Division regular season champion The Golden Bears were ranked #13 in the AP pre-season poll, their highest ranking since 2009. Head coach Lynne Roberts team is the best in the Pac-12 and one of the best in the nation on the offensive side of the floor, averaging 86.8 points per game this season. The win over the Sun Devils made the Golden Bears just the second 12-seed to win a game in the Pac-12 Tournament. Show More Show Less 5 of 12 Cal . 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. [6] Galloway's number 13 was retired at the end of her collegiate career in 1981, the first Cal men's or women's player and to this day the only woman in program history to be so honored.[7]. St. Joseph, Missouri. 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. The season is over for Cal's women's basketball team. 22-ranked Arizona State in the opening round of the 2020 Pac-12 Womens Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas. Cal Women's Basketball Recruiting Conference: Pac-12 Head Coach: Charmin Smith (4th season in 2022-23) Official Golden Bears roster Unofficial Cal Women's Basketball Scholarship Chart Note: The NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to 2020-21 D-I winter sports athletes (including women's basketball players). The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. There is no additional information to display: Holding Pili to 15 or fewer points would be a huge victory and set Cal up for an upset. She was the first coach at UCSB to win 20 games in her first season. If anything, I think that when they're happier and enjoying it, they're more likely to play hard and play well. On the hardwood, Smith has helped coach the Bears to the top three individual seasons in program history. - 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. 20 Arkansas on November 24 and then a win over No. Player of the Year: Elizabeth Kitley, Sr., C, Virginia Tech, Defensive Player of the Year: Celeste Taylor, Sr., G, Duke, Rookie of the Year: TaNiya Latson, G, Florida State, Coach of the Year: Niele Ivey, Notre Dame, Sixth Player of the Year: Saniya Rivers, So., G, NC State, Most Improved Player: Makayla Timpson, So., F, Florida State, 1. That was more basketball games. At Cal, Reed will work with the post players, head recruiting efforts and assist on the defensive side of the ball. The Buffs are listed in the AP Poll for the first time this season after conquering then-undefeated Utah two weeks ago and then beating No. Curry, Ornela Women's Basketball Coaches - Cal Poly Cal Poly Scoreboard WBB 90 vs UC Santa Cruz (Exhibition) 48 WBB 48 at UCLA 84 WBB 81 vs Simpson University (Calif.) 49 WBB 43 at #2 Stanford 80 WBB 48 at Fresno State 47 WBB Nov. 22 5 P.M. vs #1 South Carolina WBB Nov. 25 12 P.M. vs Sacramento State WBB Nov. 26 2:30 P.M. vs San Jose State WBB Dec. 10 2 P.M. [38] And Gottlieb has established a Cal Women's Basketball website designed to appeal to young athletes and fans. 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. 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. They're creative, and they're smart kids. Kenny Brooks, Virginia Tech (137). Dontavia Waggoner, Boston College (160), Camryn Taylor, Virginia (86), 1. Latest Headlines. Shes also the most efficient scorer in the Pac-12. The current head coach is Charmin Smith, who was hired on June 21, 2019. [22] But Gottlieb's team came back after every tough loss to win. A former team MVP as a player at the University of Louisville, Turner-Lewis served as an assistant coach in NCAA Division I for more than 10 years. [28] They defeated Fresno State 90-76 in the first round,[29] and downed South Florida in overtime to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time in school history. The Bears played Notre Dame to a 31-31 tie at the half, but the Irish pulled away in the second half, winning 73-62. Dallas, Texas. Faith Mimnaugh enters her 25th season as head coach of the Cal Poly women's basketball program having led the Mustangs to the Big West Tournament semifinals in three of the last four years, as well as to either the NCAA Tournament or WNIT four times since 2011. [43] Gottlieb became the first NCAA women's head coach to be hired by an NBA team. Cal's postgame press conference is below: Cal's 4-14 record in Pac-12 play was the Bears' best conference mark under Smith, and they were very much in Wednesday's game against WSU through three quarters. Smiths efforts also saw three players named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and another three receive All-Pac-12 Honors. Pac-12 . A loss by four points against No. Smith arrived at Cal for the 2007-08 under head coach Joanne Boyle and remained on staff when Lindsay Gottlieb became head coach in 2011-12. Smith has helped lead the Bears to the postseason in 11 of her 13 seasons and was also part of the staff that led the Bears to the 2010 WNIT championship. Gray-Lawson ended her career as the all-time Cal leader in three points made and games played.[11]. [16] But the following season, 201011, the team bounced back with a 19-12 record. 