| Meghan Jones is moving north from Monmouth in Illinois to Carthage in Wisconsin. Photo by Steve Frommell, d3photography.com |
This is where we track all the head coaching changes in Division III women's basketball that occur from the end of the 2022-23 season to the start of the next one. We'll provide links to the news stories posted on schools' websites so you can go deeper into the moves that interest you, plus we have same tracker on the men's side.
If you see anything amiss, please email us at Gordon.Mann@d3sports.com.
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| School | Last Coach |
Replaced |
Last position | Notes |
| Babson | Judy Blinstrub | Kate Barnosky | Assistant coach at D1 Wisconsin | Blinstrub won 719 games and led the Beavers to 12 NCAA Tournaments, including last year's Elite 8. Barnosky was a successful player and coach at Tufts. |
| Bethany Lutheran |
Lyle Jones | Emma Purfeerst | Assistant coach at Bethany | Jones led Bethany's successful transition from NJCAA to NCAA and won three UMAC titles with the Vikings. |
| Birmingham- Southern |
Mike Ricks | Nyla Johnson | Assistant at D1 Alabama A&M | Johnson played at NAIA Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. |
| Blackburn | Daniel Johnson | Allen Dehority | Head men's coach at Finlandia | Dehority went 17-78 in four seasons at Notre Dame (Md.) and 7-47 in three seasons at Finlandia, which closed his month. |
| Brooklyn | Alex Lang | Megan Campbell | Assistant coach at Brooklyn | Campbell was a two-time All-Conference selection for the Bulldogs under Lang. |
| Buffalo State | Marybeth Nugent | Blair Estarfaa | Video coordinator at DI Syracuse | Estarfaa played four seasons at SUNYAC rival Cortland and was an assistant coach at Division I Buffalo. |
| Carthage | Tim Bernero | Megan Jones | Head coach at Monmouth | Jones went 24-25 in two seasons as the Scots' head coach. |
| Castleton | Tim Barrett | Kathleen Payne | Assistant at D2 St. Rose (N.Y.) | Castleton selected Barrett as its new Athletic Director. He won 421 games over 25 sesaons as the head coach of the Spartans' men's and women's basketball teams. |
| Central | Moran Lonning | Justin Weiland | Assistant at Grinnell | Weiland spent time as an assistant at Division II Bemidji State and Upper Iowa. |
| Clarkson | Maureen Webster | Sherry Dobbs | Men's assistant at Hamilton | Dobbs was the head men's basketball coach at SUNY Potsdam during the last decade. |
| Colby-Sawyer | Devon Quattrocchi | Tim Viola | Assistant at DII Assumption |
Viola spent one season at former Division III member Newbury in 2018-19. |
| Cortland | Jacey Brooks | Colleen Ames | Head coach at Mount St. Mary | Ames, who played in the SUNYAC (SUNY New Paltz) went 64-13 in four seasons in Newburgh, N.Y. |
| Covenant | Skylar Bareford | Kyle Yost | Assistant at Northwestern (Minn.) | Yost helped Northwestern (Minn.) win the UMAC regular season and conference titles last season. |
| Defiance | Rod Hersha (Interim) | Courtney Peay | Head coach at NAIA Trinity International |
Trinity International eliminated athletics because it shifted to an online-only model. |
| Earlham | Shanna Thompson | Joe Adams | High school coach in Indiana | Adams earned his bachelor's and master's degree from Earlham and previously spent two years on the men's staff. |
| Eastern | Eric Houston | Sarah Fowler | Assistant at D1 Robert Morris |
Fowler played her collegiate ball in the Philadelphia region at Division I St. Joseph's. |
| Elmhurst | Tethnie Carillo | Jason Pruitt | Head coach at La Verne | Pruitt went 67-62 in seven seasons at La Verne, including a 24-3 mark last season. |
| Elms | Michelle Proulx | Denisha Parks | Assistant at Worcester State | Parks, who was a three-time All-Region selection at Elms, is the program's all-time leader in points, rebounds and steals. |
| Eureka | Jaylynn Stewart |
TBD |
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| George Fox | Michael Coppolino | Lauren Howard | Assistant at DI University of Portland | Howard was an assistant under Michael Meek at George Fox and then joined him at the University of Portland. |
