in 2009. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Conference regular season champion Over the course of her tenure, she has played a key role in the Bears player development, which has seen Cal produce seven WNBA Draft picks in recent years, including guards Layshia Clarendon, a 2017 WNBA All-Star and the ninth overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft, and Brittany Boyd, who earned WNBA All-Rookie recognition after being drafted ninth overall in 2015. 22-ranked Arizona State in the opening round of the 2020 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas. There is no additional information to display. California was invited the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, as an 8 seed. Cal women's basketball head coach Charmin Smith is now in her fourth season in charge of the program. Highly-regarded throughout the coaching ranks at both the collegiate and professional levels, Smith has played a key role in building Cal into one of the premier programs on the West Coast, handling duties from recruiting and scheduling, to alumni engagement and campus equity and inclusion. 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In 200607, California snapped Stanford's 50-game Pac-10 winning streak at Maples Pavilion en route to their first 20-win season since 1992 and a second consecutive NCAA tournament berth. Privacy Policy. I can do that because I'm so confident in their focus. Following her collegiate playing career, Smith joined the professional ranks in the ABL from 1997-98 as a member of the Portland Power and played three years in the WNBA, along with one year in the Swedish Basketball League. Golden Bears On. NCAA Division II Championship Game. The season is over for Cal's women's basketball team. Jayda Curry led Cal with 16 points while playing all 40 minutes, and she made one three-pointer. The official 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster for the . Pac-12 Network. The 2018-19 season marked Kai Feltons eighth season with California womens basketball team.In her eight seasons at Cal, the Bears have registered seven 20-win seasons and made seven trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the program's first Final Four appearance in 2013. After three years, Smith left the Farm for Berkeley and joined the Golden Bear staff for the 2007-08 season. WSU (20-9) will play No. WSU then dominated play in the fourth quarter to stretch the lead. BERKELEY - Charmin Smith, a mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for the last 12 seasons, has agreed to become the head women's basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley, Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton announced on Friday. [17], In April 2011, Gottlieb's mentor, Joanne Boyle, left the University of California for the head coach job at the University of Virginia. They have two children, a son (b. "They were certainly the most aggressive team in the first half. Influence all student-athletes to graduate with a professional degree. Junior forward Alissa Pili leads the Utes offense in scoring with 19.8 points per game, the third best average in the conference. Mikayla Cowling and Asha Thomas both earned Pac-12 Honorable Mention at the end of the 2017-18 season while freshman point guard Kianna Smith was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2018. A St. Louis native, Smith was a star player for Stanford from 1993-97, helping the Cardinal to three NCAA Final Fours and three Pac-10 titles. As the referees were assessing the sequence at the monitor, Mulkey could be seen telling them that Battles was talking to her. Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Network. [21] They did pull off a 59-50 upset of #22 Virginia and their former coach Joanne Boyle. [26] Gottlieb led the Bears to a 17-1 conference record, making them Pac-12 Conference co-championsthe first conference championship in California Women's Basketball history. The team won their first NCAA tournament game in a quarter-century before falling in the second round to George Washington. 5. But the Bears could not hold off the Cougars, who went 8-for-11 from the field in the third quarter. That same year, she was also awarded her B.A. The win over the Sun Devils made the Golden Bears just the second 12-seed to win a game in the Pac-12 Tournament. Cheryl Miller is the new head coach of the Golden Eagles women's basketball program at Cal State LA, the University announced Friday. During Smith's tenure as an assistant with Stanford, the Cardinal posted an 87-16 (.845) record and made a pair of NCAA Elite Eight appearances. 2 Stanford nearly two weeks ago was made possible only by a strong defensive performance in which the Bears held the Cardinal to just 60 points. Bears' season is over after they let a 9-point lead in the third quarter slip away. Their play was marked by dominance in rebounding, particularly on the offensive boards. 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster - California Golden Bears Athletics University of California Athletics 2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster Go To Coaching Staff Print Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Sort By: Footer Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital Ad Blocker Detected Thanks for visiting calbears.com! Smith took over in the summer of 2019, after former head coach Lindsay Gottlieb led. And nearly 50 games in, there is still no sign that Smith has developed a team that is capable of even middling Pac-12 competitiveness. "But I'm going to think about that for two minutes, and for the next 10,000 minutes I'm going to think about what this group did for the University of California." Smith experienced a number of successes in her first year as head coach, leading the Golden Bears to three upsets over higher-ranked opponents. Cover photo of Mia Mastrov by Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports, Follow Cal Sports Report on Twitter: @jakecurtis53, Find Cal Sports Report on Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/si.calsportsreport. KK Bransford was accorded all-freshman team honors on the same day she was also named national freshman of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. in political science. She was previously the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's team before becoming an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Felton, Tess It was during that year abroad that she decided to pursue a coaching career seriously. In short, theyre a top-15 team in the making and Cal may just be the easiest prey of all for Colorado at this point in the season. Cavaliers hire Cal women's coach Gottlieb to staff. Jake Curtis worked in the San Francisco Chronicle sports department for 27 years, covering virtually every sport, including numerous Final Fours, several college football national championship games, an NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches and a World Cup. Conference tournament champion, Source: 2011-12 Golden Bears Record Book and California Season Statistics. They have trailed in the second half for a grand total of 71 seconds over the course of the past six games. [3] The arena was originally known as Men's Gymnasium and then later Harmon Gymnasium until the late 1990s when it went through massive renovations which displaced the team for two seasons. 20182023 WBB Blog. [24], With almost the entire team returning for the 201213 season, expectations were high, and the Bears were ranked #13 in the AP pre-season poll, their highest ranking since 2009. Woj: Cavs make landmark hire with Lindsay Gottlieb (1:58) Adrian Wojnarowski explains the impact of the Cavaliers' decision to hire Cal women's basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb as an assistant coach. He was a Cal beat writer for many of those years. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Smith, Paul [27] The Bears earned a second seed in the NCAA tournament, the Bears' highest tournament seed ever. That was more basketball games. TicketSmarter Ticket Resale Marketplace, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. The Bears were no better from long distance, making just one of their 10 shots from beyond the arc. Ivey and the Irish wrapped up the ACC regular-season title outright on Sunday by rallying from a 10-point third-quarter deficit to beat host Louisville 68-65. Boulder, CA Pac-12 Network Charmin Smith Head Coach A mainstay on the Golden Bear bench for over a decade, Charmin Smith was named head coach of the Cal women's basketball team on June 21, 2019. Gottlieb and her coaching staff are very active on Twitter. The Bears played a schedule filled with ranked teams, and they suffered tough losses by three points or less to #12 Ohio State, #16 Rutgers, and #24 Texas. 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The season is over for Cals womens basketball team. - The University of California Official Athletic Site", "Special Season Ends with Loss to Louisville", "Cavaliers Hire Lindsay Gottlieb as Assistant Coach", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California_Golden_Bears_women%27s_basketball&oldid=1135224854, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 11:26. 25 in the final USA TodayESPN women's basketball poll, and Joanne Boyle and Devannei Hampton received Pac-10 Coach and Player of the Year honors, respectively.[9][10]. #3 seed Cal State LA fell in the CCAA Women's Basketball Tournament semifinal to #2 seed Cal State San Marcos.