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. Gottlieb was passionate about sports from an early age. WBB Feb. 25 2 P.M. at UC Davis. The Cougars shot 59.8% from the field after halftime, and Cal was just 3-for-11 from the floor in the fourth quarter. Makayla Timpson, Florida State (292), 2. [2], On May 15, 2008, Gottlieb was named head coach of the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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. The Golden Bears continued their uphill climb in 200809, with a team led by seniors Ashley Walker and Devanei Hampton. The 10th-ranked Irish finished 15-3 in league play this season, a game ahead of No. After an 03 conference start that left them two games under .500, the Bears started to find their form, going 125 the rest of the way including the Pac-10 tournament. 8 Utah, has lost just one game this season and is perched atop the conference standings, having won its first thirteen games. Smiths efforts also saw three players named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll and another three receive All-Pac-12 Honors. 13 Duke and No. She stood as the California women's all-time rebounding leader and the school's all-time scoring leader (men or women) until 2019. Then, Sunday, the Bears will welcome the No. [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. Now, the slumping Bears will face the high-flying Buffaloes on Friday morning in a milestone game for Smith. Mastrov, who entered the game averaging 2.4 points, provided some unexpected offense for Cal, scoring eight points in a span of less than five minutes during the second quarter. 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. Schedule Schedule Feb 15 / Final Women's Basketball 58 at Long Beach State 68 Women's Basketball at Long Beach State February 15, 2023 7:00 p.m. Women's Basketball at Long Beach State February 15, 2023 7:00 p.m. Feb 18 / Final Women's Basketball 45 at UC Santa Barbara 63 Women's Basketball at UC Santa Barbara February 18, 2023 4:00 p.m. Before and since then, a conference win has seemed unlikely thanks to Cals subpar offense. Jobs usually . CBU has put together a 234-80 record for a winning percentage of 74.5 in Olson's nine seasons. 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. Washington State shot poorly in the first half, going 8-for-31 from the field. Sundays loss to then No. Influence all student-athletes to graduate with a professional degree. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion [2] [2][9], Because of her experience as a player-coach at Brown, Gottlieb was hired as an assistant by Syracuse University head coach Marianna Freeman, the day after she graduated from college. They have trailed in the second half for a grand total of 71 seconds over the course of the past six games. They really made it hard for us to run any kind of offense.". 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Division regular season champion 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. As the referees were assessing the sequence at the monitor, Mulkey could be seen telling them that Battles was talking to her. 2019 California Lutheran University 60 West Olsen Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Lulu Laditan-Twidale, 5-10 G, Queensland, Australia [announced as signed 1/24/2023], Sofia Bell, 6-1 SG/W, St. Marys Academy (Portland, OR) [Cal among eight finalists announced in September 2021; committed to Oregon, November 2021], Chloe Briggs, 5-11 CG, Ontario Christian HS (CA) [offered July 2021; committed to Washington, August 2022], Ashley Chea, 5-8 PG, Flintridge Prep (La Caada, CA) [took an official visit to Cal, September 2022; committed to Princeton, September 2022], Ari Long, 6-0 SG/W, Valley View HS (Moreno Valley, CA) [Cal not among top three schools announced in September 2022], Nicole Melious, 5-8 CG, Susan Wagner HS (Staten Island, NY) [offered September 2020; committed to La Salle, September 2022], Khamil Pierre, 6-2 W, Perry HS (Gilbert, AZ) [offered May 2022; committed to Vanderbilt, August 2022], Sayvia Sellers, 5-7 PG, Anchorage Christian School (AK) [offered July 2021; committed to Washington, August 2022], Miyah Verse, 6-1 F, Mountain Ridge HS (Glendale, AZ) [offered November 2021; committed to Georgia, October 2022], See next page for 2024 commitments and targets for Cal womens basketball. Pierre, Kai Titans Dominate UC Davis, Win 70-58 February 23, 2023 Fujika Nimmo scored 25 points, leading the Titans to victory. 1156 HIGH STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 You have to empower them to enjoy the experience. The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley. But the Bears could not hold off the Cougars, who went 8-for-11 from the field in the third quarter. 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]. Kara Lawson, Duke (142), 3. The 10th-seeded Golden Bears let a nine-point second-half lead slip away and lost to No. Pac-12 Network. [15] The following summer, Layshia Clarendon was drafted ninth overall in the 2013 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. The talent gap was on full display last Friday in the Bears 43-63 loss to USC, a game in which Cal scored its fewest points by far this season. The official Women's Basketball Coach List for the California Golden Bears Mar 4 8 p.m. WBB. Cal's victory broke an 81-game conference winning streak for the Cardinal. 