2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

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2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
2025 MAC tournament
Tournament
Mid-American women's basketball seasons
2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Akron 0 0   0 0  
Ball State 0 0   0 0  
Bowling Green 0 0   0 0  
Buffalo 0 0   0 0  
Central Michigan 0 0   0 0  
Eastern Michigan 0 0   0 0  
Kent State 0 0   0 0  
Miami (OH) 0 0   0 0  
Northern Illinois 0 0   0 0  
Ohio 0 0   0 0  
Toledo 0 0   0 0  
Western Michigan 0 0   0 0  
2025 MAC tournament winner

The 2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season will be the season for Mid-American Conference women's basketball teams. It will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in January 2024 and conclude in March 2024. The 2025 MAC tournament will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 25th consecutive season.[1] This will be the conference's last season with 12 members as it will see its first change in membership since 2005 with the addition of UMass[2]

Head coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

Eastern Michigan[edit]

On December 11, 2023 Eastern Michigan fired Fred Castro after a 1–7 start.[3] Ke'Sha Blanton finished the season as interim coach. On March 28, 2024, Canisius head coach Sahar Nusseibeh was named as the next head coach.[4]

Toledo[edit]

On April 5, 2024, Tricia Cullop left the head coaching position at Toledo after winning three constitutive MAC coach of the year honors to become the head coach at Miami (FL).[5] On April 9, 2024, Monmouth head coach Ginny Boggess was named the new head coach.[6]

Coaches[edit]

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record School record MAC record MAC titles MAC Tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Akron Ryan Gensler Illinois (Asst.) 2 11–18 (.379) 11–18 (.379) 6–12 (.333) 0 0 0 0 0
Ball State Brady Sallee Eastern Illinois 13 373–256 (.593) 237–146 (.619) 137–73 (.652) 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Green Fred Chmiel South Carolina (Asst.) 2 16–15 (.516)† 16–15 (.516) 10–8 (.556) 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo Becky Burke USC Upstate 3 144–85 (.629) 31–30 (.508) 17–19 (.472) 0 0 0 0 0
Central Michigan Kristin Haynie Michigan State (Asst.) 2 6–22 (.214) 6–22 (.214) 4–14 (.222) 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Michigan Sahar Nusseibeh Canisius 1 32–60 (.348) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Kent State Todd Starkey Indiana (Asst.) 9 308–194 (.614) 143–99 (.591) 85–59 (.590) 0 1 1 0 0
Miami Glenn Box Indiana (Assoc HC.) 2 73–51 (.589) 9–20 (.310) 6–12 (.333) 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Illinois Lisa Carlsen Lewis 10 318–302 (.513) 134–138 (.493) 77–87 (.470) 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio Bob Boldon Youngstown State 12 294–229 (.562) 196–141 (.582) 116–84 (.580) 2 1 1 0 0
Toledo Ginny Boggess Monmouth 1 54–42 (.563) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0 0
Western Michigan Shane Clipfell Michigan State (Assoc. HC) 13 243–238 (.505) 172–191 (.474) 94–124 (.431) 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Years at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • MAC records are from time at current school only.
  • All statistics and records are through the beginning of the season.
  • Chmiel's overall record does not include his coaching record at Feather River College and Lassen College because it is unknown to the author

Source:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

See also[edit]

2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zarrella, Tony. "MAC Tournament staying in downtown Cleveland through 2030". Cleveland 19 News. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ Withers, Tom (February 27, 2024). "UMass will join Mid-American Conference as a full sports member in 2025, MAC commissioner says". APNews. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  3. ^ Paul, Tony. "EMU fires women's basketball coach, names Blanton interim coach". Detroit News.
  4. ^ Paul, Tony (2024-03-28). "EMU women's basketball lands rising star Sahar Nusseibeh as new head coach". Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  5. ^ "University of Miami Hires Tricia Cullop as Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Miami Athletics. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Toledo hires new women's basketball coach". WGTV 13. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  7. ^ "Ryan Gensler". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  8. ^ "Brady Sallee". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  9. ^ "Fred Chmiel". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  10. ^ "Becky Burke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  11. ^ "Kristen Haynie". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  12. ^ "Sahar Nusseibeh". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  13. ^ "Todd Starkey". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  14. ^ "Glenn Box". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  15. ^ "Lisa Carlson". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  16. ^ "Bob Boldon". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  17. ^ "Ginny Boggess". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  18. ^ "Shane Clipfell". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2024-05-15.