| Goucher | Joya Whittington | Mike Ricks | Head coach at Birmingham-Southern | Ricks went 107-94 in eight seasons at BSC where he ran the System offense. |
| Greensboro | Heather Macy | High school coach in Jacksonville, Fla. | Prince has Division II head coaching experience and is a North Carolina native who played at Division I UNC-Chapel Hill. | |
| Grove City | Chelle Fuss | Jason Baker (Interim) |
Assistant at Grove City | Baker spent two seasons as Fuss' assistant and, before that, four seasons as a high school coach in Youngstown, Ohio. |
| Hamline | Alex Focke | Joshua Hersch | Assistant at Hamline | Focke was promoted to Athletic Director when Hamline's AD moved to UW-Eau Claire. |
| Hood | Jack Mehl | DéRonté Polite | Assistant at D1 UW-Milwaukee | In addition to his D1 experience, Polite coached at two NAIA schools and his alma mater Central Christian College of the Bible in Missouri. |
| Immaculata | Chrissy Rhine | Brittany Whalen | Whalen played softball and basketball at Immaculata for four years and then was an assistant coach on the women's basketball team for three. | |
| John Hopkins |
Katherine Bixby | Rodney Rogan | Head coach at Rhodes | Rogan went 67-28 with three conference tournament titles in four seasons with the Lynx. |
| Johnson & Wales | Kim Dweck | Dino Porcic | Assistant at D1 Merrimack |
Porcic was a women's basketball assistant at Rhode Island College for three seasons before going to Merrimack. |
| Kalamazoo | Katie Miller | Ryan Clark | Head men's coach at Alma | Clark returns to his alma mater after going 15-12 with the Alma women and 20-44 with the Alma men. |
| Keystone | Al Berger | Jason Rhine | Head coach at Misericordia | Rhine went 119-56 and built the Cougars into MAC Freedom contenders during his seven seasons in nearby Dallas, Pa. |
| Knox | Kira Mowen | Seth McDowell | Head coach at St. Louis Community College | McDowell was the head women's basketball coach at NAIA Harris-Stowe University for two seasons. |
| Lakeland | Amber Peterson | Ashley Lona | Assistant at Redlands | Lona, who played Division II Northern State in South Dakota, also coached at Montana State-Billings. |
| Lancaster Bible |
Joyous Tharrington | Ryan Carpenter | Assistant at D2 Minnesota-Duluth | Carpenter, who is an LBC alum, was on Minnesota-Duluth's staff last season when the Bulldogs reached the D2 title game. |
| La Verne | Jason Pruitt | Anthony Mason | Head coach at Vassar | Mason, who went 35-17 in two seasons at Vassar, returns so the West Coast where he went to school and previously coached. |
| Loras | Justin Heinzen | Justin Busch | Assistant for Loras men's basketball |
Heinzen departs as the Duhawks' all-time winngest coach (254-141 in 15 seasons). |
| Mary Baldwin | Meghan Austin | DeEarnest McLemore |
High school coach in Durham, N.C. | In addition to his high school experience, McLemore coached for three seasons at D2 Fayetteville (N.C.) State |
| Mary Hardin-Baylor | Mark Morefield | Katie Novak-Lenoir | Head coach at D2 Hawaii Pacific | Novak went 42-83 in five seasons as the head coach at ASC member Sul Ross State. |
| Misericordia | Jason Rhine | Jess Rini (Interim) | Assistant at Scranton | Before serving as an assistant at nearby Scranton, Rini was a graduate assistant for Misericordia. |
| Mitchell | Courtney Burns | Ashley Wilson | Assistant at D1 Central Connecticut |
This will be Wilson's first collegiate head coaching job, though she was a high school head coach in Connecticut. |
| Monmouth | Megan Jones | Michelle DeCoud | Assistant at NAIA Hastings | DeCoud graduated from the University of Dallas as the Crusaders' career leader in blocks and shooting percentage. |
| Mount St. Mary |
Colleen Ames | Marion Dietz | Assistant at William Smith |
Dietz finished as the second all-time leading scorer at SUNY New Paltz where she won three SUNYAC titles. |
| Northland | Lisa Phillips | Benjamin Kluzak | Head coach at Mountain Gateway CC (Va.) | Kluzak spent the 2021-22 season as a men's basketball assistant at Nortland. |
| NVU-Lyndon | Ben Arsenault | TBD | ||