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De Loy, Kiaira However, this was a conference tournament game so it does not extend her active streak of 51 straight regular-season games with at least one made three-pointer. More:Status remains uncertain for Notre Dame's Olivia Miles heading into ACC Tournament. [13] The 15-seed Gauchos were knocked off by the 2 seed, Stanford, in the first round. . 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. Daunting Pac-12 matchups to come for Cal womens basketball. To be able to do what I love, basketball, and have this intense impact on people, I felt that was it. The 30-year-old Gottlieb was just the fourth head coach in UCSB history, and replaced retiring long-time coach, Mark French. The young Bears (the starting lineup during conference play featured four freshmen along with star senior Alexis Gray-Lawson) had an up and down year, going 65 in non-conference play including a home loss to nearby San Jose State. TicketSmarter Ticket Resale Marketplace, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. Harada was named the Cal State Fullerton head women's basketball coach on April 17, 2017 by Athletics Director Jim Donovan. 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. 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. [4], Gottlieb was born in Scarsdale, New York, and is Jewish. WSU is assured a berth in the NCAA tournament, but Cal needed to win the conference tournament to get an NCAA tournament berth. 2 6 P.M. [16] Gottlieb's 179 wins rank second all-time in team history. Gottlieb continued to coach the Golden Bears through the 201819 season, leading players including top-10 WNBA picks Clarendon, Brittany Boyd, and Kristine Anigwe to a total of seven NCAA tournament appearances, the most of any head coach in program history. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Gottlieb coached at Cal through 201819, a year in which she led the Golden Bears to their seventh NCAA tournament appearance under her tenure. For Cal head coach Charmin Smith, Jayda Curry is a first. Bonner, Bella The ACC awards are voted on by a combination of the leagues coaches and a Blue Ribbon panel of mostly media. Develop the athletic skills of each student-athlete in season and out . Its just a dream come true, Ivey admitted of the Coach of the Year honor. It is the first time since the Utes joined the league in 2011-12 that someone from Utah . Top Stories. In 200708, California tied the 198384 Bears for the most wins in school history (244). 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. The first came in the form of a 4-point victory over No. Lutje Schipholt, Jayda In 200910 the Bears brought in a top 10 recruiting class to make up for the losses of Walker and Hampton. Junior forward Alissa Pili leads the Utes offense in scoring with 19.8 points per game, the third best average in the conference. Cal YouTube. The Bears, who finished with a 13-17 overall record, won two more games than they did last season, and Smith can see the improvement. . Most notably, Utah junior forward Alissa Pili is the conference's Player of the Year and eighth-year coach Lynne Roberts is the Coach of the Year. Email. 14 Arizona this past Friday. Since 2019, Smith has won a total of seven conference games. Division regular season and conference tournament champion The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. [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. This Friday, No. Cal has had ten 20-win seasons and made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament since Smiths arrival in Berkeley in 2007, highlighted by the programs first trip to the Final Four in 2013. But one or several members of Cals backcourt Curry, fellow guard Leilani McIntosh and Utah transfer and redshirt sophomore guard Kemery Martn will need to play an outstanding game offensively to accompany a strong defensive performance. 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. SOUTH BEND Two days after steering Notre Dame to an Atlantic Coast Conference womens basketball title, Niele Ivey also has some new hardware of her own. The following year, the 24-year-old Gottlieb was asked by the head coach of the University of Richmond, Joanne Boyle, to be her top assistant. The Bears completed their second upset in the same week as just four days later, they defeated 5-seeded and No. Smith became the 10th head coach in Cal women's basketball history after spending 12 seasons as an assistant on the Golden Bear staff, including serving as the program's associate head coach since 2012. California was invited the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, as an 8 seed. 20 Arkansas on November 24 and then a win over No. San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388. On January 2, Cal won at home against Arizona State, the Pac-12s only winless team in conference play. "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." Women's Basketball Coaches - California University of Pennsylvania Athletics 2022-23 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff Sponsors Footer Sticky bar Ad Blocker Detected Thanks for visiting calvulcans.com! Smith took over in the summer of 2019, after former head coach Lindsay Gottlieb led the Bears to a 20 win season in her last of eight seasons at the helm. Titans Drop Game Against UCSB, 74-58 February 20, 2023 A tight race ended in a loss for the Titans.