| Pfeiffer | Tooey Loy | Vontreece Hayes | Assistant at D2 Millersville (Pa.) |
Hayes was the interim head coach at her alma mater -- and USA South Athletic Conference rival -- Greensboro. |
| Plymouth State |
Leah Swanson | Curtis Arsenault | Assistant coach for Plymouth State men | Arsenault was an assistant women's basketball coach for the Panthers for two seasons before taking the same position on the men's side. |
| Rhodes | Rodney Rogan | Judy Vigneulle | Assistant at Rhodes | Vigneulle helped guide the Lynx to three straight SAA titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. |
| Rose-Hulman | Jon Prevo | Devrinn Paul | Assistant at D1 Cincinnati |
Paul will try to rebuild the Fightin' Engineers program. RHIT cancelled its season five games into the 2022-23 campaign. |
| Rosemont | Damien Price | TBD | ||
| Rowan | Demetrius Poles | Kate Pearson | Head coach at Cabrini | Pearson went 240-125 with five NCAA Tournament appearances at Cabrini in 14 seasons. Cabrini will close its doors after this academic year. |
| Salisbury | Kelly Baskow | Aprile Preller | Assistant at Marymount | Preller returns to her alma mater after coaching at Marymount for four seasons. |
| Sewanee | Brody Curry | Jaylynn Stewart | Head coach at Eureka | Stewart went 26-41 in three seasons at Eureka. |
| Southern Maine | Sam Norris | David Chadbourne | Men's head coach at D2 Franklin Pierce (N.H.) | Chadbourne was the head men's coach at Franklin Pierce since 1999. Prior to that, he was the Ravens' head women's coach for three years and an assistant at St. Joseph's (Maine). |
| Southwestern | Greta Gritti | Caitlin Kriesel-Bigler | Assistant at Randolph-Macon | Kriesel-Bigler was a four-time All-Conference selection at Hendrix. |
| Spalding | Kylee Gorby | Ben Arsenault | Head coach at NVU-Lyndon | Arsenault went 31-42 in four seasons with the Hornets. |
| St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) |
Tom Flahive | Joe Giacchi | Assistant coach at D2 Caldwell (N.J.) | Giacchi was acting head coach at Caldwell for the first part of last season. |
| St. Olaf | Kelly Mahlum | Jasmine Borgmann | Asisstant at St. Olaf | Mahlum was promoted to Deputy AD, so Borgmann was promoted to head coach. |
| St. Thomas | Jae Cross | Mansa El-Ward | Assistant at D1 Houston | Coach El coached high school boys basketball in the Houston region before moving to the college level. |
| SUNY Delhi | Lauren McRoberts | Rasul Jackson | Head coach at Cazenovia |
Jackson spent the last two seasons at Cazenovia, which closed after the 2022-23 academic year. |
| Thiel | Paul Clune | Jessica Vormelker | Assistant coach at Allegheny | Vormelker was an All-American for the Tomcats in 2019 and a two-time Jostens Trophy finalist. |
| UC Santa Cruz |
Todd Kent | Monica Armstrong | Assistant at D1 Colorado | Armstrong, who coached high school basketball in California, moved to Santa Cruz when her wife was named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Success at the University. |
| UW-La Crosse | Karen Middleton | Moran Lonning | Head coach at Central | Middleton left UW-La Crosse for an assistant spot at D1 Duke. Lonning's father was formerly the wrestling coach at UW-La Crosse. |
| Valley Forge | Gretchen LeVan | Cassandra Taylor | Assistant at John Jay | LeVan stepped down from coaching to focus on her role as UVF's Athletic Director. Taylor played and coached at John Jay. |
| Vassar | Anthony Mason | Meredith Mesaris | Assistant at Hartford | Mesaris, who was a 2015 All-American at Scranton, spent five seasons as an assistant at Williams. |
| Wilkes | Tara Macciocco | Al Berger | Head coach at Keystone | Berger went 29-23 in two seasons with the Giants. |
| William Peace |
Marquetta Dickens | Lori Drake | Assistant coach for semi-pro team in Florida | Drake went 153-53 as the head coach of the Cape Fear Community College (N.C.) Sea Devils. |
| Wilmington | Janel Blankespoor | Sydney Moss | Assistant at Wilmington | Moss, who is one of Division III's most decorated basketball players, has been coaching since she graduated from former D3 member Thomas More. |